showing 4 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungle River Cruise | Atari | 1982 | [[i]Likely[/i]]No catalog number assigned. North American NTSC. 1 player only.[/[i]Likely[/i]] No prototype yet found but at least one was created. While Tumbleweeds provided an activity to go along with exercise, Jungle River Cruise was designed to be a game unto itself. The Player pedals a paddleboat down a river and tries to rescue stranded explorers. Alligators, piranhas, rocks, shallow water, snakes, spear throwing natives, and water spitting elephants attempt to harm you and the explorers. Surprisingly complex, players need to keep track of how low in the water their boat is riding and the depth of different parts of the river. Try not to hit the explorers, pedal up to them slowly and maneuver precisely. It should be noted that Elephants are an African or Asian animal but piranhas are South American. However, either species could survive well if introduced to the other's environment. Africa has crocodiles but not alligators. South America has crocodiles and caiman. Caiman are often called alligators but they are not. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Tumbleweeds | Atari | 1982 | Designed solely for the Puffer Bike controller. Simply pedal forward and dodge the tumbleweeds and steer around the cacti. The difficulty of dodging obstacles is dependent on how fast you pedal. Tumbleweeds is not so much of a game as an activity to make riding an exercise bike slightly less boring. Since the main purpose is exercise, this game qualifies as 'serious'. The only known prototype was produced in a regular Star Raiders cartridge, and so it went unidentified for quite sometime. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Ms. Pac-Man | Atari | 1983 | [125]***CX-5243. Rarity 2 Common+. North America NTSC. 1 player or 2 players alternating. The [game=Pac-Man]Pac-Man[/game] sequel with moving fruit and mazes from the [game=#153224]arcade version[/game]. And the protagonist is cuter. Eat all the pellets in the maze. Avoid the ghosts unless you're powered up with a power pellet (limited time only). Atari created a prototype of this game that used the Puffer controller. Programmed by Jim Leiterman. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Pole Position | Atari (General Computer;Atari) | 1983 | [125]***CX-5217. Rarity 1 Common. North America NTSC. 1 player only. Based on the [game=#155]arcade game[/game]. Race on 1 of 4 tacks. Before each race is a qualifying lap to earn a starting position. If you don't make the checkpoint in time, game over. Atari created a prototype of this game that used the Puffer controller. Programmed by Jim Leiterman. [spoiler=Speed Hint;Speed Hint]Losing traction actually slows you down; quite unusual for most videogames[/spoiler] [Zerothis] | labelimageminimize |
