MattyXB Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Hello all Atari Fans, I have found today the first picture of the game Save the Whale. This game can only play with the GameMaster Modul in the past. It stand on the list, but maybe it was never comercial produced. So this is a Prototype. Here the box scan: Save the Whale (Homepage) and a happy 1st April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Was this an NTSC game or a PAL game?? It looks great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 ok thank you very much, i almost spit my cereal all over my new monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 1, 2002 Author Share Posted April 1, 2002 @ moycon, don't know. Maybe this is all from the game ever produced. A Prototype Box. I have no idea. I have no color problems on my monitor, so its maybe PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 HOLY SH*T! That's just wrong, Matthias. [ 04-01-2002: Message edited by: King Atari ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Seeing all that whale blubber makes me hungry. Hey Moycon, We need a pic of a yummy bologna sandwich!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 ok...my co-coa cripspies are on the march back out the way they came dangit...ewwww citykid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeal Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Funny stuff! She must of had some beans to work up that much pressure.... Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 quote: Originally posted by MattyXB: I have found today the first picture of the game Save the Whale . This game can only play with the GameMaster Modul in the past. and a happy 1st April. In keeping with the spirit of the day, I thought I'd add my own twist on this game. Here's the story, recently Sean Kelly, Joe Santulli, and myself pulled a command raid on an old storage facility and heisted the original mainframe computer that was used as a server for the Gameline modem service. We spent months hacking into the system and decrypting files until we found the Holy Grail, "Save the Whales". And I can assure you that it looks nothing like MattyXB's picture, thank heaven! So here for the first time is a picture of Save the Whales for the 2600. (It's the best I could come up with). John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 weird ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 2, 2002 Author Share Posted April 2, 2002 Will there a ROM for this game, or is this too only an April fool? I love dolphins and whales, so I will the ROM for this game. Please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Sorry, but... quote: Originally posted by MattyXB: Will there a ROM for this game, or is this too only an April fool? I love dolphins and whales, so I will the ROM for this game. Please! ... is that really the FIRST thing you can ask?! Damnit! Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 quote: Originally posted by CX2K: Here's the story, recently Sean Kelly, Joe Santulli, and myself pulled a command raid on an old storage facility and heisted the original mainframe computer that was used as a server for the Gameline modem service. We spent months hacking into the system and decrypting files until we found the Holy Grail, "Save the Whales". Incredibly cool story and find, John! Yet another "lost" game that has been found. This really makes 2600 collecting so much fun. Congratulations! Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 2, 2002 Author Share Posted April 2, 2002 @ Marco, sorry if I have say or do someting stupid. Maybe my english is to bad, to understand all. But what have I do wrong? Do you not like the question? I will see the game so much on emulator, that I ask this. Please don't hate me about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 quote: Originally posted by CX2K: recently Sean Kelly, Joe Santulli, and myself pulled a command raid on an old storage facility and heisted the original mainframe computer that was used as a server for the Gameline modem service. We spent months hacking into the system and decrypting files until we found the Holy Grail, "Save the Whales". Thanks John. Finally some proof that Save The Whales was offered on Gameline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 quote: Originally posted by MattyXB: sorry if I have say or do someting stupid. Maybe my english is to bad, to understand all. But what have I do wrong? Do you not like the question? It's just the fact that I hate it when all that people care about is how they can as quickly as possible get their hands on the ROM of a newly discovered game. Perhaps I got carried away, I certainly don't want to start another discussion on ROM dumping/distrubuting/collecting. And don't worry, I won't hate you because of your question. It did piss me off when I read it; perhaps I should have counted till ten before replying. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 2, 2002 Author Share Posted April 2, 2002 Sorry sorry sorry. I will never ask this question again. And I am happy that you don't hate me. I am very happy, that this game has dicovered. And I am very happy to see the first true pictures from that game. It looks great. The whales look so sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Yeah Matty, what were you thinking? The first question you should have asked John is of course what the gameplay on his version of "Save the Whales" would be like. Then we would at least have had a chance to play the ROM image on our emulators by programming it first. But I must say that this year's picture looks much more real than last year's attempt with "Lady Bug". Even though John forgot the HMOVE blanks for repositioning the sprites again. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Eckhard, I say it's the real deal Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Forget Save The Whales, I want to see Dutch Elm Defender. I can't even begin to imagine what that would look like. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Come one... Even Dutch Elm Defender is far less cryptic than Conservation The James Watt Way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 John: now that it's 4/2, is that pic real? Even if it is, I'm doubting the story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 Yeah I'll give you that. Nothing like learning how to conserve electricity. Maybe you were supposed to turn the 2600 off and never touch a Panda game again. That would conserve electricity in a way that even James Watt would be proud of. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-kelly Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 You should have seen us trying to shove this 450 pound computer into the back of John's Yugo! It was a sight to see... Marco says it's the real deal huh? The coloring looks kinda PAL though don't you think? Save the Whales would have certainly been an NTSC game wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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