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 would play as Bruce Banner, as he would go 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 release 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.

Gallery

Catalog Ad

Game Cartidge Covers

File: PBTIH3.jpg File: PBTIH2.jpg File: PBTIH3.jpg </gallery>

References

↑ The Atarimania.com page on the unreleased game. Retrieved 24 Dec '13.
↑ A lostlevels.org page on the unreleased game. Retrieved 24 Dec '13.

[1] The Atarimania.com page on the unreleased game. Retrieved 24 Dec '13.

[2] A lostlevels.org page on the unreleased game. Retrieved 24 Dec '13.

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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.<ref>[http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-incredible-hulk-_20132.html The Atarimania.com page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13.</ref>
+'''''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 Brothers games were thought to be lost, but then found later as prototypes. One of the only games never found was ''The Incredible Hulk''.
+==Premise==
+In ''The Incredible Hulk'', the player would play as Bruce Banner, as he would go 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.
-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 A lostlevels.org page on the unreleased game.] Retrieved 24 Dec '13.</ref>
+==History/Availability==
+''The Incredible Hulk'' was supposed to release 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://www.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://www.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=175px>
+File: PBTIH1.jpg
+</gallery>
+===Game Cartidge Covers===
+File: PBTIH3.jpg
+File: PBTIH2.jpg
+File: PBTIH3.jpg
+</gallery>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Lost video games|Incredible Hulk, The (cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983)]]