Bagman (video game)

Bagman is a platform video game released in arcades by Valadon Automation in 1982.
It was licensed to Stern for U.S. distribution the same year. In France and Japan, the game is titled "Le Bagnard" (English: "The Convict"). "Bagman" was followed-up with "Super Bagman" in 1984.
Gameplay.
The objective of the game is to maneuver the bagman through various mine shafts, picking up money bags and placing them in a wheelbarrow at the surface of the mine. The player must avoid pursuing guards, moving ore carts, and descending elevators. The player may temporarily stun the guards by striking them with a pickaxe or by dropping money bags on them when they are below the player on the same ladder. The player may move between the three screens which make up the level via shafts and on the surface.
"Bagman" is played using one 4-way joystick and one action button. The joystick is also used to jump out of the ore cart. The action button is used to perform the following tasks:
Points are scored for each horizontal step the player takes, for each money bag placed in the wheelbarrow, and for each guard stunned.
Reception.
In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Bagman" on their June 15, 1983 issue as being the third most-successful new table arcade unit of the year.
Legacy.
Aardvark Action Software published clones for the Commodore 64 and TRS-80 Color Computer as "Bagitman". Ocean Software released a clone for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum in 1984 titled "Gilligan's Gold".
In 2010 a French programmer reconstructed source code from the game to port it to modern platforms.