Archives: Atari 2600 games

Medieval Mayhem

Medieval Mayhem is a 2006 homebrew for the Atari 2600 by Darrell Spice Jr. (SpiceWare), with graphics by David Vazquez and music by Erik Ehrling. It is a new take on Atari's 1981 paddle game Warlords: four kings…

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Millipede

Millipede is the Atari 2600 version of Atari's 1982 arcade sequel to Centipede. It was released in 1984, programmed by Dave Staugas with graphics by Jerome Domurat. As in Centipede, you shoot at a segmented bug winding down…

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Mind Maze

Mind Maze is an unfinished Atari 2600 prototype from 1983–84, built around a strange idea: a video game that tests your ESP. It was meant for the MindLink, a headband controller Atari was developing at the time, and…

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Miner 2049er

Miner 2049er is a platform game in which Bounty Bob, a mountie, explores an abandoned uranium mine full of mutant creatures. The game was created by Bill Hogue of Big Five Software, and this Atari 2600 cartridge was…

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Miss Piggy’s Wedding

Miss Piggy's Wedding is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, based on the Muppets. Atari planned it under model number CX-26113, with Gary Shannon as programmer and Dave Joly on graphics, but work stopped in June 1983…

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Missile Command

Missile Command is Atari's 1981 Atari 2600 version of its own 1980 arcade game. Rob Fulop programmed it, and it became a commercial success. You defend six cities from waves of falling missiles by placing explosions in their…

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Missile Control

Missile Control is a city-defence shooter for the Atari 2600, released in Europe in 1983 by Video Gems, a Hong Kong label. Alien ships bomb your six cities, and you aim a laser gun with a cursor to…

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Mission 3000 A.D. (Europe)

Mission 3,000 A.D. is a space shooter for the Atari 2600 from Bit Corporation of Taiwan. This page runs the European PAL cartridge, whose manual is dated 1983. You fly the Thunderhawk, using a radar to hunt down…

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Mission 3000 A.D. (USA)

Mission 3,000 A.D. is a space shooter for the Atari 2600 from Bit Corporation of Taiwan. You fly the Thunderhawk, use a radar to find the hidden starbases of the planet G.T., and fight off wave after wave…

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Mission Survive

Mission Survive is a one-player action game released in 1983 by Video Gems, a small label whose cartridges were sold in Europe. It was only made for PAL televisions and never came out in North America. Very little…

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