Happy Trails (video game)

Happy Trails is a video game programmed by Carol Shaw for the Intellivision console and released by Activision in 1983.^[2] The player must navigate a character through a broken maze to collect gold.^[3] Shaw previously wrote River Raid for the Atari 2600.^[1]

Happy Trails
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Activision
Programmer(s)	Carol Shaw[1]
Platform(s)	Intellivision
Release	1983
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Happy Trails is a clone of the 1982 Konami arcade game Loco-Motion.^[4] Mattel was working on an official port, but Happy Trails was published first, resulting in Loco-Motion being sold at a discount and without any marketing support.^[4]

Reception

Joystik magazine wrote, "This is a great game. The strategic possibilities are seemingly endless," giving an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars.^[5]

Reviews

• Games #44^[6]