Release date: 2002

This page lists three cartridges released in 2002: two new homebrews and one game rescued from the early 1980s. Billy Eno’s Warring Worms builds on Atari’s Surround and adds a cannon that blasts holes in walls and trails. Paul Slocum’s Synthcart is not a game at all: it turns the console into a small synthesizer with a drum machine. Pick Up is a game Mark Klein programmed for 20th Century Fox in 1983. It was not released at the time and first reached players as a limited cartridge at the Classic Gaming Expo in 2002. It has an adult theme, although nothing explicit is shown.
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Warring Worms

Warring Worms is a homebrew Atari 2600 game by Billy Eno, released on cartridge by his label Baroque Gaming in 2002. It builds on Atari's Surround: two worms leave solid trails behind them, and whoever crashes first loses…

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Synthcart

Synthcart is not a game at all: it is a homebrew cartridge from 2002 that turns the Atari 2600 into a small synthesizer, with an arpeggiator and a built-in drum machine. It was written by musician and programmer…

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Pick Up

Pick Up is a shooting game programmed by Mark Klein in 1983 for 20th Century Fox's video game label. It was finished but never released at the time, and it first reached players as a limited cartridge sold…

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