Developer: Atari

Atari made the Atari 2600 itself, first sold as the Atari Video Computer System in September 1977, and it was also the console’s biggest publisher. The very first cartridges were Atari’s own, and many were sold by Sears under different names in its Tele-Games line. In 1980 it brought out Taito’s Space Invaders, the first arcade game officially licensed for a home console, and many more arcade conversions followed.
The site lists 135 games under Atari, from 1977 launch titles to cartridges released in the late 1980s, after Jack Tramiel’s Atari Corporation took over the business and revived the 2600. Here are a few to begin with:

Space Invaders (1980): Rick Maurer’s version of the arcade game, with many variations.
Missile Command (1981): Rob Fulop’s conversion of Atari’s own arcade game about defending six cities.
Pac-Man (1982): Tod Frye’s much-criticised version, which still became the console’s best-selling cartridge.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982): Howard Scott Warshaw’s puzzle adventure based on the first Indiana Jones film.
Video Chess (1979): a full chess opponent squeezed into a machine with 128 bytes of memory.
Solaris (1986): Doug Neubauer’s space combat game from the Atari Corporation years.

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RealSports Volleyball

RealSports Volleyball is a two-on-two beach volleyball game that Atari released for the 2600 in 1982, as part of its RealSports line of sports cartridges. Bob Polaro did the programming and Alan J. Murphy the graphics. It has…

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Quadrun

Quadrun is a video game for the Atari 2600, where the objective is to destroy enemies, known as “captors,” and rescue friendly characters, called “runts,” who are trying to escape from the arena’s central building. The player character…

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Radar Lock

Radar Lock is a 1989 air combat game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Doug Neubauer and published by Atari Corp. late in the console's life. You fly a delta-wing fighter through five missions of dogfights against enemy…

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is Atari's 1982 adventure game based on the first Indiana Jones film. It was designed and programmed by Howard Scott Warshaw and released in November 1982. Rather than replaying scenes from the film,…

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RealSports Baseball

RealSports Baseball is a baseball game that Atari released for the Atari 2600 in October 1982, as part of its RealSports line. It replaced the very simple Home Run with a proper diamond, fly balls, fielders who throw…

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RealSports Boxing

RealSports Boxing is a side-view boxing game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Alex DeMeo and released by Atari Corporation in 1987. You pick one of four boxers, each with his own weak spot, and fight up to…

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Pole Position

Pole Position is the Atari 2600 version of Namco's 1982 Formula One arcade racer, which became the highest-grossing arcade game in North America in 1983. Atari released the cartridge under licence from Namco in August 1983, with programming…

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Polo

Polo is an unreleased Atari 2600 game programmed by Carol Shaw at Atari in 1978. It was made as a promotional tie-in for Ralph Lauren's Polo cologne, and it may be one of the first video games ever…

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Pengo

Pengo is Atari's 1984 Atari 2600 version of the 1982 arcade game made by Coreland and released by Sega. You are a small penguin on a field of ice blocks, and your job is to crush the blob-like…

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Pepsi Invaders

Pepsi Invaders is a promotional version of Atari's Space Invaders made in 1983 for the Coca-Cola Company. It was never sold in shops: Coca-Cola gave it to its own salespeople at a sales convention that year. Instead of…

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