Robert C. Polaro, usually known as Bob Polaro, programmed games at Atari in the early 1980s. All three of his games on this site were shelved before release and survive only as prototypes.
Stunt Cycle (1980): a motorcycle jump game based on Atari’s arcade and dedicated console versions. Marketing had it turned into a Dukes of Hazzard game, then dropped it.
Bugs Bunny (1983): Bugs steals carrots from Elmer Fudd. It lost a play-test to Snoopy and the Red Baron, and Polaro released a finished version himself in 2002.
Holey Moley (1983): whack-a-mole, based on a rare arcade machine. It was finished and given a model number, but shelved after a change of management at Atari.
Each one is a game Atari’s customers never got to buy. Load them below and play in your browser.
Stunt Cycle is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1980, programmed by Bob Polaro. It converts one of Atari’s early dedicated home consoles, which was itself based on Atari’s Stunt Cycle arcade game: you build up speed on a motorcycle and jump a row of cars, Evel Knievel style. Atari never released it, but the prototype has survived and you can play it here in your browser.
Holey Moley is an unreleased Atari 2600 game by Atari, programmed by Bob Polaro in 1983. It is a home version of whack-a-mole: moles pop up out of holes and you hit them with a hammer before they duck back down. The game was finished but shelved, and the version preserved today is a final build dated February 1984. It is on this site so you can see it in your browser, but read the controller note below first.
Bugs Bunny is an unreleased Atari 2600 game from 1983, designed and programmed by Bob Polaro with graphics by Alan Murphy. Atari tested it and then shelved it, so it never reached the shops, but prototype copies have survived. It is a short, cheerful action game in which Bugs steals carrots from Elmer Fudd and dives for cover before Elmer can shoot. You can play it here in your browser.