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Jawbreaker Series

Jawbreaker

Main Game
Arcade Action

Jawbreaker is a Arcade game released on December 31, 1981 for Atari 8-bit, Apple II. Jawbreaker is a video game programmed by John Harris and released in 1981 for the Atari 400/800 by On-line Systems. Originally intended to be a fairly straight Pac-Man clone, Jawbreaker emerged as a …

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User Score
6 ratings
December 31, 1981
Released 16331 days ago
Atari 8-bit Apple II

About

Jawbreaker is a video game programmed by John Harris and released in 1981 for the Atari 400/800 by On-line Systems.

Originally intended to be a fairly straight Pac-Man clone, Jawbreaker emerged as a relatively inventive version with unique gameplay. It was widely lauded by reviewers, and became a major seller for Sierra Online. The story of its creation forms a portion of Steven Levy's book, Hackers.

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Release Dates by Platform

Apple II Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
Atari 8-bit Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981

Game Info

Developer
On-Line Systems
Publisher
On-Line Systems
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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