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This is a list of arcade games that have used a trackball to interact with the game. World Cup (Sega, March 1978) [1] [2] Atari Football (Atari, October 1978) [3] Shuffleboard (Midway Manufacturing, October 1978) [4] Atari Soccer (1979) Atari Baseball (1979) BullsEye (1980) Centipede (1980) Extra Bases (1980) Missile Command (1980) Kick (a.k.a ...
The Atari 5200. The Atari 5200 is a home video game console released in November 1982. In total, 69 [a] games were officially released for the Atari 5200. Gremlins was the last game released by Atari for the 5200. [1] [2] This list excludes any hobbyist-developed games. See Lists of video games for related lists.
The Atari 5200 SuperSystem or simply Atari 5200 is a home video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari, Inc. as a higher-end complement for the popular Atari Video Computer System. [2] The VCS was renamed to Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200's launch. [ 3 ]
Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and later licensed to Sega for Japanese and European releases. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game Tempest from the same year. [2]
A new game, with the centipede at the top and a spider in the lower right. The player controls the small insect-like creature called the Bug Blaster.It is moved around the bottom area of the screen with a trackball and fires small darts at a segmented centipede advancing from the top of the screen through a field of mushrooms.
The game is played with a trackball and a single fire button which can be held down for rapid-fire. Millipede was initially ported to the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers, then later to the Atari ST and Nintendo Entertainment System.
Atari was an early pioneer in the video game industry.In fact, it virtually created the industry with its introduction of the arcade game Pong.The brand name "Atari" was used for many years and applied to several other entities that developed products ranging from arcade video games to home video game consoles to home computers to video games for personal computers.
Marble Madness was developed by Atari Games, with Mark Cerny as the lead designer and Bob Flanagan as the software engineer. [5] Both Cerny and Flanagan handled programming the game. [2] It uses the Atari System 1 hardware, which was an interchangeable system of circuit boards, control panels, and artwork. [6]