Space Canyon
Space Canyon is a 1983 re-release of Space Cavern, the 1982 shooter from Games by Apollo, released under a new name by the publisher Panda. The game itself is the same: you stand at the bottom of the…
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Basketball
Basketball is one of the first basketball video games for a home console: a one-on-one match on a full court seen from the sideline, programmed by Alan Miller and released by Atari for the 2600 in 1978. It…
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Off Your Rocker
Off Your Rocker is a 1983 memory game for the Atari 2600, made for Amiga Corporation (the company later known for the Amiga computer) by the developer VideoSoft. It works like the electronic game Simon: a character called…
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Treasure Below
Treasure Below is a 1983 diving game released in Europe by Video Gems, a company based in Hong Kong. You play a diver who jumps from a small boat, swims to the sea bed for gold bars and…
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Mines of Minos
In Atari 2600 Mines of Minos you are the last mining robot on the Minos mine. Monsters have destroyed all your comrades. As the last robot, you must traverse the mine’s various levels, gathering spare parts to make…
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Basic Math
Basic Math is an educational cartridge programmed by Gary Palmer and one of the games Atari sold when the 2600 first went on sale in September 1977. It is less a game than a set of arithmetic drills…
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Yars’ Revenge
Yars’ Revenge is a video game developed and published by Atari for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw, who also created the infamous E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game for the same platform. Yars’…
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