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Dig dug is an arcade game released in 1982. The objective is to kill the underground monsters by either squishing them under a rock through the tunnels you create or by popping them using your weapon directly.
Adventure game based on the popular movie
Pinball simulator for the Atari 2600
Circus Atari is a Breakout style game developed and published by Atari. It was released for the Atari 2600 in 1981. For optimal control, the game required the use of paddle controllers.
A 1981 maze game from Atari
Tempest is a rotation-based shooter with vector graphics, first appearing in arcades in 1981. It popularized the subgenre of “tube shooters” and also pioneered the use of vectors in game graphics.
Centipede is a vertical shooter in which you must destroy centipedes and other bugs before they reach the bottom of the screen and destroy you.
An arcade game released by Atari in 1980.
The sequel to the hit arcade game, Asteroids, it was released in 1980 by Atari. Just as in its predecessor, players are tasked with destroying the dangerous space rocks in an asteroid field without crashing into any or being shot down by malevolent UFOs.
4-player paddle-based game for the Atari 2600. Has since come out in various versions, few of which still utilize the paddle.
Attempt to drive around the track, picking up all the dots along the way while avoiding a head-on collision with the other cars.
Golf is simplified version of the sport it is based on.
Maze Craze is a maze game with a few twists for the Atari 2600 for one or two players
Othello for the Atari 2600 is a faithful representation of Reversi
Steeplechase is a horse racing game for the 2600. Due to the fact that the game used paddle controllers (Which only used one connection for two controllers)the game was one of the few four player 2600 games.
Released in 1980, Battlezone was an arcade machine where you assumed the role of a tank commander in a vector-based graphic world. Allowing for split screen multiplayer, it entertained for years, and even in the '90s.
Missile Command is a classic arcade game in which players must delay their inevitable annihilation by destroying a barrage of incoming missiles.
Monochrome soccer arcade game from Atari.
This 3D spaceflight combat game helped launch the genre
Adventure is one of the first console Role Playing Games, and contains an early example of an "Easter Egg"
A four board, 4x4 Tic-Tac-Toe variant
Early Miniature Golf Simulator
A reworked version of Space Invaders for the Atari 2600. Produced at the request of Coca-Cola in 1983, only 125 copies are reported to exist.
A simple slot machine simulator where players can bet 1-5 coins per spin. Players can also play against a computer which makes random bets.
A game of vertical chicken where players are given higher scores the longer they delay pulling the chute. Miss the target and you score nothing. Don't pull the chute in time and you lose points.
As the name implies this is a video game about the classic board game Chess
Basic Programming for the Atari 2600 is a simple instructional tool designed to teach the fundamental steps of computer programming in the BASIC language.
An early music composition game released for the Atari 400 and 800, and one of the first applications which allowed users to create their own chiptunes.
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