Archives: Atari 2600 games

Armor Ambush

Armor Ambush is a two-player tank battle released by Mattel Electronics under its M Network label in 1982. It was developed by APh Technological Consulting and programmed by Hal Finney, and it is the Atari 2600 version of…

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Aquaventure

Aquaventure is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, programmed by Gary Shannon, with Tod Frye writing the display kernel. It never appeared in any Atari catalogue or press material, and nobody knew it existed until a copy…

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Apples and Dolles

Apples and Dolls (listed here as Apples and Dolles) is a South American release of I Want My Mommy, a children's game that ZiMAG published for the Atari 2600 in North America in 1983. The Brazilian companies Tron,…

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Astrowar (USA)

Astrowar is a space shooter for the Atari 2600: you steer a small shuttle and blast falling stars, spinning bombs, unknown spaceships and space monsters before they get past you. This page has the NTSC version. The European…

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Atlantis

Atlantis is a 1982 shooter from Imagic, designed and programmed by Dennis Koble. You defend the underwater city of Atlantis against wave after wave of Gorgon spaceships, using three fixed cannons that can only fire in set directions.…

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Bachelorette Party – Burning Desire

Bachelorette Party and Burning Desire were adult-themed games released on a double-ended cartridge for the Atari 2600. These games were part of a series of adult-oriented titles produced by Mystique, a company known for its controversial X-rated games.…

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Backgammon

Backgammon is Atari's 1979 version of the old board game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Craig Nelson. You can play against the computer or a friend, with a working doubling cube and a second game, Acey Deucey,…

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Bank Heist

Bank Heist is a 1983 maze game for the Atari 2600, designed by Bill Aspromonte and published by Fox Video Games, the video game label of 20th Century Fox. You drive a getaway car through a city of…

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Barnstorming

Barnstorming is a 1982 Activision race against the clock, designed by Steve Cartwright. You fly a biplane low over the countryside and try to thread it through a set number of open barns as fast as you can,…

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