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Sega's ports for the Atari 2600, 5200, Atari 8-bit, Intellivision, and Commodore 64 (cartridge version) include two of the four levels from the arcade original, while the ColecoVision release is missing the "Snake Lake" level. The Atari 2600 version was released in March 1984, while the ColecoVision version was released in October of the same year.
The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari for arcades. Sega released the game outside North America. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game Tempest from the same year. [2]
GameLine was a dialup game distribution service for the Atari 2600, [1] developed and operated by Control Video Corporation (CVC, now AOL). [2] Subscribers could install the proprietary modem and storage cartridge in their home game console, accessing the GameLine service to download games over a telephone line.
Grand Champion (グランドチャンピオ, Gurando Champion) 1981: Yes: PlayStation 2 (Taito Memories II Volume 1) Janputer (ジャンピューター, Janpyūtā) 1981: Yes — Lock 'n' Chase (ロックンチェイス, Rokku n Cheisu) 1981: Yes: Apple II, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Intellivision, PlayStation Network, Virtual Console
Super Breakout is a sequel to the 1976 video game Breakout released in arcades in September 1978 by Atari, Inc. [2] It was written by Ed Rotberg. [4] The game uses the same mechanics as Breakout, but allows the selection of three distinct game modes via a knob on the cabinet—two of which involve multiple, simultaneous balls in play. [2]
Stella is an emulator of the Atari 2600 game console, and takes its name from the console's codename. [2] It is open-source, and runs on most major modern platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
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]