Designer(s) Sylvia Day Developer US Games Mode Single-player video game | Initial release date 1982 Publisher US Games Platform Atari 2600 | |
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Gopher is an Atari 2600 game written by Sylvia Day and published by US Games in 1982. The player controls a farmer with a shovel who must protect his three carrots from the gopher.
An unlicensed version was released by Zellers in Canada and was called Farmer Dan. The unlicensed version was given the box art of Plaque Attack by Activision.
Gameplay
The gopher tunnels left and right and up to the surface. When he makes a hole to the surface he will attempt to steal a carrot. The farmer must hit the gopher to send him back underground or fill in the holes to prevent him from reaching the surface. If gopher has taken any of the three carrots, a pelican will occasionally fly overhead and drop a seed which, if the farmer catches it, he can plant it in the place of the missing carrot. The longer the game, the faster the gopher gets. The game ends when the gopher successfully removes all three carrots. There are two skill levels and is for one or two players, giving a total of four game variations.