Publisher: Atari

Ms. Pac-Man

Ms. Pac-Man is a 1982 maze arcade video game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway. It is a sequel to the original Pac-Man game and features similar gameplay. The player controls Ms. Pac-Man, a yellow, circular character, as she navigates through a maze eating dots while avoiding ghosts. The goal is to … Read more

Night Driver

Night Driver is one of the earliest first-person racing video games and is commonly believed to be one of the first published video games to display real-time first-person graphics. Night Driver gameplay The player controls a car which must be driven along a road at nighttime without crashing into the sides of the road as … Read more

Midnight Magic

Midnight Magic is a pinball video game for the Atari 2600, which, despite licensing its name from Broderbund, features a distinct table design from David’s Midnight Magic. The game uses the CX40 joystick controller for various pinball actions such as activating flippers and shooting the ball. To pull back the pinball machine plunger, players move … Read more

Millipede

Millipede, released by Atari in 1982, is a fixed shooter video game and the sequel to the 1981 hit, Centipede. The game features more gameplay variety and a wider range of insects than its predecessor. Instead of the “Bug Blaster” from Centipede, players assume the role of an elf called the “Archer,” who must defend … Read more

Missile Command

Missile Command is a 1980 shoot’em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari. Atari brought the game to its home systems beginning with the 1981 Atari VCS port by Rob Fulop which sold over 2.5 million copies. The player’s six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of … Read more

Mario Bros.

Mario Bros. is a 1983 platform game developed for arcades by Nintendo. Atari 2600 version was released in the same year. Mario Bros. gameplay Mario Bros. features two plumbers, Mario and Luigi, having to investigate the sewers of New York after strange creatures have been appearing down there. The objective of the game is to … Read more