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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Space Invaders
Space Invaders is the 1980 Atari 2600 version of Taito's 1978 arcade game, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado. The home port was programmed by Rick Maurer and was the first arcade game officially licensed for a home console. You…
Play ▸Slot Machine
Slot Machine is a 1979 Atari 2600 cartridge that turns the console into a three-reel casino slot machine. It was programmed by David Crane, who later co-founded Activision, and Sears sold it under the name Slots. There is…
Play ▸Slot Racers
Slot Racers is a two-player chase game that Atari released for the 2600 in 1978. It was the first game Warren Robinett designed at Atari, before he went on to make Adventure. Two cars race around a maze…
Play ▸Outlaw – Gunslinger
Outlaw is a 1978 Atari 2600 western shootout designed by David Crane at Atari. Sears sold the same game under its Tele-Games label as Gunslinger. Two cowboys face each other across the screen with a cactus, a wall…
Play ▸Night Driver
Night Driver is a 1980 driving game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Rob Fulop and based on Atari's 1976 arcade game. You race down a dark, winding road with only the roadside markers to show you where…
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