Dona Bailey Interview: She worked on a second game?

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Dona Bailey Interview: She worked on a second game?

Came across this today:

Woman Behind 'Centipede' Recalls Game Icon's Birth
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/06/30/technology/ap-us-tec-atari-centipedes-maker.html

One tidbit in particular was interesting:

"Bailey worked on one other game after "Centipede," but it never came out. Because processors were so limited at the time, she couldn't make the game look and do all the things she wanted."

I'm guessing there isn't a prototype rom. Anyone have any info on what she was working on?

Edit: Is it Cloud 9?

http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=764

"Notes : Cloud 9 was originally supposed to be written by Dona Bailey (the coder for Centipede), but she left and Paul inherited it. The original game concept had a plug in the bottom of the screen that the character had to pull to let the water out. This game unfortunately only received one weekend of play testing at one location before being cancelled."
 
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This is listed in MAME as a prototype. I presume it works since that site has MAME style screenshots of it.

I'll check it out when I get done work.
 
OK, I just tried this and it is totally working within MAME. Not sure if its the final/complete version, but I would describe it as Centipede with clouds.

You're at the bottom of 1/3 of the screen and you shoot up at clouds which scroll back and forth. Creatures continually cross the bottom of the screen just like the spider in Centipede. There are bats that scroll across the screen higher up to interfere with you shooting the clouds. There is also a brick barrier that you shoot away, which kind of fits with the cityscape theme.

World Trade Center type building is visible in the background. That still always weirds me out in games. I can get some video and post it on Youtube if anyone cares, but its right there in MAME to check out yourself!
 
Definitely seems this must be her game. Thanks for the description on it. I couldn't get it to run on my MAME, I'll try to find a different rom. There are some videos of it on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj7B4ObcLHY

I'm starting to think she left the game industry because she didn't think she could ever match the success of Centipede.
 
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