Primal Rage II

Hmm...I wonder how many other collectors possess working editions of cancelled high-profile games?

I hope he butters one up and slides it between his butt cheeks.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

He doesn't give a shit about "the community" and there's no rule that people have to give up their rare goods so they can be disseminated across the Internet.

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Obviously. He's still an asshole.

Nothing against cigs but I could not care less about this shitty game and this guy's rare collection.

I've never understood the mentality of proto collectors. It seems to be mostly about being able to say "haha! I own something you don't!" more than anything else. Acquiring rare stuff to then sell to the highest bidder is one thing, and keeping a private collection is perfectly legitimate. But let's be realistic; it's not like these are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that can be displayed. It's a PCB that no one ever really sees.

But, if that makes some people feel complete, then so be it. However, flaunting it in people's faces and acting like a douche is not cool.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

When Primal Rage II was cancelled, Atari allegedly felt it necessary to somehow present the story for the sequel in one form or another. Thus, in 1997, a novel called Primal Rage: The Avatars, written by John Vornholt, was published by Boulevard Books. The book's plot tells about what happened to the dinosaur gods 65 million years ago, and then moves into the main story of the gods' reign on Urth renewed, but then the beast Necrosan appears. The book focuses as well on fleshing out the world of Primal Rage, and does so by bringing "the Avatars" to the forefront of the story, they being the humans chosen by their respective gods to be their shamans or other titles of nobility.

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Yeah Atari, that was SUPER necessary.

It was a story that HAD to be told.

Yeah, I read that Wikipedia page too. I was wondering what point of that author's career was represented by writing a novel based on a cancelled dinosaur fighting game...the low point, or the lowest point.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

the low point, or the lowest point.

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Lowest point is probably writing Yaoi fan fiction by commission. Although the Primal Rage novel was probably the last stop before that.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

He doesn't give a shit about "the community" and there's no rule that people have to give up their rare goods so they can be disseminated across the Internet.

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Since when does someone have to break a rule to be an asshole?

He's an atari fatty prototype collector. The two worst types of classic game collectors, rolled into one.

I've dealt with prototype collectors on occasion, and they're really weird. I had a chance to buy a TG16 Off The Wall prototype, but the guy selling it made me want to sign an agreement stating that I would never ever dump the roms. In retrospect, I should've agreed, then sold it to a friend for a dollar, who would then sell it back to me.

On the other hand, most cancelled games are cancelled for a reason. I've played Marble Madness II, and it is a pretty bad game. Since this is the sequel to something that was already terrible, I have no doubt that it is awful too.