The Logical genre groups games built around reasoning and careful thought. The site has two. Basic Math, programmed by Gary Palmer, was one of the cartridges on sale when the 2600 launched in 1977 and drills the four basic arithmetic operations. Rubik’s Cube 3D is a 1982 Atari prototype by Peter C. Niday that lets you turn a cube shown in perspective.
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Basic Math is an educational cartridge programmed by Gary Palmer and one of the games Atari sold when the 2600 first went on sale in September 1977. It is less a game than a set of arithmetic drills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, with an optional timer, and it shows how early Atari tried to sell the console as more than a toy. You can try it here in your browser.
Rubik’s Cube 3D (also known as 3-D Rubik’s Cube) is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype programmed by Peter C. Niday at Atari in 1982. It is a completely different game from the Rubik’s Cube cartridge that Atari did sell. Instead of walking a character over one flat face, you look at the cube at an angle, with three faces visible at once, and turn its rows and columns like the real puzzle. Nobody knew the game existed until a prototype turned up in 2002. You can play it here in your browser.