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"Save the Whales" for Atari 2600 January 22, 2004 - by Ian Bogost Apparently someone made a game for Atari 2600 called Save the Whales, whose proceeds were supposed to benefit Greenpeace. The game was never released (follow the link above for screenshots).
You control a submarine that must "Save the Whales" by shooting the harpoons or nets thrown by the ship at the top of the screen. You can choose between harpoons or nets by changing the difficulty switch, harpoons are smaller and faster than the nets so they're harder to hit. If a harpoon or net hits your sub you'll have some damage, if you take five hits it's game over and all the whales die!
(thanks to Clive for this one). POST A COMMENT
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