2. There was a video game planned in 1983
During the early 80s, the home video game market was buzzing. The Atari 2600 had brought arcade gaming into your living room and seemingly every company was trying to get in on the act. Unlike today where there three choices to play games, the early 80s provided countless options to take home.
By 1983, the Planet of the Apes franchise had been dead and buried with the last entry being Battle for the Planet of the Apes ten years prior. However, 20th Century Fox were keen to make a game because the demand for video games was out there.
Planet of the Apes would see you play as Taylor from the first movie exploring the ape’s world. The screens would include deserts, forests, the ape’s village, river crossing and the Statue of Liberty ending.
Sadly, the industry imploded. The infamous video game crash of 1983 meant that the Planet of the Apes game was never released. However, a prototype of the game was unearthed in 1999 under the name Alligator People and then released (with permission by the creators) in 2002 renamed Revenge of the Apes.
Watch a video of the game below:
Originally published July 17, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
