Archives: Atari 2600 games

Brain Games

Brain Games is a 1978 Atari cartridge of memory and puzzle games, programmed by Larry Kaplan. It packs 19 game variations into six activities: repeating sequences of tones or numbers, remembering pictures, spotting the odd one out, adding…

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BurgerTime

In “Burgertime” for the Atari 2600, you guide a chef through a labyrinth, rushing to assemble hamburgers while dodging enemies. Navigate atop burger parts to make them fall; complete a burger to progress. Earn points by dropping ingredients…

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Beany Bopper

Beany Bopper is a 1982 Atari 2600 shooter developed by Sirius Software and published by 20th Century Fox. You fly a purple eyeball called the Bopper around a field of blocks, stunning and then catching the Beanies, little…

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Base Attack

Base Attack is a 1983 shooter sold in Europe on the Home Vision label and manufactured in Taiwan by Gem International. You fly a small craft over a city skyline and try to wipe out the enemy bases…

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Atlantis II

Atlantis II is a special contest edition of Imagic's 1982 shooter Atlantis. It looks almost exactly like the regular game, but the Gorgon ships fly faster and are worth fewer points. It was never sold in shops, and…

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Atari Video Cube

Atari Video Cube is a puzzle game for the Atari 2600 based on the cube puzzle that was a craze in the early 1980s. Doug Macrae, one of the founders of General Computer Corporation, programmed it for Atari.…

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River Patrol

River Patrol is Tigervision's 1984 Atari 2600 version of a 1981 arcade game by the Japanese company Orca. You steer a leaky patrol boat up a dangerous river, pulling drowning people out of the water while dodging logs,…

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Bridge

Bridge is a card game cartridge from Activision, released in December 1980 and programmed by Larry Kaplan. It lets one person bid and play contract bridge, with the computer handling the opponents and your partner's bids. It is…

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Sea Monster

Sea Monster is a simple shooting game from Bit Corporation, a Taiwanese company that sold its Atari 2600 cartridges under its own name and under the Puzzy brand. You command a ship on the surface and drop depth…

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Lost Luggage

Lost Luggage is a 1982 catching game for the Atari 2600 from Games by Apollo, a small studio in Richardson, Texas. An airport baggage carousel goes haywire and starts flinging suitcases into the air, and your skycaps have…

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