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- Adventure. Released in 1979, Adventure is widely recognized as one of the first action-adventure games ever created. In this game, you play as a courageous warrior navigating through a maze-like kingdom in search of a hidden chalice.
- Pitfall! is a beloved side-scrolling platform game that captured the hearts of gamers in 1982. As the adventurer Harry, you embark on a thrilling journey through the jungle, avoiding treacherous obstacles like quicksand, rolling logs, and deadly scorpions.
- Missile Command. In 1980, Missile Command took the gaming world by storm as a thrilling arcade shooter. Your mission is to defend cities from a relentless barrage of incoming missiles.
- Yars' Revenge. Yars' Revenge, released in 1981, offers a unique blend of shooter and maze game elements. You assume the role of a Yar, a cosmic insect-like creature seeking revenge against the evil Qotile.
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- Space Invaders. One of the first shooting games ever, Space Invaders' lines of lurking aliens appeared in arcades before it became the first arcade game officially licensed for a console.
- Kaboom! Activision's Kaboom! (1981) became another million seller. The game starred a mad bomber who dropped bombs, which the player caught with three buckets at the bottom of the screen.
- Combat. Combat (1976) was one of the first Atari games. It contained 27 games in one, each representing different forms of combat, but all using tanks, jets, or biplanes as vehicles with weapons capability.
- Demon Attack. Imagic—a company that started with an "I" before starting with an "I" was cool—released Demon Attack (1982) for several consoles and computers, including Commodores, TRS-80, and of course, Atari 2600.
- Pitfall! The original king of rage quitting, Pitfall! is the rare 2600 title that remains on the lips and minds of gamers around the world even more than 30 years after its release.
- Battlezone. People scoff at the 2600’s admittedly limited capabilities, but in the right hands, the system could produce remarkable things. Battlezone stands as the systems finest graphical achievement, one of the earliest examples of a first-person shooter, complete with 3d graphics.
- Berzerk. Berzerk’s multi-directional shooting action has helped cement its legacy as one of the Atari’s finest action titles. Maze games were common in the system, but Berzerk added a shooting component that took its simple mazes to another level.
- Secret Quest. Atari’s answer to Legend of Zelda wasn’t a fantasy game, but instead a science fiction title. You are an unnamed hero tasked with blowing up eight space stations using a blend of simple sword-based combat and brain-bending puzzle solving.
- Combat (1977) Developed & published by Atari. Combat was one of the many titles that Atari developed for its own console system, making it an exclusive to the Atari 2600.
- Space Invaders (1980) Developed by Taito & published by Atari. Space Invaders is, of course, not an Atari 2600 exclusive, nor did it debut on the platform.
- Adventure (1980) Developed & published by Atari. Adventure went through a complex development process which was partially impacted by the limitations of the Atari 2600 console.
- Asteroids (1981) Developed & published by Atari. Asteroids was one of the early great hits of the arcade era and it was a natural jump for Atari, who had developed the arcade game, to bring the experience to its own home console.
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- Ms. Pac-man. He may be clueless as to the workings of the international stock market but Pac-man certainly abides by a ‘greed is good’ mentality. Not content with scoffing nutritious pixels and occasional his enemies, he’s taken his hefty appetite to a variety of consoles; some good, some tragic.
- Pitfall. You’ve probably forgotten the adventurer’s name - it was Harry – but if you owned Pitfall then you’ll be quick to recall the tar pits, gator-filled ponds and your more standard bottomless holes, which needed evading on this rainforest jaunt.
- Lunar Lander. While the staff at NASA may have scoffed, Atari’s first vector graphics game, with its chalk-simple design had a rather brilliant premise - powering a ship through the atmosphere by recharging fuel at periodic stages meant that an over-ambitious landing would smash you into smithereens.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark. Searching for the Ark of the Covenant was never going to be easy for Indiana Jones back in 1936 Cairo - it was teeming with Nazi treasure hunters and worse, Google Maps didn’t even exist in those days.
Jun 28, 2022 · Atari has been in our lives for quite some time and has won the hearts of many gamers. Although these days the big three, Playstation, XBOX, and Nintendo are what everyone is using these days, they wouldn’t be where they are now if it wasn’t for earlier gaming consoles.
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Aug 20, 1982 · With over 7 million copies sold, Pac-Man is the most popular Atari 2600 game ever. It even outsold Pitfall! which gives you an idea of how much people loved this game. Originally designed for arcades, Pac-Man eventually found its way onto home computers and consoles when Atari figured out how many people wanted to play this game.
