Tempest Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 EDIT: I'm changing this to a discussion of all the weird stuff in this video: http://www.atarimania.com/videos/atari_in_house%20promo_2nd_quarter_1983_documentory.flv A few years ago someone posted a screenshot from an Atari promo video that showed a previously unknown 5200 game. My memory is VERY fuzzy on what it looked like, but IIRC it had a bunch of doors or windows in a grid or something and one had a alien or creature in it. Does anyone remember this or where the screenshot came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Yup. It was me. It was from a video on Atarimania. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Found it! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/198457-lost-atari-5200-protoype/?hl=5200+prototype&do=findComment&comment=2529827 Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 That's it! Anyone have a lead on what this could be? I'm at a total loss here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 That's it! Anyone have a lead on what this could be? I'm at a total loss here. No idea, but the same video at 7:50 also shows a couple of really quick glimpses of some arch or cave-looking thing with blue on the upper portion of the screen, and I don't know what it's supposed to be. They're probably not related. After watching video of that game at 10:21 in the clip, I'd agree that it looks like some sort of shooting gallery game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 IIRC, the needed line for something like a light gun, is not connected on the 5200. No lightpen possible either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 That's probably why it was never finished. Remember folks never make a light gun game for a system that doesn't have a light gun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 From the schematic, it seems LP is connected to Trig1 so should be usable. The button functions like a paddle button/joystick direction. In theory a computer light pen/gun should work with the right adaptor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Whoa! I need to look through this video sometime. Check out what I assume is 2600 Xevious at 2:39. It's completely different than the prototype that's out there. Unfortunately I don't have sound here at work so I can't hear what the guy is saying. I'm also curious as to who is talking during Black Belt (once again no sound here) since it's one of my favorite 5200 prototypes. It looks like the slightly earlier version of the game since the candles don't have flames in them yet. Also, Xari Arena is known simply as Xari at this point and is the earlier version. I don't think that unknown 5200 game is a light gun game. Look at the way the target sight moves around. It looks like it's being controlled by a joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 I just noticed that Pengo must be a way early prototype as the HUD is completely different and has some debugging info going on. I think Sport Goofy might be earlier as well. The first time they show Pac-Man I think it might be an earlier prototype because I'm not seeing Pac-Man's mouth move, but that might just be crappy video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Bump. Changing this to a discussion of anything in this video. There's some super interesting prototypes in here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Tempest, The Xevious guy is saying: "As the player gains in skill, the game becomes extremely more difficult. If he plays easy, the game is easy. If you get rough, then the game gets rough." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a completely different version of the game too. I wonder if Tod did this one as well or if this was another programmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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