Release date: 1983

Pole Position

Pole Position[a] is an arcade racing simulation video game that was released by Namco in 1982 and licensed to Atari. Pole Position gameplay In this game, the player controls a Formula One race car and has to complete a time trial lap within a certain amount of time (between 57 and 120 seconds) to qualify … Read more

Polo

Unreleased prototype game.

Pooyan

PAL version released by Gakken.

Popeye

In Popeye for the Atari 2600, the player takes on the role of Popeye, attempting to win Olive Oyl’s affection by collecting tokens of her love as she drops them from the top of the screen. To progress to the next level, the player must collect the required number of tokens while avoiding various obstacles. … Read more

Pressure Cooker

Pressure Cooker is a cooking video game for the Atari 2600 that puts the player in the role of a chef tasked with assembling hamburgers according to customers’ orders. As hamburgers move through an oven and onto a conveyor belt, the player must catch the appropriate toppings for each order and place them on the … Read more

Q*bert

Reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26150) Q*bert Atari 2600 Instruction manual Q*BERT OBJECTIVES To score as many points as possible by changing the colour of the cubes on the pyramid from a starting colour to a destination colour. You’ll do this by hopping Q*bert from cube to cube while avoiding the “nasty” characters who will … Read more

Piece o’ Cake

In Atari 2600’s Piece o’ Cake, you play as a chef with the objective of constructing cakes. A conveyor belt is located at the bottom of the screen, with a platter appearing on the left side, moving towards the right. You, at the top of the screen, must take cake layers from the oven and … Read more