Phosphor Dot Fossils: Targ (Atari 2600, 1983)

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Pac-Man (1980)
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Shooting things in a maze is as easy as shooting fish in a...maze. Though it did eventually surface as a budget title by the copyright-dodging name of Universal Chaos, we give the original unreleased prototype of Targ a try on the Atari.

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prototype game
unreleased prototype
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1983
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atari 2600
classic video game
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phosphor dot fossils
thelogbook.com
earl green


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