Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Gyruss?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 20, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1984 Publisher: Parker Brothers Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: PB5080 Rarity: 4 Programmer: N/A This port does a pretty good job emulating the arcade title. You are marooned just outside of Neptune and...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Congo Bongo?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 13, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Sega Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade – Platformer Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 006-01 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Steve Beck / Phat Ho What causes a normal everyday hunter on a jungle safari to be pushed over the...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Centipede?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 6, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2676 Rarity: 2 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly solid port of the arcade classic. You take control of a magic wand wielding elf who must...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Hangman?

by Derek Slaton | Feb 27, 2021 | 1970s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1978 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Education Alternate Title: Spelling Model #: CX2662 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Alan Miller This simplistic education title recreates the spelling game that has taught generations of...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Enduro?

by Derek Slaton | Feb 20, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Racing Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AX-026 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Larry Miller Get behind the wheel of a souped up race car and compete in an all day race against several hundred other...

The Atari 2600 Encyclopedia – by Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Feb 18, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Derek Slaton has done what no one else has ever done: chronicle every release for the Atari 2600 console during its original run in the marketplace from 1977, with Combat as part of the original nine games, through Klax in 1990 (the Atari 2600 was formally...