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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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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Miner 2049er II
Miner 2049er II (the manual calls it Miner 2049er Volume II) is Tigervision's second Bounty Bob cartridge for the Atari 2600, based on Bill Hogue's game for Big Five Software. It works like the first Miner 2049er cartridge:…
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Marine Wars
Marine Wars is a 1983 naval shooting game for the Atari 2600, published by Konami. It was one of only three cartridges Konami released for the console under its own name, alongside Pooyan and Strategy X. You command…
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Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. is Atari's 1983 Atari 2600 version of Nintendo's arcade game from the same year. Mario and his brother Luigi clear pests out of a set of water pipes by knocking them over from below and kicking…
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Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man is a 1983 action game from Mattel Electronics, released for the Atari 2600 under the company's M Network label. It was the first video game based on the He-Man toy…
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Math Gran Prix
Math Gran Prix is an educational Atari 2600 cartridge from 1982, programmed by Suki Lee at Atari and aimed at children of about 7 to 10. It turns arithmetic practice into a board-game style car race: every sum…
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Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers
Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers is a 1980 maze race for the Atari 2600, programmed by Rick Maurer and published by Atari. Sears sold it under the name Maze Mania for its Tele-Games line. Two…
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Mean Santa (NTSC)
Mean Santa (NTSC) is the North American build of Mean Santa, a 2009 Atari 2600 homebrew in which Santa does the opposite of his usual job: he lands on rooftops, climbs down the chimney and takes everything in…
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Mean Santa (PAL)
Mean Santa is a 2009 Atari 2600 homebrew that turns Christmas upside down: instead of leaving presents, Santa sneaks into houses and takes things away. Tim Duarte of the fan newsletter 2600 Connection came up with the idea,…
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