A.J. Franzman Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) I am not intentionally removing any entries from the list... it should ideally include any title that has ever been believably reported as "coming soon" but which went unreleased. If any title is found not to belong, it gets an appropriate comment in the Notes column. If I have deleted any title from the version of the list in post #1, please let me know. By design, HTML collapses all instances of multiple whitespace characters to a single space. The odd color switching is due to my using "code" tags to preserve formatting. For whatever reason, the forum software adds color changes within "code" sections according to some obscure set of rules. If it were actual programming code, the color changes might make sense. Perhaps the forums need another tag, such as "pre" (for "preformatted"), which would preserve spacing but not mess with the color. Else, perhaps Albert could modify the software to eliminate the color changes from the "code" tag (do they really help when displaying actual code?) Anyway, if the colors really annoy you, you could, for example, do a copy/paste into Notepad, or Wordpad (using Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted Text) on a Windows machine. Edited September 30, 2010 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceDice2010 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The main issue that I have with the list is that whoever did it before never gave a source as to why a title was on the list in the first place. Some of them are quite obvious as to why they are there. Some others really stump me. But, without knowing the original source it's damn hard to tell. I am going to go through and get sources for ones that I know should be there. lloyd p.s. Stuff like this really interests me as you can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Anyway, if the colors really annoy you Naah, I was just curious as to whether it was an artifact of my system, which occasionally has strange font behaviors. Besides, the colors are festive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Franzman, I would remove the Colecovision only titles. They're not VCS related. Also, it would be nice to have the released title after ALIAS, so the reader knows the official title of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) OK, it's been almost a month since I last posted it, so here's my latest revision of the list. I found a few additional titles in a file here in the AA archives, but most of the changes are in the Notes column. Atari VCS 2600 Cartridges Reported as Unreleased Last updated 2010-Sep-28 Key: ALIAS game is better known by another name-- in most cases, released FOUND game exists and binary has become readily available to the public FOUND- most complete known binary not publicly available, but earlier is EXISTS game prototype cartridge/board, EPROM, binary or source code has been discovered or is believed to be in a private collection but the binary is not publicly available MAY EXIST at least one credible source confirms that at least some coding of the game was started - perhaps as little as a 1-screen static demo ALIAS+EXISTS Space Mission was a working title shown in ads for what Atari released as Star Ship. The game was also released by Sears as Outer Space. However, one Atari-branded cartridge bearing the Space Mission name has been found. EXISTS+ALIAS one copy of the Pink Panther game is known to exist. The game is known by several different titles. FOUND+ALIAS Computer Chess was the working title of Video Chess. The prototype has additional features that were removed from the released version for unknown reasons. The only known cartridge with this name has a production end label. VAPOR it is believed that no coding ever took place for this title Titles without any entry in the NOTES column may never have been started. If the NOTES entry is a system name or "8 BIT COMPUTERS", that title was not a VCS game. If the NOTES entry is a different publisher, the game was released (or intended for release) by that publisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Publisher Mfg # NOTES ------------------------------------- -------------- ------- --------------- 3-D Asteroids Atari CX26105 3-D Genesis Amiga EXISTS 3-D Ghost Attack Amiga EXISTS 3-D Ghost Attack (for Amiga Power Module) 1100 APM UNRELEASED 3-D Havoc Amiga EXISTS 3-D Havoc (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 2110 APM UNRELEASED 3-D Rubik's Cube Atari FOUND 4 in 1 Atari CX26137 FOUND 8 in 1 (AKA Supergames 8 in 1) Atari CX26193 FOUND 9 to 5 20th-Fox 28 in 1 Atari 30 in 1 Atari 48 Hours Sega $25,000 Pyramid Great Game Co. Actionauts (AKA Microbots) Atari EXISTS AD&D: Tower of Mystery Mattel MT7175 EXISTS AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin Mattel MT4325 EXISTS Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Mattel SEE 2 ABOVE Adventures of Max, The Atari MAY EXIST Adventures of the Pink Panther Probe 2000 EXISTS+ALIAS (Pink Panther: The Video Game - PROBE 2000) Aerial Ace Imagic IA3409 ALIAS (Sky Patrol - IMAGIC) Airplane! Sega Air-Sea Attack Ultravision 1001 COLECOVISION Alligator People 20th-Fox FOUND Androman on the Moon (for Androman) Atari FOUND Anteater Mattel EXISTS Aquaventure Atari FOUND Astro-Battle Ultravision ALIAS (Astrowar - DIMAX / SINMAX) Astrochase Parker Bros. EXISTS Astrowar Artic SM8002 DIMAX A-Team, The Atari CX26133 FOUND Atom Smasher Cumma ALIAS (Meltdown - FOX VIDEO GAMES) Atom Smasher Videa ALIAS (Meltdown - FOX VIDEO GAMES) Attack of the Baby Seals 20th-Fox VAPOR B-52 Bomber Ultravision 1003 COLECOVISION B.C.'s Quest For Tires Tigervision COLECOVISION B.C. II: Grog's Revenge Tigervision COLECOVISION Baby Boom Boom Telesys ALIAS (Bouncing Baby Bunnies - TELESYS) Bagman Atari MAY EXIST Ballblazer Atari MAY EXIST Baseball Panda Inc. Baseball Best (AKA Baseball Top) Ultravision 1004 COLECOVISION BASIC Unitronics BASIC Programming (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Battle of the Sexes Multivision MAY EXIST Bear Jam Chalkboard Inc. Beginning Algebra (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Beginning Math (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Bionic Breakthrough (for Mindlink) Atari FOUND Bird Activision MAY EXIST Birthday Mania Personal Games Company EXISTS Blockade Runner Interphase Blow Out M Network MAY EXIST Blue Angels Apollo Bobby's Cosmic Adventure Telegames Boggle Atari FOUND Boing! Atari CX26128 FIRST STAR Boing! First Star FOUND Boing! Xonox FIRST STAR Bouncin' Baby Bunnies Telesys EXISTS Bouncing Baby Monkeys Telesys ALIAS (Bouncing Baby Bunnies - TELESYS) Brain Ball Telesys Buck Rogers: Caverns of Zagreb Sega Buck Rogers: Marathon of Zenda Sega Buck Rogers: Secret of Sabar Sega Bugs Bunny Atari FOUND Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th-Fox Cabbage Patch Kids Adventures... Park Coleco FOUND Candyland Surfing 20th-Fox MAY EXIST Care Bears Parker Bros. FOUND Catch the Fly U.S. Games VC 2004 ALIAS (Picnic - U.S. GAMES CORP.) Cat-Nap Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Cat Trax UA Limited FOUND Cave-In Spectravision Caverns of Mars Atari (a homebrew version of this game was released on the Flashback 2) Caverns of Mars (for The Graduate) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Challenge of.... Nexar, The 20th-Fox SPECTRAVIDEO Challenger Atari Changes Tigervision 7-013 Childrens Intro to Programming (Grad) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED CHIPs Ultravision Choplifter! Atari CX26124 Circus Charlie Parker Bros. PB5750 MAY EXIST Clone Attack Starpath Collision Course Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Combat Two Atari CX26156 FOUND Computer Chess Atari FOUND+ALIAS (Video Chess - ATARI) Computer Corridor (=Computer Revenge) Mattel MT4318 MAY EXIST Computer Typing (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Confrontation Answer FOUND Conservation: The Watt Way Panda Inc. Contenders Activision AK-041 Cosmic Avenger Coleco 2464 Countermeasure Atari Count's Castle Atari MAY EXIST Crack'ed Atari CX26142 FOUND Cubicolor Imagic FOUND Cumulus Mattel MAY EXIST Darts U.S. Games Day the Earth Stood Still, The 20th-Fox Dazzler Unitronics Deep Throat Games People Play Depth Charge Amiga EXISTS Depth Charge (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 1100 APM UNRELEASED Dinograms Zimag ALIAS (possibly Stone Age - CCE) Domino Man CBS Electronics Donald Duck's Speedboat Atari CX26108 FOUND Donkey Kong (for The Graduate) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Donkey Kong 3 Atari? VAPOR? Dragon's Lair Coleco Dragonslayer Sega Dreadnaught Factor Activision Drive 'Em Krazy Spectravision SA-216 Dual Scrolling (untitled) Mattel MAY EXIST Dukes of Hazzard (Stunt Cycle hack) Atari CX2678? FOUND Dukes of Hazzard (original game) Atari CX2678 FOUND Dumbo's Flying Circus Atari CX26115 FOUND Dune Atari FOUND Dungeon Master Telegames Dutch Elm Defender 20th-Fox VAPOR Eagle Mountain Spectravision SA-221 Electronic Football (port of handheld) Mattel Elevator Action Atari CX26126 FOUND Elk Attack Atari FOUND Emergency! (AKA Emergency I) Ultravision COLECOVISION Energy Quizz Hydro Quebec? COLECOVISION? Entity, The 20th-Fox 11036 FOUND Escape From Alcatraz Sega Escape from Argos Imagic ALIAS (No Escape! - IMAGIC) Exus Health Cycle Program Exus Fail Safe Atari Fall Guy, The 20th-Fox 11018 Family Feud Great Game Co. Family Finances (for The Graduate) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Fire! Palmex Flap! Imagic EIZ-002-041 ALIAS (Wing War - IMAGIC) Flapper (AKA Beanie Bopper, Jumper) Mattel MAY EXIST Flashlight (untitled) Mattel MAY EXIST Flesh Gordon Wizard Video MAY EXIST Flintstones, The M Network Flipper Technovision Food Fight Atari CX2693 Football (AKA Red vs. Blue) Atari FOUND Football Fanatic Sports Comp-U-Stat Forest Panda Inc. SANCHO/PAL Formula I Technovision TVS 1008 Foxbat Atari ALIAS (possibly RealSports Baseball - ATARI) Frantic Starpath Frenzy Coleco Friday the 13th Sega Frog Demo Commavid FOUND Frogger Atari CX26147 PARKER Frog Pond Atari CX2665 FOUND Funky Fish UA Limited FOUND Galactic Invaders Panda Inc. Galaga Atari CX26116 MAY EXIST Galaxy Invader Action Hi-Tech EXISTS Gamma Attack Gammation FOUND Garfield Atari FOUND Getcha Multivision Ghostbusters II Activision SALU/PAL Glactic Tactic Spectravision SA-211 Going-Up?? Starpath EXISTS Good Luck, Charlie Brown Atari CX26112 FOUND- Grover's Music Maker Atari CX26106 FOUND Happy Trails Activision INTELLIVISION Harem Multivision FOUND Harem 1 Multivision ? Harem 2 Multivision ? Heartbreak Multivision Hercules vs. the Titans Xonox High Seas M Network ALIAS (Sea Battle - M NETWORK) Holey Moley Atari CX26130 FOUND Home Filing Manager (for The Graduate)Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Home Finance (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Honker Bonker Atari ALIAS (possibly Holey Moley - ATARI) Hoover Dam (The Levee Game) Hop to It Imagic ALIAS (Quick Step - IMAGIC) Hot Rox Atari CX2615 ALIAS (Demons to Diamonds - ATARI) Hydroplane Mattel MAY EXIST Ice Trek Imagic Immies & Aggies Zimag FOUND Impossible Game, The Telesys MAY EXIST Incredible Hulk, The Parker Bros. MAY EXIST Inner Space Venture Vision ALIAS (Laser Gates - IMAGIC) In Search of the Golden Skull M Network MT4627 EXISTS Introduction to Programming (Grad.) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Intuition Tigervision 7-009 Ixion Sega FOUND James Bond 007 as Seen in Octopussy Parker Bros. MAY EXIST James Bond in Moonraker Parker Bros. MAY EXIST Jaws Parker Bros. Jaws Universal Pictures PARKER BROS Jeopardy Great Game Co. Jinks Atari Joker's Wild, The Great Game Co. Jumbo Jet Pilot Thorn EMI Jungle Jim Technovision TVS 1005 Jungler Gakken Jungle Raid Starpath ALIAS (Survival Island - STARPATH CORP.) Kabobber Activision FOUND Kamikaze Saucers Syncro FOUND Kerplop Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Keystone Kapers II (speculative title) Activision Kickman CBS Electronics MAY EXIST Klax Atari CX26192 NTSC FOUND Knight Rider Studio Games Kyphus Apollo AP 2007 FOUND Labyrinth Starpath ALIAS (Escape from the Mindmaster - STARPATH CORP.) Lady Bug Coleco 2463 (a homebrew port of this game has been released) Lasercade Videa FOUND Laser Raid Technovision TVS 1015 Last Line of Defense Starpath Last Starfighter, The (Doug Neubauer) Atari CX26134 ALIAS (Solaris - ATARI) Last Starfighter, The (Tod Frye) Atari EXISTS Leonardo's Logo Chalkboard Inc. Leo's 'Lectric Paintbrush Chalkboard Inc. Leo's Links Chalkboard Inc. Loco-Motion M Network MT4323 EXISTS Locomotive Technovision EXISTS Logic Master Chalkboard Inc. Logo (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Look Ahead Cumma 20th-Fox? Look Ahead 20th-Fox Looping Coleco 2654 FOUND Lord of the Dungeon Probe 2000 Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell Parker Bros. PB5950 FOUND Lost and Found Madden Football (AKA Maddenness) CBS Electronics Magnum, P.I. Studio Games Marathon Man Sega Marathon of Zenda Sega Mark of the Mole Atari EXISTS? M*A*S*H II 20th-Fox MAY EXIST Master Cylinder Spectravision SA-222 Masters of the Universe II Mattel MAY EXIST McDonald's Parker Bros. FOUND Meltdown 20th-Fox 11029 FOUND Meltdown (2600 version of 7800 title) Atari Metamorphosis Data Age Mickey and the Beanstalk Atari Mickey and the Great Outdoors Atari Micro Maestro Chalkboard Inc. Microsurgeon Imagic INTELLIVISION Midnight Rider Panda Inc. Millipede (alternate version) GCC FOUND Millipede (hard version) Dave Staugas - Atari Mind Maze Atari FOUND Mission: Impossible Sega Mission Omega CommaVid CM-010 MAY EXIST Mission X Mattel MAY EXIST Miss Piggy's Wedding Atari CX26113 FOUND Mogul Maniac (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 3105 APM UNRELEASED Monkey Business Mattel MAY EXIST Monstercise Atari CX26131 FOUND Moon Base Technovision TVS 1010 Moon Corridors (=Computer Corridor) Mattel INTELLIVISION Motorcycle Game (title unknown) Activision MAY EXIST Motor Mouth Technovision TVS 1006 Motor Psycho (AKA Motorcycle) Atari CX26141 Mouse Highway Technovision TVS 1013 Mr. Bill's Neighborhood Data Age Mr. T Data Age Muffett Sega Music Math Chalkboard Inc. Mystic Castle M Network Nineball Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Noah and the Ark Sunrise Nova Blast Imagic Number Games (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Off Your Rocker Amiga 3130 FOUND Off Your Rocker (for Amiga Power Module) 3115 APM UNRELEASED One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss Coleco Papa Smurf's Treasure Hunt Coleco Password Great Game Co. Password Plus Great Game Co. Peek-A-Boo Atari CX26137 FOUND Penetrator Avalon Hill MAY EXIST Pepper II Coleco 2655 MAY EXIST Pepsi Invaders Atari FOUND Pick Up 20th-Fox 11034 FOUND Pink Panther, The Probe 2000 EXISTS+ALIAS (Pink Panther: The Video Game - PROBE 2000) Pipeline Atari MAY EXIST Pizza Chef Zimag 713-111 FOUND Planet of the Apes 20th-Fox FOUND-? Planet Protector Pleiades UA Ltd. FOUND Pogoman Computer Magic Polo Atari FOUND Poltergeist Cumma Pompeii Apollo AP2011 FOUND Popeye Atari PARKER Porky's (alternate version) 20th-Fox MAY EXIST Power Lords: Quest for Vulcan Probe 2000 EXISTS Power Play Arcade 1 (multi-cart) Amiga Power Play Arcade 2 (multi-cart) Amiga Power Play Arcade 3 (multi-cart) Amiga Power Play Arcade 4 (multi-cart) Amiga Power Play Arcade 5 (multi-cart) Amiga Preppie Atari Price is Right, The Great Game Co. Protobob Spectravision SA-209 Pursuit of the Pink Panther EXISTS+ALIAS (Pink Panther: The Video Game - PROBE 2000) Qix Atari Quest for Inca Gold Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Quest for the Idol Ultravision ALIAS (Possibly Challenge - FUNVISION) Racer Roklan EXISTS Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg) Atari MAY EXIST Rally-X Atari RealSports Basketball Atari CX2679 FOUND/PAL Real Time Chess (untitled) Atari MAY EXIST Red Sea Crossing Steve Stack, Inc. MAY EXIST Relax Synapse Rescue of Emmanuelle, The Multivision MAY EXIST Retail Demo Cartridge (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Ripley's Believe It or Not Roklan River Rat Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Roaring 20s 20th-Fox ALIAS (Bank Heist - FOX VIDEO GAMES) Robotron: 2084 (for The Graduate) Atari MAY EXIST Rocky & Bullwinkle Atari MATTEL Rocky & Bullwinkle Mattel 4646 FOUND Rocky Battles the Champ Coleco 2652 Rodeo Atari Romper Room #1: Do Bee's 1st Alphabet Spectravision SA-224 Romper Room #2: Countdown to Fun Spectravision SA-225 Romper Rm #3: The Str. Where You Live Spectravision SA-226 Round-Up Atari Rush Hour CommaVid CM010 FOUND Sabotage Ultravision Saboteur Atari CX26119 FOUND S.A.C. Alert Amiga EXISTS S.A.C. Alert (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 2105 APM UNRELEASED S.A.C. Alert (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 3135 APM UNRELEASED Safecracker Imagic Save Mary Atari CX26178 FOUND Save the Whales 20th-Fox 11035 FOUND Scavenger Hunt Amiga 2100 Scavenger Hunt (for Amiga Power Module) APM UNRELEASED Scooby Doo Atari Scooby Doo M Network Scramble GCE MILTON BRADLEY Scramble Milton Bradley 3501 Scraper Caper Tigervision 7-010 Sea Battle Mattel 5860 FOUND Secret Agent Data Age FOUND Sector Alpha Spectravision SA-220 Sewer Sam Interphase COLECOVISION Sharp Shot Mattel MAY EXIST Shooting Arcade Atari CX26169 FOUND Shoot-Out Technovision TVS 100P Silly Safari Technovision TVS 1007 Sinistar Atari CX26122 FOUND Sinistar (Lou Harp version) Atari? Six Pack 20th-Fox Sky Blazer Br0derbund MAY EXIST Sky Lancer Tigervision 7-014 Sky Patrol Imagic IA3409 FOUND Smokey Bear Data Age Smurfette's Birthday (for KidVid) Coleco Snark Atari MAY EXIST Snowplow Sunrise MAY EXIST Snow White Atari CX26107 FOUND Soap Suds First Star ALIAS (Boing! - FIRST STAR SOFTWARE) Solar Defense Venture Vision MAY EXIST Solo Br0derbund MAY EXIST Spacechase (monogrammed) Apollo EXISTS Space Grid Action Hi-Tech EXISTS Space Maze Telesys Space Mines Zimag 8 BIT COMPUTERS Space Mission Atari CX2603 ALIAS+EXISTS (Star Ship - ATARI) Space Robot Ultravision ALIAS (Space Robot - DIMAX / SINMAX) Space War Ultravision 1002 COLECOVISION Speed Reading (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Spelling 1 (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Spelling Games (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Spider Kong Ultravision ALIAS (Inca Gold - FUNVISION) Spinning Fireball Zimag FOUND Splendour Bomb MAY EXIST Sports Statistics (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Squish 'em Sirius (a homebrew port of this game has been released) Squoosh Apollo AP2012 FOUND Star Castle Atari CX2655 Star Raiders II Atari CX26134 ALIAS (Solaris - ATARI) Star Trek GCE MILTON BRADLEY Star Trek: The Motion Picture Milton Bradley 3500 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Sega Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Sega 007-01 Star Wars: Ewok Adventure Parker Bros. PB5060 FOUND Star Wars: RotJ: Game I Parker Bros. PB5060 FOUND/ALIAS (Star Wars: RotJ: Ewok Adventure - PARKER BROS.) Star Wars: RotJ: Game II Parker Bros. PB5065 ALIAS (Star Wars: RotJ: Death Star Battle - PARKER BROS.) Steeplechase Atari CX2614 SEARS Stellar Track Atari CX2619 SEARS Stomp It CBS Electronics Stone Age Technovision TVS1014 CCE? Strafe (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 2115 APM UNRELEASED Street Fight Atari CX26167 Stunt Cycle Atari FOUND-? St. Valentine's Day Massacre 20th-Fox Submarine Commander Atari CX2647 SEARS Submarine Simulator (untitled) Atari MAY EXIST Subterfuge Sega ALIAS (Sub-Scan - SEGA) Super Crush Tigervision 7-015 Super Cycle Epyx Super Pac-Man Atari MAY EXIST Super Scramble Konami Super Soccer Atari CX26138 Super Stunt Cycle Atari Surfing (see Candyland Surfing) Surf's Up Amiga 3125 FOUND Surf's Up (for Amiga Power Module) Amiga 3110 APM UNRELEASED Surround II Atari CX26158 Survival Run Data Age (not MB) FOUND Sweat: The Decathlon Game Starpath FOUND Swim Meet (AKA Swimming Contest) Ultravision 1005 COLECOVISION Sword and the Sorceror, The Coleco 291905 Sword Fight (AKA Sword, Swordfighting)Mattel FOUND Swordquest: Airworld Atari CX2672 MAY EXIST Tachyon Beam Technovision TVS 1012 Tank Blitz Milton Bradley MAY EXIST Tank City Action Hi-Tech EXISTS Targ CBS Electronics FOUND Tarzan Coleco 2662 MAY EXIST Telepathy Atari FOUND Tempest Atari CX2687 FOUND Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (alt.) Wizard EXISTS Thundarr the Barbarian I Xonox X404X ALIAS (Tomarc the Barbarian - XONOX) Thundarr the Barbarian II Xonox ? Thunderfox Atari CX26153 Thwocker Activision FOUND Tic-Tac-Dough Great Game Co. Tic-Tac-Strip Multivision Time Scape Spectravision SA-213 Touch Typing (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Trail of the Pink Panther U.S. Games EXISTS+ALIAS (Pink Panther: The Video Game - PROBE 2000) TRON Deadly Discs/Adventures of TRON M Network MT4609 RELEASED(seprt) Turbo Atari CX26148 DROPPED/COLECO Turbo Coleco 2455 EXISTS Twister Typo Attack (for The Graduate) Atari GRAD UNRELEASED Underworld CommaVid MAY EXIST Unexpected Dangers Ultravision 1009 COLECOVISION Unknown Activision Game #1 (SCRMNN) Activision FOUND Unknown Activision Game #2 (MM) Activision FOUND Unknown Activision Game #3 (Submarine Game) Unknown Bear Game Sega Unknown Datatech Game Datatech Unknown Universal Game Universal FOUND Up & Atom Telesys Venetian Blinds Demo Activision FOUND Vertinko Spectravision Video Fitness System Garden Vortex Spectravision Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 20th-Fox ALIAS (Crash Dive - FOX VIDEO GAMES) War of the Worlds Sega War Room Probe 2000 War Zone Action Hi-Tech EXISTS Wheel of Fortune Great Game Co. White Water Madness Atari CX26184 VAPOR Wild Western Coleco 2660 Wings CBS Electronics FOUND Wizard Atari FOUND Word Games (for Piggyback) Entex PGBK UNRELEASED Xevious Atari CX2695 FOUND XIV Winter Olympics M Network MT4324 Zaxxon Atari CX26149 COLECO Zenji Activision Zookeeper Atari CX26121 PARTS EXIST 9x Unknown Titles J.S. & A. Group, Inc. (= Joseph Sugarman and Associates) (These titles may not be originals, but merely existing titles whose rights J.S. & A. purchased to help sell their unreleased PROM Blaster copier. It's also possible that they never existed at all.) ALIASes updated. Next time I will update other aspects on this list. Edited September 30, 2010 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceDice2010 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I find it really hard to believe that Coleco was planning on releasing Dragons Lair fro the 2600. Anyone know if that was true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I find it really hard to believe that Coleco was planning on releasing Dragons Lair fro the 2600. Anyone know if that was true? I have no evidence that this was being planned, but why do you find it hard to believe in principal? The Coleco Adam and other 8-bit home computer versions of the time only bared a passing resemblance to the laser disc original, so there's no reason why Coleco couldn't further pare down those concepts into an Atari 2600 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I agree. DL is an example of a game where gameplay strategy could be exactly, precisely identical to the arcade original. Anything visually depicted can be as detatiled as the system allows (or has resources available for). Just a number of differing kernels for the 2600 - the same as what has done with other Coleco properties (such as Smurf: RiGC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceDice2010 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I guess my main issue with this list is that no sources are given as to why a game is on the list. I am pretty familiar with Coleco. Years ago I actually pulled their bankruptcy docs to see what really happened to the company. Coleco was also pretty outgoing with with games and for what system they were producing for. I know they paid like $2 mil for the rights for DL and was thinking of having an add on laser disc player. Now, Atari did grab the license for DL, but never had any plans to bring it to the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceDice2010 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 On another note, there MAY be two Mcdonalds games that was planned by Parker Brothers. The catalog is somewhat confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Rom Hunter, the reason I did not include the alternate title after "ALIAS" is the lack of space in the format -- I had it set up like the original, so that there is no line wrap or horizontal scrolling in standard Notepad display style (fixed width font, 76 columns). I have a separate file for alias reference, but it's far from complete. I plan to post it when I consider it finished. I do not intend to remove any titles from the list, as I want it to be the definitive list of "answers" regarding unreleased or allegedly unreleased titles. In other words, if someone were at some future time to come across a copy somewhere else, of the version of the list from post #1 (or some other list of supposedly unreleased games, such as this one at AA), and have a question about one of the titles there, I want them to be able to find out the truth about it from my version. Edited September 30, 2010 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Jus to muddy up the list some more. The list is incomplete.... I see that Power Lords is not on the list. I've recently seen it and played it Correction, I see its on the list... Me bad. There is the Sega unreleased "Bear" game I posted screen shots some time ago as well. Also played Pink Panther as well recently. But, I see that is on the list. -Lee Edited September 30, 2010 by GrizzLee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 The Bear game is there too, look under "Unknown". Where did you play Pink Panther? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 @Lee: SHHHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 There is the Sega unreleased "Bear" game I posted screen shots some time ago as well. Yeah whatever happened to that anyway? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 There is the Sega unreleased "Bear" game I posted screen shots some time ago as well. Yeah whatever happened to that anyway? Tempest The author won't let it be released. I'm not exactly sure as to his exact reasons. Too bad, as it was a unique game concept. It is my understanding that the bear game was an experiment in game design. I don't know if it was to go beyond that. However, the concept would make for an interesting 2600 game. @Lee: SHHHH! Yeah, I know. I know nothing really more than what I posted. Sorry folks, gag orders from the ROM nazis. I'm sure we will all get a chance to play them someday... I hope. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 The author won't let it be released. I'm not exactly sure as to his exact reasons. Too bad, as it was a unique game concept. It is my understanding that the bear game was an experiment in game design. I don't know if it was to go beyond that. Who was the programmer? What company was it for? Can you tell us anything more? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 The author won't let it be released. I'm not exactly sure as to his exact reasons. Too bad, as it was a unique game concept. It is my understanding that the bear game was an experiment in game design. I don't know if it was to go beyond that. Who was the programmer? What company was it for? Can you tell us anything more? Tempest No, I don't know the programmer. I can try and find out. I think he still works for Sega. I was told all this 2nd hand. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 bagman!! i would love to have that one on 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 No, I don't know the programmer. I can try and find out. I think he still works for Sega. I was told all this 2nd hand. -Lee I've been in contact with him. He does not currently work for Sega. He is considering releasing the game. More info soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Franzman, I think it may be a good idea to relocate (not delete) some of the games in the list. As this is an unreleased games list, it would seem appropriate to move the titles that were eventually released. An example is "Roaring 20s" which was released as Bank Heist. The entry is just a WIP name, but the game was released. My 2-cents is to have a true unreleased games list and a separate WIP list. Great job! This is a very cool list already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAtarian Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I find it really hard to believe that Coleco was planning on releasing Dragons Lair fro the 2600. Anyone know if that was true? I have no evidence that this was being planned, but why do you find it hard to believe in principal? The Coleco Adam and other 8-bit home computer versions of the time only bared a passing resemblance to the laser disc original, so there's no reason why Coleco couldn't further pare down those concepts into an Atari 2600 version. I can't see Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Cliffhanger or Badlands being even remotely passable on something so primitive as a 2600. Laserdisc games were the pinnacle of gaming tech in their day and you just can't reproduce those graphics on a 2600.I think the Sega CD was the first system with FMV games but the actual game graphics weren't up to the same standard as the graphics in the video. Even the original Playstation, which was an FMV whore, couldn't reproduce in code what was recorded in the video portion of the game. PS2 and XBOX closed the gap between FMV and actual gameplay considerably but they still weren't quite there yet in all cases. I think 360 and PS3 are really the first systems that you can do a seamless transition from FMV to actual gameplay and not see a huge difference between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Franzman, I think it may be a good idea to relocate (not delete) some of the games in the list. As this is an unreleased games list, it would seem appropriate to move the titles that were eventually released. An example is "Roaring 20s" which was released as Bank Heist. The entry is just a WIP name, but the game was released. My 2-cents is to have a true unreleased games list and a separate WIP list. Thank you for your compliment. Sorry, I have to disagree with your suggestion, though. Imagine yourself a somewhat new VCS collector, reading some old article reporting the game "Space Paranoids" as coming soon to the 2600. This name is not familiar to you and you can't find it in any list of released games, but you are aware of this Unreleased Games list. Only now, it's two lists. If you happen to check the wrong one first, then you end up having to consult two different resources to find out what ever became of the game. That's what I want to avoid. For that reason, I am incorporating Rom Hunter's alias info (in a different format) into my next update. This doesn't mean you can't make any modified versions of the list for your personal use, or even post them here at AA. I don't own the list or this topic any more than anyone else does. Edited October 15, 2010 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAtarian Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Franzman, I think it may be a good idea to relocate (not delete) some of the games in the list. As this is an unreleased games list, it would seem appropriate to move the titles that were eventually released. An example is "Roaring 20s" which was released as Bank Heist. The entry is just a WIP name, but the game was released. My 2-cents is to have a true unreleased games list and a separate WIP list. Thank you for your compliment. Sorry, I have to disagree with your suggestion, though. Imagine yourself a somewhat new VCS collector, reading some old article reporting the game "Space Paranoids" as coming soon to the 2600. This name is not familiar to you and you can't find it in any list of released games, but you are aware of this Unreleased Games list. Only now, it's two lists. If you happen to check the wrong one first, then you end up having to consult two different resources to find out what ever became of the game. That's what I want to avoid. For that reason, I am incorporating Rom Hunter's alias info (in a different format) into my next update. How about instead of removing games that were eventually released, make a notation in it's entry in the list that it was released, what name it was released under (if different from the unreleased name), what year, and changes that were made to the game (if any) prior to release? That should cover all bases and make everybody happy. Edited October 15, 2010 by OldAtarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) I find it really hard to believe that Coleco was planning on releasing Dragons Lair fro the 2600. Anyone know if that was true? I have no evidence that this was being planned, but why do you find it hard to believe in principal? The Coleco Adam and other 8-bit home computer versions of the time only bared a passing resemblance to the laser disc original, so there's no reason why Coleco couldn't further pare down those concepts into an Atari 2600 version. I can't see Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Cliffhanger or Badlands being even remotely passable on something so primitive as a 2600. Laserdisc games were the pinnacle of gaming tech in their day and you just can't reproduce those graphics on a 2600. The graphics are almost never the point on the VCS; it's the gameplay. Obviously the system is nowhere near capable of anything close to the originals' level of eye-candy. But what makes you think that the gameplay of any of the laserdisc games is not achievable on the 2600? Let's be frank, please: gameplay on most of the laserdisc games was a craptastic process of trial-and-error rote memorization. Dragon's Lair is infamous for having many scenes that are completely identical in appearance, or simple mirror images, yet the actions needed to pass the scene depend on which number in the sequence you're up to, rather than any onscreen clue. I don't see why the VCS couldn't do a game that's graphically reminiscent of Dragon's Lair, but with better gameplay. If you prefer eye-candy over gameplay, then by all means please don't play any VCS versions that become available. Edited October 15, 2010 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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