Crazy Climber

Crazy Climber
Developer: Nichibutsu Publishers: Nichibutsu, Taito (US co-publishing) Platform: Arcade (Crazy Climber hardware) Released in JP: November 1980 Released in US: 1980 Released in EU: 1980 This game has regional differences.

To do: Check for more regional differences.

In 1980, some guy decided to climb all 100 stories of Nichibutsu's company office building, so they made a game about it. Thus, Crazy Climber was born. [citation needed]

Regional Differences

All of the DAC audio samples were changed from the Japanese release to the US release. A comparison is as follows.

Context	Japan	Notes	US	Notes
Game bootup	N/A			Only heard in the US version, plays a few seconds after game is turned on.
Percussion wood-block
Percussion snare
Climb (left hand)		Reused for walking/climbing in Crazy Kong.
Climb (right hand)				Uses the same sample data as the left hand climbing sound.
Idle
Hit falling object		Non-voice component uses the same sample data as the wood-block sound.		Non-voice component uses the same sample data as the wood-block sound.
Death		Reused for spring bouncing and falling in Crazy Kong.
Stage clear
Bird droppings
Gorilla punch		Reused for jumping in Crazy Kong, uses the same sample data as the bird dropping sound.		Uses the same sample data as the bird dropping sound.
Girder/sign crash		Reused for stomping in Crazy Kong.		Uses the same sample data as the snare sound.
Live wires		Uses the same sample data as the snare sound.		Uses the same sample data as the snare sound.

Generally the Japanese version's samples are longer and higher quality, while also using comically pitched-up voice samples. The US samples opt for more realistic voice samples, but sacrifice quality and length.