New Atari 2600 Games - Page 6
Reindeer Rescue
2006
Reindeer Rescue
2006
Reindeer Rescue is the "unlimited" release of the 2005 Holiday Cart. Reindeer Rescue is an original homebrew game written by Bob Montgomery, author of the captivating homebrew game Go Fish! In Reindeer Rescue you must help Santa rescue his lost reindeer in a journey that has you starting at the North Pole, racing through frozen tundra, ice caves, suburbia, and the big city! But Santa is not the athlete he used to be (1943 state champion in 400m)--he has grown a little...girthy...around the middle. His doesn't have quite the energy he used to, and if it drops too low he'll fail in his task! Along the way Santa will encounter many objects in the air and on the ground--some will help and some will hinder, so be careful! Reindeer Rescue features in-game artwork by Nathan Strum, and included a beautifully illustrated label and manual by Dave Exton, whose brush graces many homebrew games.Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission
2006
Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission is a updated version of the game Wolfenstein VCS, which was a modified version of the game Venture.Conquest of Mars
2006
Conquest of Mars
2006
In the year 4014, the planet Earth and the planet Mars are locked in a century-long war. The Martians have devised a plan to destroy Earth using the power from their latest weapon: the Destructo-Bomb!! The Martian forces have managed to construct five bombs and have placed them deep inside the Martian Caverns, awaiting the final command from their leader to attack!!! Do you have the skill to navigate to the depths of the Martian caverns, active the Destructo-Bombs, and escape before they explode? Good Luck! Conquest of Mars is an accurate translation to the Atari 2600 of a popular Atari 8-bit computer title. Destroy the Martian rebellion by descending through the six caverns of Mars to activate the main energy reactors and escape to the surface before they blow up! Do you have the skill and quick reflexes required to descend into the Martian depths without being annihilated? And once you reach the bottom, can you make it out alive?Space Instegators
2006
Space Instegators
2006
Space Instigators is a version of the popular arcade game Space Invaders that is more faithful to the original than Atari's 2600 port. This version fits nine invaders in a row without flicker, an impressive feat on the Atari 2600. The graphics, colors and sounds are truer to the original version than Atari's effort.The Ohio Weedeater Mishap
2006
This parody of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre sees Leatherface replaced with a bumbling idiot from Ohio who can't start his weedeater leading to an accident.Medieval Mayhem
2006
Medieval Mayhem
2006
Fans of the popular four-player Atari 2600 game Warlords (itself based on an arcade game of the same name) will be happy to learn that 2600 enthusiast Darrell Spice Jr. has created a new 2600 homebrew titled Medieval Mayhem, an updated take on Warlords. While the original version from Atari is still a blast to play, Medieval Mayhem adds arcade features such as the launch dragon, multiple fireballs and a level of polish missing from the original 2600 release. It also includes a menu to select options before starting the game. Medieval Mayhem is a frenetic multi-player game that you can enjoy against your friends (up to four people may play) or against the computer AI!Lunar Lander
2005
Lunar Lander
2005
A port of the arcade game Lunar Lander for the Atari 2600, released first in Atari Flashback 2.Arcade Pong
2005
Arcade Pong
2005
A second port of Pong for the Atari 2600. It was released first in Atari Flashback 2.Asteroids Deluxe
2005
Asteroids Deluxe
2005
A port of the arcade game Asteroids Deluxe, and also a mod of the Atari 2600 Asteroids. It was released first in Atari Flashback 2.Arcade Asteroids
2005
Arcade Asteroids
2005
An official mod of Asteroids for the Atari 2600. This mod changes the graphics to look more like the original Arcade counterpart. It was first released in Atari Flashback 2.Caverns of Mars
2005
Caverns of Mars
2005
A port of the Atari 8-bit game Caverns of Mars, released first inside the Atari Flashback 2.Saboteur
2005
Saboteur
2005
Saboteur is a creative, multi-level shooter developed by Howard Scott Warshaw in 1983 but never released. You are a robot named Hotot. A strange race of blue aliens is using your planet to launch a galaxy-destroying warhead. With the help of a yellow birdlike race, you must destroy the rocket, disarm the warhead, and prevent your planet's destruction!Frog Pond
2005
Frog Pond
2005
A previously unreleased prototype for the Atari 2600 which was released only in later Atari compilations.Wizard
2005
Wizard
2005
Wizard was to be the last of Atari's 2600 games, but went unreleased in favor of the new 5200 games. Chris Crawford puts it this way: "Wizard was spec'd as a 2K game, but just four months later, when it was ready, the marketing people had decided that everything should be 4K, so they asked me if I could expand it to 4K. To be honest, I really didn't want to work on the 2600 -- I was eager to get going on the 800. So I told them that you don't just expand a 2K game to 4K: you start from scratch and design it for 4K from the ground up. That was true, and marketing lost interest, so I got to move to the 800." Since Wizard was never advertised in any Atari catalogs and it was never assigned a part number, most people don't even know if its existence. Wizard can best be described as a cross between Berzerk and Wizard of Wor. You control a wizard (at least I think he's a wizard), who must attempt to destroy the swirling star shaped creature. The board layout is a giant maze, which makes it hard to run from the creaturWolfenstein VCS
2005
Reindeer Rescue
2005
Reindeer Rescue
2005
In Reindeer Rescue you must help Santa rescue his lost reindeer in a journey that has you starting at the North Pole, racing through frozen tundra, ice caves, suburbia, and the big city! But Santa is not the athlete he used to be (1943 state champion in 400m), he has grown a little...girthy around the middle. He doesn't have quite the energy he used to and if it drops too low he'll fail in his task! Along the way Santa will encounter many objects in the air and on the ground, some will help and some will hinder, so be be careful! The 2005 AtariAge 'Holiday Cart: Reindeer Rescue was given out during the 2005 holiday season to anyone who purchased $50 or more from the AtariAge Store.Return to Haunted House
2005
Homebrew sequel to the 2600 classic, that was included later on official Atari compilations such as Atari Flashback 2 and Atari's Greatest Hits.Save Mary
2005
Save Mary
2005
Save Mary is an Atari 2600 action game that revolves around creating platforms to save Mary, the damsel in distress. The character is a humble construction worker who must pick up crates to use as platforms to get Mary to climb up, eventually leading to the top of the valley. The villain of the story is a mustachioed fiend who keeps Mary at the bottom of the valley for his own perverse pleasure. The player controls a crane at the top of the valley that moves picks up crates when the button is pressed. Bonus items can be picked up for extra points. The level can be restarted in the following ways: - The water reaches above Mary's head - A crate is knocked into/dropped on Mary - Mary is dropped from a high place. There is no definite ending, since once all the levels are completed, the game starts over. Therefore, the game loops on into eternity. Save Mary was in production for over 2 years, longer than any other Atari 2600 game.Combat Two
2005
Combat Two
2005
Combat 2 is video game for the Atari 2600. Originally announced in 1982, it was subsequently cancelled. Developed by Atari, the game was supposed to be the sequel to the classic Atari VCS game Combat, which was bundled with the system. In 2005 it finally saw release on the Atari Flashback 2 dedicated console, and has seen two subsequent releases, the first in the 2011 Nintendo DS compilation Atari's Greatest Hits Volume II and the second in the iPhone and Android app Atari Greatest Hits, initially released in 2012. Environments were an arena with a river in the middle with two bridges, forests that the tanks can use for cover, and brick walls that could be shot through or used for cover. The tanks themselves moved by themselves with the player turning the tank and controlling the speed. This game had three lives that could be used — three hits and the player loses a life — while the original allowed you to get as many shots in until the time ran out. The graphics overall were improved over the original. The gAquaventure
2005
Aquaventure
2005
Aquaventure is a bit of a mystery in the prototype world. It was never mentioned in any Atari press releases nor does it show up on any internal part lists. Aquaventure seems to have popped out of the woodwork one day without any public fanfare nor any history behind its mysterious origins. In any case, Aquaventure seems to be complete and ready for release, we can only speculate as to why it was shelved. The game concept is simple; you must dive to the bottom of an undersea cavern and retrieve a fabulous treasure (which just happens to look like a small house of some sort). Along the way you must avoid fish, sea horses, and other underwater creatures attempting to block your path. Your diver came prepared however, for he is armed with a spear gun which he can use to temporarily kill one of the creatures. However, each enemy you kill is soon replaced by a faster and indestructible version of itself, so you need to carefully carve a path to the bottom only destroying the creatures that get in your way. After retrie
