The Incredible Hulk (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983): Difference between revisions

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Magazine scan courtesy of atarimania.com.

Status: Lost

The Incredible Hulk is a video game created by toy and game manufacturer Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600.

Premise

In The Incredible Hulk, the player plays as Bruce Banner, as he goes through various levels. The levels in the game would get progressively harder after completing the previous level. In each level, the player would have tried to avoid turning into the Hulk.

History/Availability

The Incredible Hulk was supposed to be released in stores by Autumn of 1983. This was during the video game crash of 1983 (E.T. released in December 1982), in which many companies, including Parker Brothers, never released games that have already been made for the Atari 2600 and thus, the game was never released.

All that remains online of the unreleased game is a couple of screenshots from in-game, some photos of the box art, and a comic ad for the game.^[1]

In 2001, a promo box was bought and scanned online, suggesting that the game's prototype might indeed exist somewhere.^[2] On November 25th, 2014, an Italian user named airgames posted a forum thread on Atariage.com that he had a promotional copy of the game in possession. Later he admitted that he got "scammed" and the promotional copy was a fake.

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-|title = <center>The Incredible Hulk<br>(Atari 2600 Game)</center>
+|title=<center>The Incredible Hulk<br>(Atari 2600 game)</center>
-|image = Cat027007.jpg
+|image=Cat027007.jpg
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+|imagecaption=Magazine scan courtesy of atarimania.com.
-|imagecaption = Magazine scan courtesy of atarimania.com<ref>[http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-incredible-hulk-_20132.html atarimania.com page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13.</ref>
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
-|status = <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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-In 1983, Parker Brothers created several games for the Atari 2600, including '''The Incredible Hulk'''. Not much is known about the gameplay, save for a few screenshots released in magazine ads.
+'''''The Incredible Hulk''''' is a video game created by toy and game manufacturer Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600.
-This was in the age of the infamous Video Game Crash, in which many developers never released games already made for the Atari 2600. Many of Parker Brother's games were thought to be lost, but then found later as prototypes. One of the only games never found was The Incredible Hulk. In 2001, a promo box was bought and scanned online, suggesting that the game's prototype might indeed exist somewhere.<ref>[http://www.lostlevels.org/200308/200308-hulk.shtml lostlevels.org page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13.</ref>
+==Premise==
+In ''The Incredible Hulk'', the player plays as Bruce Banner, as he goes through various levels. The levels in the game would get progressively harder after completing the previous level. In each level, the player would have tried to avoid turning into the Hulk.
+==History/Availability==
+''The Incredible Hulk'' was supposed to be released in stores by Autumn of 1983. This was during the video game crash of 1983 (''E.T.'' released in December 1982), in which many companies, including Parker Brothers, never released games that have already been made for the Atari 2600 and thus, the game was never released.
+All that remains online of the unreleased game is a couple of screenshots from in-game, some photos of the box art, and a comic ad for the game.<ref>[http://atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-incredible-hulk-_20132.html The Atarimania.com page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13</ref>
+In 2001, a promo box was bought and scanned online, suggesting that the game's prototype might indeed exist somewhere.<ref>[http://lostlevels.org/200308/200308-hulk.shtml A lostlevels.org page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13</ref> On November 25th, 2014, an Italian user named airgames posted a forum thread on Atariage.com that he had a promotional copy of the game in possession. Later he admitted that he got "scammed" and the promotional copy was a fake.
+==Gallery==
+===Catalog Ad===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=275px>
+File: PBTIH1.jpg
+</gallery>
+===Game Cartidge Covers===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=275px>
+File:PBTIH2.jpg
+File:PBTIH3.jpg
+</gallery>
 ==References==
-<references/>
+{{reflist}}
+==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)]]
+*[[Home Vision (partially found Atari 2600 games from Taiwanese-Belgian game publisher; 1982-1983)]]
+*[[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)]]
 [[Category:Lost video games|Incredible Hulk]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media|Incredible Hulk]]