Dolphin is a side-scrolling video game created by Matthew Hubbard for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision in 1983.[1] Hubbard later designed Zenji for Activision.[1] Dolphin requires the player to use audio cues in order to survive.

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Dolphin
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Activision
Programmer(s)	Matthew Hubbard [1]
Platform(s)	Atari 2600
Release	1983
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls a dolphin attempting to flee from a giant squid. It must avoid colliding with packs of seahorses while navigating both forward- and backward-moving currents (indicated by arrows pointed with or against the dolphin's direction, respectively) which accelerate or decelerate its speed. Occasionally a seagull appears above the water's surface which, if touched, permits the player a short period of invincibility. During this time, the dolphin is able to touch the squid and drive it away.

The dolphin's sonar sounds to indicate how to avoid seahorses: a high pitch indicates an opening near the water's surface, and a lower resonance indicates a seafloor passage.

Reception

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Dolphin won the "Best Videogame Audio/Visual Effects (Less than 16K ROM)" category in the Electronic Games 1984 Arcade Awards.[2]

See also

• List of Atari 2600 games
• List of Activision games: 1980–1999

References

External links

• Dolphin at Atari Mania
• Dolphin review by Keita Iida at AtariHQ