Game origin: 3rd party

Kaboom!

Kaboom! is an action video game developed and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1981. The game was designed by Larry Kaplan, one of the co-founders of Activision. In Kaboom!, the player takes on the role of a “Bucket Brigade” member, attempting to catch bombs dropped by the “Mad Bomber” using a set … Read more

Kamikaze Saucers

Kamikaze Saucers is an unreleased Atari 2600 shooter game in which players control an unusually shaped ship to shoot down saucers that fly across the screen. The objective is to destroy these saucers before they initiate their kamikaze attacks. If players don’t shoot the saucers down quickly enough, the saucers will engage in kamikaze mode … Read more

Karate

Karate is a fighting video game for the Atari 2600, released by Ultravision in 1982. The game allows for both single-player and two-player modes, where players can engage in combat against each other or the computer. The objective is to achieve a black belt by winning a series of fights. Players control their fighter using … Read more

Ice Hockey

Atari 2600 Ice Hockey offers a two-on-two ice hockey experience. Each team consists of a goalie and an offensive player, though the goalie is not restricted to the goal area. Similar to the actual sport, the goal is to gain possession of the puck and shoot it into the opponent’s goal to score points. When … Read more

Grover’s Music Maker

Grover’s Music Maker was originally called Monkey Music and featured a dancing monkey instead of Grover. Grover’s Music Maker was an attempt by Atari to introduce children to the music through some well known (and some not so well known) children’s tunes. The game was shown at the Winter 1983 Winter CES. It’s unknown why … Read more

Gyruss

Gyruss, a shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Yoshiki Okamoto and released by Konami in 1983, features a contemporary Atari 2600 port by Parker Brothers. The game employs one-point perspective graphics, with the vanishing point at the screen’s center. The player’s spaceship moves along the screen’s edge in a circular path, with all shots … Read more

H.E.R.O.

H.E.R.O. (Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation) is a video game developed by John Van Ryzin and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1984. In the game, the player takes on the role of a rescue worker equipped with a helicopter backpack and various tools to save victims trapped in a mine. The mine consists … Read more

Halloween

Halloween is a horror video game for the Atari 2600. Although the game was called Halloween, and featured the film’s theatrical poster as its cover art as well as the movie’s main music theme, the game itself never refers to any characters, including the killer, by their names in the film. Halloween gameplay Players take … Read more