Battlezone and Robot Tank on Atari
At first glance, these two games are identical. The classic arcade game Battlezone from 1980 was the first major 3D video game and was a smash success. It was no surprise when the Atari 2600…
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Chopper Command Atari 2600 Helicopter Game
When I was a wee lad, I found a video game on the Atari 2600 that looked like Choplifter, but was actually called Chopper Command. It had similar graphics and color scheme, so you can…
Atlantis On Atari 2600
With all the garbage games that were around, Atlantis on Atari 2600 was pretty good. So good in fact that a rare special version, dubbed Atlantis II, was created for a tournament contest. Atlantis on…
MASH Atari 2600 Game
Ever watch the show MASH? I would ask if you had seen the movie, but nobody remembers, nor cares about it. The show, however was a big hit. Such a hit, in fact, that it…
Skateboardin Atari 2600 Game
…..No, that is not a typo. There is an Atari 2600 game called Skateboardin’ without the G. Why? Because the Atari 2600 existed during the 80s, and near the end of its lifespan, 80s culture…
Trick Shot Game for the Atari 2600
If you thought that doing pool trick shots were hard, try doing it with a joystick. That must have been the mindset of Imagic, the publisher of the Trick Shot game for the Atari 2600.…
Combat: Worst Atari 2600 Game Ever
Worse than ET. Worse than Sneek’n Peek. Worse than Math Grand Prix. The Atari 2600 had thousands of games. Some were good and some not so much. But the worst Atari 2600 game, in my…
Commando Atari 2600
I have always been a fan of vintage Atari 2600 games. The one I would like to focus on is an arcade port called Commando. A top-down shooter classic, the Commando Atari 2600 version is…
Enduro Atari 2600
If you have (or had) an Atari 2600, then you know that it can be a love-hate relationship. The good news was that you had a ton of games to choose from. The bad news…
Pac-Man Atari 2600
Ever play Pac-Man by Namco? Ironically, if you have played the Pac-Man Atari 2600 version, you may not recognize it as the same game. The Pac-Man in the cartridge was not the same as the…