Garfield (Atari 2600)
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Garfield is an Atari 2600
game that Atari
planned, but cancelled because of the videogame crash of 1983.
In the game, players help Garfield
get around the neighborhood, eating hamburgers, catching Nermal, and avoiding Odie
and flying flowerpots. According to the Atari Protos website, the game perhaps would have been the largest Atari 2600 game if it had not been cancelled. The site also states that the game's producer has the only copy. However, the ROM file is found on ROM websites.
Both Atari 2600 games Garfield and Taz
share the exact sound effects, 50-point value graphic, and death events.
The high score of 23,418,862,404,272,676,864 was achieved on a rom of the game by Tom Duncan on June 19, 2008 as verified by Twin Galaxies International, making it the highest score ever recorded in a video game.
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
game that Atari
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
planned, but cancelled because of the videogame crash of 1983.
In the game, players help Garfield
Garfield
Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie...
get around the neighborhood, eating hamburgers, catching Nermal, and avoiding Odie
Odie
Odie is a fictional character in the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield. He has also appeared in Garfield and Friends, The Garfield Show, two live-action feature films, and 3 CGI films....
and flying flowerpots. According to the Atari Protos website, the game perhaps would have been the largest Atari 2600 game if it had not been cancelled. The site also states that the game's producer has the only copy. However, the ROM file is found on ROM websites.
Both Atari 2600 games Garfield and Taz
Taz (video game)
Taz was released by Atari in 1983 for Atari 2600 and is about Taz the Tasmanian Devil, created by Warner Bros. Studios, going food frenzy. The game, besides the title screen, has nothing to do with Taz since he appears in the game as a Hurricane. The same game was released outside the United States...
share the exact sound effects, 50-point value graphic, and death events.
The high score of 23,418,862,404,272,676,864 was achieved on a rom of the game by Tom Duncan on June 19, 2008 as verified by Twin Galaxies International, making it the highest score ever recorded in a video game.