List of Atari 2600 games
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This is a list of games for the Atari 2600
video game console, divided into the following sections: games published by Atari and Sears, games published by third parties during the 2600's production run, and later homebrew releases.
, which also produced cartridges for the Atari 2600 (mostly re-issues of M-Network games.)
Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase
, Stellar Track, and Submarine Commander.
and Imagic
, entered the market and published their own cartridges for the Atari 2600. Many of the most popular Atari 2600 titles, such as Pitfall!
and Demon Attack
, were third-party titles.
projects. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip
to run homebrew cartridges. Although there is one high-level compiler
available — batari Basic —
most development for the Atari 2600 is still done in 6502
assembly language
. The 2600 lacks video memory, has only 128 byte
s of RAM, and requires precise timing; homebrews written in assembly are typically considered programming challenges.
In 2003, Activision
selected several homebrew 2600 titles for inclusion in the Game Boy Advance
version of their Activision Anthology
, as indicated below.
This is a partial list.
:Category:Cancelled Atari 2600 games
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
video game console, divided into the following sections: games published by Atari and Sears, games published by third parties during the 2600's production run, and later homebrew releases.
Games published by Atari and Sears
Initially, all Atari 2600 games were developed and manufactured by Atari, Inc. These games were published by Atari, and many were also licensed to Sears, which released these games under its Tele-Games brand, often with different titles. Sears' Tele-Games brand was unrelated to the company TelegamesTelegames
Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September...
, which also produced cartridges for the Atari 2600 (mostly re-issues of M-Network games.)
Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase
Steeplechase (arcade game)
Steeplechase is a 6-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1975. Developed by Atari subsidiary Kee Games, it simulates a steeplechase-style horse race.-Technology:...
, Stellar Track, and Submarine Commander.
Atari Title | Sears Title | Designer(s) / Programmer(s) | Year | Genre | Notes and references |
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32 in 1 | - | 1988 | Educational, Sports | A multi-genre cartridge. It was a PAL-only release and was compatible with the Atari 7800. 32 games were included, including games by Atari, Inc., Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... , CommaVid and US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... . |
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3-D Tic-Tac-Toe | 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe | Carol Shaw Carol Shaw (video game designer) Originally an Atari employee, Carol Shaw is said to be the first female video game designer . Later she joined Activision, where she programmed her best known game, River Raid... |
1980 | Strategy | |
Action Pak | - | 1981 | Action, Strategy | value price re-release of Othello, Dodge 'Em and Breakout. | |
Adventure Adventure (Atari 2600) Adventure is a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console and is considered the first action-adventure game. Its creator, Warren Robinett, also introduced the first widely-known Easter egg to the gaming world.-History and design:... |
Adventure | Warren Robinett Warren Robinett Joseph Warren Robinett, Jr. is a designer of interactive computer graphics software, notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's Adventure — the first graphical adventure video game — and as a founder of The Learning Company, where he designed Rocky's Boots and Robot Odyssey... |
1979 | Adventure | |
Air-Sea Battle Air-Sea Battle Air-Sea Battle is a game developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, and was one of the nine original launch titles for that system when it was released in October 1977... |
Target Fun | Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... |
1977 | Action | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Alpha Beam with Ernie Alpha Beam with Ernie Alpha Beam With Ernie is an edutainment video game released for the Atari 2600 by Atari in 1983. It was developed in conjunction with the Children's Computer Workshop... |
- | 1983 | Educational | licensed by Children's Computer Workshop, Inc., | |
Asterix Asterix (video game) Asterix is a video game developed by Bit Managers and published by Infogrames for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy in 1993. The game is based on the comic book series Asterix, and is part of a series of games based on this license... |
- | 1983 | (PAL) | ||
Asteroids | Asteroids | Brad Stewart | 1981 | Action | |
Atari Video Cube Atari Video Cube Atari Video Cube is an action game released for the Atari 2600, developed and published by Atari in 1982. It is a single-player game, and uses an Atari joystick.-Gameplay:... |
- | 1982 | Strategy | ||
Backgammon | Backgammon | Craig Nelson | 1979 | Strategy | |
Back To School Pak | - | 1978 | Educational, Strategy | ||
Basic Math Basic Math (video game) Basic Math is a video game cartridge developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale in October 1977.... AKA Fun With Numbers |
Math | Gary Palmer | 1977 | Educational | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Basic Programming BASIC Programming BASIC Programming attempted to teach simple computer programming on the Atari 2600. It was released for the Atari 2600 console in 1979 and it was one of only a few non-gaming cartridges released by the company... |
- | Warren Robinett Warren Robinett Joseph Warren Robinett, Jr. is a designer of interactive computer graphics software, notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's Adventure — the first graphical adventure video game — and as a founder of The Learning Company, where he designed Rocky's Boots and Robot Odyssey... |
1979 | ||
Basketball | Basketball | Alan Miller | 1978 | Sports | |
Battlezone | - | 1983 | Action, Simulation | ||
Berzerk | Berzerk | 1982 | Action | licensed by Stern Electronics, Inc. | |
Big Bird's Egg Catch | - | 1983 | Educational, Strategy | licensed by Children's Computer Workshop, Inc., | |
Blackjack | Blackjack | Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1977 | Simulation | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Bowling Bowling (video game) Bowling is a video game for the Atari 2600 designed by Atari programmer Larry Kaplan; published by Atari. The game is based on the game of bowling, playable by one player or two players alternating.In all six variations, games last for 10 frames, or turns... |
Bowling | Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... |
1979 | Sports | |
Brain Games Brain Games Brain Games is a compilation of memory video games released by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600 in 1978. It was programmed by Larry Kaplan, and it featured a series of memory-related games, most of which required players to repeat from memory certain sequences or patterns.-Background:Programmed by... |
Brain Games | Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... |
1978 | Educational, Strategy | |
Breakout | Breakaway IV | Brad Stewart | 1978 | Action | |
Canyon Bomber Canyon Bomber Canyon Bomber is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game, developed and published by Atari. The game was ported to the Atari 2600, also in 1978.-Gameplay:... |
Canyon Bomber | David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... |
1979 | Action | |
Casino | Poker Plus | Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1979 | Strategy | |
Centipede Centipede (video game) Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female... |
- | 1982 | Action | ||
Circus Atari Circus (video game) is an arcade game released by Exidy in 1977. The game is an arranged version of Breakout, where the player controls a seesaw and clown in order to destroy all of the targets in the level... |
Circus | Mike Lorenzen | 1980 | Action | based on Circus Circus (video game) is an arcade game released by Exidy in 1977. The game is an arranged version of Breakout, where the player controls a seesaw and clown in order to destroy all of the targets in the level... by Exidy Exidy Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974 until at least 1986 . The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kauffman... |
Codebreaker | Codebreaker | 1978 | Strategy | ||
Combat Combat (video game) Combat is an early video game by Atari for the Atari 2600. It was released as one of the nine launch titles for the system in October 1977, and was included in the box with the system from its introduction until 1982... |
Tank Plus | Larry Wagner, Joe Decuir | 1977 | Action | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Concentration A Game of Concentration A Game of Concentration is a video game produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1978 for its Atari 2600 video game system. The game was programmed by Jim Huether, and is a video version of the classic memory game... AKA A Game of Concentration |
Memory Match | Jim Huether | 1978 | ||
Cookie Monster Munch | - | 1983 | Educational | licensed by Children's Computer Workshop, Inc. | |
Crazy Climber Crazy Climber is a coin-operated arcade game produced by Nichibutsu in 1980. It was also released in North America by Taito America Corporation by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and other video game consoles. It is one of Nichibutsu's most highly-acclaimed video games in its library... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | |
Crossbow Crossbow (video game) Crossbow is a video arcade game released by Exidy in 1983. It was later published by Absolute Entertainment for the Commodore 64, DOS and by Atari for the 2600, 7800 and XE Game System starting in 1987.-Description:... |
- | 1988 | Action | licensed by Exidy Exidy Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974 until at least 1986 . The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kauffman... |
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Crystal Castles | - | 1984 | Action | ||
Dark Chambers | - | 1988 | Action | ||
Defender | Defender | Bob Polaro | 1982 | Action | licensed by Williams Electronics Inc. |
Defender II | - | 1988 | |||
Demons to Diamonds Demons to Diamonds Demons to Diamonds is a video game produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1982 for its Atari 2600 video game system. The game was programmed by Nick Turner with graphics designed by Alan Murphy... |
Demons to Diamonds | 1982 | Action | ||
Desert Falcon | - | Bob Polaro | 1987 | Action | |
Diagnostic Cartridge | - | ? | |||
Dig Dug Dig Dug is an arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan in 1982 for Namco Galaga hardware. It was later published outside of Japan by Atari. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also released as a video game on many consoles.-Objective:... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Namco Limited | |
Dodge 'Em Dodge 'Em Dodge 'Em is a 1980 Atari 2600 video game, a driving game based on a single screen of four concentric roadways. The player controls one car and has to drive counter-clockwise, avoiding computer-controlled cars whose sole aim is to produce a head-on collision... |
Dodger Cars | Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky was a video game designer during the early years of the Atari 2600 video game console.Along with Carol Shaw , Meninsky was one of two female engineers at Atari to develop video game cartridges released in the early 1980s.Meninsky's Atari 2600 credits include the award-winning 1980... |
1980 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Double Dunk Double Dunk Double Dunk is a basketball-based video game developed by Atari and released in 1989 for the Atari 2600. Programmed by Matthew Hubbard, Double Dunk was one of the last games produced by Atari for its most well-known console.-Gameplay:... |
- | 1988 | Sports | ||
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 adventure video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600 video game console. It is based on the film of the same name, and was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw... |
- | Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw is an American former game designer who worked for Atari in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the games Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and infamously, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial... |
1982 | Adventure | |
Fatal Run | - | 1990 | Action, Racing / Driving | licensed by Sculptured Software, Inc. | |
Flag Capture | Capture | Jim Huether | 1978 | Strategy | |
Football | Football | Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1978 | Sports | |
Galaxian Galaxian is an arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was published by Namco in Japan and was imported to North America by Midway in 1980. A fixed shooter-style game in which the player controls a spaceship at the bottom of the screen and shoots enemies descending in various directions, it was designed... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Namco Limited | |
Golf Golf (Atari 2600) Golf is a 1980 video game for the Atari 2600 based on the sport of the same name. The game was developed and published by Atari. In this game, one or two players can play nine holes of golf.-Gameplay:... |
Golf | 1980 | Sports | ||
Gravitar Gravitar Gravitar is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1982.It was the first of over twenty games Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari, including Star Wars.-Gameplay:... |
- | 1983 | Action | ||
Gremlins Gremlins (Atari 2600) Gremlins is a 1984 video game developed and published by Atari for the Atari 2600 system. It is a tie-in to the 1984 film Gremlins. Atari released another, substantially different game based on the film for the Atari 5200.-History:... |
- | 1984 | Action | ||
Hangman | Spelling | Alan Miller | 1978 | Strategy | |
Haunted House Haunted House (video game) Haunted House is an Atari 2600 video game, first released in 1982, in which the player must navigate the haunted mansion of the late Zachary Graves to recover the three pieces of an urn... |
Haunted House | 1982 | Action, Adventure | ||
Home Run | Baseball | Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1978 | Sports | |
Human Cannonball | Cannon Man | 1979 | Strategy | ||
Hunt & Score | - | Jim Huether | 1978 | Strategy | |
Ikari Warriors Ikari Warriors Ikari Warriors is a 1986 arcade game by SNK, published in the United States and Europe by Tradewest. Known simply as in Japan, this was SNK's first major breakthrough US release and became something of a classic. The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market... |
- | 1990 | Action | licensed by SNK Corporation | |
Indy 500 Indy 500 (video game) This article is for the video game. For the race, see Indianapolis 500.Indy 500 is a video game developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale October 1977. Sears Telegames later released Indy 500 as Race; no... |
Race | Ed Riddle | 1977 | Racing / Driving | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Joust | - | 1983 | Action | licensed by Williams Electronics Inc. | |
Jr. Pac-Man Jr. Pac-Man Jr. Pac-Man is an arcade game released in 1983 by Bally Midway. It is based on Pac-Man and its derivatives, but is not officially part of the Pac-Man series—along with Baby Pac-Man, this game was created without the authorization of Namco... |
- | 1986 | Action | licensed by Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | |
Jungle Hunt Jungle Hunt Jungle Hunt is a one- or two-player side-scrolling arcade platform game produced by Taito in 1982.The player controls a jungle explorer who sports a pith helmet and a safari suit. The player must rescue his girl from a tribe of hungry cannibals... |
- | 1983 | 3rd-Person Perspective, Platform | licensed by Taito Corporation | |
Kangaroo Kangaroo (arcade game) is an arcade game that was released in 1982. It was manufactured by Sun Electronics but distributed by Atari. The game bears a strong resemblance in terms of gameplay and plot to Donkey Kong as well as the Popeye video game. The player takes the role of a mother kangaroo who is trying to rescue... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Sun Electronics Corp. | |
Klax | - | 1990 | Action, Strategy | ||
Krull Krull (video game) Krull is a video game based on the film of the same name. The first Krull adaptation was a 1983 arcade game manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co.. A home adaptation similar to the arcade version was planned for the Atari 5200, but poor sales of that console prompted the decision to release the game... |
- | 1983 | Action | ||
Mario Bros. Mario Bros. is an arcade game published and developed by Nintendo in 1983. It was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. It has been commonly featured as a minigame in the Super Mario Advance series and other games... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Nintendo | |
Math Gran Prix | Math Gran Prix | 1982 | Educational, Racing / Driving | ||
Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers | Maze Mania | Rick Maurer | 1980 | Action | |
Midnight Magic Midnight Magic (Atari 2600) Midnight Magic is a video game released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1987, although on-screen it displays a copyright of 1984. The delay is most likely due to the video game crash of 1983. As Atari's second attempt at a video game simulation of pinball, Midnight Magic features more... |
- | 1987 | Action | see also David's Midnight Magic David's Midnight Magic David's Midnight Magic is an early computer pinball simulation written by David Snider and released by Brøderbund in 1982. .-Summary:... by Brøderbund Software, Inc. |
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Millipede | - | 1984 | |||
Miniature Golf | - | 1979 | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | ||
Missile Command Missile Command Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari, Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. It is considered one of the most notable games from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games... |
Missile Command | Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... |
1981 | Action | |
Moon Patrol Moon Patrol is a classic arcade game by Irem that was first released in 1982. It was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America.The player controls a moon buggy, viewing it from the side, that travels over the moon's surface. While driving it, obstacles such as craters and mines must be avoided.... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Irem Corp. | |
MotoRodeo | - | 1990 | Racing / Driving, Sports | licensed by Axlon | |
Ms. Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game produced by Midway as an unauthorized sequel to Pac-Man. It was released in North America in 1981 and became one of the most popular video games of all time, leading to its adoption by Pac-Man licensor Namco as an official title... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by General Computer Corporation, Midway | |
Night Driver Night Driver Night Driver is a 1976 arcade game by Atari Inc. It was one of the earliest first-person racing games, and is believed to be one of the first published games to display real-time first-person graphics.... |
Night Driver | Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... |
1980 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Obelix | - | 1983 | Action | ||
Off the Wall Off the Wall (Atari 2600) Off the Wall is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1989. It is essentially a clone of Breakout with a Chinese theme. It was developed by Axlon, a game development studio owned by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell.... |
- | 1989 | Action | ||
Oscar's Trash Race | - | 1983 | Educational, Racing / Driving | licensed by Children's Computer Workshop, Inc., | |
Othello | Othello | Ed Logg Ed Logg George Edward Logg born in Seattle in 1948 is a retired arcade video game designer, employed first at Atari and after at Atari Games. He co-developed the video game Asteroids with Lyle Rains... |
1980 | Strategy | |
Outlaw Outlaw (arcade game) Outlaw is a single-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1976. It simulates an Old West fast draw duel between the player and the computer. Outlaw was a response to Midway's Gun Fight, released the year before.-Technology:... |
Gunslinger | David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... |
1978 | Action | |
Pac-Man Pac-Man (Atari 2600) In 1982, Atari Inc. released a port of Namco's hit arcade game Pac-Man for its Atari 2600 video game console. Like the original arcade version, the player controls the titular character with a joystick... |
Pac-Man | Tod Frye Tod Frye Tod R. Frye is a computer programmer once employed by Atari, and is most notable for being charged with the home adaptation of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 video computer system. Pac-Man proved to be a stunning financial coup for Atari, who secured the exclusive Namco home license... |
1982 | Action | licensed by Namco Limited |
Pelé's Soccer Pelé's Soccer Pelé's Soccer is an Atari 2600 game based on the famous football player Pelé, and published in 1981.-Summary:It features basic graphics, realistic ball handing and goal keeping techniques using the Atari joystick. Each team has one forward, two defensemen, and a goaltender on the field at all... |
Championship Soccer, Soccer | Steve Wright | 1980 | Action, Sports | |
Pengo | - | 1984 | Action | licensed by Coreland, SEGA Enterprises Ltd. | |
Pepsi Invaders Pepsi Invaders Pepsi Invaders is an advergame for the Atari 2600 platform, based on the popular Space Invaders. It was commissioned by Coca-Cola for their 1983 sales convention, and developed by Atari as a modification of the original Space Invaders cartridge .The game is a modification of Space Invaders, with... |
- | 1983 | Action | A special version of Space Invaders Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to... commissioned by Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke... . |
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Phoenix Phoenix (arcade game) Phoenix is a shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Amstar Electronics in 1980, released by Centuri in the United States and by Taito in Japan. Bootleg versions of Phoenix were released by TPN and others... |
- | 1983 | Action | licensed by Amstar Electronics | |
Pigs in Space | - | 1983 | Action | ||
Pole Position Pole Position Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. It was published by Namco in Japan and by Atari, Inc. in the United States... |
- | 1983 | Racing / Driving | licensed by Namco Limited | |
Quadrun Quadrun Quadrun was published in 1983 by Atari for the Atari 2600. However, it is available to play at a relatively cheaper price on either the 2005 Xbox/PlayStation 2 collection Atari Anthology, or the Atari Flashback 2, where Quadrun is one of the forty included games.-Ports:Quadrun was made available on... |
- | 1983 | Action | ||
Racing Pak | - | 1982 | Racing / Driving | ||
Radar Lock | - | 1989 | Action | ||
Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari 2600) Raiders of the Lost Ark is a video game created for the Atari 2600 and based on the movie of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. It was the first ever movie licensed video game.- Gameplay :... |
- | Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw is an American former game designer who worked for Atari in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the games Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and infamously, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial... |
1982 | Adventure | |
RealSports Baseball | - | 1982 | Action, Sports | ||
RealSports Boxing RealSports Boxing RealSports Boxing is a boxing based video game developed by Atari and released in 1987 for the Atari 2600. It is part of the RealSports series of games from Atari. The game has a side view of the ring, allowing the player to move up and down, as well as from left to right. There are four selectable... |
- | 1987 | Action, Sports | ||
RealSports Football Realsports Football Realsports Football is a 1982 football video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computer platforms.Realsports Football presents a greatly simplified version of football for play. Players in the game cannot go out of bounds or fumble the football, and there are no... |
- | 1982 | Sports | ||
RealSports Soccer | - | 1983 | Sports | ||
RealSports Tennis RealSports Tennis Realsports Tennis is a 1983 tennis video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 platforms.-Ports:RealSports Tennis was added to Microsoft's Game Room service on March 24, 2010.... |
- | 1983 | Sports | ||
RealSports Volleyball RealSports Volleyball Realsports Volleyball is a 1982 volleyball video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 platform.-Ports:RealSports Volleyball was added to Microsoft's Game Room service on May 5, 2010.... |
- | Bob Polaro | 1982 | Sports | |
Road Runner | - | Bob Polaro | 1989 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Rubik's Cube | -Rare re-release of the Atari Video Cube | 1983 | |||
Secret Quest | - | 1989 | Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG) | licensed by Axlon | |
Sentinel | - | 1990 | Action | ||
Signal Tracing Cartridge | - | ? | |||
Sky Diver Sky Diver Sky Diver is an arcade video game designed by Owen Rubin, and released by Atari, Inc. in 1978. It was ported to Atari 2600 in the same year by Jim Huether. Its interface is a simple third-person view of a parachuting drop zone... |
Dare Diver | Jim Huether | 1979 | Action | |
Slot Machine | Slots | David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... |
1979 | Simulation | |
Slot Racers Slot Racers Slot Racers is a 1978 video game cartridge for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was developed by Warren Robinett, who also went on to develop one of Atari's most successful games for the 2600, Adventure.-Game play:... |
Maze | Warren Robinett Warren Robinett Joseph Warren Robinett, Jr. is a designer of interactive computer graphics software, notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's Adventure — the first graphical adventure video game — and as a founder of The Learning Company, where he designed Rocky's Boots and Robot Odyssey... |
1978 | Action | |
Solaris Solaris (Atari 2600) Solaris is a game for the Atari 2600 published in 1986 by Atari. The game was programmed by Douglas Neubauer, who owns the copyright to the game and the Solaris trademark.-Gameplay:... |
- | 1986 | Action | ||
Snoopy and The Red Baron | - | 1983 | Action | ||
Sorcerer's Apprentice | - | 1983 | Action | ||
Space Invaders Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to... |
Space Invaders | Rick Maurer | 1980 | Action | licensed by Taito Corporation |
Space War Space War Space War is an Atari-brand video game cartridge for the Atari 2600, released in 1978. It is an Atari 2600 port of Spacewar!, the famous 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. It was released by Sears as Space Combat, for the Atari 2600-compatible Sears Video Arcade... |
Space Combat | 1978 | Action, Simulation | ||
Sprintmaster | - | Bob Polaro | 1988 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Stargate Stargate (video game) Stargate is an arcade game released in 1981 by Williams Electronics. Created by Eugene Jarvis, it is a sequel to the 1980 game Defender, and was the first of only three productions from Vid Kidz, an independent development house formed by Jarvis and Larry DeMar... |
- | 1984 | Action | licensed by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. | |
Star Raiders Star Raiders Star Raiders is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, released in 1979 and programmed by Doug Neubauer. It was also later ported to other Atari computer and game platforms... |
Star Raiders | Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky was a video game designer during the early years of the Atari 2600 video game console.Along with Carol Shaw , Meninsky was one of two female engineers at Atari to develop video game cartridges released in the early 1980s.Meninsky's Atari 2600 credits include the award-winning 1980... |
1982 | Action, Strategy | |
Star Ship Star Ship Star Ship is a video game cartridge developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale in January of 1978. It was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead... |
Outer Space Outer Space (video game) Outer Space is a video game made for the Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade, an Atari VCS clone. Outer Space was released in 1978, possibly in 1977. It is a copy of the game Star Ship, released in 1977 for the Atari VCS. The difference between the two are cosmetic, mostly relating to packaging,... |
Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1977 | Action | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
- | Steeplechase Steeplechase (arcade game) Steeplechase is a 6-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1975. Developed by Atari subsidiary Kee Games, it simulates a steeplechase-style horse race.-Technology:... |
Jim Huether | 1980 | Action, Sports | one of the three titles Atari produced exclusively for Sears. |
- | Stellar Track | 1981 | Simulation, Strategy | one of the three titles Atari produced exclusively for Sears. | |
Street Racer | Speedway II | Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... |
1977 | Racing / Driving | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
- | Submarine Commander | 1982 | Simulation | one of the three titles Atari produced exclusively for Sears. | |
Super Baseball | - | 1988 | Action, Sports | ||
Super Breakout | Super Breakout | 1982 | Action | ||
Super Football | - | 1988 | Sports | ||
Superman | Superman | John Dunn | 1979 | ||
Surround Surround (video game) Surround is an early video game programmed by Alan Miller and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, then known as the VCS . It was one of the nine Atari 2600 launch titles released in October 1977.- History :... |
Chase | Alan Miller | 1977 | Action | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Swordquest: Earthworld | - | 1982 | Action, Adventure | ||
Swordquest: Fireworld | - | Tod Frye Tod Frye Tod R. Frye is a computer programmer once employed by Atari, and is most notable for being charged with the home adaptation of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 video computer system. Pac-Man proved to be a stunning financial coup for Atari, who secured the exclusive Namco home license... |
1982 | Adventure | |
Swordquest: Waterworld | - | 1983 | Adventure | ||
Taz Taz (video game) Taz was released by Atari in 1983 for Atari 2600 and is about Taz the Tasmanian Devil, created by Warner Bros. Studios, going food frenzy. The game, besides the title screen, has nothing to do with Taz since he appears in the game as a Hurricane. The same game was released outside the United States... |
- | 1984 | Action | ||
Track & Field | - | 1984 | Sports | licensed by Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
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Vanguard Vanguard (arcade game) is a 1981 arcade game developed by TOSE, and published by SNK in Japan in 1981 and later during the same year in Germany by the same publisher, while it was licensed to Centuri for manufacture in North America in October 1981 and by Zaccaria in Italy during the same year, putting SNK on the map in... |
- | 1982 | Action | licensed by SNK Corporation | |
Video Checkers | Checkers | Carol Shaw Carol Shaw (video game designer) Originally an Atari employee, Carol Shaw is said to be the first female video game designer . Later she joined Activision, where she programmed her best known game, River Raid... |
1980 | Strategy | |
Video Chess Video Chess Video Chess is a video game released by Atari in 1979 for the Atari 2600, based on the rules of chess.-Development:Video Chess was developed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead... |
Video Chess | Larry Wagner, Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... |
1979 | Strategy | |
Video Olympics Video Olympics Video Olympics is a video game cartridge programmed by Joe Decuir for Atari Inc. for the Atari 2600. It is one of the nine original launch titles for that system when it was released in October 1977. The game is a port of Atari's popular Pong series... |
Pong Sports | Joe Decuir | 1977 | Action | One of the 9 Atari 2600 launch titles |
Video Pinball | Arcade Pinball Arcade Pinball Arcade Pinball is a pinball game released on the Atari 2600. It is an exclusive version of Video Pinball produced by Sears.-Gameplay:... |
Bob Smith | 1981 | ||
Warlords | Warlords | Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky Carla Meninsky was a video game designer during the early years of the Atari 2600 video game console.Along with Carol Shaw , Meninsky was one of two female engineers at Atari to develop video game cartridges released in the early 1980s.Meninsky's Atari 2600 credits include the award-winning 1980... |
1981 | Action | |
Xenophobe Xenophobe (video game) Xenophobe is a 1987 arcade game published by Bally Midway. Starbases, moons, ships, and space cities are infested with aliens, and the players have to kill the aliens before each is completely overrun.-Description:... |
- | 1990 | Action | licensed by Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | |
Yars' Revenge Yars' Revenge Yars' Revenge is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 in 1981. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw, who also wrote the 2600 titles Raiders of the Lost Ark and the much-derided E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial... |
Yars' Revenge | Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw Howard Scott Warshaw is an American former game designer who worked for Atari in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the games Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and infamously, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial... |
1982 | Action |
Games published by third parties
As the Atari 2600 console grew in popularity, other game developers, such as ActivisionActivision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
and Imagic
Imagic
Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s...
, entered the market and published their own cartridges for the Atari 2600. Many of the most popular Atari 2600 titles, such as Pitfall!
Pitfall!
Pitfall! is a video game released by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It is the second best selling game made for the Atari 2600, with over 4 million copies sold.-Gameplay:...
and Demon Attack
Demon Attack
Demon Attack is a video game published by Imagic for several home console systems, including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey², Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, PC Booter, TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer. There was also a port to the TI-99/4A titled Super Demon Attack...
, were third-party titles.
Game Title | Developer (Designer) | Publisher | Year | Genre | Notes and references |
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Acid Drop | Dennis Kiss | Salu Ltd | 1992 | Strategy | a puzzle game; the last game released while Atari 2600s were still being manufactured |
Actionauts | Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... |
2008 | Simulation | Originally planned for release in 1983 | |
The Activision Decathlon The Activision Decathlon The Activision Decathlon is a sports game for the Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, ColecoVision and MSX platforms. Up to four players compete in the ten different events of a real-life decathlon, either in sequence or individually.... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Sports | |
Adventures of Tron Adventures of Tron Adventures of Tron is an action game produced by Mattel, and was released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It is based on the Walt Disney motion picture Tron and received fairly positive reviews from critics.... |
APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Airlock Airlock (video game) Airlock is an action game developed by Data Age in which you have to go out of a submarine. It received mediocre reviews from critics.-Sources:* at AtariAge* at Gamefaqs... |
Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Air Raid Air Raid (video game) Air Raid, not to be confused with Air Raiders or River Raid, is considered to be the rarest game released for the Atari 2600. Its cartridge is a blue T-handle design with a picture of flying saucers attacking a futuristic city. It was the only game released by Men-A-Vision and had an extremely... |
MenAVision | MenAVision | 1984 | Action | |
Air Raiders Air Raiders Air Raiders is an action game released for the Atari 2600 by Mattel in 1982.. It received mixed reviews from critics.... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Alien | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Alien's Return Alien's Return Alien's Return is a video game released in 1983 by ITT Family Games for the Atari 2600.-Objective of the game:... |
Home Vision Home Vision Home Vision was a Belgian brand used by the company VDI for the distribution of Atari 2600 video games created by the Taiwan based company Gem International Corporation. Several games with the Home Vision brand were released later by other companies like ITT Family Games or RainbowVision... |
1983 | Action | ||
Amidar Amidar Amidar is an arcade game programmed by Konami and published in 1981 by Stern. Its basic format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while avoiding the enemies... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1982 | Action | |
Armor Ambush Armor Ambush Armor Ambush is a video game for the Atari 2600 produced by M-Network.- Gameplay :Armor Ambush is a game that gives players control over tanks that battle one another over terrain that offers varying degrees of texture and traversability... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Artillery Duel Artillery Duel Artillery Duel is a strategy game and artillery clone for home console and computer systems developed by Xonox. Artillery Duel was featured in a few double-ender configurations as well as in a single cartridge.-Gameplay:... /Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks, is a 1983 video game produced by Xonox where the player takes control of Chuck Norris himself. It was also sold as "Kung Fu Superkicks" when the license for the use of the name 'Chuck Norris' expired.- Gameplay:... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Strategy | double-ended cartridge |
Artillery Duel Artillery Duel Artillery Duel is a strategy game and artillery clone for home console and computer systems developed by Xonox. Artillery Duel was featured in a few double-ender configurations as well as in a single cartridge.-Gameplay:... /Ghost Manor Ghost Manor -Overview:Ghost Manor is a horror video game that was released by Xonox in 1983 for the Atari 2600 and the Vic-20. It was generally packaged in a double ended cartridge along with one of three other games in an effort to appeal to budget conscious buyers who would purchase two games for the price... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Strategy | double-ended cartridge |
Artillery Duel Artillery Duel Artillery Duel is a strategy game and artillery clone for home console and computer systems developed by Xonox. Artillery Duel was featured in a few double-ender configurations as well as in a single cartridge.-Gameplay:... /Spike's Peak |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Strategy | double-ended cartridge |
Artillery Duel Artillery Duel Artillery Duel is a strategy game and artillery clone for home console and computer systems developed by Xonox. Artillery Duel was featured in a few double-ender configurations as well as in a single cartridge.-Gameplay:... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Strategy | |
Assault | Bomb | Bomb | 1983 | Action | |
Astroblast | M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Atlantis | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Atlantis II | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Bachelor Party Bachelor Party (video game) Bachelor Party is an adult-themed video game for the Atari 2600 developed by Mystique.- Gameplay :The game is a simplified version of Breakout where the "ball" is made to look like a nude man and the "bricks" are made to look like nude women and the man bounces back and forth horizontally rather... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1983 | Action | |
Bachelorette Party Bachelor Party (video game) Bachelor Party is an adult-themed video game for the Atari 2600 developed by Mystique.- Gameplay :The game is a simplified version of Breakout where the "ball" is made to look like a nude man and the "bricks" are made to look like nude women and the man bounces back and forth horizontally rather... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1983 | Action | |
Bank Heist | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Barnstorming Barnstorming (video game) Barnstorming is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982. Barnstorming was the first game designed by Cartwright... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Beamrider Beamrider Beamrider is a scrolling shooter designed for the Intellivision by Activision programmer David Rolfe. The game was then ported to the Atari 2600 , Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum as well as the MSX platform.-Summary:Beamrider takes place above Earth's atmosphere,... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1984 | Action | |
Beany Bopper | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Beat Em and Eat Em | Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1983 | Action | |
Berenstain Bears | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1983 | Educational | |
Bermuda Triangle | Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Blue Print | Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1982 | Action | |
BMX Airmaster | TNT Games | Sculptured Software, Inc. | 1989 | Action, Sports | |
Bobby Is Going Home Bobby is Going Home Bobby is Going Home is a 1983 video game cartridge released for the Atari 2600 console.-Gameplay:The player controls a boy named Bobby who has to pass through seven screens, jump over animals like butterflies, ducks and other hazards. The game play resembles Pitfall, a game released by Activision... |
Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
1983 | |||
Boing! | First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... |
First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... |
1983 | Action | |
Boxing Boxing (video game) Boxing is an Atari 2600 video game based on the sport of boxing. The game was designed by Activision programmer Bob Whitehead.Boxing shows a top-down view of two boxers, one white and one black. When close enough, a boxer can hit his opponent with a punch . This causes his opponent to reel back... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1980 | Sports | |
Bridge | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Strategy | |
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action | |
Bugs | Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Bumper Bash | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Bump 'n' Jump Bump 'n' Jump Bump 'n' Jump, known in Japan as , is a 1982 Japanese arcade game created by Data East Corporation for its DECO Cassette System. The game was also published by Bally Midway.... |
Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
M-Network | 1983 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
BurgerTime Burgertime is a 1982 arcade game created by Data East for its DECO Cassette System. The game's original title, Hamburger, was changed to BurgerTime before its introduction to the US. The player is chef Peter Pepper, who must walk over hamburger ingredients located across a maze of platforms while avoiding... |
Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
M-Network | 1983 | Action | |
Burning Desire | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1983 | |||
Busy Police | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
1983 | unlicensed reproduction of Keystone Kapers Keystone Kapers Keystone Kapers was a 1983 game published by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later ported to Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision and MSX... |
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Cakewalk | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1983 | Action | |
California Games California Games California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their popular Summer Games and Winter Games series, this game consisted of some sports purportedly popular in California including skateboarding, freestyle footbag, surfing, roller... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1987 | Sports | |
Carnival | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Cathouse Blues | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1982 | |||
Challenge | Funvision | ||||
Challenge of Nexar | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1982 | Action | |
Chase the Chuck Wagon Chase the Chuck Wagon Chase the Chuck Wagon is a 1983 promotional video game distributed by Purina for the Atari 2600/VCS home console. It was available only via mail by sending in proofs of purchase to Purina.- Gameplay :... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Checkers | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Alan Miller) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Strategy | |
China Syndrome | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Chopper Command Chopper Command Chopper Command is a video game by Activision released for the Atari 2600 game console in June 1982. The game was successful due to its perceived superiority to Atari's home version of Defender; Chopper Command shares many similarities in gameplay to Defender... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks, is a 1983 video game produced by Xonox where the player takes control of Chuck Norris himself. It was also sold as "Kung Fu Superkicks" when the license for the use of the name 'Chuck Norris' expired.- Gameplay:... /Ghost Manor Ghost Manor -Overview:Ghost Manor is a horror video game that was released by Xonox in 1983 for the Atari 2600 and the Vic-20. It was generally packaged in a double ended cartridge along with one of three other games in an effort to appeal to budget conscious buyers who would purchase two games for the price... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | double-ended cartridge |
Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks, is a 1983 video game produced by Xonox where the player takes control of Chuck Norris himself. It was also sold as "Kung Fu Superkicks" when the license for the use of the name 'Chuck Norris' expired.- Gameplay:... /Spike's Peak |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | double-ended cartridge |
Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks Chuck Norris Superkicks, is a 1983 video game produced by Xonox where the player takes control of Chuck Norris himself. It was also sold as "Kung Fu Superkicks" when the license for the use of the name 'Chuck Norris' expired.- Gameplay:... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
Coconuts | Telesys | Telesys | 1982 | Action | |
Commando Commando (arcade game) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1985. Its influence can be seen in several later games in the genre .... |
Capcom Co., Ltd. | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1988 | Action | |
Commando Raid | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Communist Mutants from Space Communist Mutants from Space Communist Mutants from Space was a video game created in 1982 by Starpath for the Atari 2600 home video game console and the Starpath Supercharger cassette accessory.-Story:... (Cassette) |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Action | |
Condor Attack | Ultravision UltraVision UltraVision CLPL is a contact lens manufacturer, with headquarters based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. UltraVision CLPL also has a Research and Development office based in Cambridge, England... |
1983 | |||
Congo Bongo Congo Bongo Congo Bongo is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. Strong evidence from analysis of the game's ROM claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did development work on Congo Bongo. The game has come to be seen as Sega's answer to the highly successful Donkey Kong game that was... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action | |
Cosmic Ark Cosmic Ark Cosmic Ark is a 1982 Atari 2600 video game, developed and published by Imagic as the sequel to Atlantis. It is believed to be the first-ever console game sequel... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... ) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Cosmic Commuter | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1985 | Action | |
Cosmic Corridor | Zimag | 1983 | |||
Cosmic Creeps | Telesys | Telesys | 1982 | Action | |
Cosmic Free Fire | Action Hi-Tech | PAL-format | |||
Cosmic Swarm | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1982 | Action | |
Crab Control | Action Hi-Tech | PAL-format | |||
Crackpots | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Crash Dive | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action | |
Cross Force | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Cruise Missile | Froggo | 1987 | |||
Crypts of Chaos | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG) | |
Cubicolor | Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... |
1982 | Strategy | ||
Custer's Revenge Custer's Revenge Custer's Revenge is a controversial video game made for the Atari 2600 by Mystique, a company that produced a number of adult video game titles for the system... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
1983 | |||
Dancing Plate | Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
1982 | |||
Dark Cavern | M-Network | 1982 | |||
Deadly Discs | Telegames Telegames Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September... |
1983 | Action | reissue of M-Network's Tron: Deadly Discs | |
Deadly Duck Deadly Duck Deadly Duck is an Atari 2600 game released on January 20, 1982 in North America. The game was programmed by Sirius Software and released by 20th Century Fox Games.... |
Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Death Trap | Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1983 | Action, Strategy | |
Deep Scan Deep Scan Deep Scan is an arcade game released in 1979 by Sega. The game involves commanding a battleship which can drop mines from either the left or right in an attempt to destroy enemy submarines. The player must also avoid mines launched from these submarines, which will increase every time a target is... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Strategy | |
Demolition Herby | Telesys | Telesys | 1983 | Action | |
Demon Attack Demon Attack Demon Attack is a video game published by Imagic for several home console systems, including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey², Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, PC Booter, TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer. There was also a port to the TI-99/4A titled Super Demon Attack... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... ) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Dice Puzzle | Panda Computer Games | 1983 | |||
Dishaster | Zimag | 1982 | |||
Dolphin | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Donkey Kong | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Donkey Kong Junior | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1983 | Action | |
Double Dragon Double Dragon is a classic beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technos Japan Corporation, who also developed the Kunio-kun series .... |
Technos Japan Corp. | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1989 | Action | |
Dragon Treasure | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Dragonfire | |||
Dragonfire | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Bob Smith) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Dragonstomper Dragonstomper Dragonstomper is a role-playing video game programmed by Stephen Landrum and published in 1982 by Starpath. It was developed for the Atari 2600 video game system.... (cassette) |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Role-Playing (RPG) | |
Dragster Dragster (video game) Dragster is the first video game developed by Activision for the Atari 2600 console, and released in 1980.-Plot:The object of Dragster is to either beat the player's opponent across the screen, or to race against the clock for best time, depending on the settings used.-Gameplay:Select game with... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1980 | Racing / Driving | |
Earth Dies Screaming | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Earth Attack | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Defender | |||
Eddy Langfinger, der Museumsdieb | Quelle | 1983 | Action | ||
Eggomania Eggomania Eggomania is an arcade-style video game released in 1982 by US Games for the Atari 2600. The objective of the game is to catch eggs in a hat which are thrown by a chicken without letting any of the eggs hit the ground and break. At the end of each round, the player has a chance to throw the eggs... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Eli's Ladder | Simage | Simage | 1982 | Educational | |
Encounter at L-5 | Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Enduro Enduro (video game) Enduro is a racing video game designed by Larry Miller and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 video game system in 1983. The object of the game is to be in an endurance race and to pass a certain amount of cars each day as to continue the race the next day.-Gameplay:Enduro consists of... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Racing / Driving | |
Entombed | Western Technologies Inc. | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action, Strategy | |
Escape From The Mindmaster Escape From The Mindmaster Escape from the MindMaster was a video gamefor the Starpath Supercharger addon for the Atari 2600 published in 1982 by Starpath.Escape from the MindMaster utilizes a tape cassette through the Starpath Supercharger. This is used to bypass the 2K limitation of available memory in the Atari 2600... (Cassette) |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Adventure | |
Espial | Orca Corporation | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1984 | Action | |
Exocet | Panda Computer Games | Panda Computer Games | 1983 | Action | |
Exocet Missile | John Sands | ||||
Fantastic Voyage | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Farmer Dan | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Gopher Gopher (video game) Gopher is a video game released in 1982 by US Games for the Atari 2600. The player controls a farmer with a shovel who must protect his three carrots from the gopher. The gopher tunnels left and right and up to the surface. When he makes a hole to the surface he will attempt to steal a carrot... |
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Fast Eddie | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Fast Food Fast Food (video game) Fast Food is a video game for the Atari 2600 developed by Telesys and released in 1982.In the game, the player controls a pair of disembodied lips, similar to a Chattery Teeth toy. The game's manual gives the name of the lips as Mighty Mouth. Various fast food menu items fly across the screen and... |
Telesys | Telesys | 1982 | Action | |
Fathom | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Rob Fulop Rob Fulop Rob Fulop is a writer and game programmer who was chiefly responsible for some of the Atari 2600's biggest hits, such as 1982's enormously successful Demon Attack. He also worked on the Atari 2600 ports of Night Driver , Space Invaders , and Missile Command .Rob Fulop is the co-founder of Imagic... ) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Fighter Pilot Fighter pilot A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
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Final Approach | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Simulation, Strategy | |
Fireball (cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Action | |
Fire Fighter | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Brad Stewart) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Fire Fly | Mythicon | Mythicon | 1983 | Action | |
Fisher Price | CCE CCE -Organizations:* Congregation for Catholic Education, a dicastery of the Roman Curia* Council on Chiropractic Education, an accrediting agency for chiropractic schools, and its international affiliates... |
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Fishing Derby Fishing Derby Fishing Derby is an Atari 2600 video game created by Activision programmer David Crane based on the sport of fishing.In Fishing Derby, two fishermen sit on opposite docks over a lake filled with fish . Using the joystick the player is able to move his line left right and up and down in the water... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1980 | Action, Sports | |
Flash Gordon | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action | |
The Fly | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
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Frankenstein's Monster | Data Age | Data Age | 1983 | Action | |
Freeway Freeway (video game) Freeway is a video game designed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was published by Activision in 1981.Freeway was one of the first titles released by Activision in their effort to publish independent games for the Atari 2600... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Action | |
Frogger Frogger Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of... |
APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1982 | ||
Frogs and Flies Frogs and Flies Frogs and Flies is a 1982 video game by Mattel for the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 platforms. In this game, the player or players control a frog sitting on a lily pad. One frog is green and the other frog is red. The game can be played either by one or two players. The object of the game is to eat... |
APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
Mattel Mattel Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from... |
1982 | Action | |
Frogger, The Official Frogger Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of... (cassette) |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1983 | Action | |
Frogger II: Threeedeep! Frogger II Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! is a console and computer game released in 1984. The game is a sequel to the original Frogger from 1981, and features similar gameplay.... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Front Line Front Line (arcade game) Front Line is a military combat-themed arcade game released in 1982 by Taito Corporation.The original arcade version consists of a joystick, a single button , and a rotary dial that can be pushed in like a button, which fires the weapon... |
Taito Corporation | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1983 | Action | |
Frostbite Frostbite (video game) Frostbite is a 1983 arcade game designed by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was published by Activision in 1983.-Overview:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Gamma-Attack | Gammation | Gammation | 1983 | Action | |
Gangster Alley | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Gas Hog | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Gauntlet | Answer Software | Answer Software | 1983 | Action | |
Ghostbusters | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1985 | Action | |
Ghostbusters II | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Salu Ltd | 1990 | Action | |
Ghost Manor Ghost Manor -Overview:Ghost Manor is a horror video game that was released by Xonox in 1983 for the Atari 2600 and the Vic-20. It was generally packaged in a double ended cartridge along with one of three other games in an effort to appeal to budget conscious buyers who would purchase two games for the price... /Spike's Peak |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | double-ended cartridge |
Ghost Manor Ghost Manor -Overview:Ghost Manor is a horror video game that was released by Xonox in 1983 for the Atari 2600 and the Vic-20. It was generally packaged in a double ended cartridge along with one of three other games in an effort to appeal to budget conscious buyers who would purchase two games for the price... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike is the title of a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1983. The game was developed and published by Parker Brothers and involves three different types of gameplay. The game is loosely based on the G.I. Joe franchise of the same name. The U.K... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Gigolo | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1982 | |||
Glacier Patrol | VSS, Inc. | Telegames Telegames Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September... |
1983 | Action | |
Glib | Qualtronic Devices, Inc. | Selchow and Righter Selchow and Righter Selchow and Righter was a 19th century Bay Shore, New York game manufacturer best known for the games Parcheesi and Scrabble.It dates back to 1867when it was founded as E.G. Selchow & Co... |
1983 | Strategy | |
Gopher Gopher (video game) Gopher is a video game released in 1982 by US Games for the Atari 2600. The player controls a farmer with a shovel who must protect his three carrots from the gopher. The gopher tunnels left and right and up to the surface. When he makes a hole to the surface he will attempt to steal a carrot... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Gorf Gorf Gorf is an arcade game released in 1981 by Midway Mfg., whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force". It is a multiple-mission fixed shooter with five distinct modes of play, essentially making it five games in one... |
Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1982 | Action | |
Grand Prix Grand Prix (video game) Grand Prix is one of the first side-scrolling racing video games, made in 1982. It was developed by Activision for the Atari 2600. This game was later incorporated into the Activision Anthology.... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Racing / Driving | |
Great Escape | Bomb | Bomb | 1983 | Action | |
Guardian | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Action | |
Gyruss Gyruss is a shoot 'em up video arcade game developed by Konami, and released in 1983. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who had earlier created Time Pilot for Konami. Gyruss was licensed to Centuri in the United States, and was ported to numerous games consoles and home computers... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Halloween | VSS, Inc. | Wizard Video Wizard Video Wizard Video was a motion picture distribution company created by B movie veteran Charles Band, who would later go on to found Full Moon Features. They were best known for their VHS releases of Zombie 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and I Spit on Your Grave... |
1983 | Action | |
Harbor Escape | Panda Computer Games | 1983 | |||
H.E.R.O. H.E.R.O. H.E.R.O. is a single-player video game published by Activision. First developed for the Atari 2600 and released in March 1984, the game was ported to many of the home computers and gaming consoles of that era... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1984 | Action | |
I Want My Mommy I Want My Mommy I Want My Mommy is a rare video game for the Atari 2600; released exclusively to North America. It has been listed by IGN as having the ninth best cover art of all time. The game is considered to be a Donkey Kong-type platformer where teleportation beams connect upward on the playing field... |
Zimag | 1982 | |||
Ice Hockey Ice Hockey (Atari 2600) Ice Hockey is an ice hockey video game designed by Activision programmer Alan Miller, and published by Activision.-Gameplay:Ice Hockey is a game of two-on-two ice hockey. One player on each team is the goalie, and the other plays offensive... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Alan Miller) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Action, Sports | |
Inca Gold | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
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Infiltrate | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Action, Strategy | |
International Soccer | M-Network | 1982 | |||
James Bond 007 | On Time Software | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Jawbreaker | On-Line Systems | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1982 | Action | |
Journey Escape Journey Escape Journey Escape is a videogame developed and manufactured by Data Age in San Jose, California for the Atari 2600 console, and released in 1982. It stars the rock band Journey, one of the world's most popular acts at the time, and is based on their album of the same name.-Plot:From the game's... |
Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Jungle Fever | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1982 | Action | |
Kaboom! | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and programmer. He initially worked at Atari and was responsible for a lot of their sales. Due to the lack of recognition for his work, he left Atari and became one of the five co-founders of Activision.... , David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Action | |
Karate Karate (Atari 2600) Karate is a video game for the Atari 2600 produced by Ultravision and released by that company and later by Froggo. Designed by black belt Joseph Amelio, the game was released in late 1982 for NTSC systems. The Froggo release is more widely available and better known, so many sources miscredit... |
Ultravision UltraVision UltraVision CLPL is a contact lens manufacturer, with headquarters based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. UltraVision CLPL also has a Research and Development office based in Cambridge, England... |
Ultravision UltraVision UltraVision CLPL is a contact lens manufacturer, with headquarters based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. UltraVision CLPL also has a Research and Development office based in Cambridge, England... |
1983 | Action | |
Keystone Kapers Keystone Kapers Keystone Kapers was a 1983 game published by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later ported to Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision and MSX... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Killer Satellites (Cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Action | |
King Kong | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1982 | Action | |
Knight on the Town | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1982 | |||
Kool-Aid Man Kool-Aid Man (video game) Kool-Aid Man is an Atari 2600 and Intellivision video game based upon the television commercial character Kool-Aid Man. A second, unique video game cartridge was also made for the Intellivision.-Overview:... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1983 | Action | |
Kung-Fu Master | Irem Corp. | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1987 | Action | |
Lady in Wading | PlayAround Playaround Playaround was formed from the ashes of Mystique, the first Atari 2600 adult videogame company. Playaround purchased the rights to Mystique's titles and released them as "double-enders" - extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end... |
1982 | |||
Laser Blast | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Action | |
Laser Gates | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... , VentureVision |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Laser Volley | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
1983 | unlicensed reproduction of Laser Gates | ||
Lochjaw | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Action | |
Lock 'N Chase | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
London Blitz | Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1983 | Strategy | |
Lost Luggage | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Action | |
M.A.D. | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Major League Baseball | APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
M-Network | 1982 | Sports | |
Magicard | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1981 | ||
Malagai | Answer Software | 1983 | Action | ||
Mangia Mangia Mangia is a 1983 video game by Spectravision for the Atari 2600 video game console... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Marauder | On-Line Systems | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1982 | ||
Marine Wars | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1983 | Action | |
M*A*S*H | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Master Builder | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man is a video game designed by Intellivision in 1983. It is based on the multimedia franchise of the same name and marks the first video game in the series.-External links:***... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1983 | Action | |
MegaBoy | Dynacom | ||||
Megaforce | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action | |
Megamania Megamania Megamania is an Atari 2600 game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982. It took about six months to develop the concept, and another three months to fine tune the game. It was later released for the Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit family in 1983, ported by Glyn Anderson... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Miner 2049er Miner 2049er Miner 2049er is a video game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software. The game was licensed in conjunction with International Computer Group . At the time of its release, Miner 2049'er was notable for having ten different screens, which was a large number for a platform... |
Big Five Software | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1983 | Action | |
Miner 2049er II | Big Five Software | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1982 | Action | |
Mines of Minos | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1983 | Action | |
Missile Control | Video Gems | 1983 | Action | PAL-format | |
Mission 3000 A.D. | Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
1983 | Action | |
Mission Survive | Video Gems | PAL-format | |||
Mogul Maniac | Amiga Amiga Corporation Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:... |
Amiga Amiga Corporation Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:... |
1983 | Action, Simulation, Sports | |
Montezuma's Revenge: Starring Panama Joe Montezuma's Revenge (video game) Montezuma's Revenge is a video game for Atari home computers, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum . It was created by Robert Jaeger and published in 1984 by Parker Brothers. The game's title references a colloquial American... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Moonsweeper | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Bob Smith) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Motocross | Quelle | 1983 | Racing / Driving, Sports | ||
Motocross Racer | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1984 | Racing / Driving | |
Mountain King Mountain King Mountain King is a scrolling platform video game released by CBS Electronics in 1983. It was available on the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 400/800, ColecoVision, Commodore-64 and VIC-20.-Gameplay:... |
VSS, Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1983 | Action | |
Mouse Trap | Exidy Exidy Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974 until at least 1986 . The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kauffman... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Mr. Do! Mr. Do! Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Remotely similar in gameplay to Namco's popular Dig Dug title, Mr. Do! was also popular and saw release on a variety of home video game consoles and systems. It is the first game in the Mr... |
Universal Co., Ltd. | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1983 | Action | |
Mr. Do's Castle Mr. Do's Castle Mr. Do's Castle is an arcade game created by Universal in September of 1983. The Asian title of the game is Mr. Do! versus Unicorns. Though marketed as a sequel to the original Mr. Do! released one year earlier, the game bears a far closer resemblance to Space Panic. It is the second of the Mr. Do... |
Universal Co., Ltd. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Mr. Postman | Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
1983 | |||
The Music Machine | Christian Software Development | Sparrow, HomeComputer Software | 1983 | Action, Educational | |
My Golf | HES Home Entertainment Suppliers Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. is an Australian company that distributes computer games and gaming equipment. HES offices are based in Riverwood, Sydney.... |
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Mystic Castle | M-Network | ||||
Name This Game Name This Game Name This Game, also known as Octopus in Europe, is a video game for the Atari 2600 manufactured by US Games.In the game, the player controls a diver who must protect a treasure from an octopus at the top of the screen that tries to capture the treasure with its tentacles... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
NASL Soccer | APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
M-Network | 1982 | Sports | |
NFL Football | APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting APh Technological Consulting is a software company, located in Pasadena, California, USA. In 1976 they helped Mattel to develop the Intellivision video game console and also wrote most of the early games for it... |
M-Network | 1982 | Sports | |
Night Stalker Night Stalker (video game) - Gameplay :The player controls a man trapped in a hedgerow maze with no exits and many threats, some natural such as bats and spiders, others artificial in nature and much more deadly. The player starts out in a bunker in the middle of the map equipped with a handgun loaded with six bullets... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
No Escape! | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Nova Blast | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | |||
Nuts | Technovision | 1983 | |||
Ocean City Defender | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Atlantis | |||
Off Your Rocker | Amiga Amiga Corporation Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:... |
Amiga Amiga Corporation Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:... |
1983 | Action | |
Oink! Oink! (video game) Oink! is a video game produced and published by Activision and released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 video game system. Designed by David Lorenzen, Oink! is inspired by the fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs" and casts the player as a pig defending his home from a wolf bent on destroying... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Mike Lorenzen) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Omega Race Omega Race Omega Race is an arcade game programmed by Ron Haliburton and released in 1981 by Midway. It was the only arcade game with vector graphics Midway created.-Description:... |
Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1983 | Action | |
Open Sesame | Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
1983 | Action | |
Out of Control | Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1983 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Pac-Kong | Funvision | 1983 | Action | ||
Panda Chase | Home Vision Home Vision Home Vision was a Belgian brand used by the company VDI for the distribution of Atari 2600 video games created by the Taiwan based company Gem International Corporation. Several games with the Home Vision brand were released later by other companies like ITT Family Games or RainbowVision... |
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Parachute Parachute (video game) Parachute is a video game released in 1983 by Homevision for the Atari 2600. The game puts the player in the role of parachutist who is falling gently from the sky.... |
Home Vision Home Vision Home Vision was a Belgian brand used by the company VDI for the distribution of Atari 2600 video games created by the Taiwan based company Gem International Corporation. Several games with the Home Vision brand were released later by other companies like ITT Family Games or RainbowVision... |
1983 | |||
Party Mix Party Mix (video game) Five games in one, Party Mix is a collection title developed in 1983 by Starpath for the Starpath Supercharger add-on to the Atari 2600 console... (cassette) |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1983 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Pete Rose Baseball Pete Rose Baseball Pete Rose Baseball is a multiplatform video game published by Absolute for the Atari 2600 and the Atari 7800.-Gameplay:The game was a notable improvement over previous Atari 2600 baseball games such as Home Run and RealSports Baseball... |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
1989 | Sports | |
Phantom Tank | Bit Corporation Bit Corporation Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy... |
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Phantom-Panzer | Quelle | 1983 | Action | ||
Phaser Patrol Phaser Patrol Programmed by Dennis Caswell, Phaser Patrol is the first numbered release by Starpath Corporation for the Atari 2600. This game simulates a space flight in which you must pilot your ship to destroy the Dracon invaders... (cassette) |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Action | |
Philly Flasher Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em is a pornographic video game developed for the Atari 2600 by Mystique. It was released in 1982. Although the game sold poorly upon release, its graphic nature has earned it a cult following and much infamy... |
Mystique, PlayAround | Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
1982 | Action | |
Picnic | Western Technologies Inc. | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1983 | Action | |
Piece o' Cake | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1983 | Action | |
Pinball | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Video Pinball | |||
Piraten-Schiff | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
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Pitfall! Pitfall! Pitfall! is a video game released by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It is the second best selling game made for the Atari 2600, with over 4 million copies sold.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1984. It is the sequel to the popular Pitfall!. Both games were designed and written by David Crane and published by Activision... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (David Crane David Crane (programmer) David Crane is a video game designer and programmer.Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller told Crane about a plan he had to leave Atari and found a company that would give game designers more... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1984 | Action | |
Planet Patrol | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1983 | Action | |
Planeten Patrouile | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
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Plaque Attack Plaque Attack Plaque Attack is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 that was made by Activision. Loosely based on Space Invaders, the player must prevent food from destroying teeth in a person's mouth... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Polaris Polaris (arcade game) Polaris is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game by Taito.In Polaris, players control a submarine which can only shoot missiles upward. The goal of the player is to destroy all of the planes in each level while avoiding bombs dropped from the aircraft, as well as mines launched by enemy submarines and... |
Taito Corporation | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1982 | Action | |
Pooyan Pooyan is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.- Gameplay :... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1983 | Action | |
Popeye | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Porky's | Dunhill Electronic Media Corp., Lazer Microsystems Inc. | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Adventure | |
Pressure Cooker Pressure Cooker (video game) Pressure Cooker is an Atari 2600 video game released by Activision in 1983. It has arcade-style gameplay, in which the player is a short-order cook at a hamburger stand who must assemble and package hamburgers to order without letting ingredients or hamburgers fall to the floor.-Gameplay:During... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Private Eye | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1984 | Action | |
Pyramid War | S.S. | ||||
Q*bert | Western Technologies Inc. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Q*bert's Qubes | Mylstar Electronics, Inc. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Quest for Quintana Roo | VSS, Inc. | Sunrise Sunrise (company) is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios... |
1983 | Action, Adventure | |
Quick Step | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Rabbit Transit (cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1983 | Action | |
Racquetball | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1981 | Action, Sports | |
Radar | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
unlicensed reproduction of Cruise Missile | |||
Raft Rider | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1983 | Action | |
Ram It | Telesys | Telesys | 1983 | Action | |
Rampage Rampage (arcade game) Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. Players take control of gigantic monsters trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Polaro) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1989 | Action | licensed by Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. |
Reactor Reactor (arcade game) Reactor is a raster video arcade game released in 1982 by Gottlieb. The object of the game is to cool down the reactor core without being hurled by magnetism and repulsion by enemy swarms of nuclear particles... |
D. Gottlieb & Co. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Red Sea Crossing | Steve Stack, Inc. | 1983 | |||
Rescue Terra 1 | VentureVision | VentureVision | 1982 | Action | |
Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes -Background:Programmed by John Russell, Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes was released in 1983 and manufactured by Fox Video Games, Inc. It was a single player action game. Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes was made available for the Atari 2600, as well as the 800 and 400 models, and the Commodore... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action | |
Riddle of the Sphinx | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Bob Smith) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action, Adventure | |
River Patrol River Patrol River Patrol is a 1981 arcade game released by Orca and licensed to Kestern for distribution in the United States.-Plot:Players take the role of the captain of a river patrol ship in this top-down game. Their mission: to save the poor souls who fell into the river. In the ship's way lay boulders,... |
Orca Corporation | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1983 | Action | |
River Raid River Raid River Raid is a scrolling shooter videogame and was released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, C64, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum, and MSX... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Carol Shaw Carol Shaw (video game designer) Originally an Atari employee, Carol Shaw is said to be the first female video game designer . Later she joined Activision, where she programmed her best known game, River Raid... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
River Raid II | Imagineering Inc. | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1988 | Action | |
Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot - The Joust | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | double-ended cartridge |
Robin Hood | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
Robot Commando Raid | VidTec | ||||
Robot Tank Robot Tank Robot Tank is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600. It was designed and programmed by Alan Miller and published by the then-fledgling Activision.-Description:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Alan Miller) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Roc 'N Rope Roc 'N Rope Roc 'N Rope is a 1983 arcade game developed by Kosuka and published by Konami. The player, impersonating a flashlight- and harpoon gun- equipped archaeologist had to ascend a series of rocky platforms in a Lost World scenario to reach a Phoenix bird, the object of his quest, along the way he had to... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1984 | Action | |
Room of Doom | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1982 | Action | |
Save Our Ship | Technovision | ||||
Save the Whales | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
Control Video Corporation | 1988 | Action | |
Scraper Caper | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
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Scuba Diver | Panda Computer Games | ||||
Sea Hawk | Froggo | Froggo | 1988 | Action | |
Seaquest Seaquest (video game) Seaquest is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1982.-Gameplay:Seaquest is a submarine combat game in which the player controls a water vessel and must avoid, collect, or destroy various objects at different levels of depth.The player must pick up... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Shark Attack | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | |||
Shootin' Gallery | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Shuttle Orbiter' | Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1983 | Action, Simulation | |
Sir Lancelot | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure Skate Boardin' Skate Boardin', also known as Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure is a video game developed by Absolute Entertainment and released in 1987 for the Atari 2600. It was created by former Activision programmer David Crane,creator of the hugely successful Pitfall! game... |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
1987 | Action, Sports | |
Skeet Shoot | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1981 | Action | |
Skiing Skiing (Atari 2600) Skiing is a video game cartridge for the Atari 2600 console. It was authored by Bob Whitehead, and released by Activision in 1980.Skiing is a single player only game, in which the player uses the joystick to control the direction and speed of a stationary skier at the top of the screen, while the... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1980 | Sports | |
Sky Jinks | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Racing / Driving | |
Sky Skipper Sky Skipper is a 1981 arcade game by Nintendo R&D1. Some sources assert that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on the game. The game look and feel is very similar to Popeye which was released the following year, suggesting that the same development team were involved in both releases. It was released... |
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle | Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Sneak 'N Peek | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Simulation | |
Solar Fox | Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1983 | Action | |
Solar Storm Solar storm Solar storm can refer to:*Solar flare, a large explosion in the Sun's atmosphere*Coronal mass ejection , a massive burst of solar wind associated with solar flares*Geomagnetic storm, the interaction of the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Sorcerer | Mythicon | Mythicon | 1983 | Action | |
Space Adventure | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
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Space Attack | M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Space Canyon | Panda Computer Games | ||||
Space Cavern Space Cavern Space Cavern by Apollo is a video game for the Atari 2600, which allows one or two players, to move left and right, shooting enemies above them, and to either side. It was the first scrolling game for the 2600.-Plot:From the game's manual:... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1981 | Action | |
Spacechase Spacechase Spacechase is a video game published by Games by Apollo for the Atari 2600/VCS home console and the Atari 8-bit computer line. Spacechase was programmed by Ed Salvo.-Gameplay:... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1981 | Action | |
Space Grid | Action Hi-Tech | PAL-format | |||
Space Jockey | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1981 | Action | |
Spacemaster X-7 | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1983 | Action, Strategy | |
Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Simulation | |
Spiderdroid Spiderdroid Spiderdroid is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600.It was a clone of Amidar with a more futurisic setting. The object of the game is to fill in boxes that have to be made by moving by its four corners. There is similarity to Pac-Man also... |
Froggo | Froggo | 1988 | Action | |
Spider Fighter | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1983 | Action | |
Spider-Man | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Spider Maze | K-Tel Vision K-tel K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series... |
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Spike's Peak | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
Spitfire Attack | Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Milton Bradley , an American game pioneer, was credited by many with launching the board game industry in North America with Milton Bradley Company.... |
Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Milton Bradley , an American game pioneer, was credited by many with launching the board game industry in North America with Milton Bradley Company.... |
1983 | Action | |
Springer | Orca Corporation | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1983 | Action | |
Spy Hunter Spy Hunter Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems.... |
Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Squeeze Box | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1983 | Action | |
Sssnake Sssnake Sssnake is a video game for the Atari 2600 produced by Data Age. Its gameplay is similar to Centipede's, except the player moves in the center of the screen and fires towards the top, bottom and sides.... |
Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Stampede Stampede (video game) Stampede is a video game cartridge which was released in 1981 for the Atari 2600 video game console, and the Intellivision video game console in 1982. The game is a left-to-right side-scroller with an overhead, third-person view... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead Bob Whitehead is a game designer and programmer. He is a renowned pioneer and entrepreneur of the video game industry, having been instrumental in forming two video game developers. One, Activision, was the first third-party video game developer.-Career:... ) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Action | |
Star Fox | Mythicon | Mythicon | 1983 | Action | |
Stargunner Stargunner (Atari 2600) Stargunner is a scrolling shooter game released in 1982 for the Atari 2600.-Sources:*http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=24252*http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=506... |
Telesys | Telesys | 1982 | Action | |
Starmaster Starmaster Starmaster is a video game produced for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was created by Alan Miller, and released in June 1982 by Activision... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Alan Miller) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1982 | Action | |
Star Strike Star Strike Star Strike is a single-player video game, released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game system in 1981. The Intellivision's best-selling game in 1982, with over 800,000 copies sold, Star Strike was inspired by the famous "trench run" sequence in the 1977 film Star Wars, as the player must... |
M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action | |
Star Voyager | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... (Bob Smith) |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1982 | Action | |
Star Wars: The Arcade Game | Atari, Inc. (Bob Smith) | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1984 | Action | |
Star Wars: Jedi Arena Star Wars: Jedi Arena Star Wars: Jedi Arena is a 2D overhead shooter video game published by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600.-Gameplay:In the game, two Jedi Knights, one blue and one red, face each other during lightsaber training. Player one is blue, the red Jedi is either a human or computer controlled... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1982 | Action | |
Strategy X | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1983 | Action | |
Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Strategy | |
Stronghold | CommaVid | CommaVid | 1983 | Action | |
Sub Scan | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
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Subterranea | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Suicide Mission (cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1982 | Action | |
Summer Games Summer Games Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1984 for the Commodore 64, it was also eventually ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari XL/XE and Sega Master System platforms... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1987 | Action, Sports | |
Super Baumeister | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
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Super Challenge Baseball | M-Network | 1982 | Sports | reissued by Telegames Telegames Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September... in 1988 |
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Super Challenge Football | M-Network | 1982 | Sports | reissued by Telegames Telegames Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September... in 1988 |
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Super Cobra Super Cobra Super Cobra is a 1981 horizontally-scrolling shooter, arcade game. It was developed by Konami from the engine of the popular Scramble , and manufactured and distributed by Stern in the U.S..-Gameplay:... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Surfer's Paradise: But Danger Below! | Video Gems | 1983 | Action, Sports | PAL-format | |
Survival Island (cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1983 | Adventure | |
Survival Run | Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Milton Bradley , an American game pioneer, was credited by many with launching the board game industry in North America with Milton Bradley Company.... |
Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Milton Bradley , an American game pioneer, was credited by many with launching the board game industry in North America with Milton Bradley Company.... |
1983 | Action | |
Swedish Erotica: Bachelor Party | Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
1983 | Action | |
Swedish Erotica: Beat' Em & Eat 'Em | Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
1982 | Action | |
Swedish Erotica: Custer's Revenge | Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
Mystique Mystique (company) Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games... |
1983 | Action | |
Sword of Saros (cassette) | Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
Starpath Starpath Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons... |
1983 | Adventure | |
Tac-Scan Tac/Scan Tac/Scan is a 1982 space combat shooter video game originally released as an arcade game, and later ported to the Atari 2600. It was also included as an unlockable game in the PlayStation 2 version of Sega Genesis Collection... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action | |
Tank Brigade | Panda Computer Games | 1983 | |||
Tank City | Action Hi-Tech | ||||
Tanks But No Tanks | Zimag | 1983 | |||
Tapeworm | Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
Spectravision Spectravideo Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision" by Harry Fox. They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible... |
1982 | Action | |
Tapper Tapper Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.-Overview:... |
Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1984 | Action | |
Task Force | Froggo | 1988 | |||
Tax Avoiders Tax Avoiders Tax Avoiders is a single-player video game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982. It was conceived by Darrell Wagner at Dunhill Electronics; he was billed on the packaging as a "Licensed Tax Consultant and former IRS Revenue Agent". The game was developed by Todd Clark Holm, "an independant ... |
American Videogame | 1983 | Action | ||
Tennis Activision Tennis Activision Tennis is a 1981 Atari 2600 video game by Activision. It was one of a series of sports games by Activision, which also included 1980's Activision Boxing... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... (Alan Miller) |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
1981 | Sports | |
Texas Chainsaw Massacre | VSS, Inc. | Wizard Video Wizard Video Wizard Video was a motion picture distribution company created by B movie veteran Charles Band, who would later go on to found Full Moon Features. They were best known for their VHS releases of Zombie 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and I Spit on Your Grave... |
1983 | Action | |
Threshold | On-Line Systems | Tigervision Tigervision Tigervision was a subsidiary of Tiger Toys who produced video games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 and Commodore 64.Most of their games were ports of computer titles by Sierra On-Line or arcade titles by Orca Corp.... |
1983 | Action | |
Thunderground Thunderground -Plot summary:A con-artist meets a tough fighter and sees him as her ticket to a better life. The two make an agreement and head off to New Orleans to arrange a match with "the man" - the mysterious king of bare-knuckled boxing... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1983 | Action | |
Time Pilot Time Pilot Time Pilot is a multi-directional scrolling shooter and free-roaming aerial combat arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, released by Konami in 1982, and distributed in the United States by Centuri... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1983 | Action | |
Time Warp | Zellers Zellers Zellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country.... |
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Title Match Pro Wrestling | Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
1989 | Sports | |
Tomarc The Barbarian | Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
Xonox Xonox Xonox was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.- History :... |
1983 | Action | |
Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator AKA Dan Kitchen's Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator | Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... (Dan Kitchen) |
Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,... |
1988 | Action, Simulation | |
Tooth Protectors | DSD/Camelot | DSD/Camelot | 1983 | Action | Was only available via mail order from Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500.... |
Towering Inferno Towering Inferno (video game) Towering Inferno by US Games, is a video game for the Atari 2600 in which the user plays a fireman going through a burning skyscraper to save victims and put out the fires. On each floor of the building, the player must put out the flames and reach the panel that opens the doors to get back out.... |
Western Technologies Inc. | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Treasure Below | Video Gems | PAL-format | |||
Trick Shot | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Sports | |
Tron: Deadly Discs | M-Network | M-Network | 1982 | Action | |
Tunnel Runner Tunnel Runner Tunnel Runner is a 3D maze game released by CBS Electronics in 1983 for the Atari 2600. It was programmed by Richard K. Balaska Jr..Created in 1983 Tunnel Runner was one of the very first 3D first person view games ever, long before Wolfenstein 3-D... |
CBS Electronics | CBS Electronics | 1983 | Action | |
Turmoil | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | Action | |
Tutankham Tutankham Tutankham is a 1982 arcade game developed by Konami and released by Stern in the US. This game is also known as Horror Maze on Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... |
1983 | Action | |
Universal Chaos | Exidy Exidy Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974 until at least 1986 . The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kauffman... |
Telegames Telegames Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September... |
1983 | Action | |
Up'n Down Up'n Down Up'n Down is a racing video game developed and published by Sega. It was first released in 1983 as an arcade game, then later ported to the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision video game consoles and the Atari XE and Commodore 64 home computers.- Gameplay :... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1984 | Action, Racing / Driving | |
Venture | Exidy Exidy Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974 until at least 1986 . The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kauffman... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Video Jogger | Exus Corporation | Exus Corporation | 1983 | Action | |
Video Life Video Life Video Life is one of the rarest video games ever made for the Atari 2600. It is a version of the zero-player cellular automaton known as Conway's Game of Life. Video Life was only available via a special mail order offer to owners of Commavid's Magicard, which itself is considered to be one of the... |
CommaVid | CommaVid | 1981 | ||
Video Reflex | Exus Corporation | Exus Corporation | 1983 | Action | |
Vulture Attack | K-Tel Vision K-tel K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series... |
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Wabbit | Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
Apollo Games By Apollo Games by Apollo was an early third-party developer for the Atari 2600, based in Richardson, Texas. Founded by Pat Roper in October 1981 by as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants , their first game was Skeet Shoot... |
1982 | Action | |
Wall Ball | Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... |
1983 | |||
Wall Defender | Bomb | Bomb | 1983 | Action | |
War Zone | Action Hi-Tech | ||||
Warplock | Data Age | Data Age | 1982 | Action | |
Weird Bird | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
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Wing War | Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
Imagic Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s... |
1983 | Action | |
Winter Games Winter Games Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx , based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games.... |
Action Graphics | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1987 | Action, Sports | |
Wizard of Wor Wizard Of Wor Wizard of Wor is an arcade game from 1981 , developed by Midway. Other systems it was ported to include the Atari 800, Commodore 64, the Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and the Bally Astrocade as "The Incredible Wizard". The title of the game is often misspelled as "Wizard of War"... |
Bally Midway Manufacturing Co., Inc. | CBS Electronics | 1982 | Action | |
Word Zapper | US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
US Games US Games US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600... |
1982 | Action | |
Worm War I | Sirius Software Sirius Software Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari computer games in the early 1980s.- Founding and early history :The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli... |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1982 | ||
X-man | Universal Gamex | 1983 | Action | Adult-themed game unrelated to the X-Men X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1... . |
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Z-Tack | Bomb | Bomb | 1983 | Action | |
Zaxxon Zaxxon Zaxxon is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Sega. Some sources claim that Japanese electronics company Ikegami Tsushinki also worked on the development of Zaxxon... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
Coleco Coleco Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and... |
1982 | Action | |
Zoo Fun | Home Vision Home Vision Home Vision was a Belgian brand used by the company VDI for the distribution of Atari 2600 video games created by the Taiwan based company Gem International Corporation. Several games with the Home Vision brand were released later by other companies like ITT Family Games or RainbowVision... |
Homebrew games
The Atari 2600 is a popular platform for homebrewHomebrew (video games)
Homebrew is a term frequently applied to video games or other software produced by consumers to target proprietary hardware platforms not typically user-programmable or that use proprietary storage methods...
projects. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip
Modchip
A modchip is a small electronic device used to modify or disable built-in restrictions and limitations of computers, specifically videogame consoles...
to run homebrew cartridges. Although there is one high-level compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
available — batari Basic —
most development for the Atari 2600 is still done in 6502
MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by Chuck Peddle and Bill Mensch for MOS Technology in 1975. When it was introduced, it was the least expensive full-featured microprocessor on the market by a considerable margin, costing less than one-sixth the price of...
assembly language
Assembly language
An assembly language is a low-level programming language for computers, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and other programmable devices. It implements a symbolic representation of the machine codes and other constants needed to program a given CPU architecture...
. The 2600 lacks video memory, has only 128 byte
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, a byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the basic addressable element in many computer...
s of RAM, and requires precise timing; homebrews written in assembly are typically considered programming challenges.
In 2003, Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
selected several homebrew 2600 titles for inclusion in the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
version of their Activision Anthology
Activision Anthology
Activision Anthology is a compilation of most of the Atari 2600 games by Activision for various systems. It also includes some games originally released by Absolute Entertainment and Imagic, as well as some homebrewed games. The Windows and Mac OS X versions are titled Activision Anthology Remix...
, as indicated below.
This is a partial list.
Game Title | Developer (Designer) | Publisher | Year | Genre | Notes and references |
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A-VCS-tec Challenge A-VCS-tec Challenge A-VCS-tec Challenge is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console. The game was inspired by the 1980s Commodore 64 game Aztec Challenge... |
Simon Quernhorst (Programmer), Paul Slocum (Music) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2006 | Action | Port of Aztec Challenge Aztec Challenge Aztec Challenge refers to either of two early arcade-style computer games published by COSMI, as well as to subsequent remakes. In all game versions the player takes control of a running Aztec warrior. The first was a side-scrolling platform-jumping game created by Robert Tegel Bonifacio and... |
Alfred Challenge | Eric Bacher | Ebivision | 1998 | Action | Platform-and-ladder game |
Allia Quest | Igor Barzilai | Ebivision | 2001 | Action | Fixed shooter game |
Bee-Ball | Ivan Machado | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2007 | Action | |
Climber 5 | Dennis Debro | XYPE | 2004 | Action | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Conquest of Mars | Champ Games (John W. Champeau) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2006 | Action | Inspired by 1981 game Caverns of Mars |
Duck Attack! Duck Attack! Duck Attack! is an action-adventure video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was created by Will Nicholes and released by AtariAge in July 2010 at the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.- Plot :... |
Will Nicholes | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2010 | Action-Adventure | Loosely based on Adventure Adventure (Atari 2600) Adventure is a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console and is considered the first action-adventure game. Its creator, Warren Robinett, also introduced the first widely-known Easter egg to the gaming world.-History and design:... |
Edtris 2600 | Ed Federmeyer | Hozer Video Games | 1995 | Strategy | Unofficial port of Tetris Tetris Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic... |
Euchre | Erik Eid | self-published | 2002 | Strategy | Included in the Activision Anthology as Video Euchre |
Fall Down | Aaron Curtis | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2005 | Action | |
FlapPing | Kirk Israel | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2004 | Action | Originally titled JoustPong |
Four-Play | Zach Matley | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2006 | Strategy | |
Go Fish! | Bob Montgomery | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2005 | Action | |
Gunfight | Manuel Rotschkar | XYPE | 2001 | Action | |
Halo 2600 Halo 2600 Halo 2600 is an action-adventure video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console, inspired by the Halo series of video games.Halo 2600 was written by Ed Fries, former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft,... |
Ed Fries Ed Fries Ed Fries was vice president of game publishing at Microsoft during much of the Xbox's lifecycle. He was a prime evangelist of the platform to game developers and had an important role in the acquisition of developers Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios and Rare.... |
AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2010 | Action | Based on Bungie Bungie Bungie, Inc is an American video game developer currently located in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The company was established in May 1991 by University of Chicago undergraduate student Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones after publishing Jones' game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of... 's Halo series Halo (series) Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant... ; Fries was involved in Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... 's acquisition of Bungie |
Hunchy II | Chris Walton | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2005 | Action | |
Jammed | Thomas Jentzsch | XYPE | 2001 | Strategy | |
Juno First Juno First Juno First is a shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1983. It was licensed to Gottlieb in the United States. The game is a vertical scrolling shooter, with a third-person perspective like Radar Scope. It follows in the tradition of space-themed shooting-galleries such as... |
Chris Walton | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2009 | Action | |
K.O. Cruiser | Devin Cook | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2010 | Sports | |
Lady Bug Lady Bug (arcade game) Lady Bug is a Pac-Man-like maze-based insect-themed arcade game produced by Universal Games and released in 1981.-Description:The goal of Lady Bug is to eat all dots, hearts and letters in the maze while avoiding other insects. The player is represented by a red, yellow, and green character... |
Champ Games (John W. Champeau) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2006 | Action | |
Marble Craze | Paul Slocum | XYPE | 2002 | Action | |
Mean Santa | John K. Harvey | 2600 Connection http://2600connection.atari.org/msorder.html | 2009 | Action/Strategy | |
Medieval Mayhem Medieval Mayhem Medieval Mayhem is an action game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console, inspired by the arcade game Warlords.- Background :... |
SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2006 | Action | Remake of Warlords that adds arcade features missing from the original home version. |
Okie Dokie | Bob Colbert | Retroware | 1996 | Strategy | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Oystron Oystron - Background :Created by Piero Cavina and released in 1997, Oystron was one of the earliest homebrew games developed for the console. The game, Cavina's first, was released by XYPE, an independent group of Atari 2600 homebrew developers.... |
Piero Cavina | XYPE | 1997 | Action | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Pesco | Eric Bacher | Ebivision | 1999 | Action | |
Pressure Gauge | John K. Harvey | Self-published | 1999 | Action/Puzzle | |
Seawolf | Manuel Rotschkar | XYPE | 2004 | Action | |
SCSIcide | Joe Grand | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2001 | Action | Updated and re-released in 2005 as Ultra SCSIcide |
Skeleton+ | Eric Ball | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2003 | First-person shooter | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Sound X | Ed Federmeyer | Hozer Video Games | 1994 | Music | |
Space Treat Deluxe | Fabrizio Zavagli | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2003 | Action | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Space Instigators | Christopher Tumber | XYPE | 2002 | Action | |
Squish 'Em | Bob Montgomery | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2007 | Action | |
Star Fire Star Fire "Star fire" redirects here. For the process by which stars shine see nuclear fusion.Star Fire, released 1979, is considered to be a groundbreaking shoot 'em up arcade game by Exidy that brought a number of new innovations to the market; including being of the first to use a sit-down... |
Manuel Rotschkar, Thomas Jentzsch | XYPE | 2003 | Action | |
Stay Frosty | SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2007 | Action | Also included on 2007 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Stella's Stocking |
Strat-O-Gems Deluxe | John Payson | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2005 | Strategy | |
Super 3D Portals 6 | Zach Hinchy | self-published | 2008 | Strategy | A demake of Portal |
SWOOPS! | Thomas Jentzsch | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2005 | Action | |
Synthcart | Paul Slocum | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2002 | Music | Keyboard controllers are used to create sound loops |
Thrust | Thomas Jentzsch | XYPE | 2000 | Action | Re-released with enhancements in 2002 as Thrust+ DC Edition and in 2003 as Thrust+ Platinum |
Toyshop Trouble | John Payson, Zach Matley, Bob Montgomery, Thomas Jentzsch, Nathan Strum | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2007 | Action | Also released in 2006 as 2006 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Toyshop Trouble |
Turbo Turbo (video game) Turbo is a racing game released in 1981 by Sega. The game was brought into arcades in both the standard upright cabinet format, and a semi-enclosed sit-down version to better simulate driving a real car.. The cars in the game resemble Formula 1 race cars. It was the first game to feature the now... |
AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2010 | Racing / Driving | |
Vault Assault | Brian Prescott | self-published | 2001 | Action | Included in the Activision Anthology |
Vong | Rick Skrbina | self-published | 2008 | Sports | |
Warring Worms Warring Worms - Background :Warring Worms was created by software developer Billy Eno and released in 2002 under the Baroque Gaming label. The game was Eno's first released Atari 2600 homebrew game.- Gameplay :... |
Baroque Gaming (Billy Eno) | AtariAge AtariAge Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:... |
2002 | Action | Expanded and re-released in 2005 as Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns |
See also
- List of Atari 2600 prototype games
- Lists of video games
- List of GameLine games for the Atari 2600
:Category:Cancelled Atari 2600 games