Stargunner is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Atari 2600, where the objective is to stop the invasion of the Sphyzygi and score as many points as possible. Players do this by avoiding bombs and shooting down alien saucers and creatures, such as space buzzies and squeezers. However, players must avoid colliding with them or … Read more
Starmaster is s similar to Atari 8-bit family game Star Raiders. The game never ported to other consoles. Starmaster gameplay The opening jingle of Starmaster features Also Sprach Zarathustra, which was used as the theme for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The player pilots a starfighter, with the purpose of destroying a number of enemy ships … Read more
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
Conversion of Intellivision Star Strike
Spider Fighter is a fixed shooter game for the Atari 2600, in which the player’s goal is to protect three pieces of fruit in each level. The player controls a blaster that moves left and right along the bottom of the screen, firing shots upwards towards four types of attackers. Each level has a set … Read more
K-Tel Vision’s NTSC release of Funvision’s Inca Gold
Froggo’s release of Parker Brothers’ Amidar
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