Missile Command is a 1980 shoot’em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari. Atari brought the game to its home systems beginning with the 1981 Atari VCS port by Rob Fulop which sold over 2.5 million copies. The player’s six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of … Read more
Sears title: Math Gran Prix
Sears title: Maze Mania
Indy 500 (Sears title: Race) is a racing video game developed by Atari for the Atari 2600, released in 1977. The game offers various modes for players to enjoy: Standard Racing: In this mode, players can either race against the clock to complete as many laps as they can or compete against another player to … Read more
Haunted House is a 1982 adventure game for the Atari 2600, where the player’s objective is to find and recover three pieces of a magic urn hidden throughout 24 rooms in a mansion. The player uses matches to illuminate items and certain areas within the game. With nine lives, the player must navigate the mansion, … Read more
Home Run (Sears title is Baseball) is a 1978 sports video game for the Atari 2600 that attempts to simulate baseball, albeit with significant simplifications compared to the real sport. Key differences include the absence of fly balls, independent fielders, and a pitcher’s mound. The pitcher stands at second base, and there are only one … Read more
Human Cannonball is a non-military artillery-style video game released in 1979 for the Atari 2600, with the Sears version titled Cannon Man. The objective of the game is to fire a human cannonball (a man shot from a cannon) at the correct angle and speed to land him in a water tower. Players earn one … Read more
Other names: Game of Concentration, Memory Match.
Hangman (Spelling) for the Atari 2600 is a digital adaptation of the classic word-guessing game Hangman. Players aim to identify a word chosen by the computer or another player by suggesting one letter at a time. Each correct letter guessed is displayed on the screen in its proper position within the word. However, if a … Read more
Golf, a 1980 video game released by Atari for the Atari VCS (Atari 2600), features a light green area representing the hole and medium blue areas for everything outside the hole. Larger holes display a dark green circle with the hole close to the center. Obstacles such as trees, sand traps, and water features may … Read more