Joust, an action game developed by Williams Electronics, was first released in arcades in 1982 and later published by Atari under the Atarisoft label for Atari 2600 in 1983. Joust popularized the concept of two-player cooperative video games due to its success and polished implementation. In Joust, the player controls a yellow knight riding a … Read more
Grover’s Music Maker was originally called Monkey Music and featured a dancing monkey instead of Grover. Grover’s Music Maker was an attempt by Atari to introduce children to the music through some well known (and some not so well known) children’s tunes. The game was shown at the Winter 1983 Winter CES. It’s unknown why … Read more
Hangman (Spelling) for the Atari 2600 is a digital adaptation of the classic word-guessing game Hangman. Players aim to identify a word chosen by the computer or another player by suggesting one letter at a time. Each correct letter guessed is displayed on the screen in its proper position within the word. However, if a … Read more
Haunted House is a 1982 adventure game for the Atari 2600, where the player’s objective is to find and recover three pieces of a magic urn hidden throughout 24 rooms in a mansion. The player uses matches to illuminate items and certain areas within the game. With nine lives, the player must navigate the mansion, … Read more
Home Run (Sears title is Baseball) is a 1978 sports video game for the Atari 2600 that attempts to simulate baseball, albeit with significant simplifications compared to the real sport. Key differences include the absence of fly balls, independent fielders, and a pitcher’s mound. The pitcher stands at second base, and there are only one … Read more
Human Cannonball is a non-military artillery-style video game released in 1979 for the Atari 2600, with the Sears version titled Cannon Man. The objective of the game is to fire a human cannonball (a man shot from a cannon) at the correct angle and speed to land him in a water tower. Players earn one … Read more
Other names: Game of Concentration, Memory Match.
Gremlins is an Atari 2600 game based on the 1984 movie of the same name. The game features two playable screens and can be played by one player or two players taking turns. The game’s objective is to help the protagonist, Billy Peltzer, prevent the Mogwai from transforming into destructive Gremlins. The first screen resembles … Read more
Garfield was never finished. According to Woita, Garfield still needed about 2 to 3 months of work before it would be complete. The final game was to have hundreds of screens and probably would have been the largest 2600 game to date. Garfield finally turned up when Jim Davis finally gave Woita permission to distribute … Read more