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Category: Unreleased Prototypes

Pinball

19782008 Earl Green

The Game: A virtual pinball machine is presented, complete with flippers, bumpers, and the ability to physically “bump” the table to influence the motion of the ball. Per standard pinball rules, the object of the […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1978, 3 quarters (3 stars), Baer, Ralph, Game Systems, Magnavox / N.A.P., Odyssey2, P, Two Joysticks, Unreleased Prototypes, Video Pinball

Polo

19782009 Earl Green

The Game: Climb onto your trusty four-legged ride for a good old fashioned game of horse hockey. Try to knock the ball into your opponent’s goal, but don’t put yourself in a position where you […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1978, 2 quarters (2 stars), Atari, Atari 2600 VCS, Game Systems, home video games only, Joystick, P, Sports, Unreleased Prototypes

Bradley Trainer (a.k.a. “Military Battlezone”)

19812007 Earl Green

The Game: As the pilot of a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, you wander the desolate battlefield, trying to wipe out enemy tanks and helictopers without accidentally firing on your own allies. (Atari, under special contract […]

...under development, 1981, Arcade, Atari, B, Cockpit, First-Person, No Rating, other, Specialized Controller, Tanks, Unreleased Prototypes, Vector Graphics

Pick Axe Pete

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: As Pete, you start out in the center of a multi-tiered mine – not at the bottom – and your boulder-smashing pick axe begins to deteriorate after about one minute. Then you either […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, Climbing, European Import, Game Systems, Joystick, Jumping, Magnavox / N.A.P., Odyssey3 / Videopac G7400, P, Unreleased Prototypes

Impossible Mission / Programmed Trip

19832010 Earl Green

The Game: On an enclosed grid, you control a robotic drone whose job is to collect certain items on the grid and deflect enemies away from those items. If you can plant obstacles – which […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 2 quarters (2 stars), Action Strategy, Ectron, Game Systems, I, Joystick, Keyboard, Maze, Odyssey2, South American Import, Unreleased Prototypes

Attack Of The Timelord! (Terrahawks+)

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: The game begins as the skull-like face of Spyruss the Deathless (the Timelord of Chaos, no less!) taunts you (well, only if you had the Voice), and then a bunch of pesky spaceships […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 2 quarters (2 stars), A, European Import, Game Systems, Joystick, Magnavox / N.A.P., Odyssey3 / Videopac G7400, Slide & Shoot (i.e. Space Invaders), Unreleased Prototypes

RealSports Basketball

19832010 Earl Green

The Game: Two players each control one man in one-on-one, full-court action. Whoever has the highest score by a predetermined time limit wins. (Atari, 1983 [unreleased]) Memories: Atari’s RealSports series was created to challenge the […]

...under development, 1983, 2 Buttons, 2 quarters (2 stars), Atari, Atari 5200, Basketball, Game Systems, home video games only, Joystick, Keypad, R, Sports, Unreleased Prototypespart of Atari's RealSports series

Battlezone

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: As the pilot of a heavy tank, you wander the desolate battlefield, trying to wipe out enemy tanks and landing vehicles. (Atari, 1983) Memories: If Atari’s 2600 version of the arcade wargame was […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 4 quarters (4 stars), Atari, Atari 5200, B, Cockpit, First-Person, home video games only, Joystick, Military, Shooting At Enemies, Tanks, Unreleased Prototypes

Fantasy

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: Pirates have kidnapped your girlfriend, Cheri, and it’s your job to rescue her, from landing your hot air balloon on the deck of the pirate ship and trying to free her, to flying […]

...under development, 1983, 2 quarters (2 stars), Climbing, F, Fighting, Home Computer System, Joystick, Maze, Side-Scrolling, Texas Instruments, TI 99/4a, Unreleased Prototypes

Flash Point

19832009 Earl Green

The Game: A zombie infestation has overrun the city. The player, in a mobile unit bristling with weapons, must venture into the infested areas and eliminate the zombies – or die. The center of the […]

...under development, 1983, 4 quarters (4 stars), F, Game Systems, Magnavox / N.A.P., Odyssey3 / Videopac G7400, Shooting At Enemies, Two Joysticks, Unreleased Prototypes

Killer Bees

19832010 Earl Green

The Game: You control a solitary swarm of “good” bees, trailed by a couple of handy ray guns on the same vertical axis. The game starts out with a bunch of dim-witted Beebots bumbling around […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 2 quarters (2 stars), Action Strategy, European Import, Game Systems, Joystick, K, Magnavox / N.A.P., Odyssey3 / Videopac G7400, Unreleased Prototypesdesigned by Robert S. Harris

Lasercade

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: You’re manning an experimental laser in a shooting gallery, trying to zap objects as they cross a screen at the far end of the room. A direct hit scores points, but the clock […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 20th Century Fox, 3 quarters (3 stars), Atari 2600 VCS, Game Systems, Isometric View, Joystick, L, Slide & Shoot (i.e. Space Invaders), Unreleased Prototypes

Looping

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: What if you were out to perform daring, air-show-style aerial acrobatics, and someone was shooting at you at the same time? Wouldn’t that be dandy? Lucky you, that’s what you’re doing in this […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 4 quarters (4 stars), Atari 2600 VCS, Coleco, Game Systems, Joystick, L, Maze, Shooting At Enemies, Unreleased Prototypes

Pac-Man

19832010 Earl Green

The Game: As a round yellow creature consisting of a mouth and nothing else, you maneuver around a relatively simple maze, gobbling small dots (10 points) and evading four colorful monsters who can eat you […]

...under development, 1983, 4 quarters (4 stars), Atari, Colecovision, home video games only, Joystick, Maze, P, Unreleased Prototypesa port of Pac-Man, part of the Pac-Man series

Planet Of The Apes

19832011 Earl Green

The Game: It’s not a good idea being a human on Earth of the future, in a world ruled ruthlessly by intelligent, verbose, violent apes. Or, in this case, persistent, pixellated apes. The player controls […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 20th Century Fox, 3 quarters (3 stars), Atari 2600 VCS, Game Systems, Joystick, Maze, P, Shooting At Enemies, Special, Unreleased Prototypesdesigned by John W.S. Marvin

Power Lords: Quest For Volcan

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: As superhero Adam Power, you’re the pilot of a space sled on patrol around the explosive Volcan Rock, and what better cover for the bad guys? An enormous laser-eyed space serpent is coiled […]

...under development, 1983, 2 Buttons, 3 quarters (3 stars), Action Strategy, Colecovision, Collecting Objects, Game Systems, Joystick, Magnavox / N.A.P., P, Probe 2000, Shooting At Enemies, Unreleased Prototypes

Robot City

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: Four robotic tanks search methodically through a maze, trying to hunt you down. If you wind up in a straight line across or above/below the robot tanks, they will fire, even if a […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 5 quarters (5 stars), Action Strategy, European Import, Game Systems, Joystick, Magnavox / N.A.P., Maze, Odyssey2, R, Shooting At Enemies, Unreleased Prototypes

Robot Rubble

19832008 Earl Green

The Game: Robots descend from the mountains with one mission in mind: they’d like to fry you. In fact, they’re pretty adamant on that point. You’re armed with a weapon that can fling anti-robot grenades […]

...under development, 1 Button, 1983, 4 quarters (4 stars), Activision, Game Systems, Intellivision, Intellivision Controller, R, Slide & Shoot (i.e. Space Invaders), Unreleased Prototypes

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