Archives: Atari 2600 games

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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Polaris

Polaris is Tigervision's Atari 2600 version of Taito's 1980 arcade game of the same name. You command a nuclear submarine deep in enemy waters, firing missiles up at bomber squadrons while dodging bombs, enemy subs and depth charges.…

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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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Phoenix

Phoenix is Atari's 2600 version of the 1980 arcade shooter, made under licence from Amstar Electronics and programmed by Mike Feinstein and John Mracek of General Computer Corporation. It came out in early 1983 and, like the arcade…

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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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Pick Up

Pick Up is a shooting game programmed by Mark Klein in 1983 for 20th Century Fox's video game label. It was finished but never released at the time, and it first reached players as a limited cartridge sold…

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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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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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Philly Flasher

Philly Flasher is an adult-themed game for the Atari 2600. The gameplay is similar to Beat ‘Em & Eat ‘Em, as players control two men and move them back and forth to catch breast milk from a witch…

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