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Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market

Posted by kdawson on from the once-in-a-lifetime dept.

VonGuard writes "I was at the flea market in Oakland yesterday when a pile of EPROMs caught my eye. When I got them home I found that they were prototypes for Colecovision games. A few were unpublished or saw limited runs, like Video Hustler (billiards). Others were fully released, like WarGames. But the crown jewel is what look to be a number of chips with various revisions of Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures in the Park for Atari 2600. This game was never released and has never been seen. It was a port of the version for Colecovision, and this lot of chips also included the Coleco version. So now I have to find someone who can dump EPROMs gently onto a PC so we can play this never-before seen game, which is almost certainly awful."

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  1. Launch Party by glittalogik · · Score: 5, Funny

    The unveiling and first attempt at this game requires:

    - A projector.
    - A camera to record footage for posterity.
    - A celebrity guest, Either CmdrTaco, CowboyNeal, or one of the Diggnation guys.
    - Huuuuuge quantities of alcohol.

    This has the potential to be one of the most successful parties in /. history. There could easily be as many as 5, even 6 guests! Rock on!

  2. My secret plan, now I know this... by thrill12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Get access to some eproms, preferably the old, worn-out kind.
    2. Put a cryptic label on them, something like "P0N 13S OMG", or "SR0 CKS TH1", plus some brandname like "Coleco" or "Atari"
    3. Go to the nearest auction site
    4. ...
    5. Profit !

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  3. Somebody is getting their comeuppance by bluemetal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody was paid to spend time and work hard on that game, no matter how horrible it is. This is your time lonesome programmer... your moment of fame has finally arrived after so many long years of obscurity. Will the effort of years past pay off now, or will you simply fade away from whence you cam to that cold, bleak corner of gaming history.

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  4. Re:Cool by suckmysav · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, OK, so we are excited about how bad the game probably is.

    Sort of like a vintage Daikatana?

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  5. Profit! by countach · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Find some old EPROMS
    2. Write the names of old video games on stickers and attach.
    3. Go to flea market.
    4. Profit!!

  6. "Them"? by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    that didn't go over well when our VP found out...

    I imagine the kids didn't care for hanging in the tree either.

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  7. Re:Cool by Jason1729 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Although I can imagine some teenager asking that question. The Atari VCS/2600 is older than many people alive today (almost 31 years).

    Thank you so much for making me feel old :P

    I had one of these when I was a kid (actually a colecovision with the Atari 2600 adapter.)

    I'm going to go play "Adventure" now.

  8. Re:Cool by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, no Custer's Revenge?

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  9. Re:Cool by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    > though note that the mouse makes a poor substitute for a paddle

    Richard Gere might disagree.

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  10. Re:Cool by Skevin · · Score: 3, Funny

    > What's an Atari 2600?

    It's a whole new treasure trove of source material for Uwe Bolle.

    Solomon

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