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Save Mary: Development, Release & Reception

Save Mary is a prototype video game designed by Tod Frye and made for the Atari 2600. The game involves Mary who is trapped in a valley that is slowly filling with water. The player must operate a crane to move blocks to allow Mary to escape the rising water and eventually be carried to safety by the player.

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Save Mary topic overview

The analysis highlights Development, Release and Reception as prominent areas in the source structure around Save Mary.

Related topics
21
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
149
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 9 topics
Development · 5 topics
Release · 4 topics
Reception · 2 topics
Gameplay · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Publisher
Atari
Designer
Tod Frye
Mode
Single-player
Platforms
Atari Flashback, Atari 2600
Release
August 2005

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Gameplay

Development

Release

Reception

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Save Mary connects Entity context

The extracted context around Save Mary shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Save Mary → Adventure II, Archived, Atari, Atari Flashback, Atari Flashback Classics Vol, Atari Flashes Back, Atari SA, Atari Unearth Save Mary, August, Bonthuys, Bootleg Consoles Attract Lawsuit, Carroll, Cartridge, Cifaldi, CNet, CX-2600, Darryn, December, Destructoid, Engadget Another extracted example is Save Mary → Atari, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Atari's, Axlon, Entertainment Electronics Division, Epyx, Following, Frye, Michael Katz, Nolan Bushnell's, November, Pac-Man, Shooting Gallery, Summer Games, These, Tod Frye, Tramiel, Upon Jack Tramiel's, While. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Save Mary

Top relations

related to Sources · 83
Save Mary → Adventure II, Archived, Atari, Atari Flashback, Atari Flashback Classics Vol, Atari Flashes Back, Atari SA, Atari Unearth Save Mary, August, Bonthuys, Bootleg Consoles Attract Lawsuit, Carroll, Cartridge, Cifaldi, CNet, CX-2600, Darryn, December, Destructoid, Engadget
related to Development · 20
Save Mary → Atari, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Atari's, Axlon, Entertainment Electronics Division, Epyx, Following, Frye, Michael Katz, Nolan Bushnell's, November, Pac-Man, Shooting Gallery, Summer Games, These, Tod Frye, Tramiel, Upon Jack Tramiel's, While
related to Release · 13
Save Mary → Aquaventure, Atari, Atari Flashback, Atari Flashback Classics Volume, August, Combat Two, Frog Pond, Homebrew, It, ROM, The, The Flashback, Wizard
related to Reception · 9
Save Mary → Atari, Destructoid, Matt Reichert, NintendoLife, Ollie Reynolds, Since, Tetris-variant, Video Game Collector, Zoey Handley
Designer · 1
Save Mary → Tod Frye
Mode · 1
Save Mary → Single-player
Platforms · 1
Save Mary → Atari Flashback, Atari 2600
Publisher · 1
Save Mary → Atari
Release · 1
Save Mary → August 2005
is a · 1
Save Mary → prototype video game designed by Tod Frye and made for the Atari 2600

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

atari mary game 2600 save 2023 frye flashback release games retrieved released 2024 video made water crane february player various

Save Mary relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 149 structured relationships around Save Mary. Examples in this analysis include Save Mary → Designer → Tod Frye and Save Mary → Mode → Single-player. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Save MaryDesignerTod Frye1.00infobox
Save MaryModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Save MaryPlatformsAtari Flashback, Atari 26001.00infobox
Save MaryPublisherAtari1.00infobox
Save MaryReleaseAugust 20051.00infobox
Save Maryis aprototype video game designed by Tod Frye and made for the Atari 26000.90text
bricks for Mary to traverse oninstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text
items to assist the playerinstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text
and to pick upinstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text
rescue Mary herself.Items can be found that cause various effects for the playerinstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text
ranging from controlling the water flowinstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text
moving the crane fasterinstance ofthe player must move the crane left and right along its rails and lower the crane's hook and pick up objects0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Save Mary bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Save, Water and Made. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Save Mary
    • Save
    • Water
    • Made
    • Video
    • Crane
    • Games
    • Frye
    • Axlon
    • Cartridge
    • Cartridges
    • Must
    • Tod
  • save mary
    • Save
    • Player
    • Water
    • Made
    • Video
    • Crane
    • Games
    • Frye
    • Axlon
    • Cartridge
    • Cartridges
    • Must
  • atari 2600
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
    • Made
    • Release
    • Began
  • atari
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
    • Made
    • Release
    • Began
  • atari lynx
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
    • Made
    • Release
    • Began
  • atari flashback 2
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Release
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Later
    • Tod
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
  • atari st
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
    • Made
    • Release
    • Began
  • atari 50
    • Flashback
    • Game
    • Frye
    • Mary
    • Save
    • Released
    • Games
    • Cartridge
    • Pac-man
    • Made
    • Release
    • Began

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Save Mary, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Save Mary with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Save MaryOverview · splits 25 ⟂ 10
Save MarySources · splits 27 ⟂ 8
Save MaryDevelopment · splits 29 ⟂ 6
Save MaryRelease · splits 30 ⟂ 5
Save MaryReception · splits 32 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Save Mary

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples149
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Save Mary to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Development, Release & Reception, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Save Mary · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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