Aztec Challenge

Information

Genre

Arcade - Platformer (Scrolling)

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 1 vs. 2

Programmer(s)

Bonifacio, Robert T.

Graphic Artist(s)

[n/a]

Sound

[n/a]

Cover Artist(s)

[unknown]

Year

1984

Publisher

US Gold

Developer

Cosmi

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape

Rarity

8

Serial

-

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 3.9/10 · Votes: 66 · Downloads: 2,003 · Hits: 7,276

Screenshots (4)

Cover Art (2)

Instructions (8)

Comments (6)

• Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 4 Jul 2022

  Cosmi's Aztec Challenge was an early example of a platform game with "auto-running" mechanics -- all you had to do was jump. It's a lot harder than it sounds! Let's Play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tBDJbvn8E

• José Antonio Vaca Bello — 9 Jan 2021

  Photographs of the disk and ATR image that are not in the database. I have uploaded them to the MIA section of the forum.

• Wesley Connally — 14 Aug 2014

  Uhg. Not good. Bad. Owned early wavy version. How is this on the Top 100 especially with a 3.6 rating? Anyone?

• FastRobPlus — 22 Feb 2013

  A poor but not terrible game. The villain was Cosmi. In their quest for maximizing sales, they used the name and art of a fantastic C64 game on a completely different game that was not really that good. If you’d played the C64 version prior, you’d have been crushed to have paid good money for this game.

• hororus — 16 Aug 2009

  Yes, there was. I'm actually bidding on on ebay;)

• Auntie Pastie — 7 Jun 2007

  There are two different versions of Aztec Challenge; the original (copyright-dated 1982) and an improved rewrite (dated 1983). According to the author the original version (green man, wavy background) was originally known as "The Bonifas" and released through APX. Cosmi tweaked it and renamed it "Aztec Challenge". The rewritten version (gradient background) is still far from the best Atari game ever, but it's not that bad, and kind of fun. The Top Ten and (AFAIK) Ariola releases both feature the rewritten version. Cosmi also released a C64 "Aztec Challenge", but that appears to be a very different game that just happens to have the same name.