Van Burnham, author of the upcoming book Superarcade: A Visual History of the Video Gaming Age 1971-1984, plans to release a new, commemorative video game, Escape from Superarcade, for the vintage Atari 2600 VCS machine. The game will be released in limited quantities - only 100 signed and numbered cartridges will be made available. The ROM image of the game will be made available online at a later date, so gamers, other than the 100 holding the vintage copies, will also have the opportunity to experience the title via an emulator.
"Not only will the cartridges look and feel like the classic original games of the golden age of video games, but the game can actually be played if the cartridge is plugged in to any of the thousands of vintage Atari 2600 VCS machines that still exist today," said Burnham.
Gameplay details are being withheld until a formal press announcement and presentation at the Classic Gaming Expo 2000.