Spelunker

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Average Player Score

Based on 52 ratings

5.9

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Score Breakdown Based on 52 ratings

1. 10 (6)
2. 9 (4)
3. 8 (5)
4. 7 (15)
5. 6 (6)
6. 5 (1)
7. 4 (3)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (7)
10. 1 (3)

Most Helpful Critical Player Reviews

• Rating:1.6

  Playing this game is actually depressing. But it is fun to watch someone else suffer through it.

  By rvcontre | Review Date: Nov 18, 2005 | NES

  Spelunker (NES) I got spelunker as a present on my birthday. Now, getting a video game as a birthday present now seems to be a pretty good proposition. Even for those of us that are uninformed about video games there ... Read Full Review

  3 of 4 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Spelunker

• Rating:6.5

  Fun but frustrating.

  By d_parker | Review Date: Aug 25, 2013 | NES

  Missed out on this game when it first came out and picked it up for the Nintendo 3DS by way of their Virtual Console. You play a little dude exploring caves looking for treasure. Sort of reminded me of Pitfall II and... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:2

  A port of a superior game of underground treasure-hunting that could be mistaken as a spoof, but the joke's on us.

  By aryoshi | Review Date: Feb 01, 2011 | NES

  A classic game of treasure hunting and underground adventure. So what's the problem with this game? Spelunker had once been a decent game before Broderbund gave birth to its mutant NES port. The prime enjoyable factors f... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  Eat penguin **** you a$s spelunker.

  By garey017 | Review Date: Jan 22, 2008 | C64

  This game was a lot of fun back when it came out. Although it was extremely extremely extremely hard. I found this game online recently and played, and it hasn't gotten any easier. The difficulty kind of cripples this... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:3.6

  Not good as a retro-romp, Spelunker doesn't hold up well in gameplay or nostalgia.

  By -Coleman- | Review Date: Dec 06, 2004 | NES

  I picked up a copy of this game as part of an Ebay auction when I purchased my NES. I know of its previous Commodore existence, and thought it might be good even as a quickie retro-romp. Not so. The gameplay is stiffe... Read Full Review

  0 of 2 users found the following review helpful