Jawbreaker box art
Atari 2600

Jawbreaker

1982 · On-Line Systems · 1-2 players

About

Jawbreaker is a Pac-Man clone programmed by John Harris for Atari 8-bit computers and published by On-Line Systems. Released in 1981 before an official version of Pac-Man was available, it was widely lauded by reviewers and became a major seller. Jawbreaker is essentially a Pac-Man clone, in that a small yellow set of jaws is moved around the map to pick up small dots while avoiding the "jawbreakers" which roll around the map. If the jaws bite the jawbreaker, they will be destroyed and the player will lose a life.

Gallery

Jawbreaker — Box front
Box front
Jawbreaker — Box back
Box back
Jawbreaker — Title screen
Title screen
Jawbreaker — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
On-Line Systems
Publisher
Tigervision
Players
1-2
Release Date
January 1, 1982
System
Atari 2600

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