Publisher: Sears
Sears, the American department store chain, sold the Atari 2600 and its games under its own Tele-Games brand. Most of the 54 cartridges on this page are Atari games that Sears sold in its stores and catalogues, often under plainer names. Video Olympics became Pong Sports, Surround became Chase, Video Pinball became Arcade Pinball and Hangman became Spelling. Sears consoles came with Air-Sea Battle as Target Fun instead of Combat, which Sears sold separately as Tank Plus. Super Breakout even came out first as a Sears Tele-Games exclusive in 1981, a few months before the Atari edition.
The list covers much of Atari’s early library, from the 1977 launch titles to arcade conversions like Asteroids and Missile Command. A few to start with:
Air-Sea Battle (1977): the shooting gallery Sears packed in with its console.
Combat (1977): two-player tank duels, sold by Sears as Tank Plus.
Video Olympics (1977): Pong-style ball games, known at Sears as Pong Sports.
Super Breakout (1981): first released as a Sears Tele-Games exclusive.
Hangman (1978): the word game Sears called Spelling.
Video Pinball (1981): sold by Sears as Arcade Pinball.
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Video Checkers
Video Checkers is Atari's 1980 checkers game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Carol Shaw, who later made River Raid at Activision. You can play against the computer at nine skill levels, play a friend, or try "giveaway"…
Play ▸Video Chess
Video Chess is Atari's chess cartridge for the 2600, released in November 1979. It was programmed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead, with help from chess expert Julio Kaplan. You play against the computer on a full board,…
Play ▸Video Olympics
Video Olympics is Atari's collection of Pong-style ball games for the Atari 2600, programmed by Joe Decuir. It was one of the nine cartridges available when the console launched in September 1977, and Sears sold it under the…
Play ▸Video Pinball
Video Pinball is a pinball game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Bob Smith and published by Atari in 1981. Sears sold it under the name Arcade Pinball. The table has flippers, a plunger, bumpers, spinners, drop targets…
Play ▸Street Racer
Street Racer is one of the nine cartridges that were on sale when the Atari 2600 launched in September 1977. Larry Kaplan programmed it, and Sears sold its own version as Speedway II. Despite the name, it is…
Play ▸Super Breakout
Super Breakout is Atari's follow-up to Breakout, first released in arcades in 1978. The Atari 2600 version was programmed by Nick Turner and Carol Shaw and came out in October 1981, first as a Sears Tele-Games exclusive and…
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