213ed Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Please tell me more about this interesting company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213ed Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOK-dfa Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hi, No offense intended, but did you try to use the search function here on the forum? If that doesn't give you any results you could always use Google (or your favourite search-engine). 5 seconds of searching gave me this: http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/greatgameco.html Cheers, Raymond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highinfidelity Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 No offense intended here as well, but what about asking for informations with a slighter explicative and personalized post? What about - for instance - starting by telling us how why and when you bumped into this company, since - as far as I'm concerned - their games never saw the light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213ed Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 I'm very sorry and will put more in-depht questions soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 as far as I'm concerned - their games never saw the light? Sure they did, but not for the 2600. The Great Game Company returned in the mid-eighties as Gametek where they released game show games for the NES and Genesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncillaryDrone Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Jeopardy for the 2600? Anyone think that's remotely possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Sure, just use some kind of code on the screen and an answer book. If the screen says XYZ you'd go to the corresponding question in the book. That's how most electronic quiz games worked at the time. To see how well board/quiz games can be integreated with simple video games, check out the Odyssey Master Strategy series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 One thing I'd like to poing out, The Great Game Company DID have a booth at Toy Fair but they didn't show any of their games. The only thing that they did was hand out their flyers ( http://www.rolentapress.com/memorabillia/g.../great-game.jpg ) which you'll noticed doesn't have any screen shots eithers. It's very questionable if work on any of these games was ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 In light of what we know now, I wonder if they ever intended to make the games or were playing the Tax Avoiders scheme. If these games were to actually be created for the 2600, they would require boards, quiz books, and other accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 can anyone say high price tag if they were released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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