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Fathom

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Rescue Neptina by recovering the scattered pieces of a magical trident.

The briefing

About this game

In Fathom, Neptina, Neptune’s daughter, has been imprisoned at the bottom of the sea by the Titans. Rescue her by finding the scattered pieces of a magical trident.

Take the form of a dolphin underwater and a bird in the air. Touch every cloud in the flying sections to reveal a trident piece, while avoiding other birds that drain energy. Beneath the waves, touch seahorses to uncover pieces and avoid octopuses, sharks, and dangerous seaweed mazes.

Collect every piece to unlock Neptina’s cage—but running out of energy ends the game.

Game Information

  • Genres: Action, Adventure, Arcade, Pinball
  • Release date: December 23, 1980
  • Platforms: Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Mattel Intellivision, Microsoft MSX, MSX, Pinball Arcade, Texas Instruments TI-99, Texas Instruments TI 99-4A
  • Developers: Bally Manufacturing, Imagic, Interphase Technologies
  • Publishers: Bally Manufacturing, Imagic, Texas Instruments, Toshiba-EMI