Janitor Joe
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This article is about the Janitor Joe game. For the Minneapolis noise-rock band, see Janitor Joe (band)
Janitor Joe | |
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Developer(s) | Kevin Bales |
Release date(s) | 1984? |
Genre(s) | Platform game |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
Janitor Joe is a DOS game by Kevin Bales in which the player must gather keys and escape from a NASA station. Bales released the free game as a teenager via BBSs in Atlanta, and later said "I only spent five days on the programming part. I didn't write it to sell - I was only experimenting.[1]" Nonetheless, the game was widely distributed and played.
The primary dangers are falls, mad robots, and a limited supply of oxygen. Each level features a different type of device to aid Joe in escaping:
- Level 1 - (none)
- Level 2 - Slides
- Level 3 - Elevators
- Level 4 - Invisible ladders
- Level 5 - Moving platforms
[edit] References
- ^ Oppenheim, Joanne: KidSpeak About Computers, Ballantine Books, 1985