Tron: Deadly Discs is a video game for the Intellivision console, with an Atari 2600 version released by Mattel. Players control Tron, a red character wielding a yellow Disc, in a square arena with black walls. Enemies enter through doorways and throw their Discs at Tron, who must eliminate them using his own Disc while … Read more
In Tax Avoiders for Atari 2600, you play as John Q, a character seeking to amass a fortune of $1,000,000 within a year while minimizing tax liabilities. The game consists of two main screens: the income screen and the investment/tax shelter screen. On the income screen, your goal is to collect dollar signs representing money … Read more
In the game Survival Run, players find themselves in a series of underground caverns on an alien planet, tasked with navigating through the treacherous environment while combating enemy spaceships and force fields. The joystick is used to move the target reticle, while the red button fires weapons. Enemy ships appear in the distance, and players … Read more
SwordQuest: EarthWorld is an action-adventure game released for the Atari 2600 and is part of the SwordQuest series. The gameplay involves navigating through rooms, collecting items, completing action stages to find more items, and discovering sets of numbers when the right combination of items is placed in the right rooms. These sets of numbers (e.g., … Read more
In Tac/Scan, a space combat shooter game for Atari 2600, the player starts with a squadron of seven individual ships. Throughout the game, ships can be lost in any of the three stages by colliding with a tunnel, getting shot, or coming into contact with an enemy, such as the laser-firing Ahmins from the planet … Read more
In TapeWorm, you play as Slinky the tapeworm, navigating through a bean patch and eating beans. As you eat beans, your body grows longer, and the bean count decreases. Beans appear randomly in the patch, and your objective is to eat them before the beetle at the bottom moves from the left side to the … Read more
In the Atari 2600 game Tapper, you play as a busy bartender tasked with serving a constant stream of thirsty customers across four distinct bars: the Old West Saloon, the Jock Bar, the Punk Rock Bar, and the Space Bar. Each bar features its own unique crowd, making the game increasingly challenging and entertaining. Your … Read more
Panda’s NTSC release of Sancho’s Nightmare
Subterranea is a side-scrolling shooter game for the Atari 2600, where your objective is to find treasure crystals hidden within the Hexuplex Caves. You control a cave ranger, navigating through the caves and shooting various types of aerobots guarding the area. Once all the aerobots on a cave level are destroyed, a passageway opens up, … Read more