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These can be games from the 2600, 5200, 7800, Jaguar, VCS and hopefully more in the future! We also host the Atari Network Podcast every other Friday at 730PM Eastern Standard Time, 430PM Pacific.
Many of these games created whole new genres then, and continues to do so now. Atari was also a home console and PC pioneer with legendary systems like the Atari 2600 and the Atari ST. Today ...
Chronicling the early history of video games with mini-documentaries focused on a particular game or topic. In addition to videos, I also write books: Atari Archive Vol. 1: 1977-1978 will be ...
Jan 6, 2021 · Right, but then something for the Atari, like, you’re going for the full library. You’re not going for the ones that Atari made specifically. So, like, this has to be nearly impossible for some of these publishers that literally released one game and there’s no information about them on the internet. Kelsey Lewin 37:51. Right! Kevin Bunch ...
- Breakout
- Asteroids
- Battlezone
- Centipede
- Missile Command
- Tempest
- Star Wars
- Marble Madness
- Paperboy
- Gauntlet
Designed by Steve Wozniak (later of Apple fame), who was duly ripped off by Steve Jobs (also later of Apple fame) over development bonuses, Breakout is one-player Pong. It’s basic fare, but tough and compelling. Play it with a spinner for best effect.
Arriving a year after Space Invaders, Asteroidsmade Taito’s title look archaic. In place of doddering and chunky foes was a field of asteroids you blasted to smithereens – and a sneaky saucer determined to turn you into so much space dust.
One of the earliest first-person shooters, Battlezoneplonked you in a tank and had you roam the landscape looking for other tanks to destroy. It was considered so realistic at the time that a version was worked up for the US Army.
Another title that reimagined Space Invaders, Centipede’swormy foes sped across the screen, inconveniently breaking in two when you shot them. The title’s breakneck pace and blink-and-you-die gameplay ensures it holds up today.
Released during the Cold War, Missile Commandtasked players with fending off waves of missile attacks. Chillingly and matter-of-factly stating ‘The End’ instead of ‘Game Over’ summed things up when all your bases were nuked.
More Space Invaders? Yep, but now in a tube and across varied geometric ‘webs’. Creator Dave Theurer’s additions (spikes, smart bombs, varied foes) ramped up the tension. Years later, Jeff Minter remade the game as Tempest 2000– aka the main reason to buy an Atari Jaguar.
Forget your Battlefronts and TIE Fighters (actually, don’t, because they were fab), because this vector classic made you feel like you were right there in the movie, blasting enemies to pieces, and making that famous trench run. “Use the force, Luke!”
The visually spectacular isometric levels in Marble Madnessbring to mind Escher-like landscapes as you attempt to coax your marble along narrow pathways and around plentiful hazards. Terrifyingly, experts can blaze through the entire game in three minutes.
British kids used to wonder what US newspapers were made of when they went through windows in this high-octane arcade game. It remains fun, though, not least when you reach the stunt course at the end of the street.
This dungeon crawler was a rarity at the time, in offering four-player co-op – and ratting you out if you kept shooting or eating all the health-replenishing food. The game itself ate coins, marking the start of pay to play.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Adventure II (2005, Homebrew) - Atari 2600. The original Adventure is perhaps one of the most well-known and beloved games on the Atari 2600, with its hidden easter egg serving as the main ...
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Jan 25, 2013 · Its influence is felt to this day in games such as Geometry Wars and Super Stardust HD. 5. Ms. Pac-Man (1982) Despite selling millions of copies, the Atari 2600 Pac-Man was widely derided as an ...
