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Save Mary

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

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Save Mary

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

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Save Mary

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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
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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

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

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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

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