<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Randy	O
Glover	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Epyx	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
so	O
successful	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
renamed	O
itself	O
Epyx	O
,	O
formerly	O
their	O
brand	O
for	O
action	O
titles	O
like	O
Jumpman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
was	O
published	O
on	O
diskette	B-Device
,	O
but	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
12	O
new	O
levels	O
instead	O
of	O
30	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
as	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Junior	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
defuses	O
a	O
bomb	O
by	O
touching	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
can	O
jump	O
,	O
climb	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
ladders	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
kinds	O
of	O
rope	O
each	O
allowing	O
a	O
single	O
direction	O
of	O
climbing	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hazards	O
include	O
falling	O
"	O
smart	O
darts	O
"	O
(	O
small	O
bullets	O
that	O
fly	O
slowly	O
across	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
orthogonally	B-Application
lined	O
up	O
with	O
Jumpman	B-Application
,	O
greatly	O
speed	O
up	O
and	O
shoot	O
straight	O
in	O
his	O
direction	O
)	O
,	O
fall	O
damage	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
hazards	O
that	O
are	O
unique	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
being	O
hit	O
or	O
falling	O
from	O
a	O
height	O
,	O
Jumpman	B-Application
tumbles	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
measure	O
from	O
Chopin	O
's	O
Funeral	O
March	O
being	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
's	O
game	O
run-speed	O
can	O
be	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
with	O
faster	O
speeds	O
being	O
riskier	O
but	O
providing	O
greater	O
opportunity	O
to	O
earn	O
bonus	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randy	O
Glover	O
was	O
living	O
in	O
Foster	O
City	O
,	O
California	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
experimenting	O
with	O
electronics	O
when	O
he	O
saw	O
his	O
first	O
computer	O
in	O
1977	O
when	O
he	O
played	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
at	O
a	O
Berkeley	O
university	O
open	O
house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prompted	O
him	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
in	O
1978	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
upgrade	O
to	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
due	O
to	O
its	O
support	O
of	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
came	O
about	O
after	O
Glover	O
saw	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
in	O
a	O
local	O
Pizza	O
Hut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
visited	O
a	O
local	O
computer	O
store	O
who	O
had	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
and	O
Atari	O
400	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
initially	O
purchased	O
the	O
TI-99	B-Device
due	O
to	O
its	O
better	O
keyboard	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
he	O
learned	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
manipulation	O
,	O
he	O
returned	O
it	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
and	O
purchased	O
the	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
version	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Albert	O
Persinger	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
compiler	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
moving	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
moving	O
from	O
the	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
market	O
to	O
action	O
titles	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
released	O
under	O
their	O
Epyx	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
was	O
the	O
perfect	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
brand	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
hired	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aiming	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
newly	O
enlarged	O
RAM	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
led	O
to	O
the	O
32	O
levels	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
programmers	O
at	O
Epyx	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
with	O
poor	O
results	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
contracted	O
Mirror	O
Images	O
Software	O
for	O
an	O
IBM	O
PC/PCjr	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
developing	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
,	O
Glover	O
moved	O
on	O
to	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Junior	I-Application
,	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
title	O
with	O
only	O
12	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
really	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Jumpman	B-Application
,	O
but	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
lite	O
"	O
version	O
for	O
Atari	O
and	O
Commodore	O
users	O
who	O
did	O
n't	O
have	O
disk	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C64	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
C64	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glover	O
continued	O
working	O
at	O
Epyx	O
,	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
little-known	O
Lunar	O
Outpost	O
and	O
the	O
swimming	O
section	O
of	O
Summer	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
system	O
looks	O
for	O
overlap	O
between	O
the	O
sprites	O
and	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
setting	O
registers	B-General_Concept
that	O
indicate	O
which	O
sprite	O
had	O
touched	O
which	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glover	O
separated	O
the	O
Jumpman	B-Application
sprite	O
into	O
two	O
parts	O
,	O
the	O
body	O
and	O
the	O
feet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
if	O
both	O
the	O
body	O
and	O
feet	O
collided	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
color	O
,	O
it	O
must	O
be	O
a	O
wall	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Jumpman	B-Application
should	O
stop	O
moving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
collision	O
with	O
either	O
his	O
feet	O
or	O
body	O
,	O
Jumpman	B-Application
is	O
unsupported	O
and	O
should	O
fall	O
down	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumpman	B-Application
became	O
a	O
best-seller	O
for	O
Epyx	O
,	O
selling	O
about	O
40,000	O
copies	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	O
and	O
C64	O
until	O
1987	O
,	O
reaching	O
somewhere	O
between	O
#3	O
and	O
#6	O
on	O
the	O
then-current	O
Billboard	O
top	O
100	O
games	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
were	O
hindered	O
by	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
only	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
earlier	O
,	O
which	O
held	O
the	O
#1	O
spot	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
in	O
1983	O
liked	O
Jumpman	B-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
wonderfully	O
addicting	O
"	O
and	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
as	O
high-quality	O
as	O
Epyx	O
's	O
Dunjonquest	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
point	O
out	O
that	O
it	O
might	O
be	O
dismissed	O
as	O
yet	O
another	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
state	O
that	O
"	O
Jumpman	B-Application
easily	O
conquers	O
that	O
skepticism	O
and	O
establishes	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
classic.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
compare	O
it	O
to	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
and	O
suggested	O
Jumpman	B-Application
is	O
"	O
much	O
,	O
much	O
more.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
K-Power	O
rated	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
Jumpman	B-Application
7	O
points	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stating	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
care	O
that	O
goes	O
into	O
its	O
products	O
is	O
obvious	O
in	O
Jumpman	B-Application
"	O
,	O
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
Home	O
Companion	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
really	O
30	O
games	O
in	O
one	O
,	O
with	O
seemingly	O
endless	O
variants	O
on	O
the	O
simple	O
jumping	O
theme	O
to	O
keep	O
you	O
interested	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Randy	O
Glover	O
became	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
fans	O
of	O
Jumpman	B-Application
and	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
Jumpman	B-Application
II	O
,	O
keeping	O
a	O
development	O
diary	O
at	O
the	O
now	O
defunct	O
jumpman2.com	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Jumpman	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Midnight	O
Ryder	O
Technologies	O
shipped	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Forever	O
for	O
the	O
OUYA	O
micro-console	O
,	O
with	O
planned	O
releases	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
Mac	O
,	O
iOS	O
,	O
and	O
Android	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
titled	O
Jumpman	B-Application
:	O
2049	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
official	O
sequel	O
based	O
on	O
rights	O
given	O
to	O
Midnight	O
Ryder	O
Technologies	O
back	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Randy	O
Glover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
Jumpman	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
THEC64	O
Mini	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
64	O
built	O
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
called	O
Jumpman	B-Application
2	O
was	O
also	O
on	O
the	O
machine	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
reality	O
is	O
just	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Junior	I-Application
rebranded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Lives	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
contains	O
levels	O
from	O
Jumpman	B-Application
and	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Junior	I-Application
,	O
new	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apogee	O
withdrew	O
the	O
game	O
soon	O
after	O
release	O
at	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
Epyx	O
,	O
who	O
owned	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Jumpman	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
an	O
unofficial	O
MS-DOS	O
port	O
of	O
Jumpman	B-Application
,	O
missing	O
the	O
level	O
"	O
Freeze	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Ingenieurbüro	O
Franke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
The	O
Jumpman	B-Application
Project	O
,	O
an	O
MS-DOS	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
