The poorly pitched Shining computer game from 1982. This family party game was released for the holiday season on the Atari 2600, but failed to sell due to scenes of gratuitous violence and a nausa inducing atmosphere.

Within half an hour of playing, children were reported to start shaking and hallucinating.

Talk of the game being re-released on the 3DO system never came to fruitition.

However, Stanley Kubrick was said to be a great fan of the title and held the high score for level 6 (the infamous axe/door speed test) for 5 years.

this footage was recovered from an old Betamax tape I purchased from a car boot sale i

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13 Responses to “The Shining Computer Game Footage from 1982 (recorded from Betamax tape)”

  1. PointlessCamel Says:

    this is great, …
    this is great, really well made happytoast!

  2. rapperjames Says:

    I played this game …
    I played this game all the time it was awesome.

  3. Bandeto Says:

    LMAO, hats off to …
    LMAO, hats off to the creator!

  4. BestOfTheBestNumber9 Says:

    Two more levels to …
    Two more levels to add: one where you’re at the bar trying to select the right two card i mean glasses, if you get them correct Loyd fills your glass with bourban.

  5. spikeproductions Says:

    sweet memories! …
    sweet memories! still have the cartridge

  6. spottedbeetle Says:

    my parents would …
    my parents would not let me play it. They said I acted funny afterwards

  7. forgeuk Says:

    Ah, I remember it …
    Ah, I remember it well, played it for hours.

  8. icassu Says:

    That is …
    That is marvellously silly.

  9. confusedwouldwe Says:

    Infuriating game. …
    Infuriating game. Never got past level 3 :(

  10. somegreybloke Says:

    Teh nostalgia!
    Teh nostalgia!

  11. HappyToaster Says:

    I saw a copy on …
    I saw a copy on EBay a while back, there are a few still changing hands

  12. AlmightyDeided Says:

    This was an amazing …
    This was an amazing game. I got it but lost it 16 years ago… spent several years mourning its loss. Was I seriously the only one who bought it?

  13. regulationseven Says:

    Fail.
    Fail.

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