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A.P.B. | 1987 | 1 | The player as "Officer Bob" drives around the city from an overhead view, catches criminals and issues fines. |
Accelerator | 1988 | 2, simultaneous | A futuristic racing game where players race on twisting tubes. |
Akka Arrh | 1982 | 2, alternating | An unreleased prototype space shooter in which the player must defend a spaceship from approaching enemies and prevent them from building a cannon. |
Anti-Aircraft | 1975 | 2, simultaneous | Each player controls an anti-aircraft gun and tries to shoot down more aircraft than their opponent. |
Arcade Classics | 1992 | 2, simultaneous | Player can select from enhanced versions of earlier Atari games, Super Centipede or Missile Command II, both of which allow for two-player simultaneous play. |
Area 51 | 1995 | 2, simultaneous | The players attempt to kill the aliens and their mothership. |
Area 51/Maximum Force Duo | 1998 | 2, simultaneous | Players can choose to play either of the previous games, Area 51 or Maximum Force. |
| 1998 | 2, simultaneous | An updated version of Atari's 1995 game with better graphics and smoother animation. |
Asteroids | 1979 | 2, alternating | The player must avoid floating asteroids and blast them to smithereens. Alien spacecraft must also be avoided or killed. One of Atari's biggest hits. |
Asteroids Deluxe | 1981 | 2, alternating | Sequel to Asteroids featuring harder gameplay, shields and automatic firing. |
Atari Baseball | 1979 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white video game of baseball where player compete against one another. |
Atari Basketball | 1979 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white basketball game where players can compete head-to-head. |
Atari Football | 1979 | 2 or 4, simultaneous | A black and white American football game where players are represented by X's and O's. |
Atari Mini Golf | 1978 | 1 | An unreleased black and white mini-golf game. |
Atari Soccer | 1979 | 2 or 4, simultaneous | A black and white video game of soccer with players with X's and O's atop their heads. |
Avalanche | 1978 | 2, alternating | Players attempt to catch falling rocks via several paddles. Black and white, but uses a color overlay. | |
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Badlands | 1989 | 2, simultaneous | An auto racing game with guns set in a post-apocalyptic world. |
Batman | 1990 | 2, alternating | The player takes on the role of the Caped Crusader participating in scenes taken from the 1989 film of the same name. Scenes are varied and include a final confrontation with The Joker. |
Battlezone | 1980 | 1 | A big hit for Atari, the player controls a tank from the point-of-view from inside the tank. Novel controls, game cabinet and graphics made this a standout. |
Beat Head | 1993 | 2, simultaneous | A competitive rhythm game. Never released into full production. |
Beavis and Butt-Head | 1996 | 2, simultaneous | A prototype of a game based on the animated TV series; never released. |
Black Widow | 1982 | 2, alternating | The player is a spider at the middle of a web, trying to defend it from enemies. |
Blasteroids | 1987 | 2, simultaneous | Players blast asteroids and other targets and try to catch powerups to upgrade their weapons. |
BMX Heat | 1991 | 1 | An unreleased motorcycle racing game. |
Boxing | 1977 | 2, simultaneous | An unreleased black and white prototype of a boxing game. |
Bradley Trainer | 1980 | 1 | A special-purpose version of Battlezone for the U.S. military. Players do not control the tank as in the original game, only the tank turret. |
Breakout | 1976 | 2, alternating | Players break down a wall at the top of the screen with a ball and paddle. | |
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California Speed | 1998 | 1 | A racing game with several different tracks set in California. |
Cannonball | 1976 | 2, alternating | An unreleased black and white game where the player tries to fire a human cannonball through an opening in a wall. |
Canyon Bomber | 1977 | 2, simultaneous | Players control blimps which fly over a canyon dropping bombs. Canyon "boulders" are worth different points. Black and white. |
Centipede | 1981 | 2, alternating | A big hit for Atari, the player controls the character at the bottom and shoots a segmented centipede as it advances down the screen through a field of mushrooms. Other enemies, such as spiders and fleas, also threaten the player. |
Championship Sprint | 1986 | 2, simultaneous | A racing game in which players attempt to beat each other around tracks while avoiding hazards. |
Cloak & Dagger | 1983 | 2, alternating | The player attempts to destroy Dr. Boom's underground bomb factory. Featured in a film of the same name. |
Cloud 9 | 1983 | 2, alternating | The player shoots down clouds in the sky that threaten to flood his chamber at the bottom of the screen. |
Cops | 1994 | 1 | A laserdisc game based on the TV series of the same name; players must shoot criminals or chase after them in their patrol car. |
Cops N Robbers | 1976 | 4, simultaneous | A black and white game; players can choose to be cops and shoot at and stop robbers or vice versa. |
Crash 'N Score | 1975 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white demolition derby game where the object is to hit randomly appearing numbered pylons. |
Crystal Castles | 1983 | 2, alternating | A moderate success, the player controls a bear character to collect crystals along paths in various caves with avoiding enemies. The player can find and use various powerups and secrets. |
Cyberball | 1988 | 4, simultaneous | Robotic football of the future. Robots can explode with the ball if it reaches critical temperature. Players can upgrade robots from funds from successful plays. |
Cyberball 2072 | 1989 | 2, simultaneous | American football with robots. |
Cyberstorm | 1993 | 2, simultaneous | A futuristic one-on-one fighting game with robots. | |
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Fire Truck | 1978 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white game; the player drives a fire truck through twisting city streets. In two-player mode, both players cooperatively drive the truck, one in front, one in back. |
Firebeast | 1983 | 2, alternating | An unreleased prototype also known as Dragon Master, this game was apparently inspired by Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series of books. Riding a flying dragon, the player must destroy silver threads before they reach the ground and start fires. |
Firefox | 1984 | 1 | Based on the film of the same name, the player pilots and experimental craft as he attempts to blast enemies and gain enough fuel to finish the level. |
Flyball | 1976 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white baseball game. |
Food Fight | 1983 | 2, alternating | The player attempts to gathers piles of food and hurl them at angry chefs as he attempts to reach and eat an ice cream cone before it melts. |
Freeze | 1996 | 2, simultaneous | A puzzle game; the player must try to match three of the same colored fish in a row. | |
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Gauntlet | 1985 | 4, simultaneous | A huge hit for Atari, released during the Dungeons & Dragons craze, Gauntlet features four adventurers exploring a dungeon. "Health" continually runs out, requiring players to steadily pump credits into the game. |
Gauntlet II | 1986 | 4, simultaneous | A sequel to Gauntlet. Profitable, though not as big a hit as the original. |
Gauntlet Dark Legacy | 1999 | 4, simultaneous | An expansion of Gauntlet Legends featuring 5 new levels and 4 new characters |
Gauntlet Legends | 1998 | 4, simultaneous | A sequel to Gauntlet. Though it sportedsome innovative features, it garnered a lukewarm reception. |
Goal IV | 1975 | 4, simultaneous | A foosball-like game, with paddles instead of players. |
Gotcha | 1973 | 2, simultaneous | Two-player maze game where the players try to catch each other. |
Gran Trak 10 | 1974 | 1 | A black and white driving game where the player races around a track for points. |
Gran Trak 20 | 1974 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white racing game. Players drive cars around a track for points. |
Gravitar | 1982 | 2, alternating | A difficult shoot-em up, where gravity factors into the gameplay. |
Guardians of the 'Hood | 1992 | 3, simultaneous | Players attempt to break up gangs that have taken over the character's neighborhood. |
Guts and Glory | 1989 | 2, simultaneous | An unreleased military-style shoot 'em up with multiple missions. | |
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| 1997 | 2, simultaneous | In this fighting game, players try to wrest control of the dark magic of the Mace of Tanis from the demon Asmodeus. |
Major Havoc | 1983 | 2, alternating | The player must defeat the enemy's defenses, dock with the enemy mothership and blow it up. |
Marble Madness | 1984 | 2, simultaneous | A hit for Atari. Using a trackball, players guide their marbles around a geometrically Escher-like landscape. |
Marble Man: Marble Madness II | 1991 | 3, simultaneous | An unreleased sequel to their hit Marble Madness. Up to three players control marbles around a fanciful landscape. |
Maximum Force | 1997 | 2, simultaneous | A shooting game; the players battle a terrorist organization. |
Maze Invaders | 1981 | 2, alternating | A shoot 'em up game in a maze with moving walls. |
Metal Maniax | 1994 | 4, simultaneous | A destruction derby game where points are awarded based on how much the player damages opponents' vehicles. |
Millipede | 1982 | 2, alternating | A sequel to Atari's hit Centipede, this game features harder gameplay and a larger variety of enemy bugs. |
Missile Command | 1980 | 2, alternating | Another huge hit for Atari. The player defends cities from incoming ballistic missiles with three anti-missile installations. Missile blasts take out incoming warheads. |
Missile Command 2 | 1982 | 2, simultaneous | An unreleased sequel to Missile Command, this game introduced simultaneous multiplayer action to the game. |
Monte Carlo | 1980 | 1 | Player drives a car through a twisting road viewed from above. |
Moto Frenzy | 1992 | 2, simultaneous | A motorcycle racing game where players can compete on a variety of different tracks. | |
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Paperboy | 1984 | 1 | The player controls a paperboy on a bicycle as he delivers newspapers on his route. Players must navigate around obstacles, deliver papers to correct houses and attempt to vandalize non-customers' homes. Notable for custom bicycle handlebar control and high resolution raster display. |
Peter Pack Rat | 1985 | 2, alternating | The player plays a rat and must collect a variety of objects while avoiding enemy animals. |
Pin-Pong | 1974 | 2, alternating | A black and white video game version of pinball. |
Pit-Fighter | 1990 | 3, simultaneous | A fighting game where players can choose to be a variety of different types of fighters. |
Pong | 1972 | 2, simultaneous | A simulated table tennis game where the player competes against an opponent for the highest number of points. First extremely successful video game, the game that launched the video game industry. |
Pong Doubles | 1973 | 4, simultaneous | A four-player version of Pong with up to four players playing simultaneously. Upright and cocktail versions were produced of this variant. It was released as Coupe Du Monde in France. |
Pool Shark | 1977 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white video game version of billiards. |
Primal Rage | 1994 | 2, simultaneous | The player controls a dinosaur or a giant ape and fights head-to-head against an opponent dinosaur. |
Primal Rage II | 1996 | 2, simultaneous | Exists only as a prototype. The player's monster can morph into its human representation. |
Pursuit | 1974 | 1 | The player flies a biplane in World War I and tries to shoot down enemy aircraft. | |
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Race Drivin' | 1990 | 1 | A fairly standard racing game with a variety of types of tracks, such as stunt or autocross. |
Rampart | 1990 | 3, simultaneous | Players build up castles and then assault other players' towers or enemy boats. Players can reinforce their castles before another round of assault. Play continues in this fashion. |
Rebound | 1974 | 2, simultaneous | A black and white volleyball game. Players use paddle controllers to serve the ball over the net in the middle of the screen. |
Red Baron | 1981 | 1 | A World War I flight/combat simulator. Players attack other planes and score higher points for long-range kills. |
Relief Pitcher | 1992 | 2, simultaneous | A baseball game with a number of advanced features; allows for detailed customization. |
Return of the Jedi | 1984 | 1 | A sequel to Atari's two previous Star Wars games, this one breaks from the standard set by the previous two by featuring raster graphics. The player competes in three stages inspired by the film. |
RoadBlasters | 1987 | 1 | In a futuristic setting, the player drives an advanced car and must attack enemy cars, collect fuel globes and catch power-ups. Atari provided a contest that players could win a special T-Shirt by completing all of the levels. |
Road Burners | 1999 | 8, simultaneous | A motorcycle racing game set in several famous cities around the world. |
Road Riot 4WD | 1991 | 1 | An off-road driving and combat game. Players can choose from a variety of tracks. |
Road Riot's Revenge Rally | 1993 | 2, simultaneous | An offroad racing game where the player uses weapons to hinder opponent trucks. |
Road Runner | 1985 | 2, alternating | The player controls the eponymous character trying to collect birdseed and avoid Wile E. Coyote's traps. Based on the popular cartoons with the same characters. |
Runaway | 1982 | 2, alternating | The player pilots a speeding train trying to collect mailbags and avoid collisions with other trains. | |
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S.T.U.N. Runner | 1989 | 1 | The player drives a futuristic motorcycle-like vehicle. Running time trials, he can hinder other players with his weapons, including the eponymous S.T.U.N. gun. |
| 1996 | 2, simultaneous | A racing game set in San Francisco, California. |
| 1997 | 2, simultaneous | A sequel to San Francisco Rush with extra, harder tracks, including one set on the former prison island, Alcatraz. |
San Francisco Rush 2049 | 1999 | 2, simultaneous | A sequel to San Francisco Rush, a futuristic racing game which takes place in the eponymous city. |
Sebring | 1979 | 1 | An unreleased first-person racing game. |
Shark Jaws | 1975 | 2, alternating | The player is a diver trying to catch small fish while a great white shark tries to eat him. |
Shuuz | 1990 | 2, alternating | A video game of horseshoes with a distinct redneck theme. |
Skull & Crossbones | 1989 | 2, simultaneous | The players control pirates on a quest to kill the evil wizard, along the way battling and dispatching enemies. |
Sky Diver | 1978 | 2, simultaneous | The player tries to land a skydiver to a marked position on the ground, accounting for wind speed and timing the opening of the diver's chute. |
Sky Raider | 1978 | 1 | The player pilots an aircraft and tries to destroy as many of a variety of enemies as possible in the allotted time. |
Smokey Joe | 1978 | 1 | One-player version of Fire Truck where the player drives a fire engine through a crowded street to a fire and must avoid obstacles such as parked cars. |
Solar War | 1979 | 4, alternating | An unreleased space-themed video pinball game. |
Space Duel | 1982 | 2, simultaneous | A space combat game where players fight one another and shoot various geometric objects which float about. |
Space Lords | 1992 | 8, simultaneous | An ambitious space combat game with numerous options where the player has to complete several phases of the game. |
Space Race | 1973 | 2, simultaneous | Player attempts to guide a spaceship to the top of the screen, avoiding asteroids along the way. |
Sparkz | 1992 | 2, simultaneous | A puzzle game where players attempt to connect both sides of a pit using falling blocks. |
Sprint 1 | 1978 | 1 | A racing game with a variety of tracks with hazards. |
Sprint 2 | 1976 | 2, simultaneous | The first game in Atari's Sprint line of racing games. |
Sprint 4 | 1977 | 4, simultaneous | A racing game with a variety of tracks with hazards. |
Sprint 8 | 1977 | 8, simultaneous | An 8-player variant of Atari's Sprint line of racing games. |
Star Wars | 1983 | 1 | A big hit for Atari. The player pilots an X-wing fighter attacking the Death Star, a scene inspired by the hit movie . Use of digitized voice samples from the film and slick vector graphics helped this game attract a lot of attention. |
Starship 1 | 1976 | 1 | The player pilots a spaceship around planets and shoots enemy spacecraft. |
Steel Talons | 1991 | 2, simultaneous | Players pilot a virtual helicopter and compete head-to-head or cooperate to destroy ground targets. Features 3D polygonal graphics. |
Steeplechase | 1975 | 6, simultaneous | A horse racing game. Horses and riders are represented in simple rows on the game screen. Players must make horses jump over obstacles on the way to the finish line. |
Street Drivin | 1990 | 1 | An unreleased sequel to Hard Drivin' with a variety of types of tracks, such as stunt or autocross. |
Stunt Cycle | 1976 | 2, alternating | A black and white motorcycle racing game where players attempt to perform stunts. |
Subs | 1977 | 2, simultaneous | Player attempts to torpedo an unseen sub as many times as possible in allotted time. |
Super Breakout | 1978 | 2, alternating | The player moves a paddle back and forth to bounce a ball into a wall of bricks, breaking bricks with each hit. The goal is to destroy all the bricks. |
Super Bug | 1977 | 1 | A black and white driving game where the player drives a small car through a twisting course. |
Super Pong | 1974 | 2, simultaneous | An enhanced version of Pong, with several new features. Harder than the original, and not very popular. |
Super Sprint | 1986 | 3, simultaneous | An enhanced remake of the original Sprint line of racing games, with enhanced color graphics, better controls and more immersive gameplay. | |
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T-Mek | 1994 | 4, simultaneous | A 3D vehicular combat game where players must defeat their opponents while piloting a MEK vehicle. |
Tank | 1974 | 2, simultaneous | An early tank combat game. |
Tank II | 1975 | 2, simultaneous | The sequel to Tank. |
Tank 8 | 1976 | 8, simultaneous | An 8-player version of Tank. Also the first Atari game to use a CPU. |
Tempest | 1981 | 2, alternating | Players control a crab-shaped ship and must destroy incoming enemies which slide down tunnels towards them. A very successful game for Atari, Tempest was one of the first games to feature color vector graphics. |
Tenth Degree | 1996 | 2, simultaneous | Unreleased one-on-one fighting game with the 3D characters modeled in an anime style. Similar to other one-on-one fighting games of the time, such as Tekken and SoulCalibur. |
Tetris | 1988 | 2, simultaneous | One of the most popular video games of all time in all media combined, Tetris is a puzzle game where players try to stack differently shaped blocks into solid rows. |
ThunderJaws | 1990 | 2, simultaneous | The player is an elite underwater special agent tasked to infiltrate Madam Q's headquarters and stop her nefarious plans. |
Tomcat | 1983 | 1 | An unreleased and unfinished flight combat game where the player controls an F-14 Tomcat. |
Toobin' | 1988 | 2, simultaneous | A popular game for Atari. Up to two players paddle down a stream full of rapids and other obstacles, including targets to toss cans at. Atari provided a contest that players could win a special T-Shirt by collecting all of the letters in the game's name, including the apostrophe. |
Touch Me | 1974 | 4, simultaneous | A timing/pattern game similar to the popular electronic game Simon. Later converted into a handheld electronic game. |
Tournament Cyberball 2072 | 1989 | 4, simultaneous | Players compete against each other or the computer in a football game played by robots. Winners receive money to upgrade their robots. |
Tournament Table | 1978 | 4, simultaneous | Features a number of selectable and graphically similar simple games (such as Pong and Soccer). For one to four players. |
Triple Hunt | 1977 | 1 | A black and white hunting video game. | |