Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Spelunker

Title	Spelunker
First release	1985
Developer	MicroGraphic Image
Publisher	Broderbund
Platforms	Commodore 64, MSX, NES / Famicom
Genre	platformer
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Commodore 64: 1984-03-13 NES / Famicom: 1985-12-06 (NTSC-J), 1987-09-01 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q1184959

Navigate pitch-black cave systems filled with environmental hazards to find hidden treasures. Managing light sources and precise jumping is essential to avoid death in this multi-screen platformer. Players must traverse treacherous terrain while avoiding lethal traps and creatures lurking in the darkness.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1184959) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/spelunker) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/spelunker) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (2104,82731,108636) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (33531) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Broderbund · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (11): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Broderbund · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Broderbund · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Broderbund · internal use only.

Logo: MicroGraphicImage & Brøderbund Software, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Spelunker(NESlogo).png”)

Sprites

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Videos

Spelunker (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:36:07auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

NES Longplay [803] Spelunker

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 19:12auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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