Genre: Action

Eggomania

Eggomania is an action-packed video game for the Atari 2600 that challenges players to catch eggs dropped by a chicken perched at the top of the screen. The gameplay is reminiscent of Kaboom! and Avalance, which are both arcade games with similar mechanics. In Eggomania, players control a blue bear at the bottom of the … Read more

Encounter at L-5

Encounter at L-5 is an Atari 2600 game in which the player assumes the role of the last line of defense for a space colony under attack by relentless Megalyte Warriors. The colony, located beyond the moon’s orbit, is defenseless against the onslaught, and the player must protect it using anti-matter ammunition to blast the … Read more

Entombed

Entombed is an Atari 2600 game developed by Tom Sloper and programmed by Steven Sidley. The game features an intriguing maze-generating algorithm that, even after research in the 2010s, has remained a mystery to experts. According to the original coder, he obtained the algorithm from another programmer who wrote it while intoxicated. In Entombed, players … Read more

Dolphin

Dolphin is a side-scrolling video game for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision in 1983. The player controls a dolphin attempting to flee from a giant squid. It must avoid colliding with packs of seahorses while navigating both forward- and backward-moving currents (indicated by arrows pointed with or against the dolphin’s direction, respectively) which … Read more

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong, released in 1981 by Nintendo and reissued by Atari in 1988, is an arcade platform video game that was the first to feature jumping. The game set the template for the future of the platform genre. Donkey Kong was one of the first arcade games with multiple stages and was considered the most … Read more

Donkey Kong (USA)

Licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26143). You can read more about Donkey Kong here.

Donkey Kong Junior

Licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26144) Donkey Kong Junior gameplay There are a total of four stages in Donkey_Kong_Jr, each with a unique theme. DK Jr. can run left and right, jump, and grab vines/chains/ropes to climb higher on the screen. He can slide down faster by holding only one … Read more

Double Dragon

In the game Double Dragon, the player takes on the role of a martial arts fighter whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by the Black Warriors gang. The player’s twin brother joins in as the two brothers set out to rescue the girl. The game is a side-scrolling beat ’em up, and the player must fight … Read more