Sky Patrol
Sky Patrol is an unfinished Atari 2600 prototype from Imagic, programmed by Brad Stewart in 1982. You fly a hot air balloon over enemy territory, riding the wind at different heights. It was shown at the 1982 CES…
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Imagic was founded in 1981 by former Atari and Mattel staff, and it became one of the main third-party publishers on the Atari 2600. Its first three cartridges arrived in April 1982: Demon Attack, Star Voyager and Trick Shot. Demon Attack became the company’s biggest hit and won the Arcade Award for Video Game of the Year. A small group of designers made most of its games, among them Rob Fulop, Bob Smith, co-founder Dennis Koble, Brad Stewart and Michael Greene.
The site has all 19 Imagic games listed here. There are a few rarities too: the Atlantis II contest cartridge, Wing War, which was only released in Europe, and the unfinished Sky Patrol prototype. Good places to start:
Demon Attack (1982): shoot down waves of flapping demons from an ice planet.
Atlantis (1982): defend an underwater city with three fixed cannons.
Cosmic Ark (1982): the sequel to Atlantis, mixing meteor shooting with alien rescues.
Dragonfire (1982): a prince crosses a drawbridge and grabs treasure from under a dragon’s nose.
Riddle of the Sphinx (1982): an Egyptian adventure with offerings and an inventory system.
Fathom (1983): a shape-changing hero hunts for Neptune’s trident by sea and sky.
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Quick Step
Quick Step! is a 1983 action game from Imagic, designed by David Johnson. A kangaroo and a squirrel bounce across a field of trampolines that keeps scrolling down the screen, each trying to paint as many of them…
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No Escape!
No Escape! is a 1983 Atari 2600 action game from Imagic, designed by Michael Greene. You play Jason of the Argonauts, locked in the Temple of Aphrodite by the gods of Olympus while flying Furies attack. The twist…
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Moonsweeper
Moonsweeper is a 1983 space rescue game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Bob Smith and published by Imagic. You fly the USS Moonsweeper around a sun, dodge the debris it throws at you, then dive down to…
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Dragonfire
Dragonfire is a 1982 action game for the Atari 2600, designed and programmed by Bob Smith and published by Imagic. You play a young prince who sneaks into a castle taken over by dragons, dodges fireballs on the…
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Demon Attack
Demon Attack is a 1982 shoot-'em-up for the Atari 2600, designed and programmed by Rob Fulop and published by Imagic. From a laser cannon on an ice planet, you shoot down waves of flapping, colourful demons that swoop,…
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Cosmic Ark
Cosmic Ark is a 1982 Imagic game designed and programmed by Rob Fulop, and a sequel to Imagic's Atlantis. The Ark carries survivors of Atlantis through a dying solar system, and your job is to blast meteors away…
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