Video Time Machine
1998 0 0 / 5 11. Mai 2023
A lost homebrew out of "time", this useful utility cart by Chris Cracknell uses favorite classic characters racing across the screen to track the time (along with a digital…
Atari2600
Atari 2600
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Atari 2600+ Erscheinungsdatum: Dec 2023 The Atari 2600+ is an updated version of the iconic Atari 2600 and has been enhanced in the following ways: - Plays both Atari 2600 and 7800 game cartridges - HDMI output makes it easy to connect - Widescreen mode - Enlarged cartridge socket reduces sticking - Atari logo lights up when being played The system comes with a CX40+ Joystick which has been lovingly recreated to the same specifications as the original, and a 10-in-1 game cartridge featuring some of Atari’s most famous games: Adventure, Combat, Dodge 'Em, Haunted House, Maze Craze, Missile Command, RealSports Volleyball, Surround, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge.
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Initial version Erscheinungsdatum: Sep 11, 1977 The Atari 2600, branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976. The VCS was bundled with two joystick controllers, a conjoined pair of paddle controllers, and a game cartridge—initially Combat and later Pac-Man. Atari was successful at creating arcade video games, but their development cost and limited lifespan drove CEO Nolan Bushnell to seek a programmable home system. The first inexpensive microprocessors from MOS Technology in late 1975 made this feasible. The console was prototyped as codename Stella, by Atari subsidiary Cyan Engineering. Lacking funding to complete the project, Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976. The Atari VCS launched in 1977 with nine simple, low-resolution games in 2 KB cartridges. The system's first killer app was the home conversion of Taito's arcade game Space Invaders in 1980. The VCS became widely successful, leading to the founding of Activision and other third-party game developers and to competition from console manufacturers Mattel and Coleco. By the end of its primary lifecycle in 1983–84, games for the 2600 were using more than four times the storage size of the launch games with significantly more advanced visuals and gameplay than the system was designed for, such as Activision's Pitfall!. In 1982, the Atari 2600 was the dominant game system. Amid competition from both new consoles and game developers, a number of poor decisions from Atari management affected the company and the industry as a whole. The most public was an extreme investment into licensed games for the 2600, including Pac-Man and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Pac-Man became the system's biggest selling game, but the conversion's poor quality eroded consumer confidence in the console. E.T. was rushed to market for the holiday shopping season and was critically panned and a commercial failure. Both games, and a glut of third-party shovelware, were factors in ending Atari's relevance in the console market. Atari's downfall reverberated through the industry resulting in the video game crash of 1983. Warner sold Atari's home division to former Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel in 1984. In 1986, the new Atari Corporation under Tramiel released a lower-cost version of the 2600 and the backward-compatible Atari 7800, but it was Nintendo that led the recovery of the industry with its 1985 launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Production of the Atari 2600 ended on January 1, 1992, with an estimated 30 million units sold across its lifetime.
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Wabbit
1982 0 0 / 5 31. Januar 2024
You are a farmer, named Billie Sue, trying to protect your crops. One patch in particular is giving you trouble. It's surrounded by ten holes from which wabbits dart into your…
Walker
1983 0 0 / 5 17. Januar 2024
Walker (also known as 'Clown Downtown' or 'Schussel, der Polizistenschreck') is an action game, developed by Starsoft and published by Quelle, which was released in Europe in…
Wall Jump Ninja
2015 0 0 / 5 29. September 2024
A homebrew platformer for the Atari 2600 starring a ninja.
Wall-Defender
1983 0 0 / 5 16. April 2025
The mission - you are defending the wall from attacking aliens. Don't let them hit as they make the wall weaker. This sounds simplistic and is, but highly addictive as you score…
Wall-E
2013 0 0 / 5 7. April 2025
Hey kids, do you like Wall-E? You do? Then great news! Now you can help Wall-E clean up trash on your Atari 2600! Go around the junkyard and clean up all that garbage, but watch…
Warplock
1982 0 0 / 5 27. September 2024
At the edge of the galaxy on the fringes of hyperspace and hypertime, your space craft is trapped in a bizarre space/time warp. You are engulfed by a band of space pirates bent on…
Wing War
1983 0 0 / 5 16. Dezember 2025
Wing War is a rather unique game that was only available in Europe, even though it was announced for the US market and is the only Imagic title that was not released in the US.…
Wings
0 0 / 5 18. März 2024
Wings is an unreleased game developed by CBS Electronics and programmed by Stuart Ross. Wings is an air combat simulation that uses a control scheme of two joysticks. The first…
Wipeout 2600
2015 0 0 / 5 14. August 2024
An Atari 2600 demake of the iconic futuristic racer by Psygnosis / SCE Studio Liverpool. Steer with the joystick, avoid the other racers, or shoot them with your missiles. Speed…
Wizard
2005 0 0 / 5 10. Oktober 2026
Wizard was to be the last of Atari's 2600 games, but went unreleased in favor of the new 5200 games. Chris Crawford puts it this way: "Wizard was spec'd as a 2K game, but just…
Word Zapper
1982 0 0 / 5 5. Juni 2024
Word Zapper is a one or two-player, full color, action game with 24 variations, designed to be played on the ATARI (R) Video Computer System (TM) or Sears Video Arcade. The…
Words-Attack
1983 0 0 / 5 10. Juni 2024
Extremely rare Sancho prototype. Only one cartridge is known to exist. The game seems to be unfinished, because it still has over 1K of free space left that could have been used…
World End
1983 0 0 / 5 10. Juni 2024
You are the commander of a Laser Base and you must counter an enemy invasion from outer space. Galactic robots attack with galatic death rays, spider and destroyer of probes
Worm War I
1982 0 0 / 5 10. Juni 2024
Your mission, as a master tank commander, is to drive through the city of Teriyaki and blast away as many Worms and Blocks as possible without running out of fuel.
X-Man
1983 0 0 / 5 13. September 2024
Xanthiom
2023 0 0 / 5 15. Oktober 2024
Xenophobe
1987 0 0 / 5 30. Juli 2026
Xenophobe is a 1987 arcade game and the goal of each level is to defeat all the aliens before time runs out. Levels may contain more than one floor, and players use elevators or…
Xevious
1982 0 0 / 5 28. Juli 2026
It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back --…
Xonox - Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot
1983 0 0 / 5 14. Februar 2025
As one of the Xonox "Double Ender" cartridges, this features Robin Hood and Sir Lancelot. Each of the two games was released separately, though it's generally more common to find…
Yars' Revenge
1982 0 0 / 5 4. August 2026
Yars' Revenge is a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw and was Atari's best-selling original title for the 2600.