History VideoGame / SkySkipper

''Sky Skipper'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and created by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto and Genyo Takeda, in between the completion of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/{{Popeye}}''. It is one of a handful of games that Nintendo had fully completed, but never officially released.

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The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, and tested it in different markets in both Japan and America. To their surprise, Nintendo found that players were turned off by the complex (for the time) gameplay and confusing amalgamation of disparate themes. Howard Phillips denounced the game as being "an LSD trip". As a result of this poor reception, Nintendo cancelled the release of the game in all territories, and converted almost all of the ''Sky Skipper'' cabinets to play ''Popeye'' instead.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but when it tested poorly in both Japan and the United States, Nintendo canceled its release worldwide. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the American home console rights, and was able to squeeze out a lone port for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. This port greatly simplifies the gameplay to account for the 2600's limited graphical capabilities, and only scrolls vertically. For 37 years, it was the only official release of the game in any form.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but when it tested poorly in both Japan and the United States, Nintendo canceled its release worldwide. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the American home console rights, and was able to squeeze out a lone port for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. For 37 years, the was the only official release of the game in any form.

The game is a peculiar variation of the ShootEmUp game popular at the time. You play as Mr. You, a pilot in a biplane who is tasked with saving The King and his royal family from a gang of marauding gorillas. Your main method of attack are bombs, which can be dropped to stun the gorillas of a limited period of time. When a gorilla is stunned, the king, queen and other members of the royal court will pop in and out of the ground, which you save by flying into them. The gorillas are armed with clubs bombs of their own, and you lose a life by flying into either the gorillas themselves or their bombs. Your fuel gauge also gradually ticks down, so you must refuel before running out completely.

* LeadYouCanRelateTo: To the point where he is named "Mr. You".

''Sky Skipper'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame created by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto and Genyo Takeda, in between the completion of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/{{Popeye}}''. It is one of a handful of games that Nintendo had fully completed, but never officially released.

The game is a peculiar variation of the ShootEmUp game popular at the time. You play as Mr. You, a pilot in a biplane who is tasked with saving The King and his Royal Family from a gang of marauding gorillas. Your main method of attack are bombs, which can be dropped to stun the gorillas of a limited period of time. The king, queen and other members of the royal court will pop in and out of the ground, which you save by flying into them. The gorillas have bombs of their own, and you lose a life by flying into either the gorillas themselves or their bombs. Your fuel gauge also gradually ticks down, so you must refuel before running out completely.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but when it tested poorly in both Japan and the United States, Nintendo canceled its release worldwide. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the American home console rights, and was able to squeeze out a lone port for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. For twenty-five years, the was the only official release of the game in any form.

During all this time, Nintendo of America maintained a single working arcade cabinet from the focus test. In 2015, fans used pictures of this lone holdout, and a rare dump of the arcade board, to construct a fully-working replica of the game as originally intended. In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their ''Arcade Archive'' series, using Nintendo's lone cabinet as the source.

During all this time, Nintendo of America maintained a single working arcade cabinet from the focus test. In 2015, fans used pictures of this lone holdout, and a rare dump of the arcade board, to construct a fully-working replica of the game as originally intended. In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their "Arcade Archives" series, using Nintendo's lone cabinet as the source.

During all this time, Nintendo of America maintained a single working arcade cabinet from the original focus test. In 2015, fans used pictures of this lone holdout, and a rare dump of the original arcade board, to construct a fully-working replica of the game as originally intended. In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their "Arcade Archives" series, using Nintendo's lone cabinet as the source.

During all this time, Nintendo of America maintained a single working arcade cabinet of the games from the focus test. In 2015, fans used pictures of this lone holdout, and a rare dump of the original arcade board, to construct a fully-working replica of the game as originally intended. In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their "Arcade Archives" series, using Nintendo's lone cabinet as the source.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but when it tested poorly in both Japan and the United States, Nintendo canceled its release worldwide. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the American home console rights, and was able to squeeze a lone port for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. For twenty-five years, the was the only official release of the game in any form.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but it tested poorly in both Japan and the United Stated, Nintendo cancels its release in both regions. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the rights to port the game to American home consoles, and was able to squeeze a lone port for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. For twenty-five years, the was the only official release of the game in any form.

!!''SkySkipper'' provides examples of:

* KillerGorilla: The villains of the game are bomb-throwing gorillas.

During all this time, Nintendo of America maintained a single working arcade cabinet of the games from the focus test. In 2015, fans used pictures of this lone holdout, and a rare dump of the original arcade board, to construct a fully-working replica of the game as originally intended. In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their "Arcade Archives" series, using Nintendo's lone cabinet as the source.

The game was fully completed with an eye towards a 1981 release, but it tested poorly in both Japan and the United Stated, Nintendo cancels its release in both regions. However, Parker Brothers had already licensed the rights to port the game to American home consoles, and was able to squeeze a lone release for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600. For twenty-five years, the was the only official release of the game in any form.

You play as Mr. You, a pilot in a biplane who is tasked with saving The King and his Royal Family from a gang of marauding gorillas. Your main method of attack are bombs, which can be dropped to stun the gorillas of a limited period of time. The king, queen and other members of the royal court will pop in and out of the ground, which you save by flying into them. The gorillas have bombs of their own, and you lose a life by flying into either the gorillas themselves or their bombs. Your fuel gauge also gradually ticks down, so you must refuel before running out completely.

In 2018, Hamster released the arcade original on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as part of their "Arcade Archives" series.

You play as Mr. You, a pilot in a biplane who is tasked savingwith The King and his Royal Family from a gang of marauding gorillas.

''Sky Skipper'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame created by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto and Genyo Takeda, in between the completion of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/{{Popeye}}. It is one of a handful of games that Nintendo had fully completed, but never officially released.