1984 Star Systems Software
Platform: Atari 400/800
Did you know that Preppie was meant to have been a trilogy? Neither did we – though thanks to Avram Dumitrescu, we learn that back in 2005 it was established that Russ Wetmore was planning to create a 3rd game called Preppies in Space thanks to an interview.
Avram not long afterwards got some more details directly from Russ:
“Some conceptual work was done on Preppie 3, but nothing ever came of it. When I was interviewed for Electronic Games (the only place I ever mentioned P3) I was in New York for an awards ceremony and had just come from a brainstorming session to come up with some talking points for the press.
The interview was more to generate buzz than to promote future products, and when the bottom fell out of the games market in the coming months, I gave up game writing to focus on other types of software, notably HomePak. At the time, I was talking about P3 but was actually working on an original game called Lulu.”
There was talk about digging out conceptual drawings and source code, but sadly nothing has yet come to light on any potential third title. We live in hope that something may surface in the future.
There was also apparently another unreleased game that consisted of a “three-dimensional room filled with bouncing balls which the player must drop through holes in the floor”. If anyone knows more about this, please do get in touch and we’ll create a separate entry for it.
With thanks to Avram Dumitrescu for flagging up to include on the site.
