Genre: Brain

The Brain genre collects games that test your thinking rather than your reflexes. There are two on the site, both unreleased Atari prototypes. Rubik’s Cube 3D (1982) shows the cube at an angle with three faces in view, and can even solve it for you. Mind Maze (1983–84) was planned for Atari’s MindLink headband and asks you to guess the right card using ESP.
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Rubik’s Cube 3D

Rubik's Cube 3D (also known as 3-D Rubik's Cube) is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype programmed by Peter C. Niday at Atari in 1982. It is a completely different game from the Rubik's Cube cartridge that Atari did…

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Mind Maze

Mind Maze is an unfinished Atari 2600 prototype from 1983–84, built around a strange idea: a video game that tests your ESP. It was meant for the MindLink, a headband controller Atari was developing at the time, and…

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