Archives: Atari 2600 games

Bugs

Bugs is a 1982 paddle-controlled shooting game from Data Age, a short-lived Californian publisher of Atari 2600 cartridges. You have landed on a dead planet ruled by intelligent "Super-Bugs", and you have to blast them as they crawl…

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Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is an unreleased Atari 2600 game from 1983, designed and programmed by Bob Polaro with graphics by Alan Murphy. Atari tested it and then shelved it, so it never reached the shops, but prototype copies have…

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Bump ‘n’ Jump

Bump 'n' Jump is the Atari 2600 version of Data East's 1982 arcade driving game, released in 1983 by Mattel Electronics under its M Network label. You drive up a winding road, knocking other cars off the track…

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Bumper Bash

Bumper Bash is a pinball game for the Atari 2600, published by Spectravision, the games label of Spectravideo, in 1983 and programmed by David Lubar. It fits a whole table on one screen: bumpers, drop targets, a spinner…

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BASIC Programming

BASIC Programming is not a game but a small programming language on a cartridge. Warren Robinett wrote it for Atari at the same time as he was finishing Adventure, and Atari released it for the 2600 in 1980.…

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Battlezone

Battlezone is the Atari 2600 version of Atari's 1980 arcade tank game, released by Atari in August 1983. You roll across a battlefield hunting enemy tanks, supertanks, fighters and flying saucers, using a radar screen to find targets…

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Beamrider

Beamrider is a space shooter published by Activision. Dave Rolfe designed it for the Intellivision in 1983, and the Atari 2600 version followed in 1984. Your ship slides between beams of light that stretch towards the horizon, and…

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Birthday Mania

Birthday Mania is a very rare Atari 2600 cartridge from 1984, published by the Personal Games Company. It was made as a birthday present: the orange label, decorated with balloons, reads "Happy Birthday to" above a blank box…

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Blackjack

Blackjack is one of the first Atari 2600 cartridges. Bob Whitehead designed it for Atari, and it was one of the games on sale when the console launched in September 1977. You play against a computer dealer, using…

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