According to AtariMania, Care Bears made it to the beta testing stage before the marketing department decided to stop work on the game citing that the market for childrens games was diminishing, and the gameplay was too dull. Therefore it was decided that all further development on the game was to be stopped. According to … Read more
According to AtariMania, Cabbage Patch Kids – Adventures in the Park was known to exist for some time thanks to an interview conducted with former Coleco programmer Ed English. He was thought to be in possession of the only known prototype, but he would not release it for unknown reasons. However, in 2008 several Coleco … Read more
It’s a prototype.
Bionic Breakthrough was one of only two games written to be used with the MindLink controller, a headband that the player wore on his head and plugged into the joystick port. The idea was that the MindLink’s sensors would pick up any facial movements or muscle twitches the player would make. The problem was that … Read more
“Apples and Dolls,” a bootleg version of “I Want My Mommy” for the Atari 2600, was released in North America by Zimag in 1983. In this game, players navigate Teddy through a six-story building to reach the top. The objective differs between the two stages: in the first, Teddy must collect an Apple at the … Read more