Jawbreaker is a Pac-Man clone developed by John Harris for the Atari 8-bit family. However, due to technical constraints, the Atari 2600 version of Jawbreaker is not a Pac-Man clone and differs from the Atari 8-bit game. A rough outline of the 2600 game was employed as the foundation for new computer versions created by … Read more
Journey Escape is a unique video game for the Atari 2600 console that puts players in the shoes of the members of Journey, one of the world’s hottest rock groups at the time. The game’s objective is to guide each band member past various obstacles to reach the safety of the Journey Escape Vehicle in … Read more
Knight on the Town is an Atari 2600 game in which players assume the role of a knight attempting to rescue a princess from a tower. The primary objective is to construct a drawbridge, piece by piece, in order to cross the moat and reach the princess. While assembling the drawbridge, the knight must avoid … Read more
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Hole Hunter is a whack-a-mole-style game for the Atari 2600, where the player controls a character with a hammer in a desert-like setting surrounded by holes. As the holes light up, rodents appear, and the player must hit them back into their burrows with the hammer. Successfully hitting a rodent awards the player 100 points, … Read more
Atari 2600’s I Want My Mommy is the NTSC release of Bit Corporation’s Open Sesame. This version of the game maintains the same level of excitement and challenge as Open Sesame.
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 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