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- The number of 2600 titles available remains constant at 18, with Megamania and Pitfall! listed as coming October and September 1982, respectively (Pitfall! slipped a month from the previous catalog).
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The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under different names. Three cartridges were Sears exclusives. The list contains 517 games, divided into three sections:
There are 601 video games on Atari 2600. They were released between the years 1977 and 2023. 512 people from 187 developers and publishers are credited with these titles!
In November 2021, the current incarnation of Atari announced three 2600 games to be published under "Atari XP" label: Yars' Return, Aquaventure, and Saboteur. [107] These were previously included in Atari Flashback consoles.
- The Illusion of Competition
- Cutthroat Competition
- Consolidation
The illusion of competition came from Sears. Atari sold a private label version of the Atari 2600 through Sears called the Sears Video Arcade. And that makes things confusing. Sears sold their own versions of 58 titles. They had an Atari copyright on the cartridge and the box, but had the Sears and Tele-Games names plastered all over the cartridge ...
Initially, first-party titles were the only titles game consoles got. The company that made the hardware also sold the software. In some cases, the engineers who designed the hardware even wrote some game cartridges. But the authors of several popular Atari games grew unhappy. They were writing popular titles and outselling their peers, but they al...
The flood of low quality titles led to the video game crash of 1983. Atari changed ownership, retreated from the game console market, and tried to focus on computers. Then in 1986, Atari decided to try again. And in many cases, those third party publishers weren’t in good enough financial shape to come back, or didn’t want to. Atari licensed some t...
Nov 17, 2021 · The Atari 2600–a goliath of console gaming–may have been discontinued 28 years ago, but a new initiative by its creator will see three rare or never-released games finally land on the...
May 15, 2024 · The Atari 2600 has a vast library of over 500 games, making it one of the most extensive game collections for any console released during its time. These games vary in genres, from classic arcade titles like Space Invaders and Pac-Man to adventure games like Pitfall! and combat games like Combat.
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Jun 17, 2021 · Despite the many setbacks, the Atari VCS was launched worldwide on June 15 th, 2021. This new console/pc hybrid comes fitted with PC web browsing capabilities. As well as a selection of 100...
