Game origin: 3rd party

Astrowar (USA)

In “Astrowar” for the Atari 2600, the player’s goal is to strike down a variety of cosmic entities, including falling stars, unidentified spacecraft, spinning bombs, and space monsters, while avoiding being hit. The game’s pace accelerates, offering increased challenge as the player’s score rises. You can find the European version here.

Atlantis

Atlantis is a fixed shooter video game released by Imagic in July 1982 for the Atari 2600. Atlantis gameplay The player controls the last defenses of the City of Atlantis against the Gorgon invaders. The city has seven bases, which are vulnerable to attack. Three of these have firepower capabilities to destroy the Gorgon ships … Read more

Bachelorette Party – Burning Desire

Bachelorette Party and Burning Desire were adult-themed games released on a double-ended cartridge for the Atari 2600. These games were part of a series of adult-oriented titles produced by Mystique, a company known for its controversial X-rated games. Bachelorette Party is essentially a graphic hack of Bachelor Party with the gender roles reversed. In the … Read more

Barnstorming

Barnstorming is a classic Atari 2600 game where the player must pilot a biplane through a series of barns in the shortest time possible while avoiding obstacles such as windmills, weather vanes, and geese. If the plane bumps into an obstacle, it slows down for a couple of seconds, adding to the overall time. The … Read more

Apples and Dolles

“Apples and Dolls,” a bootleg version of “I Want My Mommy” for the Atari 2600, was released in North America by Zimag in 1983. In this game, players navigate Teddy through a six-story building to reach the top. The objective differs between the two stages: in the first, Teddy must collect an Apple at the … Read more

Armor Ambush

Armor Ambush is an Atari 2600 game, originally released in 1979 as Armor Battle for the Intellivision console. It allows players to control tanks engaged in combat across diverse terrains with varying degrees of navigability. The theme of dueling tanks was already familiar to Atari 2600 owners due to the similar premise of Combat, the … Read more