An American Tale Game

An American Tale Game is a unreleased action platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Bend Interactive.

Development History
An American Tale Game begins with the release of its movie counterpart, An American Tail is an Animated Movie released by Don Bluth on November 21st 1986, It was a commercial success so it was almost obvious to make a game adaptation so the company Universal Pictures contracted a small development company named Bend Interactive to develop the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Development began around late December of that year and was even mentioned in Nintendo Power as a upcoming game set to release in late 1987 and apparently for a price of 59.99, But Inside walls of Bend Interactive it was all about to come apart, Around March of 1987 many employees working on the project began to feel stressed because the game was coming together slowly so around May of 1987 many programmers on the project told execs at Universal and Bend Interactive that a Late 1987 release date was unfeasible and would be possibly done by mid 1988, This angered execs which caused bitter divide between the two sides, Due to the fact that work couldn't get done the game was silently cancelled.

Gameplay
The Game is a 2D Platformer with the player being able to Jump and Hide, The Levels (Of which were completed) include, The Cats Attack!, Welcome to New York and The Slums.

Discovery
In 2014 a post was made on the Lost Things forum by the user OldGeek12 with the post "Does anyone know this game" where he said "When digging through my old magazines from when I was a kid I discovered this old Nintendo Power Issue and it showed a game that so far I haven't heard about or even find, So if anybody could provide more info, it would be appreciated" Their were multiple theories surrounding the game such as that the game was a [https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-a-copyright-trap.htm#:~:text=A%20copyright%20trap%20is%20a%20piece%20of%20erroneous,also%20sometimes%20known%20as%20fictitious%20entries%20or%20Mountweazels. copyright trap] but due to the fact that it featured Intellectual Property this was unlikely, But most believed that the game was cancelled so a exploration team was assembled to find the lost game, Soon though as time passed it seemed even less likely that the game would ever be discovered or at least until September of 2017 when a user named Junkie80s while exploring a landfill in Tampa Florida only 2 Miles away from the old Bend Interactive's offices (which at this point the company shut down) when he found something strange amongst everything around it, It was a dirty NES Cartridge labeled "American Tale" with the date of May 12th 1987, He heard about the lost game and was excited to tell people, Deciding to take it home he would make a post saying that he had found the lost game and asked how to dump it, With some careful guidance he was able to dump the rom onto the Internet Archive and the game was officially preserved.

Legacy
When Talking about An American Tale (Game) the game is used usually as a little bit of a encouraging motive for explorers that something as rare and almost impossible to find game like this was found and is a great example of great internet discoveries.

Trivia
1. The game is weirdly always called An American Tale despite the movie being called An American Tail which according to former programmer Jason Will was done to avoid possible legal issues with future releases of the game. 2. In the files of the game it was found that there was a File titled "No Unnecessary Comments, Thank You" which is evidence of the conflict between the Programmers and the Upper Staff.