Archives: Atari 2600 games

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, programmed by John Marvin for 20th Century Fox's video game division. You play Colonel George Taylor, the astronaut from the 1968 film, fleeing an army of…

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Planet Patrol

Planet Patrol is an Atari 2600 shooter made and published by Spectravision, an American company that later renamed itself Spectravideo. You fly a white patrol ship low over the surface of your planet, shooting enemy craft and blowing…

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Plaque Attack

Plaque Attack is a 1983 Activision shooter designed by Steve Cartwright, the creator of Megamania and Seaquest. You play a tube of toothpaste defending a mouth full of teeth from waves of hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and sweets.…

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Pleiades

Pleiades is an unreleased 1983 Atari 2600 prototype: a home version of Tehkan's 1981 arcade shooter, programmed by the British developer UA Limited. It never reached the shops, but it looks close to finished, and the prototype archive…

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Pole Position

Pole Position is the Atari 2600 version of Namco's 1982 Formula One arcade racer, which became the highest-grossing arcade game in North America in 1983. Atari released the cartridge under licence from Namco in August 1983, with programming…

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Polo

Polo is an unreleased Atari 2600 game programmed by Carol Shaw at Atari in 1978. It was made as a promotional tie-in for Ralph Lauren's Polo cologne, and it may be one of the first video games ever…

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Pick ‘n Pile

Pick ‘n Pile is a Tetris-style puzzle game released for various platforms, including the Atari 2600. The objective of the game is to clear the playfield by matching and removing identical symbols. While the game shares some similarities…

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Pigs in Space

Pigs in Space is a 1983 Atari 2600 cartridge based on the "Pigs in Space" sketches from The Muppet Show. Instead of one game it holds three short space games, each starring a different member of the starship…

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Piece o’ Cake

Piece o' Cake is a 1983 paddle game developed by Western Technologies and published by U.S. Games. You are a bakery chef who takes cake layers from the oven, drops them onto platters rolling along a conveyor belt…

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Picnic

Picnic is a 1983 paddle game for the Atari 2600, published by U.S. Games and developed by Western Technologies, with Tom Sloper credited as designer. You are about to eat your cheeseburgers when a swarm of bugs arrives…

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