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PacMan Jr. for 7800 discovered!


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#51 Nukey Shay ONLINE  

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Posted Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:42 AM

There are a number of possibilities. For all we know, their license to produce the software might have expired. Granted, that's a longshot...but the fact is that we don't have the facts. Or (and this seems quite a bit more likely) that the existing Pac-titles were not selling like hotcakes at the time...to be able to justify a production on the sequel game. Heck, maybe their contract with GCC was limited to a given number of titles that Atari had to decide on through a per-year basis?

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Posted Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:34 PM

I don't care if this ends up being a new homebrew project or a found prototype, I'm excited about it either way! Can't wait to see it for real!

#53 Shawn Sr. OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:43 PM

FROM THE DIGITAL PRESS GUIDE: · According to 7800 GCC designer Steve Golson, the programmers had an early in-house version that instead of showing Junior disappear (when you lost a life), the propeller on his hat chopped him into little bloody pieces! {Steve Golson}

So that shows it was a GCC title and that it really does exist.

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Posted Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:47 AM

It's a shame they didn't finish/release it (7800 version). Jr. Pac Man is my favorite in the series, not that I'm any good at it.
Even at a time when older Pac Mans seemed old and dull, Jr Pac Man would have still been a pretty impressive game. I know I would have wanted it.

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Posted Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:32 AM

I think we need to see some video on this. I want to see him connect the 7800 to the TV, plug in the cart, power it up and play a few minutes before I'm convinced. :ponder:

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Posted Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:53 AM

View PostSRGilbert, on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:32 PM, said:

I think we need to see some video on this. I want to see him connect the 7800 to the TV, plug in the cart, power it up and play a few minutes before I'm convinced. :ponder:
Yea, me too. I really think this is some kind of April fools joke where they just Photoshopped an arcade picture.

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Posted Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:00 PM

View PostAllan, on Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:53 AM, said:

View PostSRGilbert, on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:32 PM, said:

I think we need to see some video on this. I want to see him connect the 7800 to the TV, plug in the cart, power it up and play a few minutes before I'm convinced. :ponder:
Yea, me too. I really think this is some kind of April fools joke where they just Photoshopped an arcade picture.

Allan


I've not yet jumped for joy.

#58 Nukey Shay ONLINE  

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Posted Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:13 PM

"We" don't need to do anything but wait. Time will tell.

#59 MrRetroGamer OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 9:50 AM

Anything......? :P

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Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 10:05 AM

View PostMrRetroGamer, on Wed Apr 1, 2009 11:50 AM, said:

Anything......? :P
The Rom was posted over in the 7800 forum 2 hours ago.

It's playable, but apparently it's a bad dump, and crashes after you clear the first board. Al is going to see if he can re-dump it later.

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Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 12:08 PM

What's the thread in the 7800 forum?
I can't find it.

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#62 Propane13 ONLINE  

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Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 12:09 PM

Found it:

http://www.atariage....s...0371&st=150

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Posted Wed Apr 1, 2009 12:09 PM

View PostPropane13, on Wed Apr 1, 2009 12:08 PM, said:

What's the thread in the 7800 forum?
I can't find it.
It's this thread, I should probably rename it:

http://www.atariage....howtopic=140371

..Al




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