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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Star Ship

Star Ship is one of the nine cartridges available when the Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600) launched in September 1977. It was programmed by Bob Whitehead, who also wrote the launch title Blackjack, and…

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Space War

Space War is one of the earliest Atari 2600 cartridges, released by Atari in October 1978 and programmed by Ian Shepard. It is a home version of Spacewar!, the 1962 computer game written by Steve Russell and friends…

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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…

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Sky Diver

Sky Diver is a two-player parachuting game that Atari released for the 2600 in 1979, based on its 1978 arcade game of the same name. Jim Huether programmed the home version, and Sears sold it in its own…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Pac-Man

Pac-Man is Atari's 1982 home version of Namco's 1980 arcade maze game, designed and programmed for the Atari 2600 by Tod Frye. It is far from a faithful copy of the arcade game and was heavily criticised, yet…

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Othello

Othello is Atari's cartridge version of the board game Othello, a form of Reversi. It was programmed by Ed Logg, with graphics by Carol Shaw, and released for the Atari 2600 in 1981. You can play against the…

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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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