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|title = <center>Gremlins (1984 Atari Arcade game)</center>
|title=<center>Gremlins (1984 Atari Arcade game)</center>
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|imagecaption=A draft of what the cabinet could've looked like.
|imagecaption=A draft of what the cabinet could've looked like.
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|status = <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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'''''Gremlins''''' is a cancelled arcade game based on the hit 1984 horror-comedy film of the same name. The game would have included three segments:
'''''Gremlins''''' is a cancelled arcade game based on the hit 1984 horror-comedy film of the same name. The game would have included three segments:
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*Playing as Gizmo, the game switches to a top-down view of the Mogwai driving his pink convertible throughout the Montgomery Ward department store, navigating through maze-like aisles, shooting obstacles until finally reaching Stripe in the fountain. There is no boss battle or boss fight; players just go back to the first level with an increased difficulty.
*Playing as Gizmo, the game switches to a top-down view of the Mogwai driving his pink convertible throughout the Montgomery Ward department store, navigating through maze-like aisles, shooting obstacles until finally reaching Stripe in the fountain. There is no boss battle or boss fight; players just go back to the first level with an increased difficulty.


The game was meant to be released back in 1985, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>[https://gremlins.wordpress.com/video-games/the-missing-gremlins-games/comment-page-1/ Gremlins cancelled games list including the game.] Retrieved 27 Apr '16.</ref>
The game was meant to be released back in 1985, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>[https://gremlins.wordpress.com/video-games/the-missing-gremlins-games/comment-page-1/ ''Gremlins'' cancelled games list including the game.] Retrieved 27 Apr '16</ref>


Only footage of the game have been released online and no prototypes or even other information of the game have resurfaced.
Minimal footage has been released online, but no prototypes or other information of the game has resurfaced.


==Video==
==Video==
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   |description1 =The only known gameplay of the game courtesy of Atari Age.
   |description1 =The only known gameplay of the game courtesy of Atari Age.
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==Reference==
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Revision as of 03:37, 1 July 2020

Gremlins 1984 Arcade Arari.jpg

A draft of what the cabinet could've looked like.

Status: Lost

Gremlins is a cancelled arcade game based on the hit 1984 horror-comedy film of the same name. The game would have included three segments:

  • Playing as Lynne Peltzer, you defend your kitchen against the Gremlin onslaught.
  • Playing as Billy Peltzer, you melt Gremlins using your flashlight outside in the streets.
  • Playing as Gizmo, the game switches to a top-down view of the Mogwai driving his pink convertible throughout the Montgomery Ward department store, navigating through maze-like aisles, shooting obstacles until finally reaching Stripe in the fountain. There is no boss battle or boss fight; players just go back to the first level with an increased difficulty.

The game was meant to be released back in 1985, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.[1]

Minimal footage has been released online, but no prototypes or other information of the game has resurfaced.

Video

The only known gameplay of the game courtesy of Atari Age.

Reference