<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Arcadia	B-Application
2001	I-Application
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
were	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Famicom	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
X68000	B-Device
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
scaling	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
skyscrapers	O
using	O
two	O
joysticks	O
(	O
one	O
controlling	O
the	O
left	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
body	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
the	O
right	O
)	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
climbing	O
games	O
"	O
genre	O
which	O
includes	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
1981	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
genre	O
eventually	O
became	O
better	O
known	O
as	O
platform	O
games	O
and	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
jumping	O
and	O
traversal	O
between	O
platforms	O
,	O
neither	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
found	O
in	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third	O
highest-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1980	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
while	O
also	O
being	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lesser-known	O
sequel	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falling	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
signs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
climber	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
ascend	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
skyscraper	O
and	O
grabs	O
the	O
runner	O
of	O
a	O
waiting	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
he	O
earns	O
a	O
bonus	O
and	O
is	O
transported	O
to	O
another	O
skyscraper	O
,	O
which	O
presents	O
more	O
dangers	O
than	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
helicopter	B-Application
only	O
waits	O
about	O
30	O
seconds	O
before	O
flying	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1980	I-Application
,	O
just	O
below	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
Galaxian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
also	O
Japan	O
's	O
eighth	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1981	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
highest-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	B-Application
1982	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
Bandai	O
Electronics	O
manufactured	O
a	O
hand-held	B-Application
VFD	B-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spider-Man	B-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
was	O
similar	O
to	O
Crazy	O
Cimber	O
,	O
a	O
variation	O
on	O
its	O
gameplay	O
format	O
with	O
added	O
web	O
shooting	O
and	O
swinging	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1985	O
sequel	O
titled	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
'	O
85	O
was	O
produced	O
,	O
but	O
put	O
into	O
storage	O
by	O
Nichibutsu	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
unreleased	O
sequel	O
was	O
eventually	O
included	O
in	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Nichibutsu	O
Arcade	B-Application
Classics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Japanese-only	O
sequel	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
produced	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
essentially	O
identical	O
to	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
in	O
gameplay	O
but	O
featured	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
Hyper	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
was	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
2000	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
using	O
3D	O
graphics	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
included	O
the	O
original	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
and	O
a	O
scan	O
of	O
the	O
instruction	O
panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Hyper	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
which	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
console	O
4	O
years	O
earlier	O
,	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
2000	O
was	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
publisher	O
HAMSTER	O
released	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
under	O
their	O
Oretachi	O
Geasen	O
Zoku	O
Sono	O
( オレたちゲーセン族	O
)	O
classic	O
game	O
line	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
Wii	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
by	O
HAMSTER	O
under	O
their	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
in	O
February	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
been	O
previously	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
