Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, programmed by John Marvin for 20th Century Fox's video game division. You play Colonel George Taylor, the astronaut from the 1968 film, fleeing an army of…
Play ▸John W. S. Marvin, usually credited as John Marvin, programmed games for 20th Century Fox’s video game division. His Planet of the Apes, a 1983 prototype based on the 1968 film, reached early play-testing before he left Fox for Epyx. Fox closed its game unit a few months later. The surviving cartridge was long mistaken for Alligator People, until collector Matt Reichert identified it as Marvin’s lost game.
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Planet of the Apes is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, programmed by John Marvin for 20th Century Fox's video game division. You play Colonel George Taylor, the astronaut from the 1968 film, fleeing an army of…
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