Entombed is an Atari 2600 game developed by Tom Sloper and programmed by Steven Sidley. The game features an intriguing maze-generating algorithm that, even after research in the 2010s, has remained a mystery to experts. According to the original coder, he obtained the algorithm from another programmer who wrote it while intoxicated. In Entombed, players … Read more
Unlicensed reproduction of Dragonfire
In Dragonfire for the Atari 2600, each level consists of two stages. The first stage features a side view of the character attempting to cross a drawbridge to reach a castle. The player must navigate the bridge by ducking under high fireballs and jumping over low ones. If successful, the second stage begins, which has … Read more
Dragster, launched in 1980 for the Atari Video Computer System, is among the earliest video games created by Activision. The objective is to be the first car to race across the screen in a two-player game or to complete the race in the shortest time possible in a single-player game. The joystick serves as both … Read more
Unreleased prototype game
Earth Attack is an unlicensed game for the Atari 2600 that closely resembles the classic arcade game Defender. In Earth Attack, players take control of a spaceship tasked with defending the Earth from waves of invading alien forces. The game features side-scrolling action with the player navigating the spaceship horizontally across the screen, shooting down … Read more
According to AtariMania, Planned as a pack-in cassette title for Amiga’s never released Power Module peripheral and described as ‘the first machine-interactive video game’, offering head-to-head play, with one player the submarine commander and the other the destroyer captain.