Dishaster is a 1983 Atari 2600 game released in North America by Zimag. It is the NTSC edition of Dancing Plate, a PAL game from the Taiwanese company Bit Corporation, renamed for the American market. The idea comes from the old circus act of spinning plates on poles: you run back and forth, steadying wobbling plates before they crash to the floor. You can play it here in your browser.
Cosmic Corridor is the North American edition of Space Tunnel, a shooter by the Taiwanese company Bit Corporation. Zimag sold it in 1983 under this new name and with its own box and manual. You fly a laser cannon through a corridor with jagged walls while aliens attack and fire at you. You can play it here in your browser. Full details on the game are on the Space Tunnel page.
In Atari 2600 Crash Dive, you are tasked with scoring as many points as possible by destroying various enemy targets, including ships, helicopters, planes, giant sharks, stingrays, squids, angler fish, and lobsters. You must accomplish this before running out of fuel or crashing your flying submarine. Additionally, you can earn points by collecting treasures located … Read more
In the game, you play as a messenger tasked with delivering an important message to the Galactic Emperor. However, you encounter a giant ship known as IT, which wants to prevent the message from being delivered. Your mission is to destroy all three power generators of IT to escape. IT is protected by three shields, … Read more
Atari 2600 Confrontation is an intriguing strategy game that, while never officially released in stores, was briefly available directly from Answer Software. This game made a secretive debut at the 1983 CES show, and only those who attended and witnessed its display could have known to order it, placing it in a unique category just … Read more
For Ages 3-7 Dive into a world where education meets entertainment, featuring your favorite Sesame Street Muppets and a cast of whimsical characters. This collaboration brings together the brilliant minds behind Sesame Street, Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact with Atari’s legendary game designers to create a unique blend of creative storytelling, technological innovation, and educational … Read more
Busy Police is an unlicensed copy of Activision’s 1983 chase game Keystone Kapers, designed by Garry Kitchen. It was made in Taiwan and sold in Canada by the Zellers department store chain, under a new name and without Activision’s permission. Underneath the new title it is the same game: a slapstick policeman chasing a thief through a department store against the clock. You can play it here in your browser.
Care Bears is an unreleased Atari 2600 game that Parker Brothers had in development in 1983, programmed by Laura Nikolich. It was meant to be a simple game for young children based on the popular Care Bears characters, but it was cancelled and never reached the shops. What survives is an early prototype that is closer to a graphics test than a finished game. You can try it here in your browser as a piece of Atari history.
Blue Print (spelled Blueprint on the cartridge) is the Atari 2600 version of the 1982 Bally Midway arcade game, published by CBS Electronics in 1983 and programmed by Tom DiDomenico. You play a hero with a plan: search a neighbourhood of houses for the parts of a strange machine, build it piece by piece on a blueprint, and use it to stop Ollie Ogre before he catches Daisy Damsel. It rewards planning as much as quick reflexes. You can play it here in your browser.
Bobby geht heim (“Bobby goes home”) is the German release of Bobby Is Going Home, a cheerful side-scrolling platform game made by the Taiwanese company Bit Corporation in 1983. The game is the same: you walk young Bobby home, jumping over ponds, holes and broken bridges and dodging birds, bats and other animals on the way. You can play it here in your browser.