New: atari2600All contentburnbotkrblurtactifitzzangamesvideoinstablurtburnpostr2cornellartcurationblurtafricaphotographyblurtindiablurtgermanlifeblogblurtblockblurthispanoHotTrendingNewDAppsdarth-azrael in retrogaming • last yearSurround (Atari 2600)Surround, released in 1977, was one of the first games for the Atari 2600. It was one of the nine launch titles for that system. This was a fairly simple game in which you moved a block around the…darth-azrael in retrogaming • last year3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari 2600)3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is exactly what it sounds like. A three dimensional version of the classic Tic-Tac-Toe. Instead of the traditional goal of getting three Xs or three Os in a row, vertically…darth-azrael in retrogaming • last yearReactor (Atari 2600)Reactor was originally an arcade game by Gottlieb in 1982. However, is was ported to the Atari 2600 and released on that platform by Parker Brothers the same year. The goal of the game is to prevent…darth-azrael in retrogaming • last yearMegamania (Atari 2600)Megamania is a fairly typical shooter from the early 1980s. It is similar to games like Space Invaders and Galaxian and is a near clone of Astro Blaster. It's unique twist is that instead of…darth-azrael in retrogaming • last yearPitfall! (Atari 2600)Those that enjoy the side-scrolling platform game genre today probably have Pitfall! most to thank. While perhaps not the very first game that could be included in that genre, it did define many of…darth-azrael in retrogaming • last yearSuper BreakoutThere is no doubt that Super Breakout is a classic among video games. It was originally created in 1976 as an arcade game by Atari, the hardware of which was originally designed by Steve Wozniak.…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoKrull (Atari 2600)Krull for the Atari 2600 is based on the movie of the same name. It was released late in 1983 and video game sales were plummeting at this time so Krull probably didn't sell as well as it could…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoBLiP (March 1983)BLiP was a video game magazine published by Marvel in comic book format. A probable victim of the video game crash, it didn't last long though. The March 1983 issue includes: Spider-Man - Spidey…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoSpace Cavern (Atari 2600)Space Cavern is one of a multitude of ho-hum games for the Atari 2600. Released in 1982 by Apollo, it was released into a glut of similarly average to below average games that were largely…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoFrogger (Atari 2600)Frogger was originally developed by Konami and released in 1981 as an arcade game. The Atari 2600 port by Parker Brothers came along in 1982 and there are way too many ports, clones, remakes and…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoHaunted House (Atari 2600)Haunted House is perhaps the very first example of the survival horror genre. It was released by Atari for the Atari 2600 in 1982 and while graphically simple, it had some pretty sophisticated…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoVideogaming Illustrated (August 1982)Video Game magazine were really just getting started when the video game crash killed them off in the early 1980s. It was really the late 1980s before they got started again. Videogaming Illustrated…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoHaunted House (Atari 2600)Haunted House is perhaps the very first example of the survival horror genre. It was released by Atari for the Atari 2600 in 1982 and while graphically simple, it had some pretty sophisticated…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoDouble Dragon (Atari 7800, Atari 2600)The hardware of the Atari 7800 was not inferior to the NES (in some ways it was better), but Atari's decision to first delay its release and then to concentrate on yet another iteration of its…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoDefender (Atari 2600)Defender was created at a time when some of the basic video game genres were still being defined. While it was not the first game that could be categorized as a side-scrolling shooter, it was the…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 2 years agoElectronic Games (March 1982)Electronic Games was the first mainstream video games magazine in the U.S. It didn't really have a very long life as it was born not too long before the crash. However, it set the example for many…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 3 years agoSwordQuest (Atari 2600)The SwordQuest games were meant to be a series of four action/adventure games produced by Atari for the Atari 2600. Each game was meant to be a contest with the winner receiving a prize worth…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 3 years agoSears Tele-Games Video Arcade (Atari 2600)Sears has this weird thing they do where they contract with outside manufacturers to produce items for their store and then sell it under their own brand name. An example of this is Sears' Kenmore…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 3 years agoRomScanner (Atari 2600)You might not think of the Atari 2600 as a system with a lot of hardware expansions but there really were quite a few of them over the years. Some better than others. This particular one is called…darth-azrael in retrogaming • 3 years agoStar Wars: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (Atari 2600)Both Star Wars and the Atari 2600 came out in 1977. You would think they would be a match made in heaven with tons of Star Wars games coming out on the Atari. However, while there were a few Star…
