Video Life

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Video Life
Developer(s) Commavid
Publisher(s) Commavid
Platform(s) Atari 2600
Release date USA 1981
Genre(s) Life simulation game
Mode(s) Single-player
Media Cartridge
Video Life gameplay.
Video Life gameplay.

Video Life is one of the rarest video games ever made for the Atari 2600.[citation needed] It is a version of the zero-player cellular automaton known as Conway's Game of Life.[1]

[edit] Rarity and value

Video Life was only available via a special mail order offer to owners of Commavid's Magicard, which itself is considered to be one of the rarest Atari 2600 cartridges ever released. According to original CommaVid co-owner Irwin Gaines, only "20 cartridges or less" of Video Life were ever made.[citation needed]

At the 10th Annual Classic Games Expo 2007 at the Rivera Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada a copy of Video Life was sold at auction inside a "mystery box", fetching $1300 from the winning bidder.[citation needed]

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