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Telepathy is one of two known prototype games that were developed for Atari's failed MindLink controller. The Mindlink was a headband that player wore on his head and plugged into the joystick port. The idea was that the Mindlink's sensors would pick up any facial movements or muscle twitches the player would make. The problem was that the Mindlink didn't work very well in initial test runs, and even when it did work players would complain of headaches and dizziness from twitching their face all day. After disappointing test results, the Mindlink controller was wisely canceled. Telepathy was actually developed as a demo to show what kind games the Mindlink could do. Thankfully Telepathy is playable without the Mindlink controller (unlike Bionic Breakthrough) by pressing the joystick button. The game was never mentioned in any internal Atari documentation and it's unknown if Atari actually ever planned to turn Telepathy into a commercial game.
ATARI in large, capital letters is coded as graphics in the program, but it is never used anywhere.
Pressing RESET when your game ends, restarts you at the last level you were on. |
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