Absolute Entertainment was founded in 1986 by Garry Kitchen, a former Activision designer, together with his brother Dan Kitchen, Alex DeMeo and John Van Ryzin. It went on making Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges in the late years of both consoles, and David Crane later became its senior designer. When Absolute closed in 1995, Activision took over its games.
The site has five pages from Absolute:
Title Match Pro Wrestling (1987): best-of-three-falls matches with four heavyweights, one on one or as a tag team.
Skate Boardin’ (1987): David Crane’s hunt for thirty hidden tricks in five minutes.
Pete Rose Baseball: Alex DeMeo’s game, played from behind the pitcher.
Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator: Dan Kitchen’s carrier flight game. A second Tomcat page runs a different, unidentified ROM.
All of them run right here in your browser, so pick one from the list below.
F-18 Hornet is a one-player jet fighter simulator for the Atari 7800, released by Absolute Entertainment in 1988 and designed by John Van Ryzin. You fly four missions from a cockpit view, with take-offs, bombing runs, dogfights and…
Play ▸Pete Rose Baseball is a baseball game designed by Alex DeMeo and published by Absolute Entertainment for the Atari 7800 in 1989. It pitches and bats from a view behind the pitcher, then cuts to overhead views of…
Play ▸Super Skateboardin' is a 1988 Atari 7800 game from Absolute Entertainment and a follow-up to its Atari 2600 Skate Boardin'. You skate through a huge factory switching off machines and lights before the clock hits 5:15 pm, which…
Play ▸Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator puts you in the cockpit of a US Navy F-14: launch from a carrier, hunt enemy fighters with missiles and cannon, then land back on the deck. Designed by Dan Kitchen and published…
Play ▸Kung-Fu Master is the Atari 7800 version of Irem's 1984 arcade fighting game, published in 1989 by Absolute Entertainment. You punch and kick your way through the five floors of the Evil Wizard's temple to free Princess Victoria,…
Play ▸Title Match Pro Wrestling is a wrestling game for the Atari 7800, released by Absolute Entertainment in 1989, after the company's Atari 2600 version. Pick one of four made-up wrestlers for singles or tag team matches against a…
Play ▸Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator is a late Atari 2600 flight game designed by Dan Kitchen and published by Absolute Entertainment. You fly an F-14 from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise: launch from the catapult, hunt enemy fighters…
Play ▸Title Match Pro Wrestling is a 1987 wrestling game for one or two players, published by Absolute Entertainment, the company Garry Kitchen founded after leaving Activision. It came out late in the Atari 2600's life, and it packs…
Play ▸Skate Boardin' is a 1987 skateboarding game for the Atari 2600, designed by David Crane and released by Absolute Entertainment. You are late for school, and overnight someone has filled the streets with ramps, tubes and hurdles. You…
Play ▸Pete Rose Baseball is a baseball game for the Atari 2600 from Absolute Entertainment, designed by Alex DeMeo and released near the end of the console's life, around 1988–89. Instead of the usual top-down diamond, it shows pitching…
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