Thanks and Enjoy
| April 28th, 2008
Well, that about wraps it up for the ROMs. All has been revealed. I’d like to thank everyone who helped out (Kevtris, Kingpin, and Zylon) in identifying the games, and making them available to the world. I’ll be returning to my normal, silly blog thingie now, and allow the games to speak for themselves.
Another shout out to Ed Temple, the excellent ninja programmer who wrote Cabbage Patch Kids for the Atari. I mistakenly credited Ed English with this feat, but was informed that it was Temple who really did it.
Finally, a few links to cool things that came about as a result of this find. First, the Wall Street Journal piece. Then there’s the Fark Photoshop contest. Various things at Atari Age have followed the game and its journey to digital distribution. And Tempest took it upon himself to review each version of CPK and describe the differences betwixt them.
Again, thanks to everyone for their support and praise. Anyone who’s asked questions in the comments, I can only say that they’re all answered now, amongst the various pages on this blog and in some of the above links. Above is a picture of me with the ROM and the game in the background. Below is a picture of Joe, who dumped the game. This is a picture of the first time the game had been seen or played in almost 25 years.
Thank you so much for sharing. It would have been a shame for this to have remained lost to the gaming community!