![]() generated by my 2600 Doom hoax, which was featured as the "Psycho Hoax of the Month" in issue #102 of Electronic Gaming Monthly, I've created this page to tell the story behind the hoax and how it all started. |
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2600 Doom was originally
created as a final project for a 2D computer imaging class I was taking in college. The objective of the project was to create 3 ad images for a product that was either real or made up, and apply each in a different way. For 2600 Doom, a magazine ad was made along with a actual mock box and cartridge. |
With the result of the project
turning out looking quite real, I decided to have a little fun with it and start a hoax in the video game world. With the help of my e-mail pen pal friend Bill Haslacher, news of a release of an Atari 2600 version of Doom was spread across the internet. With that, even before being featured in EGM, the hoax drew quite a response. By the way, I ended up getting an A for the project. |
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The one thing I am asked by
everybody who has e-mailed me on this little hoax is how the screen shots for the game were created. They were made on a Atari 800XL 8-bit computer in a graphics mode that was close in display to what a 2600 might show, and then photographed off of a TV. That is the secret of why they look so real. |
So there you have it, the real
story behind the hoax of Doom for the Atari 2600 from the one who actually created it. James Catalano
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