Hi, I heard that a James Bond game by the name of Octopussy (based of the 1983 film) was supossed to be released for the Atari (perhaps the 2600?) but it was never released. I did find an advertizement for it on the AtariAge archive of the catalog of Parker Brothers. Here's the link:
http://www.atariage....¤tPage=12
Does anybody know what happened to this or why it was never released? It looks very different compared to the Moon Patrol clone that was the released version of this game.
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James Bond as seen in Octopussy
Started by Guybrush, Nov 27 2005 12:17 PM
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:23 PM
I've heard various rumors over the years that it was indeed either completed or made it into the playtesting stage of development. No one has ever come forward and said they have a prototype or they saw it running. Who knows why it was cancelled, maybe it just wasn't coming together or they decided to change the game to a more generic James Bond game rather than one based off a specific movie?
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:32 PM
Just to throw some more absurdity into the mix...
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:08 PM
MattG/Snyper2099, on Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:32 PM, said:
Just to throw some more absurdity into the mix...
Interesting! Sorry for my slight newbie tendencies, but that name on the cartridges (Sharad Savalia) Could it possibly be the name of the person who worked on those games? Or perhaps it's just the person who owns the prototype? If someone could track that person down, maybe Octopussy could finally see the light of day.
Edited by Guybrush, Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:09 PM.
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:13 PM
Guybrush, on Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:08 PM, said:
MattG/Snyper2099, on Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:32 PM, said:
Just to throw some more absurdity into the mix...
Interesting! Sorry for my slight newbie tendencies, but that name on the cartridges (Sharad Savalia) Could it possibly be the name of the person who worked on those games? Or perhaps it's just the person who owns the prototype? If someone could track that person down, maybe Octopussy could finally see the light of day.
Those are U.S. Games prototypes, Octopussy is "Name This Game".
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:18 PM
Sharad Savalia
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Posted Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:18 PM
Yes, but the real question is did they rip that name off from Parker Brothers?
Oh and these are my prototpyes, Sharad Savalia aparently worked for Quaker Oats.
Oh and these are my prototpyes, Sharad Savalia aparently worked for Quaker Oats.
Edited by MattG/Snyper2099, Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:19 PM.
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Posted Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:54 AM
Guybrush, on Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:17 PM, said:
Hi, I heard that a James Bond game by the name of Octopussy (based of the 1983 film) was supossed to be released for the Atari (perhaps the 2600?) but it was never released. I did find an advertizement for it on the AtariAge archive of the catalog of Parker Brothers. Here's the link:
http://www.atariage....ml?...¤tPage=12
Does anybody know what happened to this or why it was never released? It looks very different compared to the Moon Patrol clone that was the released version of this game.
http://www.atariage....ml?...¤tPage=12
Does anybody know what happened to this or why it was never released? It looks very different compared to the Moon Patrol clone that was the released version of this game.
http://www.atariage....ic=75588&hl=007
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Posted Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:47 PM
A lot of people believe that the train scene never existed and was just artistic license before Parker Bros decided on what game it would actually be.
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Posted Thu Dec 8, 2005 6:59 AM
MattG/Snyper2099, on Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:18 PM, said:
Yes, but the real question is did they rip that name off from Parker Brothers?
BTW: I bet Sharad Savalia was thinking about himself when he wrote down "Egomania"...
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Posted Mon May 8, 2006 4:07 PM
This is Sharad. I sold these games on Ebay years ago and these stickers were to identify them as mine since people sometimes borrowed them.
My friend who lives near Chicago gave me them to sell. Not sure anything else about them.
I wish I made these games or worked at Quaker Oats??
I'm glad I was included in the Atari discussion. This system was a major breakthrough.
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Sharad
My friend who lives near Chicago gave me them to sell. Not sure anything else about them.
I wish I made these games or worked at Quaker Oats??
I'm glad I was included in the Atari discussion. This system was a major breakthrough.
Later,
Sharad
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Posted Mon May 8, 2006 4:32 PM
Great to read your reply, Sharad.
Another riddle solved.
Another riddle solved.
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Posted Tue May 9, 2006 5:34 PM
Well if you read those other threads, you'd see that Leonard Herman and myself* saw the bond train game at two different shows of the time, so it did exist at one point in time.
* I just saw it, I didn't wait in the long line to play it, so it was very 'passing moment,' but I did see it with me own eyes.
* I just saw it, I didn't wait in the long line to play it, so it was very 'passing moment,' but I did see it with me own eyes.
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