Archives: Atari 2600 games

Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey is a 1981 sports game for the Atari 2600, designed by Activision co-founder Alan Miller. Each team has just two players, a goalie and a forward, and a match lasts one fast three-minute period. It is…

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I.Q. Memory Teaser

I.Q. Memory Teaser is a puzzle cartridge for the Atari 2600 released in 1983 by Suntek in PAL format. It is the same game that was also sold as I.Q. 180, including by Home Vision in Europe. As…

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I Want My Mommy

I Want My Mommy is a gentle climbing game for young children, published by ZiMAG for the Atari 2600 in North America in 1983. Teddy, a little bear, has had a bad dream. You help him climb a…

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Hunt & Score – Memory Match

Hunt & Score is Atari's 1978 memory game for the Atari 2600, the video game version of the card game where you turn over two cards at a time and try to find matching pairs. It was also…

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Hunchy II

Hunchy II is a homebrew platform game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Chris Walton and released on cartridge in 2005 through the AtariAge store. You guide Quasimodo through the rooms of Notre Dame cathedral to rescue Esmeralda.…

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Human Cannonball

Human Cannonball is one of the earliest Atari 2600 cartridges, released by Atari in 1979 (Sears sold it as Cannon Man). Your job is simple to explain and tricky to master: set the angle and speed of a…

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Home Run

Home Run is a baseball game that Atari released for the 2600 in October 1978. It was programmed by Bob Whitehead, who later co-founded Activision, together with David Rolfe, and it was the first baseball game on any…

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Holey Moley

Holey Moley is an unreleased Atari 2600 game by Atari, programmed by Bob Polaro in 1983. It is a home version of whack-a-mole: moles pop up out of holes and you hit them with a hammer before they…

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Hole Hunter

Hole Hunter is a hammer-and-holes action game for the Atari 2600, made in Taiwan in the early 1980s. It is the same game as Topy, which Home Vision and Gem sold in Europe, and it also turned up…

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Gremlins

Gremlins is Atari's 1984 Atari 2600 game based on the film of the same year. As Billy, you first try to catch hungry Mogwai before they reach the hamburgers, and when that fails you have to shoot the…

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