Crash Dive

In Atari 2600 Crash Dive, you are tasked with scoring as many points as possible by destroying various enemy targets, including ships, helicopters, planes, giant sharks, stingrays, squids, angler fish, and lobsters. You must accomplish this before running out of fuel or crashing your flying submarine. Additionally, you can earn points by collecting treasures located … Read more

Crypts of Chaos

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

Confrontation

Atari 2600 Confrontation is an intriguing strategy game that, while never officially released in stores, was briefly available directly from Answer Software. This game made a secretive debut at the 1983 CES show, and only those who attended and witnessed its display could have known to order it, placing it in a unique category just … Read more

Cosmic Ark

Cosmic Ark is an Atari 2600 game. The objective is to gather specimens from different planets in a spaceship which contains the survivors from the city of Atlantis. There are two versions of the cartridge. One allows the player to toggle the starfield display with the Black & White / Color TV switch. In the … Read more

Color Bar Generator

The test pattern cartridge contains 15 displays that can be used to check or align most adjustments for a black and white or color television. One pattern is also included to check the alignment of the color generation circuitry on the Atari VCS ™ console circuit board. A 1kHz and 3kHz tone can be selected … Read more

Cabbage Patch Kids – Adventures in the Park

According to AtariMania, Cabbage Patch Kids – Adventures in the Park was known to exist for some time thanks to an interview conducted with former Coleco programmer Ed English. He was thought to be in possession of the only known prototype, but he would not release it for unknown reasons. However, in 2008 several Coleco … Read more

Care Bears

According to AtariMania, Care Bears made it to the beta testing stage before the marketing department decided to stop work on the game citing that the market for childrens games was diminishing, and the gameplay was too dull. Therefore it was decided that all further development on the game was to be stopped. According to … Read more

Chopper Command

Chopper Command is a horizontally scrolling shooter released by Activision for the Atari 2600 in June 1982. Chopper Command gameplay In Chopper Command the player controls a military helicopter in a desert scenario protecting a convoy of trucks. The goal is to destroy all enemy fighter jets and helicopters that attack the player’s helicopter and … Read more