Ad for Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600 from Volume 1, Issue 4 of Atari Age.
Source: Atari Age, Volume 1, Number 4
Ad for Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600 from Volume 1, Issue 4 of Atari Age.
Source: Atari Age, Volume 1, Number 4
An interesting AtariAge post from Christmas day 2009 saw renewed interest in early September 2015 regarding a game called Arkyology. This user, back in ’09, was researching HomeComputer Software and discovered info about this Atari 2600 game and realized it had never been released. Proving the Internet can be a wonderful place – earlier this month, a former Enter-Tech developer chimed in on this old conversation with some very interesting insights…
He was part of the dev team that worked on Arkyology, the game was completed, AND he has the Arkyology ROM!
Arkyology screen shot – Atari 2600 He went on to say it’s an 8K Atari 2600 video game with a biblical theme. From his post:
Arkyology was about Noah’s ark. The player controlled ‘Noah’ and the goal was to feed the animals on the Ark. The game showed three floors separated by ladders that contained animal stalls.
Each level had two parts. First was to run around and open all of the animal stalls, the second was to ‘feed’ each of the animals. Of course, there were obstacles. There were birds flying past, alligators running on the floors, and a couple others if I remember right. Each level sped up with more obstacles.
Source: A completed 1983 prototype video game for #Atari 2600, Arkyology, may finally be released