Home Vision (partially found Atari 2600 games from Taiwanese-Belgian game publisher; 1982-1983)
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The front cover for Wall Break.
Status: Partially Found
Home Vision was a video game publisher that was an international co-production between the Taiwan-based VDI & the Belgium-based Gem International. This publisher is known to have released several games on the Atari 2600, some of which, such as Plate Mania & Tennis, which were hacks of other games like Dancing Plate from Bit Corp. & Tennis from Activision respectively. However, alongside several hacks of other companies' Atari 2600 games, they also released original Atari 2600 games, most of which were hacked & bootlegged by other companies such as Suntek, Quelle, Fantastic Game, ITT Family Games, Bomb, among others.[1][2]
For some lost games such as Around the World or Polo Game, it is unclear as to whether or not they were bootlegged by other companies at the time, especially in large part due to the vast amount of bootleg Atari 2600 cartridges that were sold throughout European countries as well as Australia, Taiwan & Brazil. For other games, bootleg versions have been found & dumped while the original version is still undumped.
List of Games
| Game Title | Information | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Arena Fight | No bootleg version is known to exist | Lost |
| Around the World | Once thought to be the original name for the widely bootlegged Motocross, which had Home Vision data inside. Debunked with Madcycle using the original version of the Motocross artwork seen in bootlegs. No bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Asteroid Fire | 4-directional shooter where you escape from a UFO in space. Bootleg versions such as Bomb's Great Escape & Hot Shot's Time Machine have been dumped alongside the original. Dump doesn't run on Javatari, but works fine on Stella. | Found |
| Base Attack | A "reverse Atlantis game", where you're a big spaceship shooting up a bunch of bases in several cities. The original has been dumped & so have bootlegs such as Dynamics' Laser-Loop, Bomb's Z-Tack & ITT Family Games' Cosmic Town. | Found |
| Bird Power | No bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Challenge | A Funvision game that is rumored to be a Home Vision original. | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Crazy Ski | A bootleg version from Suntek, known as Ski Run, has been dumped. | Partially Found |
| Dragon Power | Also known as Dragon Defender, which is the name of various dumped bootleg versions. | Partially Found |
| Frisco | A clone of Sega's Pengo where you clear a whole lot of ice blocks & fight off other penguins. Alongside the original, bootleg versions have been dumped such as Quelle's Jagd auf Diamaten-Frisco & ITT Family Games' Peter Penguin. | Found |
| Guignol | Suntek's bootleg version, Walker, has been dumped. | Partially Found |
| IQ 180 | Suntek's bootleg version, I.Q. Memory Teaser, has been dumped. The manual for the original game has also surfaced. | Partially Found |
| Lilly Adventure | A clone of Bobby Is Going Home by Bit Corp., but not a hack of it. Alongside the original, Quelle's bootleg, Alices Abenteuer has been dumped. | Found |
| Madcycle | The original version of the widely bootlegged Motocross game. | Partially Found |
| Mazy Match | A very obscure game from Datatech Enterprises Co. that is rumored to originally be a Home Vision game. | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Motocross | Unrelated to Madcycle it so seems. | Lost |
| Panda Chase | A multi-screen platforming game where you play as a panda avoiding boars & wolves. Alongside the original, bootlegs such as Suntek's Panda (Quest) & Quelle's Der Hungrige Panda have been dumped. | Found |
| Parachute | A multi-screen game where you go down by parachute. The original version has been dumped & works fine on Stella, but the picture rolls on Javatari. Suntek's bootleg version, Skydiver, works on Javatari. | Found |
| Pizza Chef | An unreleased ZiMAG game that is believed to originally be a Home Vision game. A bootleg version from CCE has also been dumped. | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Play Farm | Unknown if it's the same game as Pumuckl At the Farm House. | Lost |
| Polo Game | Unrelated to the unreleased Polo game from Atari. No bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Pumuckl At the Farm House | A game based on the Pumuckl TV series. Bootleg versions such as Suntek's Farmyard Fun & a different Farmyard Fun bootleg from an unknown company have been dumped. | Partially Found |
| Pumuckl At the Zoo | A game based on the Pumuckl TV series. Bootleg versions such as Suntek's Zoo Fun & ITT Family Games' Pumuckl I(which is oddly also licensed by the TV series owners) have been dumped. | Partially Found |
| Racing Car | A car driving game that is played using the 2nd controller. Alongside the original, a bootleg from ITT Family Games, Hell Driver, has been dumped. | Found |
| Robin | A game possibly based on the Robin Hood myth. No bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Sharp Wold | No bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Ski Hunt | The original version works on Stella, but the picture rolls on Javatari. ITT Family Games' bootleg version, Mountain Man, works fine on Javatari. | Found |
| Sky Alien | A game where you shoot aliens coming from a UFO. You have an exhaustion meter which goes up when you shoot & makes your ship explode when it gets too high. Alongside the original, bootlegs such as Bomb's Assault & Quelle's Invasion der UFO's have been dumped. | Found |
| Splendour | A game that was supposed to be released by Bomb, but never was. Presumed to be an original Home Vision game since Bomb's other games were Home Vision originals. | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Topy | A single-screen whack-a-mole game where you run around hitting moles with a hammer. Bootleg versions such as Suntek's Mole Hunter & Hole Hunter from an unknown company have been dumped. | Partially Found |
| Treasure Discovery | A side-scrolling pirate-themed shooter. Bootleg versions such as Suntek's Treasure Island & Quelle's Kampf um die Schatzinsel have been dumped. | Lost |
| Wall Break | A 4-directional shooter where you shoot enemies, defending a space castle. Alongside the original, bootleg versions such as Bomb's Wall-Defender, Hot Shot's Capture & Dynamics' Break-Down have been dumped. | Found |
| Whales | Datatech Enterprises' [Seal To Whales] is rumored to be a bootleg of this game. Otherwise, no bootleg version is known to exist. | Lost |
| Words-Attack | A Sancho game that is rumored to originally be a Home Vision game. A Home Vision logo has been found in the game by Thomas Jentzsch, but it's unknown if the game really is a Home Vision original or if it's just data copied from a different Home Vision game that someone at Sacho was playing(Sancho made some original games such as Seahawk & Forest, so it's possibly a Sancho original). | Existence Unconfirmed |
| X'Mission | A space shooter where you're a UFO trying to get to the open middle of a rocket. Bootleg versions such as Suntek's UFO Patrol & Quelle's Raumpatrouille have been dumped. | Partially Found |
References
See Also
- Birthday Mania (found rare Atari 2600 game; 1984)
- "Block moving game" (partially found builds of cancelled Atari 2600 game from Activision; 1983)
- Circus Charlie (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 port of arcade action-platformer; 1984)
- The Core (partially lost Atari 2600 game; 1999-2001)
- Cosmic (partially found Atari 2600 game; existence unconfirmed; dates unknown)
- Crazy Cars (lost Atari 2600 port of Amiga game; existence unconfirmed; 1990)
- Edu Games (lost Atari 2600 games; mid 1980s-early 1990s)
- The Incredible Hulk (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983)
- JimsToy (partially found Atari 2600 games from obscure developer; 1980s)
- Mission Omega (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game by CommaVid; early 1980s)
- Mr. Bill's Neighborhood (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983)
- Shove It! (lost build of cancelled CBS Atari 2600 game; existence unconfirmed; 1983)
- Smokey Bear (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983)
- Untitled Motorcycle Games (lost Atari 2600 games by David Crane; existence unconfirmed; early 1980s)