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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. Bachelorette Party is essentially a graphic hack of Bachelor Party with the gender roles reversed. In the … Read more
Backgammon
Sears title: Backgammon
Barnstorming
Barnstorming is a classic Atari 2600 game where the player must pilot a biplane through a series of barns in the shortest time possible while avoiding obstacles such as windmills, weather vanes, and geese. If the plane bumps into an obstacle, it slows down for a couple of seconds, adding to the overall time. The … Read more
The Activision Decathlon
The Activision Decathlon is a sports video game developed by David Crane for the Atari 2600. It features 10 different track and field events, simulating a decathlon. The events included in the game are: Activision also offered an incentive for players to perform well in the game. If a player achieved a score that met … Read more
Adventure
Adventure, developed by Warren Robinett for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1980, is notable for containing the first well-known Easter egg in a video game, which revealed the designer’s name. The Easter egg can be found by performing a specific sequence of actions within the game. When the … Read more
Alien
“Alien,” a 1982 maze-based video game developed for the Atari 2600 and released by Fox Video Games, centers around navigating a human character through spaceship corridors. The primary objective is to obliterate all Alien eggs scattered throughout by engaging with them. Players accumulate points by collecting various items and must obliterate or evade adult Aliens … Read more
Alien’s Return
“Alien’s Return,” also known as “Col ‘N’,” “E.T. Go Home,” and “Go Go Home Monster,” is a 1983 Atari 2600 video game by ITT Family Games. In this game, an alien who has crash-landed on Earth must recover four spacecraft components to return to his home planet. The player explores various rooms, pressing buttons in … Read more
Amidar
Amidar was the first in the grid capture sub-genre of maze games and was highly cloned in arcades and for home systems. Amidar gameplay The format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player is opposed by enemies who kill on contact.[2] The enemies gradually increase in number as the player advances from one level … Read more