Atari’s Lost ’80s Precursor To Beatmania Has Been Recovered

Jammin’ prototype was discovered on old VAX backup tapes.

Atari was a real trailblazer back in the ’70s and ’80s arcade landscape, and was responsible for creating some of the most famous video games of the period – and it almost published a game which would have pre-dated the likes of Beatmania and Dance Dance Revolution by over a decade.

Planned for launch in 1985, Jammin’ was never released and was assumed lost, but a prototype was recently recovered from old VAX backup tapes by Dutchman2000 and SynaMax – and is now in a position where it can be played in MAME.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

Jammin’ prototype was discovered on old VAX backup tapes.

Atari was a real trailblazer back in the ’70s and ’80s arcade landscape, and was responsible for creating some of the most famous video games of the period – and it almost published a game which would have pre-dated the likes of Beatmania and Dance Dance Revolution by over a decade.

Planned for launch in 1985, Jammin’ was never released and was assumed lost, but a prototype was recently recovered from old VAX backup tapes by Dutchman2000 and SynaMax – and is now in a position where it can be played in MAME.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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