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Summer
Games - 08/10/2012
With
the London Olympics closing in two days, I
thought it would be appropriate to show
off Summer Games for the Atari 2600. It
was written by Epyx in 1987 and is a
conversion of their popular Summer Games
computer series. Click
here to give it a try!
Atari
Commerical
from 1981 -
7/22/2012
Yet
another Atari commercial. This one is from
1981 and shows a few of some
well known Atari 2600 games. See if you
can name them (shouldn't be too
hard)!
Atari
Commerical
from 1982 -
7/14/2012
This
video
is a 2 minute commerical that was shown in
movie theaters in
1982. It features Yars' Revenge, Asteroids
and Star Raiders. I remember
seeing this commerical just before Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! The
commercial was created by Abel and
Associates.
Battlezone
was created by
Atari and was programmed by Rob Fulop.
Missile
Command was ported to the Atari 2600. The
game's
instruction manual describes a war between
two planets: Zardon (the
defending player) and Krytol. The original
arcade game contains no
reference to these worlds. On level 13, if
the player uses all of his
or her missiles without scoring any points,
at the end of the game the
city on the right will turn into "RF" — the
initials of the programmer
Rob Fulop. This Easter egg is originally
documented in Atari Age
(Volume 1, Issue 2) in a letter to the
editor by Joseph Nickischer, and
is the second one publicly acknowledged by
Atari.
Battlezone
was created by
Atari and released in 1983.
The
year is 1999, and the nations of the earth
have declared
a world-wide peace plan. But there is a
problem with the proposed
truce. A council of military commanders has
unleashed battalions of
automated weapons into the countryside.
These aerial fighters, flying
saucers, tanks, and supertanks will turn the
world into a lifeless
landscape unless you can stop them. Luckily,
you've discovered an old
military tank hidden inside the museum. Use
your Joystick to steer the
tank as you search for enemy automatons.
Since your electronic
periscope only gives you a front view from
the tank, you'll have to
rely heavily on your radar screen to detect
the enemy. If you see a
blip on the radar, you need to move fast!
Use your Joystick to turn
your tank until the enemy appears on the
screen; press the red
controller button to fire your turret gun.
Seaquest
was published by
Activision in 1983 and was created by Steve
Cartwright.
Seaquest
is a submarine combat game in which the
player
controls a water vessel and must avoid,
collect, or destroy various
objects at different levels of depth. The
player must pick up divers
under water and must get air from the
surface before the air meter
drains out.
Adventure
was published by Atari in 1979 and was
created by
Warren Robinett
The
player's goal is simply to find the
enchanted chalice and
return it to the gold castle. The player
character, represented by a
square, explores a multi-screen landscape
containing castles, mazes,
and various rooms. Hidden throughout the
world are a sword, keys to
unlock each of the three castles (gold,
black, and white), a magic
bridge which allows the player to travel
through a wall, and a magnet
which will pull any of these objects toward
it.
Conquest
of Mars is an
original Atari 2600 homebrew game published
by AtariAge: http://www.atariage.com.
In the year 4014, the planet Earth and the
planet Mars are locked in a
century-long war. The Martians have devised
a plan to destroy Earth
using the power from their latest weapon:
the Destructo-Bomb!! The
Martian forces have managed to construct
five bombs and have placed
them deep inside the Martian Caverns,
awaiting the final command from
their leader to attack!!! Do you have the
skill to navigate to the
depths of the Martian caverns, active the
Destructo-Bombs, and escape
before they explode? Good Luck!
Conquest of Mars is an accurate translation
to the Atari 2600 of a
popular Atari 8-bit computer title. Destroy
the Martian rebellion by
descending through the six caverns of Mars
to activate the main energy
reactors and escape to the surface before
they blow up! Do you have the
skill and quick reflexes required to descend
into the Martian depths
without being annihilated? And once you
reach the bottom, can you make
it out alive?
