Congo Bongo
Congo Bongo is the Atari 2600 version of Sega's 1983 arcade game, in which a safari hunter chases a mischievous gorilla up a mountain and across a jungle river. Sega published the cartridge in 1983, and it was…
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Sega published a run of its own Atari 2600 cartridges in 1983 and 1984, most of them home versions of arcade games. Some were programmed in-house: Jeff Lorenz wrote Star Trek, Thunderground and Spy Hunter. Others came from outside teams, such as Beck-Tech, which made Congo Bongo and Up’n Down.
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom: fly low through electron posts, seen from behind your fighter.
Congo Bongo: chase a gorilla up a mountain, in two of the arcade’s four stages.
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator: command the Enterprise against Klingons and NOMAD.
Tac-Scan: a paddle shooter in which you steer a whole squadron.
Up’n Down: jump your buggy over, or onto, the traffic.
Spy Hunter: Bally Midway’s spy-car hit, which needed two joysticks on the 2600.
The list also holds Sub-Scan, based on Sega’s 1979 Deep Scan, and Thunderground, a tunnelling game inspired by Borderline. Choose one below and play it in your browser.
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is Sega's 1983 Atari 2600 version of its own 1982 arcade shooter. The camera sits behind your fighter as it skims low over the surface of Planet Zoom, threading through electron posts, before…
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Thunderground
Thunderground is a 1983 Atari 2600 cartridge from Sega, programmed by Jeff Lorenz. You drive a digging vehicle called a core capsule through the earth, tunnelling towards six enemy bases while two tanks hunt you through the passages…
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Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator is Sega's 1983 Atari 2600 conversion of its own Star Trek arcade game, programmed by Jeff Lorenz. You command the USS Enterprise, fight Klingon cruisers, dock with starbases to repair and rearm, and…
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Spy Hunter
Spy Hunter is Sega's 1984 Atari 2600 version of Bally Midway's 1983 arcade hit. You drive a heavily armed spy car up a scrolling highway, taking out enemy agents before they take you out, and at the waterways…
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