A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Crazy Climber 3D is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.