White Water Madness

[+atari2600land]

This is listed as a game in issue 2 of the 2600 Connection. It's number is cx26184. So why can't I find any info on it?

[CPUWIZ]

Only a rumored title.

 

http://guide.digitpress.com:8080/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=24311

[timdu]

Oops! I should edit that list of Atari's games in issue 2 of the 2600 Connection. That newsletter was printed in 1990 so the list needs to be updated. I'll add another item on my TO DO list.

 

-Tim

[solidcorp]

As far as I know it was only completed for the Atari STe computers and I'm not even sure it shipped anymore.

[RupanIII]

Check this out! http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/07/whitewater-madness-move-over-toobin.html#more

[Tempest]

Cool. Thanks for sharing. So we're sure now that it was never actually released on the ST?

 

I don't see how this could have been done on the 2600. Not without really simplifying the gameplay. Maybe on the 7800, but even then it would have to be stripped down a bit.

[Supergun]

But Matt, you know as well as I, that Atari assigned & reserved part numbers for almost every game across all their systems. 2600, 5200, 7800, and even XE to an extent. All of these systems have dozens of product numbers assigned for almost every game (during that era) that they were either working on, or figured someday they might.

 

I mean, sometimes things didn't work out, like say Asteroids for 5200, or Qix for 2600, so White Water Madness; having 2600, 5200, & 7800 product numbers assigned is of no surprise to me at all.

 

EDIT: Apparently XE as well (RX8136)

Edited July 28, 2017 by Supergun