List of Atari 2600 games

thumb|The Atari VCS with CX40 joystick

The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under different names. Three cartridges were Sears exclusives.

The list is divided into three sections:

Games published by Atari and Sears
Games published by third parties
Hobbyist-developed games after the system was discontinued.

In total, games were released during the system's lifetime. The console was released with nine cartridges: Air-Sea Battle, Basic Math, Blackjack, Combat, Indy 500, Star Ship, Street Racer, Surround and Video Olympics. The final licensed Atari 2600 games released in North America were Ikari Warriors, MotoRodeo, Sentinel, and Xenophobe in early 1991, and the final licensed games released in Europe were Klax and Acid Drop in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Since 2023, Atari has released games designed for the system via the Atari 2600+.

Games published by Atari and Sears

All 38 of the initial era of Atari 2600 games (between the console's launch in 1977 and the summer of 1980) were developed and manufactured by Atari, Inc. These games were published by Atari, and many were also licensed to Sears, which released these games under its Tele-Games brand, often with different titles.

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! Atari title

! Sears title

! Designer or programmer

! Year

! Notes

!CX Number

| 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

| Carol Shaw

|CX 2618

| Adventure

| Warren Robinett

| Contains the first known Easter egg, containing the designer's name.

|CX 2613

| Air-Sea Battle

| Target Fun

| Larry Kaplan

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games.

|CX 2602

| Alpha Beam with Ernie

| -

| Michael Callahan (programmer), Preston Stuart (graphics)

| Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop

|CX 26103

| Asteroids

| Brad Stewart

|CX 2649

| Atari Video Cube

| -

| Originally released as mail-order through Atari Club. Later re-released as Rubik's Cube.

|CX 2670

| Backgammon

| Craig Nelson

|CX 2617

| Basic Math a.k.a. Fun with Numbers

| Math

| Gary Palmer

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2661

| BASIC Programming

| -

| Warren Robinett

| Advertised in 1979, but appears to have gone unreleased until 1980

|CX 2620

| Basketball

| Alan Miller

|CX 2624

| BattleZone

| -

| Mike Feinstein and Brad Rice

|CX 2681

| Berzerk

| Dan Hitchens

| Licensed by Stern Electronics. A version of the game called Berzerk Enhanced Edition containing digitized speech and diagonal shooting was released in November 2023 after Atari purchased the rights to Berzerk.

|CX 2650

| Big Bird's Egg Catch

| -

| Christopher Omarzu

| Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop.

|CX 26104

| Blackjack

| Bob Whitehead

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games.

|CX 2651

| BMX Air Master

| -

| Adam Clayton

|Developed (and originally published) by TNT Games

|CX 26190

| Bowling

| Larry Kaplan

|CX 2628

| Brain Games

| Larry Kaplan

|CX 2664

| Breakout

| Breakaway IV

| Brad Stewart

|CX 2622

| Canyon Bomber

| David Crane

|CX 2607

| Casino

| Poker Plus

| Bob Whitehead

|CX 2652

| Centipede

| -

|CX 2676

| Circus Atari

| Circus

| Michael Lorenzen

|CX 2630

| Codebreaker

| Unknown

|CX 2643

| Combat

| Tank Plus

| Larry Wagner, Joe Decuir

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2601

| Concentration

| Memory Match

| Jim Huether

| Also known as Hunt & Score

|CX 2642

| Cookie Monster Munch

| -

| Gary Stark

| Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop.

|CX 26102

| Crazy Climber

| -

| Alex Leavens

| Licensed by Nihon Bussan Co. Mail-order exclusive through Atari Club.

|CX 2683

| Crossbow

| -

| Licensed by Exidy

|CX 26139

| Crystal Castles

| -

| Peter C. Niday (programmer), Robert Vieira (sound), Michael Kosaka (graphics)

|CX 26110

| Dark Chambers

| -

| John Palevich

|CX 26151

| Defender

| Bob Polaro

| Licensed by Williams Electronics. Zellers released an unlicensed reproduction titled Earth Attack

| Tom Reuterdahl

|CX 2626

| Missile Command

| Rob Fulop

|CX 2638

| Moon Patrol

| -

| Licensed by Irem

|CX 2692

| MotoRodeo

| -

| Steve DeFrisco

| Developed by Axlon

|CX 26171

| Ms. Pac-Man

| -

| Mike Horowitz and Josh Littlefield

| Licensed by Bally Midway

|CX 2675

| Night Driver

| Rob Fulop

|CX 2633

| Obelix

| -

| Suki Lee (programmer), Dave Jolly (graphics), Jeff Gusman (sound), Andrew Fuchs (sound)

|CX 26117

| Off the Wall

| -

|CX 26168

| Oscar's Trash Race

| -

| Christopher Omarzu (programmer), Preston Stuart (graphics)

| Co-developed by Children's Computer Workshop

|CX 26101

| Othello

| Ed Logg

|CX 2639

| Outlaw

| Gunslinger

| David Crane

|CX 2605

| Pac-Man

| Tod Frye

| Licensed by Namco

|CX 2646

| Pelé's Soccer a.k.a. Championship Soccer

| Soccer

| Steve Wright

| Announced for Fall 1980, but delayed to early 1981

|CX 2616

| Pengo

| -

| Mark R. Hahn (programmer), Andrew Fuchs (sound), Jeff Gusman (sound), Courtney Granner (unknown)

| Licensed by Coreland, Sega

|CX 2690

| Phoenix

| -

| Mike Feinstein and John Mracek

| Licensed by Amstar Electronics.

|CX 2673

| Pigs in Space

| -

| Rob Zdybel (programmer), John Russell (programmer), Bill Aspromonte (programmer), Michael Sierchio (designer)

|CX 26114

| Pole Position

| -

| Doug Macrae and John Allred

| Licensed by Namco

|CX 2694

| Quadrun

| -

| Steve Woita

| Mail-order exclusive through Atari Club.

|CX 2686

| Radar Lock

| -

| Doug Neubauer

|CX 26176

| Raiders of the Lost Ark

| -

| Howard Scott Warshaw

|CX 2659

| RealSports Baseball

| -

| Joseph Tung (Programmer), D. Smith (Art)

|CX 2640

| RealSports Boxing

| -

| Alex DeMeo (Programmer)

|CX 26135

| RealSports Football

| -

| Robert Zdybel (Programmer), Michel Allaire (Art)

|CX 2668

| RealSports Soccer

| -

| Michael Sierchio (Programmer), Warren Chang (Art)

|CX 2667

| RealSports Tennis

| -

|Alan Hodgkinson (Programmer), Doug Macrae (Graphics), and Terry Hoff (Art)

|CX 2680

| RealSports Volleyball

| -

| Bob Polaro (Programmer), Alan Murphy (Graphics), Terry Holf (Art)

|CX 2666

| Road Runner

| -

| Bob Polaro

|CX 2663

| Secret Quest

| -

| Steve DeFrisco (programmer), Nolan Bushnell (designer)

| Developed by Axlon.

|CX 26170

| Sentinel

| -

| David Lubar (programmer)

|CX 26183

| Sky Diver

| Dare Diver

| Jim Huether

|CX 2629

| Slot Machine

| Slots

| David Crane

|CX 2653

| Slot Racers

| Maze

| Warren Robinett

|CX 2606

| Snoopy and the Red Baron

| -

| Richard Dobbis (programmer), Sam Comstock (graphics)

|CX 26111

| Solaris

| -

| Doug Neubauer

| Originally released by mail-order through Atari Club.

|CX 26136

| Sorcerer's Apprentice

| -

| Peter C. Niday

|CX 26109

| Space Invaders

| Rick Maurer (original), Christopher Omarzu (Pepsi Invaders)

| Licensed by Taito. Retooled as Pepsi Invaders for Coca-Cola in 1983.

|CX 2632

| Space War

| Space Combat

| Ian Shepard

|CX 2604

| Sprint Master

| -

| Bob Polaro

|CX 26155

| Stargate

| -

| Bill Aspromonte (programmer), Andrew Fuchs (sound)

| Licensed by Williams Electronic Games. Re-released as Defender II in 1988.

|CX 26120

| Star Raiders

| Carla Meninsky

|CX 2660

| Star Ship

| Outer Space

| Bob Whitehead

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2603

| Steeplechase

| -

| Jim Huether

| One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.

|CX 2614

| Stellar Track

| -

| Robert Zdybel

| One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.

|CX 2619

| Street Racer

| Speedway II

| Larry Kaplan

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2612

| Submarine Commander

| -

| Matthew Hubbard

| One of the three games Atari produced exclusively for Sears.

|CX 2647

| Super Baseball

| -

|CX 26152

| Super Breakout

| Nick Turner

| Sears exclusive title through the end of 1981

|CX 2608

| Super Football

| -

| Doug Neubauer

|CX 26154

| Superman

| John Dunn

|CX 2631

| Surround

| Chase

| Alan Miller

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2641

| Swordquest: Earthworld

| -

| Dan Hitchens

|CX 2656

| Swordquest: Fireworld

| -

| Tod Frye

|CX 2657

| Swordquest: Waterworld

| -

| Tod Frye

| Sold via mail-order through Atari Club.

|CX 2671

| Taz

| -

| Steve Woita

| Reworked for PAL regions as Asterix in March 1985.

|CX 2699

| Track & Field

| -

| Seth Lipkin and Jacques Hugon

| Licensed by Konami.

|CX 26125

| Vanguard

| -

| Dave Payne

| Licensed by SNK

|CX 2669

| Video Checkers

| Checkers

| Carol Shaw

|CX 2636

| Video Chess

| Larry Wagner, Bob Whitehead

|CX 2645

| Video Olympics

| Pong Sports

| Joe Decuir

| One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games

|CX 2621

| Video Pinball

| Arcade Pinball

| Bob Smith

|CX 2648

| Warlords

| Carla Meninsky

|CX 2610

| Xenophobe

| -

| Licensed by Bally Midway

|CX 26172

| Yars' Revenge

| Howard Scott Warshaw

|CX 2655

Official aftermarket releases

In the 2020s, Atari released the Atari 2600+, an emulation-based mini console, and began producing game cartridges which were compatible with that system as well as original 2600 hardware.

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!Title

!Designer or programmer

!Year<br>

|CX 26519

|Berzerk (Enhanced Edition)

|Mike Mika

|An enhanced version of the 2600 original, adding voices and more accurate level design.

|CX 26502

|Caverns of Mars

|John Champeau

|CX 26518

|Mr. Run and Jump

|John Mikula

|Developed by Graphite Labs.

|CX 26503

|Save Mary

|Tod Frye

|Unreleased game from the 1980's officially released as Atari's XP range of physical cartridges.

|CX 26178

Multi-game cartridges

Atari released one official multicart for the Atari 2600 in the 1980s, in PAL regions only. They have also released several multicarts starting in the 2020s, primarily consisting of reissued games, though the RealSports Collection cartridge includes one new release, RealSports Basketball.

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! Title

! Designer or programmer

! Year<br> Four games are included: Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Night Driver, and Video Olympics. Two paddle controllers are also included with the cartridge.

|CX 26501

| 10 Games in 1

| A multi-genre cartridge that is the pack-in game for the Atari 2600+. Ten games are included: Adventure, Combat, Dodge 'Em, Haunted House, Maze Craze, Missile Command, RealSports Volleyball, Surround, Video Pinball, and Yars' Revenge.

|CX 26500

| 32 in 1

| A multi-genre cartridge. It is a PAL-only release and is compatible with the Atari 7800. 32 games are included, including games by Atari, Inc., Activision, CommaVid, and U.S. Games.

|CX 26163

|Epyx Games Collection

|Summer Games: Peter Engelbrite Winter Games: Peter Engelbrite

California Games: Steve Baker and Peter Engelbrite

|August

|Epyx Games Collection is a compilation that includes Summer Games, Winter Games, and California Games.

|CX 26504

|M Network Collection

|Armor Ambush: Hal Finney

Astroblast: Hal Finney

Frogs and Flies: Dave Rolfe

Star Strike: Dave Akers and Patricia Lewis Du Long

|August

|M Network Collection is a compilation that includes Astroblast, Armor Ambush, Frogs & Flies, and Star Strike.

|CX 26506

|RealSports Collection

|RealSports Baseball: Joseph Tung (Programmer), D. Smith (Art)

RealSports Boxing: Alex DeMeo (Programmer)

RealSports Football: Robert Zdybel (Programmer), Michel Allaire (Art)

RealSports Soccer: Michael Sierchio (Programmer), Warren Chang (Art)

RealSports Tennis: Alan Hodgkinson (Programmer), Doug Macrae (Graphics), and Terry Hoff (Art)

RealSports Volleyball: Bob Polaro (Programmer), Alan Murphy (Graphics), Terry Hoff (Art)

RealSports Basketball: Joe Gaucher, Terry Hoff (Art)

|August

|RealSports Collection is a compilation that includes RealSports Baseball, RealSports Football, RealSports Volleyball, RealSports Tennis, RealSports Boxing, and RealSports Basketball (previously unreleased for the Atari 2600).

|CX 26505

Games published by third parties

As the Atari 2600 console grew in popularity, in 1980 other game developers, such as Activision and Imagic, entered the market and published more than 380 of their own cartridges for the Atari 2600. Many of the best-selling Atari 2600 games, such as Pitfall! and Demon Attack, are third-party games.

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! Title

! Developer (Designer)

! Publisher

! Year

| Salu Ltd

| Strategy

| PAL-only; puzzle game; last game released. Atari 2600s stopped being manufactured

| The Activision Decathlon

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Sports

| Adventures of Tron

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action

| Airlock

| Data Age

| Action

| Air Raid

| MenAVision

| Action

| Only 13 copies known to exist

| Air Raiders

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action

| Alien

| Fox Video Games

| Maze

| Amidar

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Licensed by Konami

| Armor Ambush

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action, Racing / Driving

| Conversion of Intellivision Armor Battle

| Artillery Duel

| Action Graphics

| Xonox

| Strategy

| Assault

| Bomb

| Action

|Also released as Cosmic Free Fire and Sky Alien, among other names

| Astroblast

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action

| Conversion of Intellivision Astrosmash

|Astrowar

|Dimax / Sinmax

|1983

|PAL; also released as Missile Defense Released in NTSC regions by Bomb as Z-Tack

| Beamrider

| Cheshire Engineering

| Activision

| Action

| Beany Bopper

| Sirius Software

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Beat Em and Eat Em

| Mystique

| PlayAround

| Adult, Action

| Originally marketed under the "Swedish Erotica" series. First pornographic video game released for the Atari 2600. PlayAround also released a gender-swapped version, Philly Flasher, as a 2-in-1 cart with Cathouse Blues

| Berenstain Bears

| Coleco

| Educational

| Kid Vid Voice Module required to function

| Bermuda Triangle

| Data Age

| Action

| Birthday Mania

| Robert Anthony Tokar

| Personal Games Company

| Action

| Blue Print

| CBS Electronics

| Action

| Licensed by Bally Midway

| Bobby is Going Home

| Bit Corporation

| Boing!

| First Star Software

| Action

| Boxing

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Sports

| Bridge

| Activision (Larry Kaplan)

| Activision

| Strategy

| Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

| Sega

| Action

| Bugs

| Data Age

| Action

| Bumper Bash

| Spectravision

| Action

| Bump 'n' Jump

| Mattel Electronics

| M Network

| Action, Racing / Driving

| Licensed by Data East USA

| BurgerTime

| Mattel Electronics

| M Network

| Action

| Licensed by Data East USA

| Burning Desire

| PlayAround

| Adult, Action

| Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Bachelorette Party. PlayAround also released a gender-swapped version titled Jungle Fever, as a 2-in-1 cart with Knight on the Town

| Cakewalk

| CommaVid

| Action

| California Games

| Epyx

| Sports

| Carnival

| Woodside Design Associates

| Coleco

| Action

|Cat Trax

|UA Limited

|RGA International

|1983

|Action

|Port of the Arcadia 2001 maze-chase game; included with the Video Game Brain peripheral

| Challenge

| Funvision

| Released in NTSC format by Zellers

| Challenge of Nexar

| Sirius Software

| Spectravision

| Action

| Chase the Chuck Wagon

| TMQ Software

| Spectravision

| Action

| Checkers

| Activision (Alan Miller)

| Activision

| Strategy

| China Syndrome

| Spectravision

| Action

| Chopper Command

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Action

| Chuck Norris Superkicks

| Xonox

| Action

| Coconuts

| Telesys

| Action

| Commando

| Imagineering

| Activision

| Action

| Licensed by Data East USA

| Commando Raid

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Communist Mutants from Space (cassette)

| Starpath

| Action

| Condor Attack

| Ultravision

|Also released by K-Tel Vision as Vulture Attack.

| Confrontation

| Answer Software

| Strategy

| Only originally available directly from Answer Software for a short time.

| Congo Bongo

| Sega

| Action

| Cosmic Ark

| Imagic (Rob Fulop)

| Imagic

| Action

| Cosmic Commuter

| Activision

| Action

| Cosmic Creeps

| Telesys

| Action

| Cosmic Swarm

| CommaVid

| Action

| Crackpots

| Activision

| Action

| Crash Dive

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Cross Force

| Spectravision

| Action

| Crypts of Chaos

| Fox Video Games

| Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)

| Cubicolor

| Imagic (Rob Fulop)

|Rob Fulop

| Strategy

|Originally made for Imagic, which declined to release the game. Programmer Rob Fulop kept prototype cartridges; he sold 10 in December 1986 through Video Game Update, and 50 more circa 1994 through 2600 Connection.

| Custer's Revenge

| Mystique

| Adult, Western

| Originally marketed under the "Swedish Erotica" series. Withdrawn in the state of Oklahoma. PlayAround also released a PAL-only gender-swapped version titled General Retreat.

| Dancing Plate

| Bit Corporation

|Action

| PAL release. Received a February 1983 NTSC release by Zimag as Dishaster.

| Dark Cavern

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Conversion of Intellivision Night Stalker. Telegames released it to PAL territories in 1989 under its original arcade title.

| Deadly Duck

| Sirius Software

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Death Trap

| Avalon Hill

| Action, Strategy

| Demolition Herby

| Telesys

| Action

| Demon Attack

| Imagic (Rob Fulop)

| Imagic

| Fixed shooter

| Dice Puzzle

| Panda

| Dolphin

| Activision

| Action

| Donkey Kong

| Imaginative Systems Software

| Coleco

| Action

| Licensed by Nintendo; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26143)

| Donkey Kong Junior

| Woodside Design Associates

| Coleco

| Action

| Licensed by Nintendo; reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26144)

| Double Dragon

| Imagineering

| Activision

| Action

| Licensed by Technōs Japan

| Dragonfire

| Imagic (Bob Smith)

| Imagic

| Action

|Zellers released an unlicensed reproduction titled Dragon Treasure.

| Eggomania

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Eli's Ladder

| Simage

| Educational

| Encounter at L-5

| Data Age

| Action

| Enduro

| Activision

| Racing / Driving

| Entombed

| Western Technologies

| U.S. Games

| Action, Strategy

| Researchers going through the game code in the 2010s have been unable to figure out how the game's maze-generating algorithm managed to consistently generate playable mazes. The original coder says he got it from another programmer who wrote it while drunk.

| Escape from the Mindmaster (cassette)

| Starpath

| Adventure

| Espial

| Orca Corporation

| Tigervision

| Action

| Exocet

| Panda

| Action

| Same game as Cruise Missile released by Froggo and Radar released by Zellers

|Farmyard Fun

|Suntek

|1983

|PAL

| Fast Eddie

| Sirius Software

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Fast Food

| Telesys

| Action

| Fathom

| Imagic (Rob Fulop)

| Imagic

| Action

| Final Approach

| Apollo

| Simulation, Strategy

| Fireball (cassette)

| Starpath

| Action

|Firebug

|Suntek

|1983

| Fire Fighter

| Imagic (Brad Stewart)

| Imagic

| Action

| Fire Fly

| Mythicon

| Action

| Fishing Derby

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Action, Sports

| Flash Gordon

| Sirius Software

| Fox Video Games

| Action

|Released by Zellers as Space Adventure

|Forest

|Sancho / Tang's Electronic Co.

|1983

|PAL

| Frankenstein's Monster

| Data Age

| Action

| Freeway

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Action

|Frisco

|Home Vision

|1983

|PAL; also released as Peter Penguin

| Frogger

| APh Technological Consulting

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| The Official Frogger (cassette)

| Starpath

|Starpath

| Action

| Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Frogs and Flies

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action

| Conversion of Intellivision Frog Bog

| Front Line

| Individeo

| Coleco

| Action

| Licensed by Taito

| Frostbite

| Activision

| Action

| Gamma-Attack

| Gammation

| Action

| Only one copy is known to exist. It was listed on eBay for $500,000 but never sold.

| Gangster Alley

| Spectravision

| Action

|Also released by Froggo as Task Force

| Gas Hog

| Spectravision

| Action

| Gauntlet

| Answer Software

| Action

| Ghostbusters

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Action

| Ghostbusters II

| Activision

| Salu Ltd

| Action

| PAL-only

| Ghost Manor

| Xonox

| Action

| G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Gigolo

| PlayAround

| Adult

| Released as a 2-in-1 cart with Bachelor Party. PlayAround also released a gender-swapped version titled Cathouse Blues

| Glacier Patrol

| VSS

| Telegames

| Action

| Glib

| Qualtronic Devices

| Selchow and Righter

| Strategy

|Go Go Home

|Gem International Corporation

|Home Vision

|Action

|Primarily a PAL release. Also released as Alien's Return and E.T. Go Home

| Gopher

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Action

|Zellers released an unlicensed reproduction titled Farmer Dan.

| MegaBoy

| Dynacom

| Educational

| The cartridge, the only known 64k Atari 2600 game, came with a Brazilian portable console also called Megaboy.

| Mega Force

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Megamania

| Activision

| Fixed shooter

| Miner 2049er

| Big Five Software

| Tigervision

| Action

| Miner 2049er Volume II

| Big Five Software

| Tigervision

| Action

| Mines of Minos

| CommaVid

| Action

| Missile Control

| Video Gems

| Action

| PAL-format

| Oink!

| Activision (Mike Lorenzen)

| Activision

| Action

| Omega Race

| CBS Electronics

| Action

| Licensed by Bally Midway

| Open Sesame

| Bit Corporation

| Action

| PAL release. Also received an NTSC release by Zimag under the title I Want My Mommy

| Out of Control

| Avalon Hill

| Action, Racing / Driving

| Panda Chase

| Home Vision

| PAL-only

| Parachute

| Gem International Corporation

| Home Vision

| Action

| PAL-only

| Party Mix (cassette)

| Starpath

| Action, Racing / Driving

| Pete Rose Baseball

| Imagineering

| Absolute Entertainment

| Sports

| Phantom Tank

| Bit Corporation

| PAL release. Released for NTSC by Panda (as Tank Brigade), Quelle (as Phantom-Panzer), and Zimag (as Tanks but No Tanks)

|Pharaoh's Curse

|TechnoVision

|1983

|PAL

| Phaser Patrol (cassette)

| Starpath

| Action

| Pick 'n Pile

| Ubisoft

| Salu Ltd

| Strategy

| PAL-only

| Picnic

| Western Technologies

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Piece o' Cake

| Western Technologies

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Pitfall!

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Action

| Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

| Activision (David Crane)

| Activision

| Action

|Pizza Chef

|Zimag

|CCE

|1983

| Planet Patrol

| Spectravision

| Action

|Also released as Planeten Patrouile in PAL territories

| Plaque Attack

| Activision

| Action

| Polaris

| Tigervision

| Action

| Licensed by Taito

| Pooyan

| Konami

| Action

| PAL version released by Gakken.

| Popeye

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Licensed by Nintendo

| Porky's

| Dunhill Electronic Media, Lazer Microsystems

| Fox Video Games

| Adventure

| Pressure Cooker

| Activision

| Action

| Private Eye

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Action

| Q*bert

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26150)

| Q*bert's Qubes

| Mylstar Electronics

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Quest for Quintana Roo

| VSS

| Sunrise

| Action, Adventure

| Quick Step

| Imagic

| Action

| Rabbit Transit (cassette)

| Starpath

| Action

|Racing Car

|Home Vision

|1983

| Racquetball

| Apollo

| Action, Sports

| Raft Rider

| Western Technologies

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Ram It

| Telesys

| Action

| Rampage

| Bob Polaro

| Activision

| Action

| Licensed by Bally Midway.

| Reactor

| D. Gottlieb & Co.

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Red Sea Crossing

| Steve Schustack

| Inspirational Video Concepts

| Only available through mail order from a magazine. 100 copies were apparently produced, but only two have been found.

| Rescue Terra 1

| VentureVision

| Action

| Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

| Fox Video Games

| Action

| Riddle of the Sphinx

| Imagic (Bob Smith)

| Imagic

| Action, Adventure

| River Patrol

| Orca Corporation

| Tigervision

| Action

| River Raid

| Activision (Carol Shaw)

| Activision

| Action

|An unauthorized hack titled Bermuda was also released

| River Raid II

| Imagineering

| Activision

| Action

| Robin Hood

| Xonox

| Action

| Robot Tank

| Activision (Alan Miller)

| Activision

| Action

| Roc'n Rope

| Coleco

| Action

| Licensed by Konami

| Room of Doom

| CommaVid

| Action

| Save Our Ship

| Technovision

| PAL release

| Seahawk

| Sancho / Tang's Electronic Co.

| Action

| Sea Monster

| Bit Corporation

| Action

| Seaquest

| Activision

| Action

| Shootin' Gallery

| Imagic

| Action

| Shuttle Orbiter

| Avalon Hill

| Action, Simulation

| Sir Lancelot

| Xonox

| Action

| Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure

| Imagineering

| Absolute Entertainment

| Action, Sports

| Skeet Shoot

| Apollo

| Action

|Ski Hunt

|Home Vision

|1983

|Ski Run

|Suntek

|1983

| Skiing

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Sports

|Skindiver

|Sancho / Tang's Electronic Co.

|1983?

|Same game as Aquatak, Fisher Price, Sea Hunt, and Scuba Diver

| Sky Jinks

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Racing / Driving

| Sky Skipper

| Parker Brothers

| Action

|Licensed by Nintendo

| Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| Coleco

| Action

| The Smurfs Save the Day

| Coleco

| Action

| Kid Vid Voice Module required to function

| Snail Against Squirrel

| Bit Corporation

| Action

| PAL release. Released in NTSC format as Squirrel

| Sneak 'N Peek

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Simulation

| Solar Fox

| CBS Electronics

| Action

| Licensed by Bally Midway

| Solar Storm

| Imagic

| Action

| Sorcerer

| Mythicon

| Action

| Space Attack

| APh Technological Consulting

| M Network

| Action

|Conversion of Intellivision Space Battle

| Space Cavern

| Apollo

| Action

|Also released by Panda as Space Canyon

|Space Tunnel

|Bit Corporation

|1982

|Action

|Released in NTSC format as Cosmic Corridor (Zimag, 1983)

| Spacechase

| Apollo

| Action

| Space Jockey

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Space Master X-7

| Sirius Software

| Fox Video Games

| Action, Strategy

| Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space

| Activision

| Simulation

|Spectracube Invasion

|Suntek

|1983

|PAL

| Spider Fighter

| Activision

| Action

| Spider-Man

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Spike's Peak

| Xonox

| Action

| Spitfire Attack

| Milton Bradley

| Action

| Springer

| Orca Corporation

| Tigervision

| Action

| Spy Hunter

| Sega

| Action, Racing / Driving

| Licensed by Bally Midway

| Squeeze Box

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| U.S. Games

| Action

| Sssnake

| Data Age

| Action

| Stampede

| Activision (Bob Whitehead)

| Activision

| Action

| Star Fox

| Mythicon

| Action

| Stargunner

| Telesys

| Action

| Starmaster

| Activision (Alan Miller)

| Activision

| Action

| Star Strike

| Mattel Electronics

| M Network

| Action

| Conversion of Intellivision Star Strike

| Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator

| Sega

| Action

| Star Voyager

| Imagic (Bob Smith)

| Imagic

| Action

| Star Wars: The Arcade Game

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Star Wars: Jedi Arena

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

| Parker Brothers

| Action

| Steeplechase

| Video Gems

| Action, Sports

| PAL format; Also released as Laser Base

| Zaxxon

| Coleco

| Action

| Licensed by Sega

| Zoo Fun

| Suntek

| PAL-only

Xonox double-sided cartridges

Xonox released many of their games as "2-in-1" cartridges, with one game on each side. All such games were also available individually.

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!Title

!Developer (Designer)

!Publisher

!Year

!Genre

| Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks

| Xonox

| Strategy

| Artillery Duel/Ghost Manor

| Xonox

| Strategy

| Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak

| Xonox

| Strategy

|Chuck Norris Superkicks/Ghost Manor

|Xonox

|Action

|Chuck Norris Superkicks/Spike's Peak

|Xonox

|Action

|Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak

|Xonox

|Action

|Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot - The Joust

|Computer Magic, Ltd.

|Xonox

|Action

Non-game cartridges

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!Title

!Developer (Designer)

!Publisher

!Year

!Notes

| Color Bar Generator

| Videosoft (Jerry Lawson)

| Videosoft

| Venetian Blinds

| Activision

| /

| Developed in 1982, released publicly in 2003

Homebrew games

thumb|Stay Frosty by Darrell Spice Jr.

The Atari 2600 has been a popular platform for homebrew projects, with games publicly released. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a modchip to run cartridges. Many games are clones of existing games written as programming challenges, often borrowing the name of the original.

In 2003, Activision selected several games for inclusion in the Game Boy Advance version of their Activision Anthology, as indicated below.

|Alien Holocaust 2: Invasion Earth

|Fernando Rodrigues Salvio

|Bitnamic

|2023

|Action/Shooter

|Sequel to Alien Holocaust. In command of flying saucers, the player can destroy cities all over the world, being the first Atari game to graphically represent cities in Brazil, North America, Europe, Asia, and Egypt. With soundtrack by Pedro Pimenta. It has a special version with a flying saucer-shaped packaging.

|-|-

| Astronomer

| Alex Pietrow

| Packrat

| 2018

| Simulation

| An astronomy simulator where the player can use a telescope to observe stars. It is a pack in-game for the Retron 77.

| Bee-Ball

| Ivan Machado

| AtariAge

| 2007

| Action

| Climber 5

| Dennis Debro

| XYPE

| 2004

| Action

| Included in the Activision Anthology.

|Dark Mage

|Greg Troutman

|AtariAge

| 1997

|Adventure

| Draconian

| SpiceWare (Darrell Spice, Jr.) Additional programming by Chris Walton. Music, Speech, Sound Effects by Michael Haas

| AtariAge

| 2017

| Action

| Clone of Arcade game Bosconian, Draconian includes levels from both arcade versions (Namco and Midway), plus original levels.

| Dungeon

| David Weavil

| Atari Age

| 2009

| Adventure

| Dungeon II: Solstice

| David Weavil

| Atari Age

| 2019

| Adventure

| Duck Attack!

| Will Nicholes

| AtariAge

| 2010

| Action-Adventure

| Loosely based on Adventure.

| K.O. Cruiser

| Devin Cook

| AtariAge

| 2010

| Sports

Additional titles

First released on Atari Flashback 9 / Flashback 9 Gold

Sources:

Adventure II
Asteroids Deluxe
Atari Climber
Burnin’ Rubber
Championship Soccer
Chase It!
Combat Two
Decathlon
Escape It!
Miss It!
RealSports Basketball
Return to Haunted House
Saboteur
Shield Shifter
Space Raid
Strip Off
Tempest
Wizard

Prototypes

Dumbo's Flying Circus (Atari)
Frog Pond (Atari)
Polo (Atari)
Save the Whales (Atari)
Stunt Cycle (Atari)

Notes

References

External links

Atari 2600 Rarity Guide
- Dozens of games freely playable from within the web browser.

Games published by Atari and Sears

Official aftermarket releases

Multi-game cartridges

Games published by third parties

Xonox double-sided cartridges

Non-game cartridges

Homebrew games

Additional titles

First released on Atari Flashback 9 / Flashback 9 Gold

Prototypes

See also

Notes

References

External links