Joystick Jolter Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 (edited) Hi, Found an old copy of my newsletter Joystick Jolter, which originally began as a newsletter meant for the Toy Store market. Toy stores had no idea of what was coming out soon in the videogame market so I tried to close that hole. It wasn't anything compared to today's technology but I did get quite a bit of recognition out of it. Store's also had no idea what they were ordering and after they got the games and people found out how bad they were, for the most part they were stuck with them. E.T. in particular, in fact that may have really helped my newsletter to grow a bit faster. Magazines of the day and still today have a couple of month turn around, so their info and reviews were way late. My newsletter with a 1 or 2 day turn around gave me the opportunity to get info to the stores in many cases before the games were released. There by saving them some money. As I looked through the issue I actually laughed at some of the reviews, calling some of the stick graphics of the day beautiful or great or any words that if you look at them compared to today's graphics and gameplay are really not much to look at or play. I hope you enjoy looking. HERE'S A LITTLE MORE INFO TO SEE FURTHER INTO WHAT TIGERVISION HAD ON THE BURNER. Edited April 25, 2006 by Joystick Jolter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Wow that is a great list of vapourware. Most have been found in some shape or form. I wonder if the ones that had a month next to them such as Kickman meant that they were almost completed? Thanks for sharing with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joystick Jolter Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 (edited) Wow that is a great list of vapourware. Most have been found in some shape or form. I wonder if the ones that had a month next to them such as Kickman meant that they were almost completed? Thanks for sharing with us If they had a month next to them, that was the latest reported release date. I found that sometimes the dates were way off. Companies listed a date to sort of dangle something in front of both retailers and the general public's eyes. I guess eye candy would be a good term to use. I think I have a CBS press kit around, I'll check if there's anything in it that would give any clue. Was there ever a screen released on the game that you can remember? Edited April 24, 2006 by Joystick Jolter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hi, Found an old copy of my newsletter Joystick Jolter, which originally began as a newsletter meant for the Toy Store market. Toy stores had no idea of what was coming out soon in the videogame market so I tried to close that hole. It wasn't anything compared to today's technology but I did get quite a bit of recognition out of it. Store's also had no idea what they were ordering and after they got the games and people found out how bad they were, for the most part they were stuck with them. Magazines of the day and still today have a couple of month turn around, so their info and reviews were way late. My newsletter with a 1 or 2 day turn around gave me the opportunity to get info to the stores in many cases before the games were released. There by saving them some money. As I looked through the issue I actually laughed at some of the reviews, calling some of the stick graphics of the day beautiful or great or any words that if you look at them compared to today's graphics and gameplay are really not much to look at or play. I hope you enjoy looking. This is all interesting. I see a lot of prototypes in there as well as companies that I've never heard of (ie The Great Game Co., Broderbund). Some of these games listed are legendary, and some of these games people own prototypes for but can't release due to copyrights (i.e. Locomotion). I would love to play Locomotion one day *begs unmentioned owner for rom* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 RealSports Driving? Anyone know ANYTHING about that one? Or Kickman? That one seemed do-able even on the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 "This is all interesting. I see a lot of prototypes in there as well as companies that I've never heard of (ie The Great Game Co., Broderbund). Some of these games listed are legendary, and some of these games people own prototypes for but can't release due to copyrights (i.e. Locomotion). I would love to play Locomotion one day *begs unmentioned owner for rom" Broderbund were the programmers of Karateka, Choplifter and Prince Of Persia among others! Mythicon had a third game planned Wasn't the 2 they released bad enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportznutt38 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I find it iteresting under Parker Bros That LOR Is listed because of the forum earlier and I cant remember who , but they had found several LOR prototypes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Mythicon had a third game planned Wasn't the 2 they released bad enough? Mythicon released all three games on that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Mythicon had a third game planned Wasn't the 2 they released bad enough? Uh, those 3 Mythicon games are all regular releases. And all 3 stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 (edited) Very interesting stuff, Anthony. Especially: RealSports Driving (Atari) Worm Whomper (Activision) - Most probably an Intellivision title. A-Team (Studio Games) Thanks for sharing! Edited April 25, 2006 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 rocky, magnum p.i., mash 2, licensed games a go-go i never knew were 2600 bound... and broderbund about to throw their hat in the 2600 ring, never knew that either... and what exactly is the Amiga Multiplay, never heard of that either... was that an early name for their graduate-like thing? lots of fun past-crystal ball looking :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stop_rebel_scum Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 haha.. Tomarc was going to be be Thundarr.. Amusing. Very Cool! thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Looks like Realsports Driving may have become Pole Position: http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software//...oleposition.htm -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joystick Jolter Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Looks like Realsports Driving may have become Pole Position:http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software//...oleposition.htm -John Propane, Although I have my doubts it is a very slight possibility. Pole Position had been a very popular arcade stand up and was ported for the 2600. It did come out though right around the time of that list. In that same issue was my TOP TWENTY list where Pole Position was number 12 and had not been on the list the month before. Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Very interesting stuff, Anthony. Especially: RealSports Driving (Atari) Worm Whomper (Activision) - Most probably an Intellivision title. A-Team (Studio Games) Thanks for sharing! This jogged my memory for I do remember reading that Worm Whomper was a proposed Intellivision title. Mind you Beam Rider was suppossed to be an Intellivision exclusive and they ported it over to the 2600 so perhaps somewhere out there,there is a prototype just waiting to be found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Looks like Realsports Driving may have become Pole Position:http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software//...oleposition.htm -John Propane, Although I have my doubts it is a very slight possibility. Pole Position had been a very popular arcade stand up and was ported for the 2600. It did come out though right around the time of that list. In that same issue was my TOP TWENTY list where Pole Position was number 12 and had not been on the list the month before. Anthony About the only thing I can think of is that Atari might have thought that they did not have the rights to Pole Position and called it RS Driving instead until they secured the rights. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Wow that is very cool. Anything else you might have to share is most appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 This is all interesting. I see a lot of prototypes in there as well as companies that I've never heard of (ie The Great Game Co., Broderbund). If I'm not mistaken, wasn't The Great Games Co. what eventually morphed themselves in one way or another into GameTek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Quite interesting. - Since when was Philips/Magnavox going to release anything under their own name for competing systems? The only game I know of that saw the light of day was for Colecovision and was released under the Probe 2000 name. - Telesys Monkeys & Bouncing Baby? - Studio Games? Who were they? And what's with A-Team? Wasn't that a Fox license that was eventually turned into Saboteur before being scrapped entirely? - That's a lotta Tigervisions that never saw the light of day -- Intuition, Super Crush, Sky Lancer and Changes. Were they working on any of these during or after Espial? - Fox: M*A*S*H II? Wonder what that would have been about... - CBS: Kickman - wonder if that was gonna be the same as the C64 game of the same name? - Coleco: Rocky ... wonder if that would have been like the Colecovision Super Action game? - Broderbund: This would have been really cool if they'd really done anything. Choplifter 2600 anyone? - Commavid: Rush Hour, Kickapoo and Stick 'Em? - Sirius: Heh... more Intellivision ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I thought pole position way pre-dated the RS series? it was silver label. RS is red... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks Joystick Jolter your info is great! I don't think anyone in this day in age could ever even register on a radar screen in the video game industry with the stuff like you were doing back then. I have binders full of old news letters and I will dig threw them to see if I have anything from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Which was based on the Bally/Midway arcade game - CBS: Kickman - wonder if that was gonna be the same as the C64 game of the same name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 - Fox: M*A*S*H II? Wonder what that would have been about... Fox held a "design a M*A*SH game" contest back then (first prize was a Jeep, runner-ups got a TI-994a - I won one of the computers). I assume it would have been based on the winning idea, had the crash not happened. I thought pole position way pre-dated the RS series? it was silver label. RS is red... My RS games are all silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I thought pole position way pre-dated the RS series? it was silver label. RS is red... The only released RealSports title with a red label is RealSports Boxing. The rest are silver. Which was based on the Bally/Midway arcade game Er... right. Now I remember. (Didn't much care for the game m'self. ) Fox held a "design a M*A*SH game" contest back then (first prize was a Jeep, runner-ups got a TI-994a - I won one of the computers). I assume it would have been based on the winning idea, had the crash not happened. Damn, that's cool! If they picked runners-up then they must have picked a winner, too... is it known who won the jeep, and therefore had the winning design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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