Pursuit of the Pink Panther

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You play as the Pink Panther trying to slip past Inspector Clouseau across multiple screens. The goal is simple yet tricky since you must avoid getting caught while moving through different areas. Your final test involves hanging from a swinging rope to grab the famous diamond before making your escape without drawing attention. This arcade title lets you control a single character in a straightforward one-player setup that relies on timing and careful movement to succeed. The game never actually hit store shelves despite heavy promotion at the 1983 CES event. Manufacturing issues with special RAM chips stopped production after the first batch came back defective from the factory. Some reports suggest market conditions also played a role in killing the project before anyone could buy it. This makes any surviving copies or memories of the game quite rare for Atari 2600 collectors who know their stuff about obscure titles from that era.