khryssun Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 Did a such company released games for the Atari VCS 2600 ? at least that what this company was supposed to do regarding the old video games magazine I was reading this morning... But I haven't found any ressource about it And for those wondering about the game title, there's a picture of a mock-up of a game box named Deep Throat... for the young ones it's a kinda of.... how to say.... game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 "Deep Throat" is also the cliche'd name of a secretive government informant. I don't recall where it originated, but it was likely from some 60s espionage movie As for GPP -- wasn't it called GCP: Games Comuters Play? I seem to recall that being its name when I read about it in Antic all those years ago. In any event, they were primarily an online service, much like Compuserve or GEnie, but through the use of a special terminal program, you were able to connect to the service and play games online with real graphics (although the graphics were drawn in realtime with PLOT and DRAWTO-type functions). As I recall, it was available for Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and Apple II computers, and the games themselves were, of necessity, designed specifically for the GPP/GCP service. It was not for the Atari 2600. That service was called Gameline, and was the brainchild of the man who eventually went on to form America OnLine. You plugged in a special device to the cart port of the VCS, then connected your phone line into it. It would then connect to the Gameline service and give you a list of games you could download at any given time. You picked one, the game was downloaded into the device's internal memory, and you could play it as long as you wanted, so long as you didn't turn off the VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 at least that what this company was supposed to do regarding the old video games magazine I was reading this morning Would it be possible to post of pic of this magazine page? Might help shed some light on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 at least that what this company was supposed to do regarding the old video games magazine I was reading this morning Would it be possible to post of pic of this magazine page? Might help shed some light on the subject. Yes I'll do as soon as I'd reconnected my scanner before long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr professor Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 "Deep Throat" is also the cliche'd name of a secretive government informant. I don't recall where it originated, but it was likely from some 60s espionage movie. http://www.ljudmila.org/~vuk/ascii/deep.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 "Deep Throat" is also the cliche'd name of a secretive government informant. I don't recall where it originated, but it was likely from some 60s espionage movie. Deep Throat was the name Woodward and Berstein gave their main source in the book All the President's Men. They took the name from a popular porn film at the time. Incidentally, Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy believes that Deep Throat was not an individual but a composite character, created to make the book more readable (and of course hide their identities.) He has stated that no one person had access to all the information about Watergate in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Ah, that's the book I was trying to think of... I knew it was from a well known origin. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 "Deep Throat" is also the cliche'd name of a secretive government informant. I don't recall where it originated, but it was likely from some 60s espionage movie Actually, it must have come from a 70's porn movie of the same name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted September 2, 2003 Author Share Posted September 2, 2003 I put the magazine scan into a new topic http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...p=382907#382907 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 I think the board game company Pressman used the slogan "Games People Play" back in the 80's... but of course, they never made any 2600 games. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 A couple of years ago they released who Deep Throat actually was and it was a fairly well known political figure. I can't for the life of me remember who, though... I'm sure Google would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Fred Fielding http://deepthroatuncovered.com/ almost sounds like a porn name in its own right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 That is still a theory caome up with by some college students. It is far from a fact that Fielding is Deep Throat. Those who know still aren't talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I still think it's Kissinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Some people think its pat buchanan. He has a big mouth so it's not totally out of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Some people think its pat buchanan. He has a big mouth so it's not totally out of the question. I think that's who the AP reported it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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