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The Atari 2600 (previously known as the Atari VCS) was the most successful home system of its generation, and it was home to many popular games that sold millions of copies (a figure unheard of before). The best-selling video game on the console is Pac-Man, a port of the arcade game of the same name programmed by Tod Frye. [1]
As the Atari 2600 console grew in popularity, in 1980 [10] 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. [11]
In November 2021, the current incarnation of Atari announced three 2600 games to be published under "Atari XP" label: Yars' Return, Aquaventure, and Saboteur. [112] These were previously included in Atari Flashback consoles. [113] A model of the Atari 2600 was released by Lego in 2022. [114] Included are the three games Asteroid, Centipede, and ...
Pong (original Atari Pong C-100, 1972): $100 to $150 Asteroids (original arcade machine, 1979): $1,200 Collectors today prize well-maintained Atari consoles and rare game cartridges, with some ...
It was one of three cartridges to accompany the introduction of the Atari keyboard controller, an add-on launched in response to claims of false advertising that the VCS is a "computer" (the other two were Hunt & Score and Brain Games). [2] The cover art for the game is by Chris Spohn, who created the cover art for many early Atari games. [3] [4]
Custer's Revenge (also known as Mystique Presents Swedish Erotica: Custer's Revenge) is an adult action game published by American Multiple Industries for the Atari 2600, first released in November 1982. [1] The game gained notoriety owing to its goal of raping a Native American woman who is tied to a post. [2] [3]
Fatal Run is a 1990 post-apocalyptic-themed vehicular combat game developed by Sculptured Software for the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 and published by Atari Corporation. [1] [2] Along with Klax, this was the last game Atari officially released for the Atari 2600. [3] At 32kB of data, the game was also the biggest ever released for the Atari 2600 ...
Originally developed as Treasures of the Deep, the game was picked up by U.S. Games as Guardians of Treasure. U.S. Games decided to create a contest around the game, [2] releasing it as Name This Game and Win $10,000 with a cash prize to be awarded to the winning name after April 30, 1983. However, before the contest was completed, U.S. Games ...