How to play Farmyard Fun online
- Move: arrow keys
- Fire button: Space bar
- Start a new game: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
- Save and load your progress: Ctrl + 0–9 saves to a slot, Alt + 0–9 loads it
One game, many farmyards
Farmyard Fun came out in more than one form. AtariMania lists an NTSC cartridge from the Taiwanese TP-6xx series, serial TP-617, and a 1983 PAL release by Suntek for Europe, serial SS-034. AtariAge also records a European cartridge from Ariola.
The same game was sold under other names too. In Germany the mail-order company Quelle sold it as Tom’s Eierjagd (“Tom’s egg hunt”) in 1983. Home Vision advertised versions called Pumuckl at the Farm House and Play Farm, named after Pumuckl, a character from a German children’s cartoon, but no copy of either has ever been found. A release called Home Sweet Home, from a company named Show Game, is also listed, though its ROM has not been preserved.
