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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.
The site is also home to a community of homebrew developers for Atari and other classic video game systems. [3] Some of the homebrew games originally published by AtariAge have been included in official video game compilations such as Activision Anthology. [4] AtariAge was acquired by Atari SA in September 2023. The site will remain under ...
Leaning in a certain direction engaged these latches, controlling the game. [3] A joystick could also be connected to the Joyboard if necessary. [4] This is done via a standard Atari joystick port placed next to where the cable goes into the board. It can be used in a "plugthrough" manner which saves disconnecting the board when not in use.
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 ...
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.
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]
Video games in this category have been or will be released exclusively on the Atari 2600, and are not available for purchase or download on other video game consoles or personal computers. This does not include emulated re-releases that run on modern systems (e.g., as part of retro anthologies).