Tempest Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Was the voice controlled Battlezone ever seen or was it just a rumour? Just a rumor as far as I know. Also, I've never heard of Battlezone 2. Perhaps you're thinking of the second version of Battlezone that was supposedly being developed that got scrapped? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 Was the voice controlled Battlezone ever seen or was it just a rumour? Just a rumor as far as I know. Also, I've never heard of Battlezone 2. Perhaps you're thinking of the second version of Battlezone that was supposedly being developed that got scrapped? Tempest It is perhaps a succinct possibility for Atari were infamous for their vapourware but I do remember reading in a UK Atari fan club news letter about games that were coming soon and along with Dumbo and Good luck Charlie Brown, Battlezone 2 was mentioned in name only. On line I have seen it listed but there is no information available but then a lot of rumoured games such as 9 to 5 and the Fall Guy were on the same lists and they were never released either. Rom got me thinking that Atari could have been thinking of releasing one of the other versions or even the voice operated one before thinking twice about the whole project. It is as good a theory as any other I have heard;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 From the descriptions I've read, Fall Guy was just going to be a hack of Squish 'em (which is why the plot makes almost no sense). Most of the movie based titles from TCF were just repacking or slight hacks of Sirius games. I wouldn't be surprised if it exists somewhere. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 From the descriptions I've read, Fall Guy was just going to be a hack of Squish 'em (which is why the plot makes almost no sense). Most of the movie based titles from TCF were just repacking or slight hacks of Sirius games. I wouldn't be surprised if it exists somewhere. Tempest I guess you are right for even MacDonalds was shown to exist in some kind of limited form. Back to the Battlezone question, a vectorscan version was not possible on the 2600 and no doubt the game would have resembled Tempest which is probably why it was dropped but what was the third version liek that was being worked on? Does anyone know how it might have turned out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 How about Turbo? It was shown, wasn't it? Now, I can not believe they managed to do Robotron for the VCS. I would love to see that... Was it shown at any expo? Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 How about Turbo? It was shown, wasn't it? Now, I can not believe they managed to do Robotron for the VCS. I would love to see that... Was it shown at any expo? Eduardo Yep, in fact my ex-co-worker, David Akers saw it and said it was the most insane flicker-fest ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) Yep, in fact my ex-co-worker, David Akers saw it and said it was the most insane flicker-fest ever. LOL Well, although I think Thomas did a great job with his version of Turbo, I really hope that the original version will surface one day. Edited July 21, 2006 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yep, in fact my ex-co-worker, David Akers saw it and said it was the most insane flicker-fest ever. LOL Well, although I think Thomas did a great job with his version of Turbo, I really hope that the original version will surface one day. My comment was in regards to Robotron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Yes, I noticed it. My mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Yep, in fact my ex-co-worker, David Akers saw it and said it was the most insane flicker-fest ever. LOL Well, although I think Thomas did a great job with his version of Turbo, I really hope that the original version will surface one day. He made a version of Turbo? Any link to it? I'd love to be able to play the game again besides MAME... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) Well, it's actually an April Fool's day demo: Turbo_Prototype_Demo__2003___Thomas_Jentzsch_.bin Not really playable, but very well made. It most certainly fooled me. Edited July 22, 2006 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I'm pretty sure that Turbo exists, but it's hard to say. I've heard a first hard account on why it was cancelled, but I'm not sure the source was trustworhty. It exists for the Intellivision for god sakes, you'd think that the 2600 version would have been done before that one. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 I am with Tempest on this one for Atari had the rights to release it as a red label along with Zaxxon so it had to be finished or near enough to be considered in the first place. I remember in the winter edition of TV Gamer in the Uk they were talking about Turbo and how it was going to challenge Pole Position and Enduro. They even confirmed that it would use a joystick and not any paddle or driver controller. I would love to know what happened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 From the descriptions I've read, Fall Guy was just going to be a hack of Squish 'em (which is why the plot makes almost no sense). Most of the movie based titles from TCF were just repacking or slight hacks of Sirius games. I wouldn't be surprised if it exists somewhere. Tempest I got a copy of 'Fall Guy' rom for the Colecovision on floppy disk here somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 From the descriptions I've read, Fall Guy was just going to be a hack of Squish 'em (which is why the plot makes almost no sense). Most of the movie based titles from TCF were just repacking or slight hacks of Sirius games. I wouldn't be surprised if it exists somewhere. Tempest I got a copy of 'Fall Guy' rom for the Colecovision on floppy disk here somewhere.... Different Fall Guy. The Colecovision version is an original game. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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