Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces is a World War II flight game: you fly an RAF Mosquito fighter-bomber against fighters, bombers, V-1 flying bombs, U-boats and trains. Accolade's 1986 computer game was adapted for the Atari 7800 by Nova Game…
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1989 was one of the last busy years for the Atari 2600. Secret Quest, released in May, carries Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s name and photo on its box. It was developed by his company Axlon, and flicking the TV type switch brings up your items and a code for continuing later. Activision’s Rampage came out the same month, and Double Dragon followed in the autumn.
Atari Corporation added Doug Neubauer’s air combat game Radar Lock, built on his Solaris engine, the two-on-two basketball of Double Dunk and the Breakout-style Off the Wall. BMX Airmaster from TNT Games and Night Stalker, a late PAL reissue of M Network’s Dark Cavern, complete the page.
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Dark Chambers
Dark Chambers is an overhead maze shooter for one or two players, developed by Sculptured Software and published by Atari for the 7800. It is based on Dandy, the 1983 computer game that also inspired the arcade hit…
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Double Dragon
Double Dragon is the Atari 7800 version of Technos Japan's 1987 street-fighting arcade game: brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee punch and kick their way through a gang to rescue Marion. Imagineering made the conversion and Activision published it…
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Fight Night
Fight Night is a light-hearted boxing game for the Atari 7800, adapted by Imagineering from Accolade's 1985 computer game and published by Atari. Work your way up through eleven contenders to the champion, train your moves, or box…
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Missing In Action
Missing in Action is an unreleased Atari 7800 beat 'em up based on the Chuck Norris film series, programmed by Sculptured Software for TNT Games around 1989. As Colonel James Braddock you escape a prison camp and fight…
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Pete Rose Baseball
Pete Rose Baseball is a baseball game designed by Alex DeMeo and published by Absolute Entertainment for the Atari 7800 in 1989. It pitches and bats from a view behind the pitcher, then cuts to overhead views of…
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