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All Your Protos
Are Belong To Us!
| 5/18/22 |
Several
years back a video surfaced of the Atari In-House
2nd Quarter 1983 promo documentary. This
video shows off games being worked on at the time
for the Atari 2600 and 5200, many of which are in
various states of development. I've decided
to make new pages showing off these WIP versions,
even though actual prototypes have yet to be
found.
Atari
2600
Krull,
Bugs
Bunny, Xevious
Atari 5200
Pengo,
Tempest,
Xari
Arena, Sport
Goofy, Road
Runner
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| 5/9/22 |
Thanks to
the efforts of gaming historian Frank Cifaldi,
AtariProtos.com was gifted a large number of Atari
2600, 5200, 8-Bit, and 7800 prototypes to
review. These prototypes came from the
collection of a reviewer and seem all be from the
years 1983-84. While most of these
prototypes were the final versions (not surprising
given that they were review copies), there were a
several with some differences.
One of the most interesting things about this
collection was the presence of several early Atari
7800 prototypes. As most people are aware,
Atari 7800 prototypes are very uncommon, so it's a
rare treat to come across so many at one time (and
for early titles too). This update also
includes a new earlier version of Astrochase
and some new information on the MindLink game Bionic
Breakthrough thanks to the efforts of Thomas
Jentzsch.
Check out the following new* pages and expect more
Atari 7800 reviews to come soon.
Atari 2600
Pitfall
II, Millipede,
Solaris
Atari 5200
Zaxxon,
The
Dreadnaught Factor, Beamrider,
River
Raid, Keystone
Kapers, Megamania,
Kaboom,
Q*Bert,
Ms. Pac-Man, Joust,
Super
Cobra, Mr.
Do's Castle, Gyruss,
Frogger
II, RealSports
Baseball, Moon
Patrol, Dig
Dug, Berzerk,
Xevious
Atari 8-Bit
The
Dreadnaught Factor, H.E.R.O,
Zenji,
Pitfall
II, Frogger
II, Joust
Atari 7800
Ms.
Pac-Man, Centipede,
Robotron:
2084, RealSports
Baseball
* The amount of 'new' may
vary. Please consult your doctor before
reading. Side effects may include
disappointment, confusion, and an overwhelming
desire to fire up that old Atari again.
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| 3/7/22 |
Rescue Mission & Ballblaster
Although
AtariProtos has reviewed WIP versions of both
Rescue on Fractalus and Ballblazer for the Atari
5200, we have neglected to take a look at some
earlier betas of these games for the Atari 8-bit
computers. These betas were pirated under
the names Rescue
Mission and Ballblaster,
and feature some interesting differences. Be
sure to check them out.
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| 2/15/22 |
AtariProtos
is happy to announce a review of Astro
Chase for the Atari 2600. A fairly
faithful port of the Atari 8-bit/5200 original,
the 2600 version is just as much of a joy to play
as its more flashy cousins (take that as you
will). Head on over to the new Astro
Chase page and check out the review.
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| 2/11/22 |
There are
three known prototypes for Elf Adventure, but the
earliest
version always appeared to be a bad
dump. However thanks to the generosity of
John Hardie we now have a working copy of this
rom. So go and check out this new
version and see how this sequel to Adventure
began.
On a side note, 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of
AtariProtos.com! Thanks to everyone for
reading.
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| 11/30/21 |
Another
day another new prototype. This prototype
comes to us courtesy of our old friend Ken Van
Mersbergen. This late beta for the
Atari 8-bit version of Popeye
has a few interesting differences
including invincibility on the first
screen. Be sure to check this out.
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| 11/29/21 |
No, this
isn't a new prototype. Satan's Hollow for
the Atari 400/800 has been available for a long
time, but somehow we here at AtariProtos managed
to overlook it and never gave it a proper
review. Today this terrible wrong has been
righted. So head on over to the new Satan's
Hollow page for a review of a nice arcade
port that never saw the light of day.
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