Dragon Defender is a 1984 action game for the Atari 2600, published by Ariola. In this game, players control a dragon as it battles against waves of enemies that appear from the right side of the screen. These enemies include ball-like creatures that, while not firing projectiles, can destroy the player’s dragon upon collision. Additionally, … Read more
Demon Attack is a game for the Atari 2600 developed by Imagic in 1982. Although it is said to be inspired by the 1979 arcade game Galaxian, its gameplay and visuals are more closely related to some waves from the 1980 arcade game Phoenix. This similarity led to a lawsuit from Atari, Inc., who had … 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.
Zimag’s NTSC release of Bit Corporation’s Dancing Plate
Dolphin is a side-scrolling video game for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision in 1983. The player controls a dolphin attempting to flee from a giant squid. It must avoid colliding with packs of seahorses while navigating both forward- and backward-moving currents (indicated by arrows pointed with or against the dolphin’s direction, respectively) which … Read more
Donkey Kong, released in 1981 by Nintendo and reissued by Atari in 1988, is an arcade platform video game that was the first to feature jumping. The game set the template for the future of the platform genre. Donkey Kong was one of the first arcade games with multiple stages and was considered the most … Read more
In Atari 2600’s Crypts of Chaos, the goal is to battle monsters within the crypts, collect treasures, and successfully escape. The starting depth in the crypt depends on the game selection. Choosing game one, two, three, or four places you at levels five, nine, thirteen, or one, respectively. You have various weapons at your disposal: … Read more