THREE TIMES THE EXCITEMENT
Posted on August 6th, 2004 by Frank Cifaldi 
Digital Press has posted a video clip featuring a full commercial for Wings, an unreleased Atari 2600 game developed by CBS.
Wings, sadly, is not based on the 1990 sitcom starring teen heartthrob Steven Weber and his hilarious airline management misadventures. According to the commercial, the storyline involves Earth being “under attack,” with the only hope being the player and his or her “wings.” We’re not sure who the attackers are, but they appear on-screen as pink rectangles.
What’s interesting is that Wings, according to the ad, was coded to “megacharge your Atari VCS” and make it “three times as exciting.” Surely, Wings would have revolutionized the gaming industry as we know it.
Fortunately, the game itself has also been found, and will be displayed at this year’s Classic Gaming Expo in San Jose. I don’t think I’ll be able to make it out this year, so if anyone out there can explain the increase in excitement, I’m sure our readers would love to hear it.
Download the clip, along with three other apparently unaired CBS Games commercials, from the Screening Room at Digital Press.
