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This
game involved flying an hot air balloon across a slow scrolling
landscape, dropping sandbags on enemies. The game was infact released
on the Atari 400 around the time with the same name, and was ported
over to the C64 in two months.
Although
this game was never properly released back in the day, it was
released on a Grandslam/Argus Press compilation
back in the early 90s.
Starcade,
also released Savage Pond. they were at that time linked with
Argus Press, but not owned by them. Therefore 'Up Up and Away'
has always been owned by Starcade. When Argus Press was bought
around 1986, it was renamed Grandslam by the new owners.
Recently two adverts were found advertising the C64 game:
Scan 1
Scan 2
Originally,
the game did apparently surface under the 'Pulsar' label, but
was stopped quickly, as the company name clashed with another
label. Eventually the game did surface under the 'Starcade' label
until late '85, when the company fell under.
So
there we have it, the game *did* infact surface at some point...
but not by its original company. So basically this game is not
technically a unreleased game, but no-one has yet claimed to have
owned the original Starcade release.
A
neat little game, and a piece of Rob Hubbard...
Frank
(Additional
source credits - Chris, Tom Jones, Gwyll Jones, MSX)
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