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Eli’s Ladder is an educational video game developed for the Atari 2600, designed to help children practice and improve their basic math skills. In the game, players are presented with simple arithmetic questions, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problems. By answering these questions correctly, the player helps Eli, the game’s main character, climb … Read more
Atari 2600 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial considered the worst video game of all time and cause of “The Video Game Crash of 1983” In the Atari 2600 game the players control the alien E.T. from a top-down perspective. The objective is to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone. The pieces are found scattered randomly throughout … Read more
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Eggomania is an action-packed video game for the Atari 2600 that challenges players to catch eggs dropped by a chicken perched at the top of the screen. The gameplay is reminiscent of Kaboom! and Avalance, which are both arcade games with similar mechanics. In Eggomania, players control a blue bear at the bottom of the … Read more
This is prototype. It appears to be almost complete, but still needs some work to be a finished Atari 2600 game. An August 1984 internal memo states it was 85% done with 8 more weeks needed, although the onscreen copyright date is 1983.(source: AtariMania.com)
Dragon Defender is a 1984 action game for the Atari 2600, published by Ariola. In this game, players control a dragon as it battles against waves of enemies that appear from the right side of the screen. These enemies include ball-like creatures that, while not firing projectiles, can destroy the player’s dragon upon collision. Additionally, … Read more
In the game Double Dragon, the player takes on the role of a martial arts fighter whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by the Black Warriors gang. The player’s twin brother joins in as the two brothers set out to rescue the girl. The game is a side-scrolling beat ’em up, and the player must fight … Read more
Licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26144) Donkey Kong Junior gameplay There are a total of four stages in Donkey_Kong_Jr, each with a unique theme. DK Jr. can run left and right, jump, and grab vines/chains/ropes to climb higher on the screen. He can slide down faster by holding only one … Read more
Licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26143). You can read more about Donkey Kong here.
Donkey Kong, released in 1981 by Nintendo and reissued by Atari in 1988, is an arcade platform video game that was the first to feature jumping. The game set the template for the future of the platform genre. Donkey Kong was one of the first arcade games with multiple stages and was considered the most … Read more