Smokey Bear (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983): Difference between revisions

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Data Age's "Coming Soon" list (all of them were unreleased).

Status: Lost

Smokey Bear is a cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based around Smokey the Bear, an American advertising mascot by Ad Council. The game would have been developed and published by Data Age and would have been an educational game targeting children ages 4 to 8.

Very little information is known about the title apart from that the player would help Smokey prevent forest fires. Along with Data Age's other licensed game Mr. Bill's Neighborhood, both games were finished and ready to be released but were cancelled^[1] due to the fact that their previous licensed game Journey Escape did so poorly that they couldn't afford to pay the licensing fees. However, the Video Game Crash of 1983 would have also likely affected the games' releases.

No prototypes or other information on the game have surfaced.

Reference

↑ Atari HQ Page about Data Age. Retrieved 14 May '16

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-'''''Smokey Bear''''' is an cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based on an American advertising mascot by Ad Council. The game was developed and published by Data Age. It would be a educational game targeting children 4 to 8.
+'''''Smokey Bear''''' is a cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 game based around Smokey the Bear, an American advertising mascot by Ad Council. The game would have been developed and published by Data Age and would have been an educational game targeting children ages 4 to 8.
-Very little information is known about the title, the player would help Smokey prevent forest fires. Along with Data Age's another license game ''[[Mr. Bill's Neighborhood (Cancelled 1983 Atari 2600 Game)|Mr. Bill's Neighborhood]]'', 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 14 May '16.</ref>
+Very little information is known about the title apart from that the player would help Smokey prevent forest fires. Along with Data Age's other licensed game ''[[Mr. Bill's Neighborhood (lost build of cancelled Atari 2600 game; 1983)|Mr. Bill's Neighborhood]]'', both games were finished and ready to be released but were cancelled<ref>[http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/dataage.html Atari HQ Page about Data Age.] Retrieved 14 May '16</ref> due to the fact that their previous licensed game ''Journey Escape'' did so poorly that they couldn't afford to pay the licensing fees. However, the Video Game Crash of 1983 would have also likely affected the games' releases.
 No prototypes or other information on the game have surfaced.
-==References==
+==Reference==
+{{reflist}}
-<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)]]
+*[[Home Vision (partially found Atari 2600 games from Taiwanese-Belgian game publisher; 1982-1983)]]
+*[[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)]]
+*[[Untitled Motorcycle Games (lost Atari 2600 games by David Crane; existence unconfirmed; early 1980s)]]
 [[Category:Lost video games]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media]]