======Climbers======
Kinda proto-[[platformers|platformers]], being platformers without jumping, where the player completes a board by climbing ladders (and other things).

=====Examples=====
  * 1980 //[[game:Space Panic]]//
  * 1981 //[[game:Apple Panic]]//
  * 1982 //[[game:BurgerTime]]//
  * 1982 //[[game:Super Mouse]]//
  * 1983 //[[game:mr_dos_castle|Mr. Do's Castle]]//
  * 1983 //[[game:Otenba Becky no Daibouken]]// (//Tomboyish Becky's Large Adventure//)
  * 1983 //[[game:Lode Runner]]//

=====Progeny=====
  * [[platformers]]

//[[game:Donkey Kong]]// was released in 1981 and briges the gap between climber and platformer.

=====See Also=====
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ5KiKFXD0|Inventories: Platforming games before Super Mario Bros. 01]] - HG101 video.