As you navigate your spacecraft to the farthest corners of the galaxy, along the edges of hyperspace and hypertime, you find yourself caught in a Space/Time Warp that paralyzes your vessel. Suddenly, a group of space pirates appears, intent on destroying you and your crew. Your Tachyon Launcher remains functional, firing deadly particles at faster-than-light … Read more
Unfortunately by the time Wizard was ready to be released (1980), Atari was starting to make 4K games with better sounds and graphics than their 2K predecessors. According to programmer Chris Crawford: ‘It didn’t fit well into the product line’. Wizard was simply too dated to be released as is, but probably could have been … Read more
CBS decided to pull the plug on Wings mere weeks before it was ready to be released when they closed down cartridge development on October 23rd 1983. The decision was made so late that promotional material (hats and scarves) and even a commercial had been made. (source: AtariMania.com)
Warring Worms is an Atari 2600 video game based on the classic arcade game Blockade, where players win a round by forcing the opponent to crash into a wall. In Warring Worms, players control worms armed with cannons that fire shots to either kill the opponent or take out a block of the “trail” left … Read more
In Atari 2600 Wall Jump Ninja, the player takes on the role of a ninja and must learn the legendary technique of the “wall jump”. The game features difficulty switches that toggle the presence of lava and hard mode. The player must jump and hold the fire button to jump higher while avoiding spikes and … Read more
Wall-Defender, released in 1983, is a single-player shoot ’em up game designed for the Atari 2600. In this game, the player is responsible for defending a fortress consisting of multiple walls from relentless alien kamikaze assaults. Players control a character that moves along the walls, firing missiles to eliminate incoming attackers. The exterior wall can … Read more