Author Topic: Atari Game Shows (Read 2968 times)

jrjgames · « **on:** August 24, 2003, 09:08:39 AM »

Talk about the video game shows I thought this was worth reposting.

I found this one someone's site way back when and I can't remember where. I left the pages as I found them, so I do not take credit for this, but and pleased I can bring it to you.

DISCUSS!

http://www.jrjgames.com/main/promos/greatgameco.html

John

cmjb13 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2003, 09:16:59 AM »

All of those games probably could have been done ok except for TPIR. No way with all of those pricing games, especially on the VCS.

Especially after the PC version was so terrible, I can't see a better version with older hardware.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:03:51 AM »

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All of those games probably could have been done ok except for TPIR.

You might be giving the Atari 2600 more credit than it deserves. I've thought about this for a long time and the only way I think most the games could have worked would have been if the on-screen part functioned merely as a crude game board and the bulk of the actual game playing happened off-screen. There just wasn't enough \"oomph\" in the cartridges to store, for example, anything approaching a useful number of questions for the Q&As. Wheel of Fortune would have worked, of course, but I have my doubts about ANY of the others.

And I'll tell you where John found those nifty pages. It's a tribute site for old videogame programming called The Atari Gaming Headquarters http://www.atarihq.com . Terrific place, especially for those of us old enough to remember playing with the 2600. The one piece of information that you don't learn from those press releases John found is that The Great Game Company evolved into GameTek. GameTek retained the videogame rights to all those game shows, so even though the games didn't come out for the Atari, most of them (and some others) became the subjects of the earliest PC versions.

jrjgames · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:23:29 AM »

Thanks Matt for the added info, I couldnt remember for the life of me where I found those!

John

joelvanderveen · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2003, 02:10:41 PM »

I've seen that one before. I own an Atari still and simply cannot imagine how boring those games would be. The TPiR game would probably just feature Double Prices, 1 Right Price, and mayyybe 1 Wrong Price. :-)

ilb4ever2000 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2003, 02:14:16 PM »

You certainly could have gotten away with the TJW and TTD bonus rounds on the 2600. But that's it...

It'd be nice if there was a prototype of the Feud game described in there, but they were probably just tooting their own horn.