Asteroids for the Atari 2600 was a well-received adaptation of the popular arcade game. The game was developed and published by Atari in 1981, making it accessible to home console players. Although the graphics were simplified due to the hardware limitations of the Atari 2600, the gameplay remained mostly faithful to the original arcade version. … Read more
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
Airlock, developed by Data Age and released for the Atari 2600 in 1982, is a platform video game that puts the player in a high-stakes scenario inside a sinking nuclear submarine. The primary objective is to escape the submarine by progressing through its various levels while avoiding obstacles and managing time constraints. The gameplay consists … Read more
Air-Sea Battle, also known as Target Fun in its Sears release, was one of the two launch titles for the Atari 2600, along with Street Racer. Air-Sea Battle Gameplay There are six basic types of games available in Air-Sea Battle and, for each type, there are one or two groups of three games, for a … Read more
“Alien,” a 1982 maze-based video game developed for the Atari 2600 and released by Fox Video Games, centers around navigating a human character through spaceship corridors. The primary objective is to obliterate all Alien eggs scattered throughout by engaging with them. Players accumulate points by collecting various items and must obliterate or evade adult Aliens … Read more
“Alien’s Return,” also known as “Col ‘N’,” “E.T. Go Home,” and “Go Go Home Monster,” is a 1983 Atari 2600 video game by ITT Family Games. In this game, an alien who has crash-landed on Earth must recover four spacecraft components to return to his home planet. The player explores various rooms, pressing buttons in … Read more
Amidar was the first in the grid capture sub-genre of maze games and was highly cloned in arcades and for home systems. Amidar gameplay The format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player is opposed by enemies who kill on contact.[2] The enemies gradually increase in number as the player advances from one level … Read more
The 2005 Minigame Multicart is a self-published multicart for the Atari 2600, featuring seven 1K minigames created by Zach Matley, Bob Montgomery, Fred Quimby, and Chris Walton. This compilation of games is inspired by classic arcade games and offers a variety of gameplay experiences, from action and adventure to puzzle-solving. The seven minigames included in … Read more