“Atari 2600 Atlantis II,” a special contest edition of “Atlantis,” features accelerated gameplay and a modified scoring system compared to the original. In this version, points for destroying enemy ships are significantly reduced. The game’s premise involves defending the city of Atlantis from the malevolent Gorgon spaceships. This edition was distributed to top scorers in … Read more
“Atari Video Cube,” a 1982 puzzle game developed by GCC for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari, Inc., presents variations of the Pocket Cube, Rubik’s Cube, and Rubik’s Revenge. Players guide “Hubie the Cube Master” to solve a jumbled “Video Cube.” Hubie’s strategy involves picking up and rearranging colored segments to their correct positions. … Read more
In Sea Monster, an action game for the Atari 2600, you’re at the helm of a ship navigating the vast, unpredictable ocean. Your challenge? To fend off the myriad of sea monsters lurking beneath the surface, many of which are intent on sinking your vessel! Your ship sits at the top of the screen, and … Read more
Lost Luggage, developed and published by Games by Apollo in 1982, is an action-packed Atari 2600 game where the player steps into the shoes of a busy skycap porter. The objective? Collect all the tumbling suitcases from a capricious baggage carousel before they crash onto the ground. At the beginning, the player has three suitcases … Read more
Phaser Patrol is the first numbered release by Arcadia for the Atari 2600, initially released as the pack-in game for the Atari 2600 Supercharger accessory in 1982. After the launch, the company changed its name to Starpath, and the hardware was rebranded as the Starpath Supercharger. The game offers a thrilling space combat simulation where … Read more
Name This Game and Win $10,000, often shortened to Name This Game, is an action game developed by U.S. Games for the Atari 2600. In this game, players take on the role of a scuba diver who must protect a treasure from an octopus located at the top of the screen. The octopus attempts to … Read more
Atari 2600 Astroblast is a conversion of Intellivision’s Astrosmash, a fixed shooter video game. The game features a blend of gameplay elements from Space Invaders and Asteroids. Players control a laser cannon that can scroll left or right along a flat plane to target falling objects like large or small meteors, large or small spinning … Read more
In Atari 2600 Mouse Trap, you take control of a cunning mouse navigating through a complex maze filled with doors, corridors, and cheese bits. As the mouse, your primary goal is to collect all the cheese bits while avoiding the hungry cats that chase you throughout the maze. To outsmart the pursuing cats, you can … Read more
Final Approach is an air traffic control simulation game for the Atari 2600, where you play as an air traffic controller responsible for guiding planes to land safely at an international airport. The game consists of two main screens: Final Approach tests your strategy, decision-making, and quick reflexes as you juggle multiple planes simultaneously and … Read more
Fire Fighter is an Atari 2600 video game that puts the player in the role of a firefighter tasked with extinguishing fires and rescuing people trapped in burning buildings. The gameplay is set on a non-scrolling screen, displaying a building whose size may vary between levels depending on the options selected by the player. In … Read more