Archives: Atari 2600 games

Sorcerer

Sorcerer is a 1983 action game for the Atari 2600 from Mythicon, a small American publisher. It was programmed by Bruce de Graaf and was Mythicon's first cartridge (model number 1001). You play a good sorcerer riding a…

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Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 1983 Atari 2600 game based on the Mickey Mouse segment of Disney's film Fantasia. Peter Niday designed and programmed it, with music by Robert Vieira, and Atari released it in December 1983 for younger…

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Sneak ‘N Peek

Sneak 'n Peek turns the playground game of hide and seek into an Atari 2600 cartridge. It was published by U.S. Games in 1982, designed by Wickstead Design and programmed by Paul Willson. One player hides somewhere in…

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Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space

Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space is a 1983 flight simulator from Activision, programmed by Jessica Stevens (credited at the time as Steve Kitchen). You take the Space Shuttle Discovery through a complete mission: launch, orbit, docking with…

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Space Jockey

Space Jockey is a 1982 side-scrolling shooter for the Atari 2600 and the first game from U.S. Games, sold under its Vidtec label. It was the first video game by Garry Kitchen, who built it at James Wickstead…

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Space Invaders

Space Invaders is the 1980 Atari 2600 version of Taito's 1978 arcade game, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado. The home port was programmed by Rick Maurer and was the first arcade game officially licensed for a home console. You…

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Space Cavern

Space Cavern is a 1982 shoot-'em-up for the Atari 2600 from Games by Apollo, designed by Dan Oliver. Your spaceman stands on the floor of an underground cavern on a strange planet. Above him hover horned creatures that…

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Space Attack

Space Attack is the Atari 2600 version of the Intellivision game Space Battle, released by M Network, Mattel's label for Atari 2600 cartridges. AtariAge credits Bruce Pedersen and Hal Finney as its programmers. It mixes a strategy map…

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Space Adventure

Space Adventure is a renamed release of Flash Gordon, the Atari 2600 shooter that David Lubar designed at Sirius Software for 20th Century Fox. This version was sold under the name of Zellers, the Canadian department store chain,…

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Sound X

Sound X is not a game but a sound experimenting cartridge for the Atari 2600, written by the hobbyist programmer Ed Federmeyer in the mid-1990s. It lets you explore the noises the console's sound chip can make. Its…

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