Archives: Atari 2600 games

Actionauts

Actionauts is an unreleased Atari 2600 puzzle game by Rob Fulop, the programmer of Demon Attack and the 2600 Missile Command. Instead of steering a hero directly, you write a short program for a little robot and then…

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Action Force

Action Force is the European release of G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike, a 1983 Atari 2600 game designed by John Emerson and published by Parker Brothers. In Europe the G.I. Joe toys were sold under the Action Force name,…

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3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is Atari's version of four-in-a-row tic-tac-toe played on a 4×4×4 cube, for the Atari 2600. It was programmed by Carol Shaw, and it was her first published game. You can play against the computer on eight…

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Adventures of Tron

Adventures of Tron is a platform game based on Disney's 1982 film Tron. It was designed by Hal Finney at APh Technological Consulting and released by Mattel under its M Network label in 1983. You run, jump and…

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Air Raiders

Air Raiders is a 1982 first-person air combat game for the Atari 2600, released by Mattel under its M Network label and programmed by Larry Zwick. You look out through the cockpit of a jet fighter, shoot down…

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Airlock

Airlock is a 1982 action game for the Atari 2600 by Data Age. Your nuclear submarine is disabled and sinking onto an undersea ledge, and you must climb out one deck at a time before the compartments flood,…

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Air-Sea Battle

Air-Sea Battle is a 1977 shooting game from Atari, designed by Larry Kaplan as his first game for the company. It was one of the first cartridges for the Atari Video Computer System, and Sears sold it as…

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Alien

Alien is a 1982 maze game for the Atari 2600, based on Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction film. It was programmed by Doug Neubauer and published by Fox Video Games, the video game arm of 20th Century Fox, in…

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Alien’s Return

Alien's Return is a 1983 maze game for the Atari 2600, developed by Gem International Corporation and sold by ITT Family Games. The same game was also sold as Go Go Home Monster, Col 'N, E.T. Go Home…

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Amidar

Amidar is Parker Brothers' 1982 Atari 2600 version of Konami's arcade maze game, programmed by Ed Temple. Instead of eating dots, you trace the lines of a grid to fill in its boxes, while a pack of patrollers…

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