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'''''Mr. Bill's Neighborhood''''' is an cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based on a clay figurine character from ''Saturday Night Live'' by Walter Williams. The game was developed and published by Data Age and planned to released in April 1983. If this was released, it would have been the first Mr. Bill's video game. The game was shown at the 1983 Winter CES.<ref>[http://www.2600connection.com/faq/vcs_nr/vcs_nr.html#mrbill Atari 2600 unreleased games list.] Retrieved 14 May '16.</ref>
'''''Mr. Bill's Neighborhood''''' is an cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based on a clay figurine character from ''Saturday Night Live'' by Walter Williams. The game was developed and published by Data Age and planned to released in April 1983. If this was released, it would have been the first Mr. Bill's video game. The game was shown at the 1983 Winter CES.<ref>[http://www.2600connection.com/faq/vcs_nr/vcs_nr.html#mrbill Atari 2600 unreleased games list.] Retrieved 14 May '16.</ref>


In this game, you would try to save Mr. Bill and his friends from their arch rival Sluggo. It would had speeding traffic, streets with dead end alleys and Mr. Hands, Mr. Bill and his friends' another rival who would grab you and push you toward Sluggo.
In this game, you would try to save Mr. Bill and his friends from their arch rival Sluggo. Mr. Bill's travels would have hampered by speeding traffic, streets with dead end alleys and Mr. Hands, Mr. Bill and his friends' another rival who would grab you and push you toward Sluggo.


Along with Data Age's another license game ''[[Smokey Bear (Cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 Game)|Smokey Bear]]'', both games were finished and ready to be released but were cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>[http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/dataage.html Atari HQ Page about Data Age.] Retrieved 13 May '16.</ref>
Along with Data Age's another license game ''[[Smokey Bear (Cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 Game)|Smokey Bear]]'', both games were finished and ready to be released but were cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>[http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/dataage.html Atari HQ Page about Data Age.] Retrieved 13 May '16.</ref>

Revision as of 00:50, 15 May 2016

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Flyer of the game.

Status: Lost

Mr. Bill's Neighborhood is an cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based on a clay figurine character from Saturday Night Live by Walter Williams. The game was developed and published by Data Age and planned to released in April 1983. If this was released, it would have been the first Mr. Bill's video game. The game was shown at the 1983 Winter CES.[1]

In this game, you would try to save Mr. Bill and his friends from their arch rival Sluggo. Mr. Bill's travels would have hampered by speeding traffic, streets with dead end alleys and Mr. Hands, Mr. Bill and his friends' another rival who would grab you and push you toward Sluggo.

Along with Data Age's another license game Smokey Bear, both games were finished and ready to be released but were cancelled for unknown reasons.[2]

No prototypes or other information on the game have surfaced.

References

  1. Atari 2600 unreleased games list. Retrieved 14 May '16.
  2. Atari HQ Page about Data Age. Retrieved 13 May '16.