Most Popular Atari 2600 Games - Page 17
Encaved
2007
Encaved
2007
You begin in a maze on the lower left corner. You can move anywhere but cannot pass through walls or the outer perimeter. If you press fire, you can see a spotlighted area of the maze and by holding down the button, you can move the joystick around to see more maze. You must find the exit before the timer, which begins counting down as soon as you move, reaches zero. In the maze, there is a box that will give you more time. If the timer reaches zero, game is over. Once you exit the maze, you get any remaining time as your score. If you never used the spotlight in that maze, your score is doubled.Sea Monster
1983
Sea Monster
1983
In Sea Monster you control a ship out in the open seas. Beneath the waves are numerous sea monsters, many of which are attacking your ship! Your ship is located at the top of the screen, and your goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting the various sea monsters that swim by. The deeper in the ocean the monster is, the more points it is worth. The game ends when all of your ships have been destroyed. Gameplay is for one or two players, and several game variations are available which control the speed and difficulty. Sea Monster was released by Puzzy and Bit Corporation in Europe and by CCE in Brazil.Lochjaw
1982
Lochjaw
1982
You are a diver in an underwater maze. Throughout the maze are valuable diamonds, and your goal is to retrieve as many as you can. In the middle of the screen is a shark cage where you begin. As you collect diamonds you need to bring them back to the shark cage in order to earn points. Swimming back and forth constantly is a deadly shark. If the shark encounters any of the diamonds, it will eat them; likewise you can also be eaten by the shark, causing you to lose a life. You have no defense against the shark, however you are immune if you are in the shark cage and the doors are closed. Somewhere in the maze the Loch Ness monster remains hidden. If you disturb the monster, it will continuously chase you unless you can lead it back into one of the caves located in the corners of the screen. This game's name was changed from Lochjaw to Shark Attack because, being the game was about an attacking shark, there was a lawsuit that the game's name was too close to the movie title Jaws.Color Bar Generator
1984
Color Bar Generator
1984
The test pattern cartridge contains 15 displays that can be used to check or align most adjustments for a black and white or color television. One pattern is also included to check the alignment of the color generation circuitry on the Atari VCS ™ console circuit board. A 1kHz and 3kHz tone can be selected with the DIFFICULTY SWITCHES, and the patterns can be selected by scrolling forward or backwards through the list via the GAME SELECT or GAME RESET console switches. * Title page and VCS color adjustment pattern * Color bar pattern * Grey scale pattern * Cross hatch pattern * Dot pattern * Vertical lines * Horizontal lines * Center cross * Circle pattern * Wide vertical bars * Window pattern * White screen * Red screen * Green screen * Blue screenSynthcart
2002
Synthcart
2002
The Synthcart is a rather unique title for the 2600 that allows you to play music using a pair of keyboard controllers. Each keyboard controller controls one of the two oscillators in the Atari 2600.Four-Play
2006
Four-Play
2006
Four-Play is a classic board game that has finally made its way to the Atari 2600. Four-Play has easy to learn rules, but don't expect to become a master as easily! Red and Blue take turns dropping marbles into an upright board. The first player to align four marbles horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins! Pit your wits against the computer A.I. at four difficulty levels, or play against a friend in two-player mode.Wall Ball
1983
Wall Ball
1983
Break through the "flat" habit and experience a new dimension in video games. Play with the speed, control, and skill of handball, but without leaving home. Start slow or start fast, but don't be surprised if WALLBALL gives you a good workout! Wallball - 9 levels of 3-D racquet-and-ball simulation for the Atari 2600.Gas Hog
1983
Gas Hog
1983
You are in your vehicle which has terrible fuel efficiency. A real gas hog. You are trying to travel along but there is one or more ships above you that are trying to bomb you. To make things worse, there are holes in the road and other ships you need to shoot so as to not ram them. As you go along, you can accelerate or decelerate to avoid being bombed but be careful because you might ram some ships near the ground. You can jump to avoid them or blast them for points. You will also see numbers along your way. Run into them to acquire their point value. Do not shoot them or their value will be deducted from you score. As this is Gas Hog, you will soon run low on fuel. You must get below ground via the occasional holes, to grab a refuel marker. Do not stay below ground, however, as you travel in the wrong direction while there. You start with four lives and lose one if you are hit by a bomb or ship or run out of fuel.Space Instigators
2003
Space Instigators
2003
This is an unauthorized conversion of the 1978 Taito coin-op game Space Invaders for the Atari 2600. Unlike the authorized Atari Space Invaders, this version has all nine rows of invaders without flicker, rather than just six. Also, the sounds are closer to the arcade game. Gameplay is the same - shoot the rows of invaders and avoid their bullets, using your bases as shields and taking out the enemy mothership when it appears.Wolfenstein 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.Skeleton+
2003
Skeleton+
2003
Skeleton+ is a 3D maze game written by Eric Ball. In order to escape this labyrinth you need to hunt down and eliminate 80 skeletons lurking about without being killed yourself! There are eight mazes, with each maze containing 10 skeletons. Complete all eight mazes and you'll gain your freedom! Skeleton+ contains several improvements over the original release of Skeleton. The major differences are: Life and Kill Counters New Undead Locator to help track Skeletons Five vs Ten Skeletons per level (selectable) Various difficulty settingsX-Man
1983
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
A condensed text adventure based on the popular book.AstroBlast
1982
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.Thwocker
An unfinished Atari 2600 game that was later released as part of various Atari game collections and Microsoft's Game Room. The player controls a small man (or creature?) that does not stop rhythmically bouncing, though the player can control the height of the jumps. The object is to collect the correct musical note, displayed at the bottom of the screen, while avoiding floating musical instruments. Once the correct notes have been collected, a large note must be acquired near the top of the level. Grabbing that large note starts a song, during which the player can collect the remaining musical notes and instruments on screen for extra points.
