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.

Fight Night

Fight Night is a light-hearted boxing game for the Atari 7800, adapted by Imagineering from Accolade's 1985 computer game and published by Atari. Work your way up through eleven contenders to the champion, train your moves, or box…

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Galaga

Galaga is Namco's 1981 arcade shooter: waves of aliens fly into formation and dive at your ship at the bottom of the screen. General Computer Corporation made this Atari 7800 version, released by Atari Corporation in 1986. The…

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Ikari Warriors

Ikari Warriors is a top-down action shooter based on SNK's 1986 arcade game: one or two soldiers fight through the jungle with machine guns, grenades and captured tanks to rescue a colonel. Imagineering made the 7800 version and…

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Food Fight

Food Fight puts you in the shoes of Charley Chuck, who must reach a melting ice cream cone while four angry chefs pelt him with pies, peas and watermelon. General Computer Corporation made the 1983 arcade game and…

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Jinks

Jinks is an unusual take on Breakout that first appeared on home computers from the German label Rainbow Arts, then came to the 7800 from Atari in 1989. Instead of a flat paddle at the bottom of the…

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Joust

Joust is the Atari 7800 version of the 1982 Williams arcade game, programmed by General Computer Corporation and published by Atari. You ride a flying ostrich, flap to gain height and knock enemy riders off their buzzards by…

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Karateka

Karateka is Jordan Mechner's 1984 karate adventure, converted for the Atari 7800 by Ibid, Inc. and published by Atari in 1987. You fight through the warlord Akuma's palace one guard at a time to rescue Princess Mariko, and…

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Klax

Klax is Atari Games' arcade puzzle game in which you catch tumbling colored tiles and drop them into bins to make rows of three. This Atari 7800 version, programmed by David Dentt with graphics by Jerry Huber, was…

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Mario Bros.

Mario Bros. brings Nintendo's 1983 arcade game to the Atari 7800: Mario and Luigi flip pests from below and kick them off the floors of a pipe-filled screen. ITDC programmed this version and Atari Corporation released it in…

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Mat Mania Challenge

Mat Mania Challenge is a pro wrestling game released by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 in 1990, based on Technos Japan's Mat Mania arcade games. Fight the computer or a friend with punches, flying kicks and pile…

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