Atari 2600 Lord of the Rings Discovered

Posted by Hemos on Sunday December 16, 2001 @03:57AM from the unearthing-the-past dept.

TheAlchemist writes "Eighteen years ago a Lord of the Rings game appeared in a Parker Brothers catalog for the Atari 2600. Unfortunately, the game was never released, along with several other titles that appeared alongside it. Just in time for the first Lord of the Rings movie release next week, AtariAge.com has discovered a long lost prototype of this game, probably one of the most sought after 2600 vaporware titles. You can look at screenshots, a picture of the prototype box, the prototype cartridge, and download the binary image that you can then run in one of several Atari 2600 emulators. More information about the game can be gleaned here."

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Re:Sonny Bono says it's still illegal by foobar104 · 2001-12-16 06:57 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Blame Sonny Bono and Di$ney for such a counterproductively long copyprivilege term.

You know, I have found that the sort of person who uses a made-up term like "copyprivilege" is almost without exception a person who has never created anything of merit in his or her life.

Create something. Work hard for years to create something truly original and unique. Then answer this question: is being the only one allowed to decide the use and dispensation of your creation a right, or a privilege?