Archives: Atari 2600 games

Marauder

Marauder is a 1982 maze shooter published for the Atari 2600 by Tigervision. It began as a computer game from On-Line Systems (the company later known as Sierra On-Line), and the 2600 version was programmed by Rorke Weigandt.…

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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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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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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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McDonald’s – Golden Arches Adventure

McDonald's (listed here as McDonald's – Golden Arches Adventure) is an unfinished Parker Brothers prototype from 1983, designed by Isabel Garret and programmed by Dave Engman. The game was never released, and what survives is not really a…

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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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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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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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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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Lochjaw

Lochjaw is a 1982 maze game from Games by Apollo, designed and programmed by Steve Stringfellow. As a deep-sea diver you collect diamonds from a sunken galleon while sharks sweep across the screen and the Loch Ness Monster…

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