Genre: Action

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker is a Pac-Man clone developed by John Harris for the Atari 8-bit family. However, due to technical constraints, the Atari 2600 version of Jawbreaker is not a Pac-Man clone and differs from the Atari 8-bit game. A rough outline of the 2600 game was employed as the foundation for new computer versions created by … Read more

Journey Escape

Journey Escape is a unique video game for the Atari 2600 console that puts players in the shoes of the members of Journey, one of the world’s hottest rock groups at the time. The game’s objective is to guide each band member past various obstacles to reach the safety of the Journey Escape Vehicle in … Read more

Gyruss

Gyruss, a shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Yoshiki Okamoto and released by Konami in 1983, features a contemporary Atari 2600 port by Parker Brothers. The game employs one-point perspective graphics, with the vanishing point at the screen’s center. The player’s spaceship moves along the screen’s edge in a circular path, with all shots … Read more

H.E.R.O.

H.E.R.O. (Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation) is a video game developed by John Van Ryzin and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1984. In the game, the player takes on the role of a rescue worker equipped with a helicopter backpack and various tools to save victims trapped in a mine. The mine consists … Read more

Halloween

Halloween is a horror video game for the Atari 2600. Although the game was called Halloween, and featured the film’s theatrical poster as its cover art as well as the movie’s main music theme, the game itself never refers to any characters, including the killer, by their names in the film. Halloween gameplay Players take … Read more

Halo 2600

Based on Bungie’s Halo series; Fries was involved in Microsoft’s acquisition of Bungie