Radar Lock
Radar Lock is a 1989 air combat game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Doug Neubauer and published by Atari Corp. late in the console's life. You fly a delta-wing fighter through five missions of dogfights against enemy…
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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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Off the Wall
Off the Wall is a Breakout-style game for the Atari 2600, developed by Axlon and published by Atari Corporation in 1989, near the very end of the console's life. You play Kung Fu Lu, who deflects the balls…
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Night Stalker
Night Stalker on the Atari 2600 is a later reissue of Dark Cavern, the maze shooter Mattel Electronics released under its M Network label in 1982. Telegames brought it back for the PAL market in the late 1980s…
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Double Dragon
Double Dragon for the Atari 2600 is Activision's 1989 home version of Technos Japan's 1987 arcade beat 'em up. It was programmed by Dan Kitchen and came out late in the console's life, alongside a separate Atari 7800…
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Double Dunk
Double Dunk is a two-on-two, half-court basketball game released by Atari Corporation in 1989, one of the last new cartridges Atari made for the 2600. It was programmed by Matthew Hubbard, who had earlier written Dolphin for Activision.…
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BMX Airmaster
BMX Air Master (spelled BMX Airmaster on some listings) is a BMX stunt game for the Atari 2600, developed by Sculptured Software and published by TNT Games in 1989, late in the console's life. You ride a half…
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