List of Atari 2600 games

Summary

The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released on September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under different names. Three cartridges were Sears exclusives.

The Atari VCS with CX40 joystick

The list contains 523 games, divided into three sections:

  1. Games published by Atari and Sears
  2. Games published by third parties
  3. Hobbyist-developed games after the system was discontinued.

The console was released with nine cartridges: Air-Sea Battle, Basic Math, Blackjack, Combat, Indy 500, Star Ship, Street Racer, Surround and Video Olympics.

The final licensed Atari 2600 games released in North America were Ikari Warriors, MotoRodeo, Sentinel, and Xenophobe in early 1991,[1] and the final licensed games released in Europe were Klax and Acid Drop in 1990 and 1992 respectively.

Games published by Atari and Sears edit

All 133 of the initial era[when?] of 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.[2] Sears's Tele-Games brand was unrelated to the company Telegames, which also produced cartridges for the Atari 2600 (mostly re-issues of M Network games.)[3]

Three games were also produced by Atari Inc. for Sears as exclusive releases under the Tele-Games brand: Steeplechase, Stellar Track, and Submarine Commander.[2]

Atari title Sears title Designer or programmer Year
[4]
Notes
32 in 1 - 1988 A multi-genre cartridge. It is a PAL-only release and is compatible with the Atari 7800.[5] 32 games are included, including games by Atari, Inc., Activision, CommaVid, and U.S. Games.
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe Carol Shaw July 1980
Adventure Adventure Warren Robinett March 1980 Contains first well-known Easter egg, containing the designer's name.
Air-Sea Battle Target Fun Larry Kaplan September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games.
Alpha Beam with Ernie - Michael Callahan (programmer), Preston Stuart (graphics) November 1983 Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop
Asterix - Steve Woita March 1985 Primarily a PAL release. Same game as Taz but with altered graphics.
Asteroids Asteroids Brad Stewart August 1981
Atari Video Cube - June 1983 Originally released as mail-order through Atari Club.
Backgammon Backgammon Craig Nelson November 1979
Basic Math AKA Fun With Numbers Math Gary Palmer September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
BASIC Programming - Warren Robinett April 1980 Advertised in 1979, but appears to have gone unreleased until 1980
Basketball Basketball Alan Miller October 1978
BattleZone - Mike Feinstein and Brad Rice August 1983
Berzerk Berzerk Dan Hitchens August 1982 Licensed by Stern Electronics
Berzerk Enhanced Edition Dan Hitchens November 2023 Contains digitized speech and diagonal shooting. Released after Atari purchased the rights to Berzerk.
Big Bird's Egg Catch - Christopher Omarzu November 1983 Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop
Blackjack Blackjack Bob Whitehead September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
BMX Air Master - Adam Clayton 1990
Bowling Bowling Larry Kaplan March 1979
Brain Games Brain Games Larry Kaplan October 1978
Breakout Breakaway IV Brad Stewart October 1978
Canyon Bomber Canyon Bomber David Crane March 1979
Casino Poker Plus Bob Whitehead March 1979
Centipede - March 1983
Circus Atari Circus Michael Lorenzen July 1980
Codebreaker Codebreaker Unknown October 1978
Combat Tank Plus Larry Wagner, Joe Decuir August 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
A Game of Concentration Memory Match Jim Huether 1978 Re-release of Hunt & Score
Cookie Monster Munch - Gary Stark December 1983 Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop.
Crazy Climber - Alex Leavens March 1983 Licensed by Nihon Bussan Co. Mail-order exclusive through Atari Club.
Crossbow - May 1988 Licensed by Exidy
Crystal Castles - Peter C. Niday (programmer), Robert Vieira (sound), Michael Kosaka (graphics) April 1984
Dark Chambers - John Palevich May 1989
Defender Defender Bob Polaro June 1982 Licensed by Williams Electronics
Defender II - Bill Aspromonte (programmer), Andrew Fuchs (sound) 1988 Re-release of Stargate
Demons to Diamonds Demons to Diamonds Nick Turner July 1982
Desert Falcon - Bob Polaro December 1987
Dig Dug - October 1983 Licensed by Namco
Dodge 'Em Dodger Cars Carla Meninsky September 1980
Donald Duck's Speedboat - Suki Lee 1983 Only released in Brazil
Double Dunk - Matthew Hubbard May 1989
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Howard Scott Warshaw December 1982 Considered the worst video game of all time and cause of the “video game crash of 1983
Fatal Run - Steve Aguirre 1990 PAL-only release; developed by Sculptured Software
Flag Capture Capture Jim Huether October 1978
Football Football Bob Whitehead March 1979
Galaxian - Mark Ackerman, Glen Parker and Tom Calderwood April 1983 Licensed by Namco
Golf Golf Michael Lorenzen July 1980
Gravitar - October 1983
Gremlins - Scott Smith (programmer), Mimi Nyden (graphics), Robert Vieira (sound) July 1984
Hangman Spelling Alan Miller October 1978
Haunted House Haunted House James Andreasen February 1982
Home Run Baseball Bob Whitehead October 1978
Human Cannonball Cannon Man Unknown March 1979 Based on an unreleased arcade concept by Owen Rubin
Hunt & Score (see Concentration) - Jim Huether October 1978
Ikari Warriors - March 1991 Licensed by SNK
Indy 500 Race Ed Riddle September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
Joust - Mike Feinstein and Kevin Osborn October 1983 Licensed by Williams Electronics
Jr. Pac-Man - Ava-Robin Cohen October 1986 Licensed by Bally Midway
Jungle Hunt - Mike Feinstein and John Allred July 1983 Licensed by Taito
Kangaroo - Kevin Osborn July 1983 Licensed by Sun Electronics
Klax - Steve DeFrisco 1990 PAL-only. Last official game released for 2600.
Krull - Dave Staugas November 1983
Mario Bros. - Dan Hitchens December 1983 Licensed by Nintendo
Math Gran Prix Math Gran Prix Suki Lee July 1982
Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers Maze Mania Rick Maurer September 1980
Midnight Magic - Glenn Axworthy November 1986
Millipede - Dave Staugas (programmer), Jerome Domurat (graphics), Andrew Fuchs (sound), Robert Vieira (sound) March 1984
Miniature Golf Arcade Golf[6] Tom Reuterdahl March 1979
Missile Command Missile Command Rob Fulop April 1981
Moon Patrol - October 1983 licensed by Irem
MotoRodeo - Steve DeFrisco March 1991 Developed by Axlon
Mr Run and Jump John Mikula November 2023 Developed by Graphite Labs. CX26503
Ms. Pac-Man - Mike Horowitz and Josh Littlefield February 1983 Licensed by Bally Midway[7]
Night Driver Night Driver Rob Fulop July 1980
Obelix - Suki Lee (programmer), Dave Jolly (graphics), Jeff Gusman (sound), Andrew Fuchs (sound) March 1985
Off the Wall - August 1989
Oscar's Trash Race - Christopher Omarzu (programmer), Preston Stuart (graphics) March 1984 Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop
Othello Othello Ed Logg March 1981
Outlaw Gunslinger David Crane October 1978
Pac-Man Pac-Man Tod Frye March 16, 1982 Licensed by Namco
Pelé's Soccer AKA Championship Soccer Soccer Steve Wright February 1981 Announced for Fall 1980, but delayed to early 1981
Pengo - Mark R. Hahn (programmer), Andrew Fuchs (sound), Jeff Gusman (sound), Courtney Granner (unknown) May 1984 Licensed by Coreland, Sega
Pepsi Invaders - Christopher Omarzu 1983 A special version of Space Invaders commissioned by Coca-Cola.
Phoenix - Mike Feinstein and John Mracek February 1983 Licensed by Amstar Electronics.
Pigs in Space - Rob Zdybel (programmer), John Russell (programmer), Bill Aspromonte (programmer), Michael Sierchio (designer) November 1983
Pole Position - Doug Macrae and John Allred August 1983 Licensed by Namco
Quadrun - Steve Woita November 1983 Mail-order exclusive through Atari Club.
Radar Lock - Doug Neubauer August 1989
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Howard Scott Warshaw November 1982
RealSports Baseball - Joseph Tung October 1982
RealSports Boxing - Alex DeMeo December 1987
RealSports Football - Robert Zdybel December 1982
RealSports Soccer - Michael Sierchio April 1983
RealSports Tennis - April 1983
RealSports Volleyball - Bob Polaro (programmer), Alan Murphy (graphics) October 1982
Road Runner - Bob Polaro August 1989
Rubik's Cube - 1983 Re-release of Atari Video Cube
Secret Quest - Steve DeFrisco (programmer), Nolan Bushnell (designer) May 1989 Developed by Axlon.
Sentinel - David Lubar (programmer) March 1991
Sky Diver Dare Diver Jim Huether March 1979
Slot Machine Slots David Crane March 1979
Slot Racers Maze Warren Robinett October 1978
Snoopy and the Red Baron - Richard Dobbis (programmer), Sam Comstock (graphics) November 1983
Solaris - Doug Neubauer November 1986 Originally released by mail-order through Atari Club.
Sorcerer's Apprentice - Peter C. Niday December 1983
Space Invaders Space Invaders Rick Maurer March 1980 Licensed by Taito
Space War Space Combat Ian Shepard October 1978
Sprint Master - Bob Polaro March 1989
Stargate - Bill Aspromonte (programmer), Andrew Fuchs (sound) June 1984 Licensed by Williams Electronic Games
Star Raiders Star Raiders Carla Meninsky September 1982
Star Ship Outer Space Bob Whitehead September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
Steeplechase - Jim Huether March 1981 One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.
Stellar Track - Robert Zdybel March 1981 One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.
Street Racer Speedway II Larry Kaplan September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
Submarine Commander - Matthew Hubbard September 1982 One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.
Super Baseball - March 1989
Super Breakout Super Breakout Nick Turner October 1981 Sears exclusive title through the end of 1981
Super Football - Doug Neubauer March 1989
Superman Superman John Dunn September 1979
Surround Chase Alan Miller September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
Swordquest: Earthworld - Dan Hitchens October 1982
Swordquest: Fireworld - Tod Frye February 1983
Swordquest: Waterworld - Tod Frye October 1983 Sold via mail-order through Atari Club.
Taz - Steve Woita April 1984
Track & Field - Seth Lipkin and Jacques Hugon July 1986 Licensed by Konami.
Vanguard - Dave Payne December 1982 Licensed by SNK
Video Checkers Checkers Carol Shaw September 1980
Video Chess Video Chess Larry Wagner, Bob Whitehead November 1979
Video Olympics Pong Sports Joe Decuir September 1977 One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games
Video Pinball Arcade Pinball Bob Smith April 1981
Warlords Warlords Carla Meninsky July 1981
Xenophobe - March 1991 Licensed by Bally Midway
Yars' Revenge Yars' Revenge Howard Scott Warshaw May 1982

Games published by third parties edit

As the Atari 2600 console grew in popularity, in 1980[8] other game developers, such as Activision and Imagic, entered the market and published more than 380 of their own cartridges for the Atari 2600. Many of the most popular Atari 2600 games, such as Pitfall! and Demon Attack, are third-party games.[9]

Game Title Developer (Designer) Publisher Year
[4]
Genre Notes
Acid Drop Dennis Kiss[10] Salu Ltd 1992 Strategy PAL-only; puzzle game; last game released. Atari 2600s stopped being manufactured
The Activision Decathlon Activision (David Crane) Activision August 1983 Sports
Adventures of Tron APh Technological Consulting M Network February 1983 Action
Airlock Data Age Data Age October 1982 Action
Air Raid MenAVision MenAVision 1982 Action Only 13 copies known to exist [citation needed]
Air Raiders APh Technological Consulting M Network February 1983 Action
Alien 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox December 1982 Action
Alien's Return Gem International Corporation Home Vision 1983 Action Primarily a PAL release. Released in NTSC format as E.T Go Home
Amidar Parker Brothers Parker Brothers November 1982 Action licensed by Konami
Armor Ambush APh Technological Consulting M Network September 1982 Action, Racing / Driving conversion of Intellivision Armor Battle
Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks Xonox Xonox November 1983 Strategy double-ended cartridge
Artillery Duel/Ghost Manor Xonox Xonox 1983 Strategy double-ended cartridge
Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak Xonox Xonox 1983 Strategy double-ended cartridge
Artillery Duel Action Graphics Xonox 1983 Strategy
Assault Bomb Bomb Q4 1983 Action
Astroblast APh Technological Consulting M Network July 1982 Action conversion of Intellivision Astrosmash
Atlantis Imagic Imagic July 1982 Action
Atlantis II Imagic Imagic October 1982 Action
Bachelor Party Mystique PlayAround November 1982 Adult, Action Originally marketed under the "Swedish Erotica" series.
Bachelorette Party PlayAround 1982 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Burning Desire
Bank Heist 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox July 1983 Action, Racing / Driving
Barnstorming Activision Activision March 1982 Action
Base Attack Home Vision Home Vision 1983 shooter Shooter game where the player controls a jet bombing enemy bases, and has to avoid missiles launched from the cities.[11]
Beamrider Cheshire Engineering Activision July 1984 Action
Beany Bopper Sirius Software 20th Century Fox September 1982 Action
Beat Em and Eat Em Mystique PlayAround November 1982 Adult, Action Originally marketed under the "Swedish Erotica" series. First pornographic video game released for the Atari 2600.
Berenstain Bears Coleco Coleco March 1984 Educational Kid Vid Voice Module required to function
Bermuda Suntek? Suntek/Quelle/Rainbow Vision/Hertie 1983 Shooter Hack of River Raid
Bermuda Triangle Data Age Data Age March 1983 Action
Birthday Mania Tokar, Robert Anthony Personal Games Company August 1984 Action
Blue Print CBS Electronics CBS Electronics July 1983 Action Licensed by Bally Midway
Bobby is Going Home Bit Corporation CCE 1983
Boing! First Star Software First Star Software January 1984 Action
Boxing Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision August 1980 Sports
Bridge Activision (Larry Kaplan) Activision December 1980 Strategy
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Sega Sega November 1983 Action
Bugs Data Age Data Age October 1982 Action
Bumper Bash Spectravision Spectravision 1983 Action
Bump 'n' Jump Mattel Electronics M Network November 1983 Action, Racing / Driving licensed by Data East USA
BurgerTime Mattel Electronics M Network 1982 Action licensed by Data East USA
Burning Desire PlayAround 1983 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Bachelorette Party
Busy Police Zellers 1983 unlicensed reproduction of Keystone Kapers[12]
Cakewalk CommaVid CommaVid June 1983 Action
California Games Epyx Epyx June 1988 Sports
Carnival Woodside Design Associates Coleco November 1982 Action
Cathouse Blues PlayAround 1982 Adult
Challenge Funvision Released in NTSC format by Zellers
Challenge of Nexar Sirius Software Spectravision November 1982 Action
Chase the Chuck Wagon TMQ Software Spectravision October 1983 Action
Checkers Activision (Alan Miller) Activision August 1980 Strategy
China Syndrome Spectravision Spectravision September 1982 Action
Chopper Command Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision May 1982 Action
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Ghost Manor Xonox Xonox 1983 Action double-ended cartridge
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Spike's Peak Xonox Xonox 1983 Action double-ended cartridge
Chuck Norris Superkicks Xonox Xonox 1983 Action
Coconuts Telesys Telesys October 1982 Action
Color Bar Generator Videosoft Videosoft December 1983
Commando Imagineering Activision June 1988 Action licensed by Data East USA
Commando Raid James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games October 1982 Action
Communist Mutants from Space (cassette) Starpath Starpath August 1982 Action
Condor Attack Ultravision November 1982
Confrontation Answer Software Answer Software 1983 Strategy Only originally available directly from Answer Software for a short time.
Congo Bongo Sega Sega December 1983 Action
Cosmic Ark Imagic (Rob Fulop) Imagic August 1982 Action
Cosmic Commuter Activision Activision August 1985 Action
Cosmic Corridor Zimag February 1983 NTSC release of Bit Corporation's Space Tunnel
Cosmic Creeps Telesys Telesys November 1982 Action
Cosmic Free Fire Action Hi-Tech PAL-format[13]
Cosmic Swarm CommaVid CommaVid May 1982 Action
Crab Control Action Hi-Tech PAL-format[13]
Crackpots Activision Activision July 1983 Action
Crash Dive 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox September 1983 Action
Creature Strike Home Entertainment Suppliers 1992 Shooter Released as part of a "2 PAK SPECIAL"[14]
Cross Force Spectravision Spectravision September 1982 Action
Cruise Missile Froggo 1987 Same game as Exocet released by Panda
Crypts of Chaos 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox February 1983 Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Cubicolor Rob Fulop December 1986 Strategy
Custer's Revenge Mystique Mystique November 1982 Adult, Western Originally marketed under the "Swedish Erotica" series. Withdrawn in the state of Oklahoma.[15]
Dancing Plate Bit Corporation 1982 PAL release
Dark Cavern APh Technological Consulting M Network November 1982 conversion of Intellivision Night Stalker
Deadly Discs APh Technological Consulting Telegames 1983 Action reissue of M Network's Tron: Deadly Discs
Deadly Duck Sirius Software 20th Century Fox September 1982 Action
Death Trap Avalon Hill Avalon Hill July 1983 Action, Strategy
Demolition Herby Telesys Telesys January 1983 Action
Demon Attack Imagic (Rob Fulop) Imagic April 1982 Fixed shooter
Dice Puzzle Panda January 1984
Dishaster Zimag Zimag February 1983 Action Zimag's NTSC release of Bit Corporation's Dancing Plate
Dolphin Activision Activision May 1983 Action
Donkey Kong Imaginative Systems Software Coleco July 1982 Action licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26143)
Donkey Kong Junior Woodside Design Associates Coleco September 1983 Action licensed by Nintendo Co., Ltd; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26144)
Double Dragon Imagineering Activision Q4 1989 Action licensed by Technōs Japan
Dragon Treasure Zellers 1981 unlicensed reproduction of Dragonfire[12]
Dragonfire Imagic (Bob Smith) Imagic December 1982 Action
Dragonstomper (cassette) Starpath Starpath October 1982 Role-Playing (RPG)
Dragster Activision (David Crane) Activision August 1980 Racing / Driving
Dungeon Master Home Entertainment Suppliers 1992 Action, Adventure Released as part of a "2 pak special"[14]
Earth Dies Screaming Sirius Software 20th Century Fox June 1983 Action
Earth Attack Zellers 1983 unlicensed reproduction of Defender[12]
Eddy Langfinger, der Museumsdieb Quelle 1983 Action PAL release
Eggomania James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games January 1983 Action
Eli's Ladder Simage Simage August 1984 Educational
Encounter at L-5 Data Age Data Age October 1982 Action
Enduro Activision Activision May 1983 Racing / Driving
Entombed Western Technologies U.S. Games March 1983 Action, Strategy Researchers going through the game code in the 2010s have been unable to figure out how the game's maze-generating algorithm managed to consistently generate playable mazes. The original coder says he got it from another programmer who wrote it while drunk.
Escape from the Mindmaster (cassette) Starpath Starpath October 1982 Adventure
Espial Orca Corporation Tigervision May 1984 Action
Exocet Panda Panda January 1984 Action Same game as Cruise Missile released by Froggo
Exocet Missile John Sands PAL release
Extra Terrestrials Herman Quast Skill Screen Games Q1 1984 Action Only 5 copies are known to exist
Fantastic Voyage Sirius Software 20th Century Fox December 1982 Action
Farmer Dan Zellers unlicensed reproduction of Gopher[12]
Fast Eddie Sirius Software 20th Century Fox September 1982 Action
Fast Food Telesys Telesys October 1982 Action
Fathom Imagic (Rob Fulop) Imagic August 1983 Action
Fighter Pilot Activision PAL release of Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator
Final Approach Apollo Apollo September 1982 Simulation, Strategy
Fireball (cassette) Starpath Starpath August 1982 Action
Fire Fighter Imagic (Brad Stewart) Imagic September 1982 Action
Fire Fly Mythicon Mythicon September 1983 Action
Fisher Price CCE 1983 Same game as Aquatak, Sea Hunt and Scuba Diver
Fishing Derby Activision (David Crane) Activision August 1980 Action, Sports
Flash Gordon Sirius Software 20th Century Fox May 1983 Action
Frankenstein's Monster Data Age Data Age March 1983 Action
Freeway Activision (David Crane) Activision July 1981 Action
Frogger APh Technological Consulting Parker Brothers July 1982 Action
Frogs and Flies APh Technological Consulting M Network October 1982 Action conversion of Intellivision Frog Bog
The Official Frogger (cassette) Starpath September 1983 Action
Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! Parker Brothers Parker Brothers October 1984 Action
Front Line Individeo Coleco March 1984 Action licensed by Taito
Frostbite Activision Activision October 1983 Action
Gamma-Attack Gammation Gammation December 1982 Action Only one copy known to exist. It was listed on eBay for $500,000 but never sold.
Gangster Alley Spectravision Spectravision July 1982 Action
Gas Hog Spectravision Spectravision 1983 Action
Gauntlet Answer Software Answer Software Q3 1983 Action
General Retreat PlayAround PlayAround 1983 Adult, Western Gender-swapped version of Custer’s Revenge, which never appeared in the US markets. PAL-only.
Ghostbusters Activision (David Crane) Activision August 1985 Action
Ghostbusters II Activision Salu Ltd 1990 Action PAL-only
Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak Xonox Xonox September 1983 Action double-ended cartridge
Ghost Manor Xonox Xonox 1983 Action
G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike Parker Brothers Parker Brothers February 1983 Action
Gigolo PlayAround 1982 Adult Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Bachelor Party
Glacier Patrol VSS Telegames September 1989 Action
Glib Qualtronic Devices Selchow and Righter September 1983 Strategy
Gopher James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games January 1983 Action
Gorf Roklan Corporation CBS Electronics December 1982 Action licensed by Bally Midway
Grand Prix Activision (David Crane) Activision March 1982 Racing / Driving
Great Escape Bomb Bomb 1983 Action
Guardian Apollo Apollo December 1982 Action
Gyruss Roklan Corporation Parker Brothers June 1984 Action licensed by Konami
Halloween VSS Wizard Video September 1983 Action
Harbor Escape Panda 1983
H.E.R.O. Activision Activision March 1984 Action
I Want My Mommy Zimag Zimag February 1983 Action NTSC release of Bit Corporation's Open Sesame
Ice Hockey Activision (Alan Miller) Activision December 1981 Action, Sports
Inca Gold Zellers 1982 Zeller's NTSC release of Funvision's Inca Gold
Infiltrate Apollo Apollo September 1982 Action, Strategy
International Soccer APh Technological Consulting M Network November 1982 Sports
James Bond 007 On Time Software Parker Brothers May 1984 Action
Jawbreaker On-Line Systems Tigervision August 1982 Action
Journey Escape Data Age Data Age January 1983 Action
Jungle Fever PlayAround PlayAround 1982 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Knight on the Town
Kaboom! Activision (Larry Kaplan, David Crane) Activision July 1981 Action
Karate Ultravision Ultravision November 1982 Action
Keystone Kapers Activision Activision May 1983 Action
Killer Satellites (cassette) Starpath Starpath March 1983 Action
King Kong Software Electronics Tigervision August 1982 Action
Knight on the Town PlayAround 1982 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Jungle Fever
Kool-Aid Man Mattel Electronics M Network September 1983 Action
Kung-Fu Master Imagineering Activision September 1987 Action licensed by Data East USA
Lady in Wading PlayAround PlayAround 1982 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em
Laser Blast Activision (David Crane) Activision March 1981 Action
Laser Gates Imagic, VentureVision Imagic October 1983 Action
Laser Volley Zellers 1983 unlicensed reproduction of Laser Gates[12]
Lochjaw Apollo Apollo June 1982 Action Later released by Apollo as Shark Attack
Lock 'n' Chase APh Technological Consulting M Network October 1982 Action licensed by Data East USA.
London Blitz Avalon Hill Avalon Hill June 1983 Strategy
Lost Luggage Apollo Apollo June 1982 Action
M.A.D. Western Technologies U.S. Games February 1983 Action
MagiCard CommaVid CommaVid May 1981
Malagai Answer Software Q3 1983 Action
Mangia Spectravision Spectravision Q1 1983 Action
Marauder On-Line Systems Tigervision October 1982
Marine Wars Digivision Konami 1983 Action PAL version released by Gakken.
M*A*S*H 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox April 1983 Action
Master Builder Spectravision Spectravision Q1 1983 Action
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man Mattel Electronics M Network December 1983 Action
MegaBoy Dynacom 1990 Educational The cartridge, the only known 64k Atari 2600 game, came with a Brazilian portable console also called Megaboy.[16]
Mega Force 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox December 1982 Action
Megamania Activision Activision September 1982 Action
Miner 2049er Big Five Software Tigervision May 1983 Action
Miner 2049er II Big Five Software Tigervision December 1983 Action
Mines of Minos CommaVid CommaVid October 1982 Action
Missile Control Video Gems 1983 Action PAL-format[17]
Mission 3000 A.D. Bit Corporation Bit Corporation 1983 Action
Mission Survive Video Gems 1983 Action PAL-format[17]
Mogul Maniac Video Soft Amiga August 1983 Action, Simulation, Sports
Montezuma's Revenge: Starring Panama Joe James Wickstead Design Associates Parker Brothers October 1984 Action
Moonsweeper Imagic (Bob Smith) Imagic July 1983 Action
Motocross Quelle 1983 Racing / Driving, Sports
Motocross Racer Xonox Xonox October 1984 Racing / Driving
Mountain King VSS CBS Electronics December 1983 Action
Mouse Trap James Wickstead Design Associates Coleco October 1982 Action licensed by Exidy; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26146)
Mr. Do! Individeo Coleco September 1983 Action licensed by Universal Co., Ltd.
Mr. Do's Castle Parker Brothers Parker Brothers December 1984 Action licensed by Universal Co., Ltd.
Mr. Postman Bit Corporation 1983
The Music Machine Christian Software Development Sparrow, HomeComputer Software December 1983 Action, Educational
My Golf Imagineering (company) HES 1990 PAL-only
Name This Game James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games January 1983 Action
Nightmare Sancho / Tang's Electronic Co. 1983 Action Panda released this game as Stunt Man
Night Stalker M Network Telegames 1989 Action PAL release of Dark Cavern
No Escape! Imagic Imagic April 1983 Action
Nuts Technovision 1983 PAL-only
Ocean City Defender Zellers unlicensed reproduction of Atlantis[12]
Off Your Rocker Amiga Amiga 1983 Action
Oink! Activision (Mike Lorenzen) Activision April 1983 Action
Omega Race CBS Electronics CBS Electronics December 1983 Action licensed by Bally Midway
Open Sesame Bit Corporation Bit Corporation 1983 Action PAL release
Out of Control Avalon Hill Avalon Hill March 1984 Action, Racing / Driving
Pac-Kong Funvision 1983 Action A later PAL release of Funvision's Inca Gold
Panda Chase Home Vision 1983 PAL-only
Parachute Gem International Corporation Home Vision 1983 Action PAL-only
Paris Attack unknown Starsoft 1982 Action / Shooter PAL-only
Party Mix (cassette) Starpath Starpath October 1983 Action, Racing / Driving
Pete Rose Baseball Imagineering Absolute Entertainment February 1989 Sports
Phantom Tank Bit Corporation 1983 PAL release
Phantom-Panzer Quelle 1983 Action Quelle's PAL release of Bit Corporation's Phantom Tank
Phaser Patrol (cassette) Starpath Starpath August 1982 Action
Philly Flasher Mystique, PlayAround Mystique 1982 Adult, Action Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Cathouse Blues
Pick 'n Pile Ubisoft Salu Ltd 1990 Strategy PAL-only
Picnic Western Technologies U.S. Games January 1983 Action
Piece o' Cake Western Technologies U.S. Games March 1983 Action
Pinball Zellers Pinball unlicensed reproduction of Video Pinball[12]
Piraten-Schiff Spectravision PAL release of Gas Hog
Pitfall! Activision (David Crane) Activision August 1982 Action
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Activision (David Crane) Activision March 1984 Action
Planet Patrol Spectravision Spectravision July 1982 Action
Planeten Patrouile Spectravision PAL release of Planet Patrol
Plaque Attack Activision Activision May 1983 Action
Polaris Tigervision Tigervision April 1983 Action licensed by Taito
Pooyan Konami Konami 1983 Action PAL version released by Gakken.
Popeye Parker Brothers Parker Brothers September 1983 Action licensed by Nintendo
Porky's Dunhill Electronic Media, Lazer Microsystems 20th Century Fox July 1983 Adventure
Pressure Cooker Activision Activision October 1983 Action
Private Eye Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision March 1984 Action
Pyramid War S.S. 1983 PAL release
Q*bert James Wickstead Design Associates Parker Brothers July 1983 Action Reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26150)
Q*bert's Qubes Mylstar Electronics Parker Brothers December 1984 Action
Quest for Quintana Roo VSS Sunrise 1983 Action, Adventure
Quick Step Imagic Imagic September 1983 Action
Rabbit Transit (cassette) Starpath Starpath July 1983 Action
Racquetball Apollo Apollo June 1982 Action, Sports
Radar Zellers 1983 unlicensed reproduction of Cruise Missile[12]
Raft Rider Western Technologies U.S. Games 1983 Action
Ram It Telesys Telesys January 1983 Action
Rampage Bob Polaro Activision May 1989 Action licensed by Bally Midway.
Reactor D. Gottlieb & Co. Parker Brothers February 1983 Action
Red Sea Crossing Steve Schustack Inspirational Video Concepts October 1983 Only available through mail order from a magazine. 100 copies were apparently produced but only 2 have been found.[18]
Rescue Terra 1 VentureVision VentureVision December 1982 Action
Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox February 1983 Action
Riddle of the Sphinx Imagic (Bob Smith) Imagic September 1982 Action, Adventure
River Patrol Orca Corporation Tigervision May 1984 Action
River Raid Activision (Carol Shaw) Activision December 1982 Action
River Raid II Imagineering Activision November 1988 Action
Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot - The Joust Computer Magic, Ltd. Xonox Q2 1984 Action double-ended cartridge
Robin Hood Xonox Xonox 1983 Action
Robot Commando Raid VidTec 1982
Robot Tank Activision (Alan Miller) Activision June 1983 Action
Roc'n Rope Coleco Coleco June 1984 Action licensed by Konami
Room of Doom CommaVid CommaVid October 1982 Action
Save Our Ship Technovision 1983 PAL release
Scuba Diver Panda January 1984
Sea Hawk Froggo Froggo 1988 Action
Seahawk Sancho (Tang's Electronic Co.) January 1984 Action
Seamonster Puzzy / Bit Corporation 1982 Action
Seaquest Activision Activision February 1983 Action
Sea Hunt Froggo Froggo 1987 Action Froggo's release of Panda's Scuba Diver
Shark Attack Apollo August 1982 A re-release of Lochjaw, which has subtle differences
Shootin' Gallery Imagic Imagic March 1983 Action
Shuttle Orbiter Avalon Hill Avalon Hill March 1984 Action, Simulation
Sir Lancelot Xonox Xonox 1983 Action
Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure Imagineering Absolute Entertainment January 1988 Action, Sports
Skeet Shoot Apollo Apollo December 7, 1981 Action
Skiing Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision December 1980 Sports
Sky Jinks Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision November 1982 Racing / Driving
Sky Skipper Parker Brothers Parker Brothers April 1983 Action
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle James Wickstead Design Associates Coleco April 1983 Action
The Smurfs Save the Day[19] Coleco November 1983 Action Kid Vid Voice Module required to function
Snail Against Squirrel Bit Corporation 1983 Action PAL release. Released in NTSC format as Squirrel
Sneak 'N Peek James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games August 1982 Simulation
Solar Fox CBS Electronics CBS Electronics July 1983 Action licensed by Bally Midway
Solar Storm Imagic Imagic June 1983 Action
Sorcerer Mythicon Mythicon September 1983 Action
Space Adventure Zellers 1981 Zellers' release of 20th Century Fox's Flash Gordon
Space Attack APh Technological Consulting M Network July 1982 Action
Space Canyon Apollo Panda 1983 Action Panda's release of Apollo's Space Cavern
Space Cavern Apollo Apollo June 1982 Action
Spacechase Apollo Apollo January 1982 Action
Space Grid Action Hi-Tech PAL-format[13]
Space Jockey James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games March 1982 Action
Spacemaster X-7 Sirius Software 20th Century Fox June 1983 Action, Strategy
Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space Activision Activision November 1983 Simulation
Spiderdroid Froggo Froggo 1987 Action Froggo's release of Parker Brothers' Amidar
Spider Fighter Activision Activision January 1983 Action
Spider-Man Parker Brothers Parker Brothers November 1982 Action
Spider Maze K-Tel Vision 1982 K-Tel Vision's NTSC release of Funvision's Inca Gold
Spike's Peak Xonox Xonox 1983 Action
Spitfire Attack Milton Bradley Milton Bradley 1983 Action
Springer Orca Corporation Tigervision October 1983 Action
Spy Hunter Sega Sega October 1984 Action, Racing / Driving licensed by Bally Midway
Squeeze Box James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games January 1983 Action
Sssnake Data Age Data Age October 1982 Action
Stampede Activision (Bob Whitehead) Activision December 1981 Action
Star Fox Mythicon Mythicon September 1983 Action
Stargunner Telesys Telesys January 1983 Action
Starmaster Activision (Alan Miller) Activision June 1982 Action
Star Strike Mattel Electronics M Network June 1983 Action conversion of Intellivision Star Strike
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Sega Sega October 1983 Action
Star Voyager Imagic (Bob Smith) Imagic April 1982 Action
Star Wars: The Arcade Game James Wickstead Design Associates Parker Brothers July 1984 Action
Star Wars: Jedi Arena Parker Brothers Parker Brothers February 1983 Action
Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle Parker Brothers Parker Brothers October 1983 Action
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Parker Brothers Parker Brothers June 1982 Action
Steeplechase Video Gems 1983 Action, Sports PAL-format[17]
Strategy X Konami Konami 1983 Action PAL version released by Gakken.
Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups Parker Brothers Parker Brothers April 1983 Strategy
Stronghold CommaVid CommaVid July 1983 Action
Stunt Man Panda January 1984 Action Panda's NTSC release of Sancho's Nightmare
Sub-Scan Sega Sega March 1983 Strategy Sega's release of its Deep Scan arcade game
Subterranea Imagic Imagic December 1983 Action
Suicide Mission (cassette) Starpath Starpath August 1982 Action
Summer Games Epyx Epyx October 1987 Action, Sports
Super Baumeister Spectravision 1983 Arcade PAL release of Master Builder
Super Challenge Baseball APh Technological Consulting M Network July 1982 Sports reissued by Telegames in 1988
Super Challenge Football APh Technological Consulting M Network July 1982 Sports reissued by Telegames in 1988
Super Cobra Roklan Corporation Parker Brothers September 1983 Action licensed by Konami
Surfer's Paradise: But Danger Below! Video Gems 1983 Action, Sports PAL-format[17]
Survival Island (cassette) Starpath Starpath November 1983 Adventure
Survival Run Renaissance Technology Milton Bradley 1983 Action
Sword of Saros (cassette) Starpath Starpath November 1983 Adventure, RPG
Tac-Scan Sega Sega March 1983 Action
Tank Brigade Panda 1983 Panda's NTSC release of Bit Corporation's Phantom Tank
Tank City Action Hi-Tech PAL release of Sega's Thunderground
Tanks But No Tanks Zimag February 1983 Zimag's NTSC release of Bit Corporation's Phantom Tank
Tapeworm Spectravision Spectravision September 1982 Action
Tapper Beck-Tech Sega October 1984 Action
Task Force Froggo 1988 Froggo's release of Spectravision's Gangster Alley
Tax Avoiders Dunhill Electronics American Videogame December 1986 Action
Tennis Activision (Alan Miller) Activision March 1981 Sports
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre VSS Wizard Video September 1983 Action
Threshold On-Line Systems Tigervision August 1982 Fixed shooter
Thunderground Sega Sega September 1983 Action
Time Pilot Coleco Coleco October 1983 Action licensed by Konami
Time Warp Zellers 1983 Zellers' NTSC release of Funvision's Time Warp
Title Match Pro Wrestling Imagineering Absolute Entertainment October 1987 Sports
Tomarc the Barbarian Xonox Xonox Q2 1984 Action
Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator AKA Dan Kitchen's Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator Imagineering (Dan Kitchen) Absolute Entertainment February 1989 Action, Simulation
Tooth Protectors DSD Camelot August 1983 Action Was only available via mail order from Johnson & Johnson
Towering Inferno Western Technologies U.S. Games October 1982 Action
Treasure Below Video Gems 1983 Action PAL-format[17]
Trick Shot Imagic Imagic April 1982 Sports
Tron: Deadly Discs APh Technological Consulting M Network January 1983 Action conversion of Intellivision Tron: Deadly Discs
Tunnel Runner CBS Electronics CBS Electronics December 1983 Action
Turmoil Sirius Software 20th Century Fox November 1982 Action
Tutankham Parker Brothers Parker Brothers June 1983 Action licensed by Konami
Universal Chaos Telegames Q4 1989 Action
Up'n Down Sega Sega October 1984 Action, Racing / Driving
Venetian Blinds Activision Activision 1982/2003 Simulation Developed in 1982, released publicly in 2003
Venture Coleco Coleco September 1982 Action licensed by Exidy; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26145)
Video Jogger Exus Corporation Exus Corporation 1983 Action
Video Life CommaVid CommaVid June 1984 Life Simulation
Video Reflex Exus Corporation Exus Corporation 1983 Action
Vulture Attack K-Tel Vision 1982 K-Tel Vision's release of Ultravision's Condor Attack game program
Wabbit Apollo Apollo October 1982 Action
Wall Ball Avalon Hill June 1983
Wall-Defender Bomb Bomb Q4 1983 Action
War Zone Action Hi-Tech PAL release of 20th Century Fox's M*A*S*H
Warplock Data Age Data Age October 1982 Action
Weltraumtunnel (Space Tunnel) BitCorp BitCorp - Quelle 1982 Action PAL-Release - Quelle-variant is a BitCorp-clone; also known e.g. as Ataque Laser, Innerspace, Laser Volley, Laser Gate, Laser Gates
Westward Ho PlayAround PlayAround 1983 Adult, Western PlayAround’s rebrand of Custer’s Revenge, which never appeared in the US markets. PAL-only.
Wing War Imagic Imagic 1983 Action PAL-only
Winter Games Action Graphics Epyx October 1987 Action, Sports
Wizard of Wor Roklan Corporation CBS Electronics December 1982 Action licensed by Bally Midway
Word Zapper James Wickstead Design Associates U.S. Games August 1982 Action
Worm War I Sirius Software 20th Century Fox September 1982 Shooter
X-Man Universal Gamex June 1983 Adult, Simulation Adult-themed game unrelated to the X-Men.[20]
The Year 1999 Rainbow Vision 1983 Shooter PAL exclusive
Z-Tack Bomb Bomb Q4 1983 Action
Zaxxon Coleco Coleco April 1983 Action licensed by Sega
Zoo Fun Suntek 1983 PAL-only

Homebrew games edit

 
Stay Frosty by Darrell Spice Jr.

The Atari 2600 has been a popular platform for homebrew projects, with 87 games publicly released. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip to run cartridges. Many games are clones of existing games written as programming challenges,[21] often borrowing the name of the original.

In 2003, Activision selected several games for inclusion in the Game Boy Advance version of their Activision Anthology, as indicated below.[22]

Title Developer(s) Publisher(s) Year Genre Notes
2005 Minigame Multicart Chris Walton, Fred Quimby, Bob Montgomery, and Zach Matley AtariAge 2005 Action
2048 2600 Carlos Duarte do Nascimento (chesterbr) self-published 2014 Puzzle Clone of 2048
A-VCS-tec Challenge Simon Quernhorst (Programmer), Paul Slocum (Music) AtariAge 2006 Action Clone of Aztec Challenge[23]
Aardvark Óscar Toledo G. and Thomas Jentzsch and Nathan Strum AtariAge 2019 Action Variation of Anteater
Actionauts Rob Fulop 2008 Simulation Originally planned for release in 1984
Alfred Challenge Eric Bacher Ebivision 1998 Action Platform-and-ladder game[citation needed]
Allia Quest Igor Barzilai Ebivision 2001 Action Fixed shooter [citation needed]
Alien Greed Chris Read Self-Published 2007 Action
Alien Greed 2 Scott Dayton Neo Games 2008 Action
Alien Greed 3 Chris Read Neo Games 2010 Action
Alien Greed 4 Chris Read 2600Connection 2012 Action
Alien Holocaust Fernando Rodrigues Salvio Bitnamic 2022 Action

Adventure

Based on the short film Alien Holocaust by Marcus Garrett and the developer as the character Bruce. It has a cartridge version and another sold with the DVD of the short film.[24]
Alien Holocaust 2: Invasion Earth Fernando Rodrigues Salvio Bitnamic 2023 Action/Shooter Sequel to Alien Holocaust. In command of flying saucers, the player can destroy cities all over the world, being the first Atari game to graphically represent cities in Brazil, North America, Europe, Asia and Egypt. With soundtrack by Pedro Pimenta. It has a special version with a flying saucer-shaped packaging.[25]
Astronomer Alex Pietrow Packrat 2018 Simulation A astronomy simulator where the player can use a telescope to observe stars. It is a pack in game for the Retron 77.
Bee-Ball Ivan Machado AtariAge 2007 Action [26]
Bell Hopper Tomas Härdin self-published 2011 Action A demake of Winterbells. Placed 5th in the game development competition at Assembly Summer 2011.[27]
Bigfoot Family Search Jason Santuci and Bobby Alexander
Boulder Dash Thomas Jentzsch and Andrew Davie AtariAge 2011 Action [28]
Chetiry Chris Walton, Zach Matley, Fred Quimby Atari Age Puzzle Tetris clone. Melody Enhanced
Circus Convoy Audacity Games Audacity Games 2021 Action Adventure First game from publisher founded by David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Dan Kitchen.[29]
Climber 5 Dennis Debro XYPE 2004 Action Included in the Activision Anthology.[22]

Included in the Atari Flashback 2 as Atari Climber.

Conquest of Mars Champ Games (John W. Champeau) AtariAge 2006 Action Clone of Atari 8-bit family game Caverns of Mars[30]
Draconian SpiceWare (Darrell Spice, Jr.) Additional programming by Chris Walton. Music, Speech, Sound Effects by Michael Haas AtariAge 2017 Action Clone of Arcade game Bosconian, Draconian includes levels from both arcade versions (Namco and Midway), plus original levels
Dungeon David Weavil Atari Age 2009 Adventure
Dungeon II: Solstice David Weavil Atari Age 2019 Adventure
Duck Attack! Will Nicholes AtariAge 2010 Action-Adventure Loosely based on Adventure[31]
Edtris 2600 Ed Federmeyer Hozer Video Games 1995 Strategy Clone of Tetris[32]
Euchre Erik Eid self-published 2002 Strategy Included in the Activision Anthology as Video Euchre[22]
Fall Down Aaron Curtis AtariAge 2005 Action [33]
FlapPing Kirk Israel AtariAge 2004 Action [33]
Four-Play Zach Matley AtariAge 2006 Strategy [33]
Galactopus! Ric Pryor AtariAge 2015 Action/Shooter
Galagon John W. Champeau, Nathan Strum, Ross Keenum AtariAge 2019 Action Supports AtariVox/Savekey for saving high scores
Grizzards Bruce-Robert Pocock, Zephyr Salz AtariAge 2022 RPG Supports AtariVox for voice. Contains save-to-cartridge circuitry on physical release, or uses AtariVox/Savekey for demo/download version.
Go Fish! Bob Montgomery AtariAge 2005 Action [33]
Gunfight Manuel Rotschkar XYPE 2001 Action [33]
Halo 2600 Ed Fries AtariAge 2010 Action Based on Bungie's Halo series; Fries was involved in Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie[34]
Heist Timothy Marsh Self Published 2019 Action
High Score Screen Burn Slow Burn BJ Best 8bitclassics.com 2010 Action High Score Screen Burn Slow Burn: The game that’s maybe not a game!
Hunchy II Chris Walton AtariAge 2005 Action [33]
Jammed Thomas Jentzsch XYPE 2001 Strategy [33]
Juno First Chris Walton AtariAge 2009 Action Clone of arcade game of the same name.[citation needed]
K.O. Cruiser Devin Cook AtariAge 2010 Sports [35]
L.E.M. Lunar Excursion Module Filippo Santellocco AtariAge 2010 Action Inspired by arcade game Lunar Lander.
Lady Bug Champ Games (John W. Champeau) AtariAge 2006 Action Clone of arcade game of the same name.[citation needed]
Mappy John W. Champeau, Mike Haas, Thomas Jentzsch AtariAge 2019 Action/Platform Clone of arcade game of the same name, AtariVox Enhanced
Marble Craze Paul Slocum XYPE 2002 Action [33]
Mean Santa John K. Harvey 2600 Connection [1] 2009 Action/Strategy
Medieval Mayhem SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.) AtariAge 2006 Action Remake of Warlords that adds arcade features missing from the original home version.[36]
Monkey King Alex Pietrow 2018 Action Strategic endless runner.
Okie Dokie Bob Colbert Retroware 1996 Strategy Included in the Activision Anthology[22]
Oystron Piero Cavina XYPE 1997/1998 Action Included in the Activision Anthology[22]
Pesco Eric Bacher Ebivision 1999 Action [33]
Pick Up 20th Century Fox Mark Klein 2002 Shooter Finished, but unreleased until self-published at 2002 Classic Gaming Expo
Pressure Gauge John K. Harvey Self-published 1999 Action/Puzzle [33]
Princess Rescue Chris Spry AtariAge 2013 Action Clone of Super Mario Bros.
Qb Andrew Davie XYPE 2001 Action/Puzzle
Scramble John W. Champeau (Champ Games) AtariAge 2016 Action Clone of arcade game of the same name.
Seawolf Manuel Rotschkar XYPE 2004 Action [33]
Shield Shifter John Reder Good Deal Games 2009
Skeleton+ Eric Ball AtariAge 2003 First-person shooter Included in the Activision Anthology[22]
Snappy Sebastian Mihai Self Published 2012 Action [37]
Sound X Ed Federmeyer Hozer Video Games 1994 Music
Space Game Karl Garrison, Maggie Vogel AtariAge 2018 Action AtariVox Enhanced
Space Rocks Darrell Spice, Jr. AtariAge 2013 Action AtariVox Enhanced
Space Treat Deluxe Fabrizio Zavagli AtariAge 2003 Action Included in the Activision Anthology[22]
Space Instigators Christopher Tumber XYPE 2002 Action [33]
Squish 'Em Bob Montgomery AtariAge 2007 Action Clone of Atari 8-bit family game of the same name.[38]
The Stacks Mike Mika and Kevin Wilson Parzavision 2011 Action Pitfall!-like game based on a fictional homebrew mentioned in the novel Ready Player One and made downloadable at Stacks as part of a contest to win a DMC DeLorean
Star Fire Manuel Rotschkar, Thomas Jentzsch XYPE 2003 Action Clone of arcade game of the same name.[33]
Stay Frosty SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.) AtariAge 2007 Action Also included on 2007 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Stella's Stocking
Stay Frosty 2 SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.) AtariAge 2014 Action
Stell-A-Sketch/Okie Dokie Bob Colbert Retroware 1997 Strategy
Strat-O-Gems Deluxe John Payson AtariAge 2005 Strategy [33]
Super Cobra Arcade Champ Games (John W. Champeau) AtariAge 2017 Action Clone of arcade game Super Cobra
SWOOPS! Thomas Jentzsch AtariAge 2005 Action [33]
Synthcart Paul Slocum AtariAge 2002 Music [33] Keyboard controllers are used to create sound loops
Thrust Thomas Jentzsch XYPE 2000 Action [33] Clone of computer game of same name. 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 2007 Action [33] Also released in 2006 as 2006 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Toyshop Trouble
Turbo AtariAge AtariAge 2010 Racing / Driving Clone of arcade game of the same name.[citation needed]
Vault Assault Brian Prescott self-published 2001 Action Included in the Activision Anthology[22]
Vong Rick Skrbina self-published 2008 Sports [39]
Wall Jump Ninja Walaber AtariAge 2015 Action Supports the AtariVox
Warring Worms Baroque Gaming (Billy Eno) AtariAge 2002 Action [33] Expanded and re-released in 2005 as Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns
The Wicked Father Juno (Jamie Hamshere) self-published 2011 Action
Zippy the Porcupine Chris Spry AtariAge 2015 Action Game based on Sonic the Hedgehog
Zoo Keeper Champ Games (John W. Champeau) AtariAge 2021 Action Clone of arcade game of the same name.[40]

Additional titles (publisher unknown) edit

Included with Atari Flashback 9 / Flashback 9 Gold[41][42] edit

  1. Adventure II
  2. Asteroids Deluxe
  3. Atari Climber
  4. Burnin’ Rubber 
  5. Championship Soccer
  6. Chase It!
  7. Combat Two
  8. Decathlon
  9. Escape It!
  10. Fun with Numbers
  11. Miss It!
  12. RealSports Basketball
  13. Return to Haunted House
  14. Saboteur
  15. Shield Shifter
  16. Space Raid
  17. Strip Off
  18. Tempest
  19. Wizard

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • Atari 2600 Rarity Guide
  • Console Library: Atari 2600 at the Internet Archive - Dozens of games freely playable from within the web browser.