Archives: Atari 2600 games

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker is a 1982 maze game for the Atari 2600, programmed by John Harris and published by Tigervision. You steer a set of chomping jaws through a candy factory, dodging smiling faces. The 2600 version is a different…

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James Bond 007

James Bond 007 is a side-scrolling action game published by Parker Brothers for the Atari 2600. It was developed by On-Time Software, with Joe Gaucher as designer and programmer. You drive Bond's multi-purpose vehicle, which works as a…

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Ixion

Ixion is an Atari 2600 game that Sega developed but never released. It was meant to be the home version of Sega's Ixion arcade game from 1983, which was itself never put on sale. You drive a small…

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Jr. Pac-Man

Jr. Pac-Man is the Atari 2600 version of the 1983 Bally Midway arcade game starring Pac-Man's son, who wears a propeller beanie. It was programmed at General Computer Corporation (GCC), with Ava-Robin Cohen as the credited programmer, and…

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Knight on the Town

Knight on the Town is an Atari 2600 game in which players assume the role of a knight attempting to rescue a princess from a tower. The primary objective is to construct a drawbridge, piece by piece, in…

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Jungle Hunt

Jungle Hunt is Atari's 1983 home version of Taito's 1982 arcade game. It was programmed for the Atari 2600 by Mike Feinstein and John Allred at General Computer Corporation (GCC). As the explorer Sir Dudley Dashly, you race…

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Kabobber

Kabobber is an unreleased Activision prototype for the Atari 2600, programmed by Rex Bradford in 1983. You lead an army of small creatures called Buvskies in a chase after Princess Buvsky, hopping on enemies before they can hop…

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Kamikaze Saucers

Kamikaze Saucers is an unreleased 1983 Atari 2600 shooter from Syncro, programmed by Dan Wolf. It is a fixed-screen shooter in the style of Demon Attack and Atlantis: saucers fly across the sky and you have to shoot…

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Kangaroo

Kangaroo is Atari's 1983 home version of Sun Electronics' 1982 arcade platformer. A mother kangaroo in boxing gloves climbs branches and ladders to rescue her baby from a gang of apple-throwing monkeys. The Atari 2600 cartridge was programmed…

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Karate

Karate is a one-on-one fighting game for the Atari 2600, published by Ultravision in 1982. Two fighters trade punches and kicks in timed bouts, earning points for clean hits and climbing from white belt towards black belt. It…

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