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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 ...
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
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Backgammon is a video game adaptation of the board-game backgammon developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) and released in 1979. [1] The game was one of the earliest electronic versions of Backgammon. [2] The cover art for the game was by Chris Spohn, who created the cover art for many early Atari ...
A Game of Concentration (also known as Concentration and Hunt & Score) is a video game programmed by Jim Heuther of Atari, Inc. and released in 1978 for the Atari VCS (later renamed to the Atari 2600). [2] It is a digital version of the classic memory game played with cards.
The Joyboard is a balance board peripheral for the Atari 2600 home video game console. It was released in 1983 and was used by standing on top of it and leaning in a certain direction. Skier Suzy Chaffee appeared on television and at toy fairs demonstrating its use. [1] [2]
Launch of the game was accompanied by a television advertising campaign which portrayed a boy being absorbed into the electronic world of the game. [7] The game was part of a series of games launched by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600 including Deadly Duck , Worm War I , and Fast Eddie .
The A.V. Club thought the title was surprising and abstract in the wake of the Atari 2600's final days. [8] Classic Home Video Games called the game ambitious, almost to a fault. [ 9 ] Classic Videogame Hardware Genius Guide described it as a "final swan-song" and a way of squeezing the last money out of the console.