Long-Lost Atari 2600 Game Found

[garyopa]

Alot of New Age Gamers love playing old Atari 2600 games!



Almost every gamer knows about the Atari 2600′s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but apparently there was another Extra Terrestrials game developed for the system!

Almost every gamer alive remembers the Atari 2600, and alot of the hardcore ones have a complete copy of all their ROM's (even tho illegal still), just to relive old memories and play them on their newer Video Gaming Consoles or PC's.

But now thanks to an unknown donor, a retro museum has received a gift, a unknown long-lost Atari 2600 game, maybe the last one ever produced, here is what the musuem owner had to say about it:

"Museum curator and founder Syd Bolton found himself in a state of disbelief when fellow volunteer George Yallop delivered a ‘contribution' from someone he knew, who had recently visited the museum. The envelope contained an Atari 2600 cartridge called Extra Terrestrials.

Searches of the web didn't reveal any information about the game. It was at this point that Syd realized he may have found a long lost game. This was an important discovery to the muesum and the Atari community as well."

They now in the progress of finding someone to dump this long lost gem, in the meantime here is short video of the gameplay!

NEWS SOURCE: OldGameReviewer

[trancehead]

dont think anyone can see this, still waiting for relaunch

[JonathanD]

dont think anyone can see this, still waiting for relaunch

I can see it but I had to read the full article before I knew anyone posted.

On the main topic, this looks like its either a hack of another 2600 game or a bootleg maybe from the period?

Atari had a lot of issues with just anyone making 2600 games since it featured zero lock out features.

At any rate this will be an interesting story to see play out.

Edit: After heading over to the source I see that it was a 3 man company that only produced a few hundred of these carts back in 1984, wild and ultra rare! Now I want one lol

[garyopa]

I can see it but I had to read the full article before I knew anyone posted.

On the main topic, this looks like its either a hack of another 2600 game or a bootleg maybe from the period?

Atari had a lot of issues with just anyone making 2600 games since it featured zero lock out features.

At any rate this will be an interesting story to see play out.

Edit: After heading over to the source I see that it was a 3 man company that only produced a few hundred of these carts back in 1984, wild and ultra rare! Now I want one lol

Sorry I should have covered more of the original news story in my posting.

[billysastard]

I can see it but I had to read the full article before I knew anyone posted.

On the main topic, this looks like its either a hack of another 2600 game or a bootleg maybe from the period?

Atari had a lot of issues with just anyone making 2600 games since it featured zero lock out features.

At any rate this will be an interesting story to see play out.

Edit: After heading over to the source I see that it was a 3 man company that only produced a few hundred of these carts back in 1984, wild and ultra rare! Now I want one lol

well since the rom is being dumped you'll be able to play it off sd on the 2600 flash cart or on just about anything else with an emulator.

[JonathanD]

well since the rom is being dumped you'll be able to play it off sd on the 2600 flash cart or on just about anything else with an emulator.

Running a ROM is great for those ultra rare impossible to get games (like this one lol) but its not the same as owning it. The game itself looks like it would have been fun for like 30 seconds... The fun is in the hunt for me lol It's on my list of things to buy if I ever see a copy of it at any of my usual haunts when I am looking for old video game stuff (I would have bought it anyway since I have never heard of it lol)

[billysastard]

Running a ROM is great for those ultra rare impossible to get games (like this one lol) but its not the same as owning it. The game itself looks like it would have been fun for like 30 seconds... The fun is in the hunt for me lol It's on my list of things to buy if I ever see a copy of it at any of my usual haunts when I am looking for old video game stuff (I would have bought it anyway since I have never heard of it lol)

well this one was sold door to door in one region near the company and this cart was the family's personal copy so chances of getting lucky are probably lower than winning the lottery 2 weeks in a row.

[garyopa]

The local newspaper interviewed the creator of this game, and it makes for a good read:

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...28-years-later