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== History ==
Originally codenamed "NEMO", initial development began in 1985 and was supported by [[Nolan Bushnell]]'s company [[Axlon]]. The team, which included [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] co-founder [[Steve Wozniak]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-14-vw-5389-story.html|title=A UC Berkeley Degree Is Now the Apple of Steve Wozniak's Eye|date=1986-05-14|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-04-02|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> created a prototype using a modified [[ColecoVision]] console to combine interactive images with a video stream transmitted through a cable. As a storage medium, NEMO employs VHS tapes that contain computer data alongside interleaved tracks of video and audio that can be toggled.<ref name="Only In the 80s">{{cite web | title=Only In The 80's Would They Put Video Games On A VHS Tape | first=Luke | last=Plunkett| date=March 28, 2011 | publisher=Kotaku | url=https://kotaku.com/only-in-the-80s-would-they-put-video-games-on-a-vhs-tap-5786220 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>

To take the project beyond prototype status, they searched for a partner who would fund further development. The [[Hasbro]] toy company agreed to invest $7 million in exchange for the video game rights to the technology.

Three short trial games were finished by the middle of 1986: ''Scene of the Crime'', a four-minute interactive mystery; ''Bottom of the Ninth Inning'', a baseball game; and an interactive music video for the song "[[You Might Think]]" by [[The Cars]]. The next step was the interactive movie ''[[Night Trap]]'', inspired by ''Scene of the Crime'', and filmed in December 1986 in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]], [[Rhode Island]], the hometown of Hasbro. In 1987, Zito created the second full-size game named ''[[Sewer Shark]]'', in one month's filming time and at a cost of $3 million.<ref name="Only In the 80s"/>

After filming for ''Sewer Shark'' was completed, and two months prior to the 1989 release, Hasbro abandoned the project because the projected {{US$|299|1989|round=-1}} price was deemed uncompetitive against the well established and much cheaper [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].<ref name="Only In the 80s"/> Zito purchased the rights to the games and stored everything in a Rhode Island warehouse. In the late 1980s, Zito hired Mark Turmell, who go on to create ''[[NBA Jam (1993 video game)|NBA Jam]]'' and [[Smash TV|''Smash T.V.'']], to develop two more interactive games, ''Citizen X'', and a licensed tie-in game of ''[[Police Academy (franchise)|Police Academy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parish |first=Jeremy |date=2018-10-31 |title=The story of NEMO, Hasbro's console that never was |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/10/31/17997106/nemo-hasbro-vhs-console-mark-turmell |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>