Archives: Atari 2600 games

Slot Racers

Slot Racers is a two-player chase game that Atari released for the 2600 in 1978. It was the first game Warren Robinett designed at Atari, before he went on to make Adventure. Two cars race around a maze…

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Slot Machine

Slot Machine is a 1979 Atari 2600 cartridge that turns the console into a three-reel casino slot machine. It was programmed by David Crane, who later co-founded Activision, and Sears sold it under the name Slots. There is…

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Sky Patrol

Sky Patrol is an unfinished Atari 2600 prototype from Imagic, programmed by Brad Stewart in 1982. You fly a hot air balloon over enemy territory, riding the wind at different heights. It was shown at the 1982 CES…

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Sky Jinks

Sky Jinks is a 1982 air racing game for the Atari 2600, designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead for Activision. You fly a low-level P41 racer through a course of pylons, watched over from above as the ground…

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Sky Diver

Sky Diver is a two-player parachuting game that Atari released for the 2600 in 1979, based on its 1978 arcade game of the same name. Jim Huether programmed the home version, and Sears sold it in its own…

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Sky Skipper

Sky Skipper is Parker Brothers' 1983 Atari 2600 version of a Nintendo arcade game from 1981. You fly a small biplane over a walled course, bombing gorillas to knock them out so their cages spring open, then swoop…

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Shark Attack

Shark Attack is an underwater maze game for the Atari 2600, designed and programmed by Steve Stringfellow and published by Games by Apollo in 1982. It first appeared under the name Lochjaw before Apollo renamed it, so Shark…

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Seaquest

Seaquest is an underwater shooter designed by Steve Cartwright and released by Activision in 1983. You command a small submarine, pick up divers, fight off sharks and enemy subs, and keep an eye on an oxygen tank that…

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Sea Monster (NTSC)

Sea Monster (NTSC) is the 60 Hz version of Sea Monster, a simple shooting game from the Taiwanese company Bit Corporation. You steer a ship along the surface and drop depth charges on the creatures swimming below, while…

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Sea Battle

Sea Battle is a two-player naval war game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Larry Zwick and Bruce Pedersen for Mattel's M Network label. It is a cut-down conversion of Mattel's 1980 Intellivision game of the same name.…

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