Kick-man was developed for the Atari 2600 back in 1983. Set to be published by CBS Electronics, the game was cancelled and never saw the light of the day. For all these years, it was in every Atari 2600 enthusiast wishlist. Following the old saying “better late than never”, and thanks to the efforts of Dutchman2000 and Thomas Jentzsch, the game was finally found and released on Atariage.
Released initially as Arcade by Midway, Kick-man gameplay consists of the player controlling a clown in a unicycle back and forth to catch falling balloons on his head. If you miss one, you still have a chance to kick it back up and try again.
Dutchman2000 explains the game plays great in the emulators Z26 and Stella, and for Stella, you must have Phosphor enabled in the video settings.
You can download the BIN file following the link below.
I’d forgotten about this game. I remember seeing it at a Sgt. Singer’s Pizza Time Theater in a mall in Houston. Pac-Man appeared in the game, which was odd, since I guess this makes it a Pac-Man series game ;)
and i guess one day soon we will have Swordquest Airworld available as well? ;)