Happy Trails (video game)

Happy Trails is a video game programmed by Carol Shaw for the Intellivision console and released by Activision in 1983.[2] The player must navigate a character through a broken maze to collect gold.[3] Shaw previously wrote River Raid for the Atari 2600.[1]

Happy Trails
Developer(s)Activision
Publisher(s)Activision
Programmer(s)Carol Shaw[1]
Platform(s)Intellivision
Release1983
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Happy Trails is a clone of the 1982 Konami arcade game Loco-Motion.[4] Mattel was working on an official port, but Happy Trails was published first, resulting in Loco-Motion being sold at a discount and without any marketing support.[4]

Reception

Joystik magazine wrote, "This is a great game. The strategic possibilities are seemingly endless," giving an overal rating of 5 out of 5 stars.[5]

References

  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. "Activision Games For Intellivision". Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. Bentley, Rick (May 27, 1983). "Video Action: Company Shook Industry with Early Ideas". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. "Loco-Motion". IntellvisionLives.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-11.
  5. "The Home Front: Happy Trails". Joystik. 2 (1): 53. September 1983.
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