MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Atari Crossfire

> Thanks for visiting and posting that type of information here. It is definitely
> appreciated because to me it seems difficult to find that information these days, but
> Keith Smith has been doing a great job collecting information over the years. Keith
> also has blog site. (I'll update this post later with links to Keith's site)
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Yes, Keith is a research friend of mine, we often share info back and forth. Looking forward to his book whenever he decides to finish it.

> Any info can be sent via a message to me, or maybe to Stiletto too if wanting to.

Email or on here?

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> Did Atari or Kee Games have any advertising flyers printed for the limited release
> games?
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Haven't seen any yet but looking into it.

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> So Dodgeball is Atari's release while Dodgem is Kee Game's variation? If so, at
> least that exlains that part. Do you have any url links that explains Dodgeball
> gameplay? If there isn't any, do you have time to type up a gameplay explanation of
> how Dodgeball worked?

I'll have to go back into the massive archive of notes to dig it out. It may be some time, we're busy working on the second edition of the first book as well as our second book Atari Corp. - Business Is War.

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> As for Gotcha, did the Gotcha Color version use a translucent color overlay piece
> that fits over a black and white tv set monitor? Or did Gotcha Color use an actual
> color monitor? I didn't know Gotcha Color was a very limited release. So that
> explains why I only saw the black/white tv set version of Gotcha back in the mid
> 1970s.

Full color game with color monitor, no overlays. It was the first color video game. Seeing as how expensive color TVs were at the time, you can understand why it was a limited release.

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> Any gameplay difference between the wide release Gotcha versus limited Gotcha Color
> release?
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Not that I'm aware of.

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> Was Atari Night Driver a game licensed from another company?
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Yes. Keith has the full story behind the chain of events over at his site (though in the comments I corrected the info on who it was actually licensed from based on our interviews):

http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/08/reiner-forests-nurburgring-original_27.html

Keep in mind just the IP was licensed, none of the original code was used. Dave just went by a game flyer and description.

Regarding Dice, yes I've been following that since it was first announced.