Cloak & Dagger

a.k.a. Agent X / Cloak and Dagger

created and published by Atari in 1984, running on Atari 400/800

This game has not passed the prototype stage.

type: action/reflex
perspective: bird's-eye fixed camera
player options: single player

other: Prototype
languages: eng

Description

CX-52xx (no product number). Homebrew. North America NTSC. 1player only.
After the success of the movie and the arcade version, Atari assigned Dave Comstock to do the Atari 2600, 5200, and 8-bit versions. The 2600 version was quickly (and laughingly) abandoned. He began on the 8-bit version first, as was standard practice. He lobbied Atari to approve the first ever 32K cartridge for an 8-bit game. He was only 50% done when, Atari laid off nearly all of its computer programmers in 1984. Dave quietly slipped a disk into his pocket on the way out (it would have most certainly been destroyed otherwise). (This is the reason the 1984 date is used in this entry. This was the last time It was worked on for Atari and this is how the disk was labeled. This information will be updated when Cloak & Dagger is finally released.) Work on Cloak & Dagger ceased when Dave got a new job in a different field. The current status of the game is: No enemies, no death animation, no forklifts, no shooting, no light bombs, no status display, no game end sequence. Recently, Dave Comstock announced that he is working on this game again and will finish it with all the above features ans as even hinted at adding more.

(Zerothis) - # 2009-08-30 04:03:35

Technical specs

display: raster

Editor note

The first project that Atari authorized to use the very expensive 32K cartridge. Although a prototype 5200 cartridge of this game was shown in the movie by the same name, this was only a mock up. Scenes of the game being played are actually the arcade version piped through a TV monitor and an Atari 5200 joystick. The only home version of this game is a prototype for the Atari 8-bit computer platform.

# 2006