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1982 video game
Pickaxe Pete (Europe) Pick Axe Pete! (US)
Publisher(s)
Philips Magnavox
Designer(s)
Ed Averett[1]
Platform(s)
Philips Videopac (EU) Magnavox Odyssey² (US)
Release
1982
Genre(s)
Platform
Pickaxe Pete is a video game released in 1982 as cartridge number 43 for the Philips Videopac console. It was published in North America for the Magnavox Odyssey² as Pick Axe Pete!. In Brazil, it was re-branded as Didi na Mina Encantada (Didi in the Enchanted Mine) for the Odyssey.[2]Pickaxe Pete is a platform game that followed in the wake of Donkey Kong before the term existed; a 1982 issue of Joystik magazine labeled it a "climbing game".[3] It was designed and programmed by Ed Averett, who wrote the majority of the games for the system.[1]
A U.S. national competition, "The Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off," was held at the World's Fair in October 1982.[4][5]
^ abCite error: The named reference giantlist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Didi Na Mina Encantada!". Odyssey Mania (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^Cite error: The named reference joystik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cassidy, William. "Pick Axe Pete - Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^"Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off News Coverage". The Odyssey2 Homepage. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
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