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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Road Runner

Road Runner is a side-scrolling chase game based on the Warner Bros. cartoons, released for the Atari 2600 by Atari Corporation in 1989, one of the last games Atari put out for the console. Programmed by Bob Polaro,…

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Rubik’s Cube

Rubik's Cube is the officially licensed re-release of Atari Video Cube, the cube puzzle game that General Computer Corporation made for Atari. The game is the same, but it carries the Rubik's Cube name under licence, and the…

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RealSports Football

RealSports Football is Atari's 1982 American football game for the 2600, designed and programmed by Rob Zdybel. It belongs to Atari's RealSports series and was Atari's attempt to improve on its earlier, much simpler Football cartridge. You call…

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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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