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"Garfield" for the Atari 2600 is a relatively obscure video game that was planned but never commercially released. Developed in the early 1980s, the game is centered around the popular comic strip character Garfield the cat, created by Jim Davis. The objective of the game was to maneuver Garfield through various challenges, completing tasks such as eating food and avoiding enemies akin to the mice and spiders, to ultimately rescue his teddy bear, Pooky. The game utilized basic graphics and sounds typical to the Atari 2600 system, featuring side-scrolling gameplay that was common in video games from that era.

The history of "Garfield" on the Atari 2600 is interesting due to its cancellation. It was initially developed by Atari, Inc., but as the video game market crashed in the early 1980s, the game was shelved and never made it to mass production or official release. However, prototypes of the game were later found and have since been made available for enthusiasts and collectors. Gaming historians value these prototypes as a window into the game development practices of the era and as a glimpse of how the Atari 2600 was adapting to more complex character-based gaming before the industry's temporary collapse. Despite its cancellation, "Garfield" remains a fascinating artifact in the realm of classic gaming, representing a lost piece of both Atari's and Garfield's multimedia history.

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