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Glove Pilot is a cancelled NES game that was in development since late ‘80s by Mattel for their classic Power Glove motion controller. Players would move their hand to use on-screen levers and buttons, flying a space fighter, fighting enemies and analyzing the environments of alien planets.

The game was originally listed alongside with other Power Glove titles (Super Glove Ball, The Terror of Tech Town) in a Mattel promotional booklet, then talked about in a few gaming magazines (such as Electronic Gaming Monthly issue 2), but later quietly vanished with no more information than a short description and a single screenshot:

“The instrument panel is displayed on the video screen. It is a complex cluster of dials, gauges and switches. And you are in control. Activate the Power Glove and you actually “reach” into the game screen to control your interplanetary fighter. Every motion of the Glove is transmitted directly to the control panel, as you are in command of a mission that will test your skill to the limit.
You will salvage wrecked fighters by accessing their control panels through your own. You will take soil and atmospheric samples, analyzing for hazardous material. You will scan rock formations for precious metals. And, of course, you will pilot your fighter into battle, with advanced weapons systems at your fingertips. Six exciting worlds await the pilot with speed and skill to meet the challenge of Glove Pilot.”

In the end only two games created specifically for the Power Glove were ever released by Mattel: Super Glove Ball and Bad Street Brawler. The other 3 games announced (Glove Pilot, Manipulator Glove Adventure and Tech Town) vanished forever after the company and the market lost faith in the accessory.

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The Terror of Tech Town [NES Power Glove – Cancelled]

monokoma

27-06-2016

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The Terror of Tech Town (also known as Tektown) is a cancelled NES game that was in development since late ‘80s by Mattel for their classic Power Glove motion controller. Players would move their “robotic hand” through corridors in a series of hi-tech buildings, interacting with objects and resolving puzzles to open doors and finally escape from the town.

Originally listed alongside with other Power Glove titles (Super Glove Ball, Glove Pilot) in an article published in “Compute!’s Guide to Nintendo Games” in 1989, Tech Town was later marked as to be released in Spring 1991 during the Official Power Glove Game Players Gametape VHS Volume 1.

One presumed screenshot of Tech Town seems to have been published in a Power Glove Press Kit showing an updated version of a 1985 Commodore 64 tech demo titled “Time Crystal”, created by Jim Sach. After Jim worked for a while on Time Crystal for Amiga, it seems he managed to sign a deal with Mattel to create a Power Glove version but we are still not sure if the project is the same as Tech Town, as concept gameplay footage of “Time Crystal Powerglove” looks really different from confirmed Tech Town gameplay footage from the Game Players Gametape (as seen in the video below).

The Power Glove Press Kit describes Tech Town with “As you travel through the “corpor-hoods”, the Glove can open doors, search through corridors, and even travel through time and space” so is still possible that the “outdoor environment with dinosaurs” could have been a different section of the same game in a different time. We could see more from the game in the soon-to-be-released The Power of Glove documentary, as another presumed screenshot from Tech Town was published in their Kickstarter campaign page.

Thanks to Maik for the contribution!

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