Game origin: 3rd party

Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups

Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-Ups, released in 1983, is a puzzle video game for the Atari 2600, developed and published by Parker Brothers. Players are challenged to reassemble scrambled Strawberryland characters within a specified time limit, as indicated by Mr. Sun moving eastward at the top of the screen. When a character is correctly pieced together, … Read more

Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle

Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle is a shoot ’em up video game released by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600. In this game, players control the Millennium Falcon with the objective of annihilating the second Death Star. The game comprises two stages: Upon accomplishing these goals, the game restarts with a … Read more

Star Wars – Return of the Jedi – Ewok Adventure

The reason Star Wars – Return of the Jedi – Ewok Adventure was never released, had to do with its controls. According to programmer Larry Gelberg: ‘I had this artistic vision of the purity of the hang-glider controls: forward dives and speeds you up, back climbs and slows you down, and catching thermals every now … Read more

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a vertical scrolling action game on the Atari 2600 where players control Spider-Man as he climbs a building to disarm bombs planted by the Green Goblin. Spider-Man can use his web lines to ascend either vertically or diagonally. Generic criminals inhabit the building, moving randomly between windows. A web fluid meter at the … Read more

Spitfire Attack

In the Atari 2600 game Spitfire Attack, players assume the role of an American fighter pilot. The objective is to take down enemy aircraft, target enemy ammunition depots (resembling small black houses), and destroy enemy anti-aircraft guns (which appear somewhat like sundials). Players must avoid flying too low, or they’ll receive a low altitude warning; … Read more

Springer

In Springer for the Atari 2600, you take on the role of Springer the rabbit. Your objective is to hop from one cloud to another, gathering everything you can in order to reach the sun. To collect items or eggs, simply jump onto the clouds they’re on. If an egg hatches into a dragon, you … Read more

Spy Hunter

Spy Hunter is a vertically-scrolling driving game where players assume the role of a secret agent in control of a well-equipped sports car. The objective is to navigate the highway, eliminating as many enemy vehicles as possible while safeguarding civilian cars. The game employs a top-down viewpoint.