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In Atari 2600 Bugs, you take on the role of a space pilot tasked with defending your spacecraft against swarms of invading bugs. These bugs are attempting to immobilize your ship by leaving their nests and attacking it. Your mission is to eliminate the bugs before they can fully emerge and cause damage. However, the … Read more
Atari 2600 Breakout, released on May 13, 1976, was an influential game that had a significant impact on the video game and computer industries. Conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 Atari arcade game Pong, Breakout was a huge commercial success in arcades, ranking among the top highest-grossing arcade video … Read more
Boxing is an Atari game that offers a top-down view of two boxers – one white and one black. The objective is to land punches on the opponent by pressing the fire button on the Atari joystick when close enough. A successful punch causes the opponent to stagger slightly. Long punches score one point, whereas … Read more
Battlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat game first released for arcades in November 1980 by Atari. It was a huge success, approximately 15,000 units sold. Battlezone was ported to Atari 2600 only in 1983. Battlezone gameplay Battlezone uses wireframe vector graphics displayed on a black and white vector monitor. A colored overlay tints the … Read more
Beamrider is a shooter originally written for the Intellivision in 1983. The game later was ported to the Atari 2600 with a slightly reduced feature set. Beamrider gameplay Beamrider is a game set above Earth’s atmosphere, where the objective is to clear 99 sectors of the large alien shield called the Restrictor Shield. Players control … Read more
Bionic Breakthrough was one of only two games written to be used with the MindLink controller, a headband that the player wore on his head and plugged into the joystick port. The idea was that the MindLink’s sensors would pick up any facial movements or muscle twitches the player would make. The problem was that … Read more
Blackjack for the Atari 2600 is a video game simulation of the popular card game, blackjack. Players use the paddle controller to place bets of up to 25 chips from an initial stack of 200. The game presents an up card, and the player must decide whether to “hit” (accept another card) or stand. The … Read more