Most Popular Atari 2600 Games - Page 25
Boom Bang
1982
Boom Bang
1982
Bugs are crawling out of the sewers and are coming for you. Your defense: a bunch of potted plants hanging over your balcony. As the bugs climb the wall, push the pots over the edge and knock the bugs off. If six bugs get into your building through the window, they'll eat away at the foundation until the building drops a bit. Then the bugs will have a shorter wall to climb, and things get harder. This game is original, challenging, and pretty addictive. Get 75,000 points and earn the Crackpots patch.Bumper Bash
1983
Bumper Bash
1983
A pinball simulator, along the same lines as Atari's Midnight Magic. But this one differs in that it uses the buttons on two paddle controllers to work the flippers, giving it that real pinball feel.Cathouse Blues
1982
Cathouse Blues
1982
In Cathouse Blues, you are a horny guy who has to memorize which 7 houses the ladies of ill repute wander into. Grab some cash from the teller, and visit each woman. A visit will cost $20, at which time you'll find yourself in her bed. Score with her as many times as you can before you're forced to leave for the next. The cops are in pursuit as well as a mugger who wants your money. Visiting a wrong house will cause you to be temporarily immobilized (a sitting duck for the cops) as you figure out what to do next. The roles of the men and women are switched in Gigolo.Chase the Chuck Wagon
1983
In the 80's, the popular commercial for Purina dog food included a dog chasing a tiny chuckwagon across the kitchen floor. Inspired by this, Chase the Chuckwagon was produced by Spectravision and released as a promotional item from the Ralston Purina Company. Buy lots of dog food and you could own this. The simple rarity of this game combined with its historical coolness makes it one of the "holy grail" games. The object is to navigate the dog through a maze in an effort to reach the chuckwagon, while avoiding the dog catcher and other obstacles. If he makes it, an animation shows the dog chasing after the chuckwagon and stopping to eat the dog food that falls out of it.Codebreaker
1978
Codebreaker
1978
This one's not for stupid people. The goal of codebreaker is to guess a 3 or 4 digit number in 12 tries. The computer lets you know when your on the right track with some vague clues. In the second game, NIM, you and your opponent strategically remove blocks in an attempt to be the one to remove the last block.Cosmic Corridor
1982
Cosmic Corridor
1982
Cosmic Corridor is similar to Atari's Vanguard, though it's graphically inferior. You control a ship that can fire in multiple directions. Fly through the tunnels in either direction shooting all of the bad guys.Trick Shot
1982
Trick Shot
1982
Trick Shot is a pool game for one or two players. You can choose to play pool (first player to 25 points wins), billiards (first player to 50 points wins), trickshot (attempt to earn points by sinking all of the balls on the table in a single shot), or trickshot practice game variations. During the game you use the joystick to control a cursor which aims the cue ball. By holding down the button you control the amount of power in a shot (the longer you hold down the button, the more power the cue ball is hit with). You may also apply some English by moving the joystick while hitting the cue ball. At the end of the game a trophy will appear on screen to indicate who the winner is!Skate Boardin'
1987
Skate Boardin'
1987
You know you're late for school, but what you don't_ know is that just overnight, an array of obstacles has been placed along the way. Radical man, this is a skateboarder's dream come true! You have to get to school on time, but passing up the chance to ride ramps or cruise tubes would make you look like a real nerd! You've got to conquer a total of thirty tubes and ramps in under five minutes to be totally awesome. Not only that, after you find all the tubes and ramps you have to find the front steps of the school building. Check the ratings at the end of the instructions to find out how radical you are.Pete Rose Baseball
1988
Pete Rose Baseball
1988
Here's the first 2600 Baseball game to live up to this winning attitude. * From the crack of the bat, make split second decisions as you choose which fielder makes the play. * Throw popular Major League pitches - fast balls, curves, change-ups, screwballs and sinkers. (Spitballs?) * Head to head action with your friends or against the computer. * Complete TV-like coverage, with six camera angles you're always right there where the action is. * Play to a packed stadium complete with cheering crowd and organist. (Bring your own peanuts and hotdogs.) * The most exciting baseball ever on the 2600 with depth and feel you've seen on Big League Home Computers.Coconuts
1982
Coconuts
1982
In CocoNuts Stanley the intrepid jungle explorer is under attack from Coco the monkey! Coco is up in the trees throwing coconuts at Stanley. You control Stanley and need to dodge the incoming coconuts. You begin the game equipped with a helmet and an umbrella to protect yourself. Each time you are hit by a coconut, you lose one of these items. You may also regain an item by scoring enough points. The game ends when you have nothing left to protect yourself and a coconut hits you. Of course, the longer you can last in the game, the faster it becomes!Spiderdroid
1987
Spiderdroid
1987
It's the future, when droids do battle. You send your Spiderdroid in to capture a building by covering the structure with its unbreakable Droidweb. Your Spiderdroid lays down a web strand as it crawls along each girder. Once you have strung a web strand completely around an opening, the Spiderdroid flings a web over that opening. Your objective is to travel all the building's girders so the entire structure is caught in your Droidweb. But watch out! The building is swarming with Birddroids out to have your Spiderdroid for lunch. If you get cornered, use your secret weapon! Press the Joystick's button to cast a magic spell that makes the Birddroids invisible and unable to eat you...but only for a few seconds. And remember - each of your Spiderdroids can cast only four magic spells. Once you capture the first building, it's time to send your advanced Mummydroid to capture the next one, which is guarded by a horde of Skeledroids!Sea Hunt
1987
Sea Hunt
1987
You are diving for treasure in perilous waters infested with man-eating fish and vicious sea monsters! You must be careful to choose just the right moment to dive into the water because you cannot defend yourself while you are diving.Tax Avoiders
1982
Tax Avoiders
1982
You are John Q and you want to be rich. In this game, you start out on the income screen where you try to collect the money (dollar signs) while avoiding the governmental red tape (look like red snakes). You have only one year to get your money and invest it. Each second, a day goes by. My, how time flies. Once a season, you are sent to the investment/tax shelter screen, where you must collect an icon representing an investment and then grab your portfolio (briefcase). Investments have a 50/50 chance of making or losing money. Also on this screen is a character whose color changes. What color he is determines who he is: Black=Eggie, the IRS agent. If he catches you, he will audit you. In these audits, you always lose. You are then taxed at 50% of your income and sent back to the income screen.There are no appeals to tax court. Pink=Waggie, the CPA. If he catches you (or you go to him), he will charge you $1,000.00 but whatever tax sheltered investment you have, he will put you in a better one. Green=Toodles, theTank Brigade
1983
Tank Brigade
1983
The object of this Combat-like game is to protect your base from the advancing enemy tanks. Drive around in your tank destroying the other tanks, as they come after you four at a time. The game ends when you run out of tanks or your base is destroyed.Skeet Shoot
1981
Skeet Shoot
1981
Pull! The trap springs, and the clay pegeon -- alive with flight -- soars away from you at an unexpected angle. With a fluid motion, you raise your gun to your shoulder as you pivot toward you target. You lead your pegeon, finger on the trigger...your mind racing...challenged by the speeding target before you. Will your reactions be too slow? Too fast? Or right on course? Suddenly you squeeze the trigger!A Mysterious Thief
A Mysterious Thief was canceled before its release. In the game, players control a thief who must rob as many houses as possible without being spotted by residents or hit by enemies. Using a platform-based system, players need to reach the purple line to move up or down floors. But be careful—many enemies will appear to hinder your progress. Only a prototype version is available for play, as A Mysterious Thief was canceled prior to launch. The objective is to grab items that appear in the windows, but it’s not easy, as you’ll need to dodge dogs and apartment residents along the way.Apples and Dolls
1983
Apples and Dolls
1983
Apples and Dolls is a bootleg versions of "I Want My Mommy" and "Open Sesami". You must construct ladders to get to the apple at the top of the screen and advance to the next level. Catch the magic dot that flies around the screen to knock out the enemies.Combat Two
2005
Combat Two
2005
Combat 2 is video game for the Atari 2600. Originally announced in 1982, it was subsequently cancelled. Developed by Atari, the game was supposed to be the sequel to the classic Atari VCS game Combat, which was bundled with the system. In 2005 it finally saw release on the Atari Flashback 2 dedicated console, and has seen two subsequent releases, the first in the 2011 Nintendo DS compilation Atari's Greatest Hits Volume II and the second in the iPhone and Android app Atari Greatest Hits, initially released in 2012. Environments were an arena with a river in the middle with two bridges, forests that the tanks can use for cover, and brick walls that could be shot through or used for cover. The tanks themselves moved by themselves with the player turning the tank and controlling the speed. This game had three lives that could be used — three hits and the player loses a life — while the original allowed you to get as many shots in until the time ran out. The graphics overall were improved over the original. The gToyshop Trouble
2007
Toyshop Trouble
2007
Ah, the Bahamas. Toyshop elves Patrick, Quincy, and Robert are laying on the beach, relaxing in the sun. Nothing could be finer than listening to the surf while enjoying a cold drink. A great reward for having gotten all of Santa's toys painted in record time. Unfortunately for you, Patrick's idea of "painting" toys was dumping them all in a bucket of gray paint. While this technically fulfilled his associates' obligations (thus their trip to the Bahamas), the toys--alas--still have to be painted properly. It's now your job to clean up their mess, which means properly painting the toys in time for Santa's departure Christmas Eve. You must paint the toys as they move along five conveyor belts. Ahh, but only if it were as easy as it sounds! Toys must be painted the proper color, and some toys require two coats of paint (with different colors), and if that wasn't bad enough, some must have their coats applied in the proper order! And not that you needed the additional pressure, but you also have a daily quota to meetPoker Squares
2005
Poker Squares
2005
In Poker Squares your goal is to place 25 playing cards (from a deck of 52), one at a time, in a 5x5 grid. Your goal is to make the best ten (or twelve) poker hands, five horizontally, five vertically, and optionally the two diagonals, scoring as many points as possible.
