Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter video game that was initially released for arcades in 1980 and later for the Atari 2600 in 1982. The game was developed by Stern Electronics and designed by Alan McNeil. Berzerk places the player in the role of a human fighting his way through a maze of interconnected rooms filled … Read more
SwordQuest: EarthWorld is an action-adventure game released for the Atari 2600 and is part of the SwordQuest series. The gameplay involves navigating through rooms, collecting items, completing action stages to find more items, and discovering sets of numbers when the right combination of items is placed in the right rooms. These sets of numbers (e.g., … Read more
Mario Bros. is Atari’s 1983 Atari 2600 version of Nintendo’s arcade game from the same year. Mario and his brother Luigi clear pests out of a set of water pipes by knocking them over from below and kicking them away. Its best feature is the two-player mode, where both brothers are on screen at once and can help or sabotage each other. You can play it here in your browser, with nothing to install.
Elevator Action for the Atari 2600 is an unreleased prototype. Dan Hitchens programmed it at Atari as a home version of Taito’s 1983 arcade spy game, but the cartridge was never finished or sold. The surviving version is largely playable, with a few rough edges. It is a rare chance to see a 2600 arcade conversion that almost made it. You can play it here in your browser, with nothing to install.