''Super Bunny'' is a

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written by Vic Leone for the

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and published by Datamost in 1983. Ports to the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64 followed in 1984.

Gameplay

The player starts as a defenseless

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

, hopping from the left side of the screen to the right on scrolling platforms. The goal is to avoid the creatures that appear on the platforms and reach the

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at the right side of the screen. Landing on ("eating") the carrot turns the rabbit into Super Bunny, at which point he must return to the starting position, dispatching creatures and earning points. The game has a different saying and song for each level (e.g., "crunch those critters" and the song " Here Comes Peter Cottontail!"). Super Bunny is credited in the game's splash screen as Reginald Rabbit.

Credits

* Programmer: Vic Leone * Game concept: Bill Russell * Super Bunny concept: Gary Koffler * Graphics: Thomas Spears * Executive producer: Dave Gordon * Story: Dale Kranz * Music: Jon Rami and Dale Kranz * Cover art and illustrations: Martin Cannon * Cover copy: Dale Kranz * Art Director: Art Huff

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*{{IAg, a2_Super_Bunny 1983 video games Apple II games Atari 8-bit computer games Commodore 64 games Datamost games Platformers Single-player video games Video games about rabbits and hares Video games developed in the United States

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