![]() ![]() “This version of Xevious is one of the most faithful arcade ports I’ve ever played on the Atari 2600,” said Dave Beaudoin, Digital Game Museum Board Member. Attendees will be able to compare the Atari 2600 prototype with the original 1983 arcade version of Xevious courtesy of collector Tom Bazzano and view other original Xevious artifacts. ![]() “We’re excited to be able to provide an opportunity for people to play it on original hardware”ĭigital Game Museum is proud to be partnering with California Extreme to provide the public with a chance to play this newly discovered version of Xevious on original Atari 2600 hardware for the first time. “This discovery provides an interesting window into the inner workings of Atari at the time and gives us a chance to see what such a landmark arcade game would have looked like running on the 2600,” said Digital Game Museum Director Judith Haemmerle. The newly discovered cartridge features all these additions and represents a far more playable game than the previous known version. ![]() Prototypes of the Atari 2600 version which contain partial development progress from late 1983 were known to exist but these versions lacked a title screen, final sprites, enemy waves, and music. In 1984, adaptations of the arcade game Xevious were canceled for the Atari 52 home consoles. The Digital Game Museum is pleased to present this previously unknown version of the game for public play at California Extreme, July 18-19, in Santa Clara, California. Until now Xevious for the Atari 2600 was believed to have been abandoned in a mostly unfinished state in the wake of corporate restructuring at Atari in the early 1980s. JPRLog - Santa Clara, CA, June 29, 2015– The discovery of a polished, playable test cartridge dated January 1984 is exciting news for video game historians and enthusiasts. ![]()
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