Parker Brothers Keystone Kapers II?

[Serguei2]

I went to mobygames I found something familiar: Parker Brothers James Bond 007 ad

https://www.mobygames.com/game/james-bond-007_/promo/promoImageId,470855/

looks like Activision Keystone Kapers II prototype http://atariage.com/forums/topic/281377-keystone-kapers-ii-found/.

 

At the end, James Bond 007 is more closer to moon patrol than this actual screenshot.

 

is there a story behind two games?

[Arenafoot]

Dan Kitchen might be able to shed some light on this..................

[+Cafeman]

Thats interesting and I remember seeing that ad BITD. My theory is that common ideas often occur at the same time, for example A Bugs Life and Antz films.

[+Psionic]

I thought of that as soon as I saw KK II also, but I would say it's just a coincidence. The version of James Bond that took place on a train was supposedly in development at Western Technologies but they were way behind in completing it, so Parker contracted another company (On-Time Software) to develop the version that ended up being released.

[classicgamesnut]

Not trying to distract from the topic, but the first software company was behind schedule, so Parker Bros went with "On-Time Software!" That's too funny!

[+Psionic]

Not trying to distract from the topic, but the first software company was behind schedule, so Parker Bros went with "On-Time Software!" That's too funny!

I'm pretty sure the name was an in-joke specifically based on this incident.