Archives: Atari 2600 games

Computer Chess

Computer Chess is an unreleased 1978 Atari prototype by Bob Whitehead and Larry Wagner. It is the early version of the program that Atari later shrank and sold as Video Chess. It never reached the shops, but it…

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Confrontation

Confrontation is a two-player strategy game for the Atari 2600 from Answer Software, dated 1983 and programmed by Kim Ellis. It never reached the shops: Answer showed it at the 1983 Consumer Electronics Show and sold it directly…

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Cookie Monster Munch

For Ages 3-7 Dive into a world where education meets entertainment, featuring your favorite Sesame Street Muppets and a cast of whimsical characters. This collaboration brings together the brilliant minds behind Sesame Street, Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact…

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Cosmic Ark

Cosmic Ark is a 1982 Imagic game designed and programmed by Rob Fulop, and a sequel to Imagic's Atlantis. The Ark carries survivors of Atlantis through a dying solar system, and your job is to blast meteors away…

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Cabbage Patch Kids – Adventures in the Park

Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1984. Coleco planned it as a conversion of its ColecoVision game based on the popular dolls, and the 2600 version was programmed by Ed…

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Care Bears

Care Bears is an unreleased Atari 2600 game that Parker Brothers had in development in 1983, programmed by Laura Nikolich. It was meant to be a simple game for young children based on the popular Care Bears characters,…

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Centipede

In Atari 2600 Centipede, the main objective is to shoot all the segments of a centipede as it winds its way down the playing field. The centipede moves horizontally across the screen, and when it hits a mushroom…

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Pelé’s Soccer AKA Championship Soccer

Pelé's Soccer, first sold as Championship Soccer, is Atari's own football (soccer) game for the Atari 2600, designed by Steve Wright. It was planned for the 1980 holiday season and reached shops in early 1981. Each side fields…

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Chopper Command

Chopper Command is a horizontally scrolling shooter designed by Bob Whitehead and released by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1982. You fly a helicopter gunship over the desert, shooting down enemy jets and helicopters before they can…

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Circus Atari

Circus Atari is a 1980 paddle game from Atari, programmed by Mike Lorenzen. You slide a seesaw along the bottom of the screen so that two acrobatic clowns can take turns flying up to pop rows of balloons.…

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