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Pompeii [Model AP2011]

Unreleased Atari 2600 cart. published 41 years ago by Apollo, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Pompeii [Model AP2011] screenshot

Pompeii © 1983 Apollo

The game revolved around an Indiana Jones like archaeologist who is trying to find treasures in the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. For those who aren't up on your ancient History; Pompeii was an ancient Roman city at the base of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius which was destroyed when the volcano erupted in 79 AD. Since the eruption caught the people off guard everything in the city was covered in volcanic ash, this makes the ruins a treasure trove for archaeologists because all city and its contents were protected from the elements over the centuries by the very ash that killed them. How's that for irony?

TECHNICAL

GAME ID: AP2011

TRIVIA

Unreleased prototype. One of them was shown at the 1983 Las Vegas CES.

SOURCES

Game's ROM.