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The Atari XP website also briefly attributed unreleased 1983 prototype Aquaventure to Warshaw as well. Atari history site AtariProtos.com lists Gary Shannon and Tod Frye as the original programmers for that game.

Out of the three games being released on cartridge by Atari XP, only the excellent prototype Saboteur was actually created by Howard Scott Warshaw. The shooter was completed by Warshaw in 1983, at which point Atari decided it wanted it changed into an A-Team game. Neither Saboteur nor its A-Team rework were ever officially released in cartridge form.

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Though never released officially on cartridge by Atari, all three of these games have appeared on Atari Flashback consoles, and ROM files for each are widely available. Saboteur even received an unofficial cartridge release through AtariAge, which can still be found for reasonable prices on the secondary market.

The Atari XP website has been updated to reflect the correct information on the games, with all three up for preorder for December and early 2022 release.