Salmon Run (video game)

Salmon Run
DeveloperBill Williams
PublishersAtari Program Exchange
Synapse Software (VIC)
PlatformsAtari 8-bit, VIC-20
Release1982: Atari 8-bit
1983: VIC-20
GenreAction
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

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. 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 Showcase Software label.