Atari 2600 returning to Prehistoric Times at TooManyGames on May 3rd!

[intvsama]

TooManyGames is about classic gaming as much as it is about modern gaming so we're always glad to be able to mix the two together! Salute Games will be releasing their brand new Atari 2600 game Prehistoric Times at TooManyGames!

In Prehistoric Times you take control of a caveman warrior who has to survive a dangerous journey by hunting and killing dangerous beasts and eating their flesh in order to survive! Dive into the adventure, search for the mysterious god, and try to survive!

Prehistoric Times will be available for only $15 for the game and an instruction manual. Limited quantities of the game will be available so make sure to get to TooManyGames early to guarantee your copy of this brand new classic adventure!

TooManyGames takes place Sunday May 3rd at the Leesport Market in Leesport, PA. Doors open at 9am, tickets available online at our website, www.toomanygames.com

[Flippy8490]

Thats pretty hardcore

[rbudrick]

Sounds great, but is there any available in-game footage?

-Rob

[Sniderman]

Wow. Not to sound like a total douchebag, but this thread at Atari Age (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=141467) with a bit more info and a screenshot shows me it was created with batari Basic. And the last time there was a "bB stealth release" was NERDS and The Last Ninja at CGE 2007. And those were horrible turkeys - badly programmed, glitchy, etc. I think - due to a LOT of folks being burned on those other releases, folks are going to be hesitant to purchase these sight-unseen, untested, with one screenshot posted to a forum board. On the plus side, folks at TMG will (I assume) be able to play it before they buy it and - hopefully - positive reviews will then pump up the sales. But the preorders that are being solicited over at AA? I don't think there will be many takers after the fiasco of the other bB releases at a convention.

Now, there are some INCREDIBLE bB games being playtested at AA right now, so the programming language is very flexible and can be very polished in the right hands...

[Steve W]

Mr. Apollo posted a screenshot in another thread, and... I think I'll pass. I somehow doubt I'm missing anything breathtakingly wonderful. It looks like a Fairchild Channel F game, to be honest. There's a really nice description of the gameplay, but from the screens it looks like it'd be about as fun as playing an RCA Studio II game.