Atari 7800 Millipede Proto Found

[TrekMD]

Walter posted this over at Atari Age and  I thought I'd share it here as well.  It appears a proto of Millipede for the Atari 7800 has been discovered.  Is it a real proto or is it an April Fool's joke?  Who knows?  Some games started off as April Fool's jokes (like the Atari 7800 version of Jr. Pac-Man), so we all be in for a pleasant surprise.  Here are some pictures...

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[Shadowrunner]

Cool, hope it turns out to be real!

[TrekMD]

You're not the only one!  Whether it is a real proto, a hack, or a homebrew as long as it is real I'm happy. 

[zapiy]

Brilliant news. All will be revealed soon I guess.

[Greyfox]

Looks brilliant and faithful to arcade original 

[TrekMD]

Looks like we have to wait until Wednesday to found out what this really is.

[TrekMD]

Well, looks like this was indeed an April Fool's joke but one with some hope of becoming a real game...

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Hi Guys
sure it was an aprils fool.....the proto was my rarest.......It is the Pole Position Bios,which was sold to me as non working....a former worker od Atari put the chip on a gameboard,without knowing that it is the real PP built in Bios....
Eckhard Stolberg found this out,several years ago and we posted the bios here in the forum.....
The best on this Aprils fool was,that CPUWIZ thought first,that there is a bew game.....,but thanx to all friends,who were involved in the whole thing.....Millipede is only a hack by Blue and Me
We made only two mistakes....the date on the titlescreen 1982,let people think,that it is a hoax.
And i am just an idiot;i posted a wip photo.....
But our hack is good....with all we were able to do.I added the Earwig and the Worm....also the Mosquito.....Then we changed the player and an extra life will be given at 15000 points,like in Millipede.And we changed the mushrooms and their behaviour,when poisoned.
We also did a lot of different Centipede hacks.....
And maybe some day we will have the real Millipede for the 7800.......and this is no aprils fool.I hope you guys forgive me our little hoax
greetings Walter

[Shadowrunner]

Damn! What's with all the April Fool's jokes this year that started a few days before? It's turning into a week long event! Hopefully this hack gets finished and released at least.

[TrekMD]

I think that's what's implied with the post but only time will tell.  It will certainly be a wish come true for me if the hack gets finished and released! 

[TrekMD]

Well, this is no longer an April Fool's joke!  Binaries (NTSC) have been made available of the hack!

[zapiy]

Awesome stuff.