For your consideration is one used, tested and working reproduction game. Tested on an Atari CX2600, 2600+ and 7800+. Please be aware that this is an unfinished prototype!
The story behind Pompeii, from Atariprotos.com...
"Pompeii was one of the last titles announced by Apollo, but went unreleased when Apollo became one of the first 2600 game companies to fold in the wake of the early eighties video game market crash. From box art and a few brief descriptions we can surmise that the game revolved around an Indiana Jones like archaeologist who is trying to find treasures in the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. For those who aren't up on your ancient History; Pompeii was an ancient Roman city at the base of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius which was destroyed when the volcano erupted in 79 AD. Since the eruption caught the people off guard everything in the city was covered in volcanic ash, this makes the ruins a treasure trove for archaeologists because all city and its contents were protected from the elements over the centuries by the very ash that killed them. How's that for irony?
Unfortunately the only prototype that's surfaced so far is very incomplete. The background graphics are very well done and depict a smoldering volcano (Mt. Vesuvius) and two strange shapes on either side (treasures?). Your character hardly looks anything like the Indiana Jones character depicted on the box, but since this is a prototype he may have been "Indyized" in later versions. Your character does have some slight walking animation, but it's far too slow for how quickly he moves. The brown columns on the playfield are really place holders for enemy creatures which had yet to be defined or possibly rock ledges to stand on. This prototype is little more than a movement demo."
Here is an opportunity to have in your collection one of the rarest Atari games of all time, at a fraction of the cost, and made the way it should have been made… with a professionally designed label!
Refund Policy…
If I say it works, then it has to work. My guarantee. A full refund will be given after the return of the item and confirmation that it is nonfunctional, and no components were “swapped”.
Shipping...
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