Frogger is Parker Brothers' 1983 Atari 5200 version of Konami's 1981 arcade hit. You guide five frogs across a busy road and a river full of logs, turtles and alligators to the home bays at the top of…
Play ▸
Defender is Atari's 1982 Atari 5200 version of the 1981 Williams arcade hit, in which you fly over a scrolling planet and shoot down the aliens trying to carry off its people. With two fire buttons and the…
Play ▸
Centipede is Atari's own Atari 5200 version of its 1981 arcade hit, released in the console's first months. You shoot at a centipede winding down through a field of mushrooms while a spider, a flea and a scorpion…
Play ▸
Galaxian is Atari's 1982 Atari 5200 version of Namco's 1979 arcade shooter, programmed by Joseph Tung and released in the console's first months. Aliens peel out of formation and dive at your ship while you pick them off…
Play ▸
Joust is the Atari 5200 version of Williams' 1982 arcade game, programmed by General Computer Corporation and released by Atari in October 1983. You ride a flying ostrich and unseat buzzard-riding knights by hitting them from above, alone…
Play ▸
Missile Command is Atari's 1982 Atari 5200 version of its own 1980 arcade game, one of the first cartridges made for the console. You move a cursor around the sky and set off anti-ballistic missiles to shield six…
Play ▸
Ms. Pac-Man is the maze game with four layouts, bouncing fruit and a ghost called Sue. General Computer Corporation, the team behind the 1982 arcade original, programmed this Atari 5200 version, and Atari released it in 1983 with…
Play ▸
Pitfall! is the Atari 5200 version of David Crane's 1982 Activision jungle adventure, converted by Beck-Tech and released in March 1984. Pitfall Harry has 20 minutes to collect 32 treasures spread over 255 screens, jumping rolling logs, swinging…
Play ▸
Space Invaders was one of the cartridges on sale when the Atari 5200 launched in October 1982. Atari's version of Taito's 1978 arcade game adds twelve game variations, four different sets of invaders that mutate in the final…
Play ▸
Super Breakout is the game Atari packed in with every Atari 5200 at its launch in October 1982, a conversion of its 1978 arcade sequel to Breakout. You bat a ball into a wall of coloured bricks in…
Play ▸