Archives: Atari 7800 games

Asteroids

Asteroids for the Atari 7800 swaps the arcade game's thin vector outlines for solid, shaded rocks that spin as they drift across the screen. General Computer Corporation programmed it for Atari in 1984, but it had to wait…

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Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces is a World War II flight game: you fly an RAF Mosquito fighter-bomber against fighters, bombers, V-1 flying bombs, U-boats and trains. Accolade's 1986 computer game was adapted for the Atari 7800 by Nova Game…

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Ballblazer

Ballblazer is a futuristic one-on-one ball game designed by Lucasfilm Games and released for the Atari 7800 by Atari Corporation in 1988. Two hovercraft chase a floating ball on a split-screen checkerboard field, and the cartridge carries an…

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Barnyard Blaster

Barnyard Blaster is a light-gun shooting game that Atari published for the 7800 in 1988, made for the XG-1 light gun. You clear a farm of pests and bottles with a limited supply of bullets, so accuracy matters…

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Basketbrawl

Basketbrawl is a street basketball game with fists, published by Atari Corporation for the 7800 in 1990. Pick one of six tough characters and play one-on-one or two-on-two on a street, a junkyard or a rooftop, where punching…

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Centipede

Centipede is the 1986 Atari 7800 version of Atari's 1981 arcade shooter, made by General Computer Corporation and released as one of the console's first games. You zap a centipede as it winds down through a mushroom forest,…

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Crossbow

Crossbow is Atari Corporation's 1989 Atari 7800 version of Exidy's 1983 light-gun arcade game. Instead of fighting yourself, you guard a small band of travellers with your crossbow, shooting every creature that threatens them on the way to…

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Crack’ed

Crack'ed is a cheerful shooting game about saving eggs: you aim a slingshot's cross hairs at birds, snakes and stranger creatures raiding five nests. Robert Craig designed it for the Atari ST, and Atari Corporation brought it to…

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Choplifter!

Choplifter! puts you in a rescue helicopter, flying into enemy territory to free 64 hostages and bring them home. Dan Gorlin created it for the Apple II in 1982, and Ibid, Inc. made this graphically enhanced version for…

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Desert Falcon

Desert Falcon is a diagonally scrolling shooter set in ancient Egypt, designed by Bob Polaro, developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Atari for the 7800. You fly a falcon over the sands, gather treasure, collect hieroglyphs…

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