Beathead (Arcade Prototype)

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Published on February 4, 2010 11:51:08 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACjCc4Adkms

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Toobin' (1988)

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Beathead was a game that was beta tested in 1994, made by Atari, more infomration below:

At the time, Atari were very keen to fund 'unusual' game concepts, such as "Toobin'" and Beat Head was one of those chosen. However, the game mechanic was incredibly repetitive and once you'd beaten 5 opponents, not much really changed. The reason for the very limited number of 'waves' is that the game did not get past a 'short field-test' stage. It was intended to be out only a few days. Atari had a pretty bad rep in those days, which showed in the cash box. And Beat Head had fairly powerful enemies within Atari, so it was killed at a very preliminary stage of the program. It certainly was never intended to be so limited.


The phrase 'Stella on Steroids' on the POST screen is a reference to the old Atari VCS, codenamed 'Stella'."

And trust me, it was good that it was canceled, still...with more work I guess it would of been alright

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