Cloak & Dagger is an arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in March 1984 as a tie-in to the 1984 film Cloak & Dagger. The game saw limited arcade release as a conversion kit for Robotron: 2084 cabinets.
| Cloak & Dagger | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Producer(s) | John Ray[2] |
| Designer(s) | Russel Dawe[2] |
| Programmer(s) | Russel Dawe |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
| Arcade system | 6502-based hardware[3] |
Gameplay
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Development and release
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The game was created by Russel Dawe. The game was under development using the title Agent X when the movie producers and Atari learned of each other's projects and decided to cooperate. When Atari was consulted to provide a game as an element of the movie, they tweaked Agent X and renamed it Cloak & Dagger. Dabney Coleman's character was named "Jack Flack" in the movie in lieu of "Agent X". The film shows an Atari 5200 version of the game, but the cartridge props are actually other 5200 games with a Cloak & Dagger label stuck on them and the gameplay footage is of the arcade version modified to output onto a television screen. A 5200 port was planned, but development on it never began.[6]
A port for Atari 8-bit computers was being developed by Atari, Inc. employee Dave Comstock in 1984, but was never finished.[7]
Reception
editComputer and Video Games gave Cloak & Dagger an overall positive outlook.[8]
References
edit- ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). "Atari (Atari Games/TWI); C". アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 111, 149. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ a b Bousiges, Alexis; Kukulcan, Bruno; Oliver, Paige (2020). "Cloak & Dagger". arcade-history.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Broyad, Toby (2020). "Atari 6502 Colour Raster Hardware (Atari)". system16.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Schwartz, Michael; Dykman, Joan (1998). "Cloak & Dagger - Overview". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Cloak & Dagger (Game)". Giant Bomb. CBS Interactive. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Rosenberg, Alex (September 12, 1994). "Atari 5200 FAQ: 2.6 - WHAT'S THE REAL STORY BEHIND CLOAK AND DAGGER?". atarihq.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Reichert, Matt. "Atari 8-bit Software - Cloak & Dagger". www.atariprotos.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Arcade Action - It's Thirsty Work: Cloak & Dagger". Computer and Video Games. No. 32. EMAP. June 1984. p. 42.
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