TheCheeseLover Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I don't think you know this, but there actually was a Batman game for atari 800. It really wasnt very good. Tell me your thoughts on this! Heres the link of the game in action https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtSRjCeXtA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Yep, Atarimania has it here and fandal's site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Well, you can call it game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 There was a game (if you want to call it that), and there was a completely nasty contrivance that the batman did all manner of bad bat things to all kinds of both bad bat people and mild mannered bat 'supporters' I am certain young minds found the latter some sort of perverse entertainment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Wow, that is rougher than a badgers behind.... I seriously can't find anything positive about that, Batman looks like Vomit Man... Perhaps he's covered in his dinner dinner dinner, bat man...(old kids joke) Edited April 8, 2017 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Wow, that is rougher than a badgers behind.... I seriously can't find anything positive about that, Batman looks like Vomit Man... Perhaps he's covered in his dinner dinner dinner, bat man...(old kids joke) Yeah, I know. I think the discussion can go further is someone legitimately plays this. Give it a try! I doubt youll like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulletino Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Bats looks like he's going to teach a geography class! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 You have to wonder is it a licenced game or just some amateur effort where they've borrowed his likeness. I suppose given there were plenty of attrocious commercial licenced games of movies and superheroes that either one is as likely as the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 As much as you are right Rybags I'll go for homebrew... Fair play for the effort but in the end as a game its a right off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 As much as you are right Rybags I'll go for homebrew... Fair play for the effort but in the end as a game its a right off... I dont thing it is a homebrew as it was made by atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Looks totally legit to me... with all the "kondom" and jerking off references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Homebrew - nasty home-brew. sTeVE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Looks totally legit to me... with all the "kondom" and jerking off references. His utility belt has radically changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 You have to wonder is it a licenced game or just some amateur effort where they've borrowed his likeness. I suppose given there were plenty of attrocious commercial licenced games of movies and superheroes that either one is as likely as the other. Id go for tye second one. DC would ban it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) Sorry to necro this thread after half-a-decade, but does anyone have any information on this game and what it is supposed to be? I can't find anything. A search for the "Atari Project Team" returns nothing relating to it. Searching for "Johan Marina" has nothing related to a game developer. This game is incredibly scarce with information, adding to its overall weirdness. I presume this Johan Marina doesn't speak English as his first tongue, I think he's from Scandinavia (the name "Johan"), which actually makes sense for the misspelling "kondom", as North Germanic languages use K's instead of C's for those sounds. Finally, has anybody actually "beaten" this game? I am so fascinated by how this....thing exists. Edited June 8, 2022 by TheCheeseLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 The game was probably coded in Eastern Europe and likely meant as some sort of joke, nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Yes, I'd agree, too many off things that would not pass authorisation from Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 14 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: The game was probably coded in Eastern Europe and likely meant as some sort of joke, nothing more. After loading the game, the following text in Polish is visible in the debugger: That supports that theory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) Very interesting. I guess this confirms the game was made in Poland. May anyone here who knows Polish well please translate this to English? When I put it in Google translate it just comes out disjointed. Edited June 9, 2022 by TheCheeseLover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Alright ... "Hello you pimpley worm! Why are you sticking your stinky hands here? You wanted to steal some great Italo Disco & Marina-style music. I see you've already finished the "Bat Man" game. If so, then send the solution and a fully drawing of the map. As a reward we will send you another, world's best game, "Robocop" - 21 Dec. 1991“ Maybe it's supposed to be displayed as an ending screen. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseLover Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) Thanks very much for the translation! Strongly implies that the game is one big joke. Interesting with the "We will send you another, world's best game: RoboCop" and the "You wanted to steal some great Italo Disco & Marina-style music." (WTF?) I think the "Marina-style music" might mean that "Johan Marina" is a pseudonym as well as a reference to some kind of music-related thing. Kind of lessens the mystery. EDIT: Also interesting is that it shows a date: 21 December 1991. Is this some kind of weird ARG? EDIT II: Also interesting is that it insults the player, calling them a "pimply worm" and asking why they are "sticking [their] stinky hands here?" Edited June 9, 2022 by TheCheeseLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 The text in Batman game refers to a game called ROBOCOP. That game is available at Atarimania, with a note that it is joke rather than a real game. And guess what? It holds the following text: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, TheCheeseLover said: EDIT: Also interesting is that it shows a date: 21 December 1991. Is this some kind of weird ARG? Nah, it's probably just the date the message was written on. 42 minutes ago, TheCheeseLover said: EDIT II: Also interesting is that it insults the player, calling them a "pimply worm" and asking why they are "sticking [their] stinky hands here?" Or maybe I was wrong and the message is aimed at hackers - in that case an insult would be nothing out of ordinary. 11 minutes ago, baktra said: The text in Batman game refers to a game called ROBOCOP. That game is available at Atarimania, with a note that it is joke rather than a real game. Yup, "RoboCop" is a well-known joke program, many Polish users have been recalling their stories of disappointment when they were buying that "game" from pirates only to find out at home what it really was. The translation: "Ha ha ha! You've been thinking it's a normal game, but a "certain" someone has played a joke on you. It's sad, but for now there's no profit in doing anything in Poland. Maybe sometime, in the future, I will create "RoboCop". So for now you have to settle for this awesome game. It's really great, because I was developing it for a lot of time, four days (2-3 hours daily with breaks for meals). It's great. And now greetings to the best computer company ........ with its head developer Boris Peacock. Have a nice fun! Bye! 26 Oct. 1991" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 It's very easy to track down the author, yes it's Polish. The code betrayed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Wow, seems the Polish hackers really had some very boring days Well mystery (not much of one) over.. A very obvious joke game made by a bored hacker, time to get the shovel out and bury this poor thing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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