Salmon Run (video game)

Salmon Run
Developer(s)Bill Williams
Publisher(s)Atari Program Exchange
Synapse Software (VIC)
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, VIC-20
Release1982: Atari 8-bit
1983: VIC-20
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)1-4 player

Salmon Run is a 1982 video game for Atari 8-bit computers created by Bill Williams and distributed via the Atari Program Exchange. Salmon Run was the first game in Williams's career, followed by a string of successes noted for their oddball concepts.[1] The player takes the role of Sam the Salmon, swimming upriver to mate. Along the way he encounters waterfalls, a bear, fishermen, and seagulls.

In 1983, Salmon Run was released for the VIC-20 by Synapse Software under the label Showcase Software.[2]

  1. ^ Hague, James (May 13, 1999). "Bill Williams Remembered".
  2. ^ "VIC-20 Cartridge Rarity & Gameplay list". Digital Press.