Publisher: Atari

Atari made the Atari 2600, which first went on sale in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System, and it also published many of the console’s games. Nine cartridges were available at launch, among them Street Racer, Surround and Video Olympics. Over the next years Atari’s programmers wrote original games and converted arcade hits, both Atari’s own, such as Missile Command, and licensed ones from companies like Taito, Namco and Williams. Sears sold many of the same games under its Tele-Games label, often with different names. The Atari name here also covers the later Atari Corporation, which kept releasing 2600 cartridges until 1990, among them Solaris, Radar Lock and Xenophobe.
This archive includes Atari’s released games as well as prototypes that never reached the shops. Some places to start:

Video Olympics (1977): 50 Pong-style games and variations for paddle controllers.
Video Chess (1979): a full chess opponent squeezed into a machine with 128 bytes of memory.
Warlords (1981): Carla Meninsky’s castle-smashing game for up to four players.
Missile Command (1981): Rob Fulop’s version of the arcade game about defending six cities.
Star Raiders (1982): first-person space combat with a galaxy map.
Solaris (1986): Doug Neubauer’s space combat and exploration game.

The full list is below, and every game on it runs in your browser.

Klax (NTSC)

Klax (NTSC) is the American-format build of Atari's 2600 conversion of the Klax arcade puzzle game, programmed by Steve DeFrisco. Unlike the PAL version, it was never sold: Atari finished it in 1990 but only released the game…

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Krull

Krull is an Atari 2600 video game based on the 1983 science fantasy film Krull and published in 1983. The game follows the movie’s plot and consists of four distinct screens. If the player manages to break through…

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Jr. Pac-Man

Jr. Pac-Man is the Atari 2600 version of the 1983 Bally Midway arcade game starring Pac-Man's son, who wears a propeller beanie. It was programmed at General Computer Corporation (GCC), with Ava-Robin Cohen as the credited programmer, and…

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Jungle Hunt

Jungle Hunt is Atari's 1983 home version of Taito's 1982 arcade game. It was programmed for the Atari 2600 by Mike Feinstein and John Allred at General Computer Corporation (GCC). As the explorer Sir Dudley Dashly, you race…

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Kangaroo

Kangaroo is Atari's 1983 home version of Sun Electronics' 1982 arcade platformer. A mother kangaroo in boxing gloves climbs branches and ladders to rescue her baby from a gang of apple-throwing monkeys. The Atari 2600 cartridge was programmed…

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Ikari Warriors

Ikari Warriors for the Atari 2600 is Atari Corporation's 1990 home version of SNK's 1986 arcade game. One or two soldiers fight their way through jungle, rivers and enemy bases to rescue a captured colonel, with guns, grenades…

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Indy 500

Indy 500 is a top-down racing game and one of the nine cartridges available when the Atari 2600 launched in September 1977. It was designed by Ed Riddle and Carla Meninsky and programmed by Ed Riddle, and Sears…

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Joust

Joust is Atari's 1983 home version of the 1982 Williams arcade game, programmed for the 2600 by Mike Feinstein and Kevin Osborn of General Computer Corporation. You are a knight riding a flying ostrich, and you beat enemy…

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Grover’s Music Maker

Grover's Music Maker is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, made for Atari's Sesame Street series of educational cartridges. Grover, the furry blue monster, dances on screen to children's songs, and young players could also compose their…

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Hangman – Spelling

Hangman is Atari's 1978 version of the classic pen-and-paper word game, programmed by Alan Miller, who later co-founded Activision. Sears sold the same cartridge under the name Spelling. You guess a hidden word one letter at a time,…

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