Moon Patrol

Moon Patrol, developed and released by Irem in 1982, is an arcade video game where the player takes on the role of a Luna City police officer assigned to Sector Nine. Players control a Moon buggy that travels over the Moon’s surface, viewed from the side as it moves toward the right. The objective is … Read more

Moonsweeper

In Moonsweeper for the Atari 2600, the player’s goal is to rescue stranded miners from the moons in Star Quadrant Jupiter. The game begins in space, where the player must navigate around deadly aurora flares, photon torches, and space bullets from the sun. When a moon passes by, the player can descend to its surface … Read more

Medieval Mayhem

Remake of Warlords that adds arcade features missing from the original home version.

Mega Force

In 1982, 20th Century Fox developed and published Mega Force, a 2D side-scrolling shooter game for the Atari 2600. The game’s inspiration is derived from a movie with the same name, which was also released at the same time as the game. Northshore Investments, Ltd. owns the trademark for MegaForce, while the game’s copyright belongs … Read more

Megamania

Megamania gameplay Megamania gameplay resembles that of Astro Blaster, but rather than being aliens or spaceships the enemies are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The object is to shoot them down before the energy bar at the bottom of screen is depleted, all while avoiding the oncoming enemies and their … Read more

Midnight Magic

Midnight Magic is a pinball video game for the Atari 2600, which, despite licensing its name from Broderbund, features a distinct table design from David’s Midnight Magic. The game uses the CX40 joystick controller for various pinball actions such as activating flippers and shooting the ball. To pull back the pinball machine plunger, players move … Read more

Miner 2049er II

In Miner 2049er, the player takes on the role of Bounty Bob and must explore each section of a mine in search of the evil Yukon Yohan, all while avoiding the radioactive creatures that live in the mine. The game features ten mines in total, and the objective is to color every section of flooring … Read more

Missile Command

Missile Command is a 1980 shoot’em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari. Atari brought the game to its home systems beginning with the 1981 Atari VCS port by Rob Fulop which sold over 2.5 million copies. The player’s six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of … Read more