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All Atari Games
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoim making a list of all the Atari games that I could find I can not track down information on these four titles so far can someone help me Bank Heist (Action Hi-Tech) The Fly (US Games) Golf (Sears) – 1980 Intuition (Tigervision) – Prototype
- reaperducer 5y agoI have the Sears version of Golf sitting in front of me as I write this. It's the same game as Atari's Golf, just with the Tele-Games branding on the manual and the box. At the time, there were millions and millions of people who were loyal to the Sears brand, and would choose something from Sears over something from Atari. This extended into all kinds of products. For example, many major appliances from Sears were actually Whirlpool appliances with Kenmore branding. But people would rather buy them from Sears than Whirlpool, for a variety of reasons that are beyond the scope of an HN discussion.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoThank you so much I really appricate this
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoAs I recall, Sears also had their own Atari VCS console branded with the Sears name. Must have been a great licensing deal for Atari. Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
- reaperducer 5y agoYou are correct. I play my Sears carts on a Sears machine. It's branded "Tele-Games" at the top, in green on silver. On the front wood grain it reads "Video Arcade" instead of "Atari."
- harles 5y ago404. Pretty sure you meant https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600 https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600. How did this get upvotes with the wrong URL?
- gandalfgreybeer 5y agoI would guess people just love Atari games and assumed what it contained and didn’t really click the link.
- airstrike 5y agoThat + I would imagine a lot of people upvote items to remember to read them later
- open-paren 5y agoHN has a new feature that changes submissions from the linked url to the pages canonical url, and the bugs are still being exterminated on it.
- axus 5y agoIt's a nice list that goes up to "M", though I can't figure out how to look for titles after "Master Builder". Also, no "E.T."?
- ASalazarMX 5y agoOTOH, I was surprised there was a LOTR game for the Atari VCS https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-the-lord-of-the-rings-journey-to-rivendell https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-the-lord-of-the-rings-jour...
- CmdrKrool 5y agoE.T. is in the "VIEW ALL" list but it doesn't seem to show under "E", for some reason.
- egypturnash 5y agoHoly shit there was an unfinished game based on a Residents album. Being written by someone AT ATARI. https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-mark-of-the-mole https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-mark-of-the-mole More here: http://www.digitpress.com/archives/cc_markofthemole.htm http://www.digitpress.com/archives/cc_markofthemole.htm
- mzs 5y agoThere was a Journey game for the 2600, though my friend thought those were hotdogs in the screenshot. There was a pretty rad arcade version as well: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1037411366/journey-arcade-flyer-1983-original https://www.etsy.com/listing/1037411366/journey-arcade-flyer...
- dole 5y agoThe big deal about the Journey arcade game at the time was that it had some of arcade video gaming’s first “photorealistic” pictures of the band’s heads for the game characters… which I’d estimate were probably like 32x32 3 or 4 grayscale colored sprites minus the rest of the characters’s body.
- SavantIdiot 5y agoThat is completely bonkers! I had no idea. The Residents were legendary. Heck, they still are. But surreal art rock never really took off, unless you consider their protege Primus (or the modest success of Negativland).
- kloch 5y agoTitle should specify (2600) I got excited thinking this would be for the 400/800 system...
- indigodaddy 5y agoYou’d think there would be a list for that too somewhere..
- at-fates-hands 5y agoGreat article about Yars Revenge and one of my favorite Atari games: https://www.polygon.com/2015/3/9/8163747/yars-revenge-is-a-journey-back-to-a-lost-world-of-video-games https://www.polygon.com/2015/3/9/8163747/yars-revenge-is-a-j...
- corysama 5y agoSeveral years ago, a friend of mine read how Yars Revenge was originally intended to be Star Castle and took the "impossibility" of the task as a challenge. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-st...
- djmips 5y agoThe AtariAge database of 2600 games is more complete but the more the merrier.
- veganjay 5y agoIndeed, Atari Age is great, has more games and rating: https://www.atariage.com/software_search.php?SystemID=2600 https://www.atariage.com/software_search.php?SystemID=2600 Although, the gallery view on voxodyssey is fun to browse.
- SavantIdiot 5y ago1980. My first 2600. Fighting with the family over our one TV set to watch the Lake Placid Olympics, Reagan's Inauguration, and play Atari Combat.
- dylan604 5y agoMy interest in computer video was actually started from the gadget that connected the coax cable to the screw tab antenna connectors on TVs. Such a strange thing to think was the start of my curiosity, but that fascinated me just as much as the games. Been tearing things apart ever since.
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- sidpatil 5y agoThose devices are known as baluns. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balun
- neogodless 5y agoI immediately searched for Missile Command, and did not find it. Thought maybe it wasn't 2600, but it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command Sibling comment points out AtariAge, which does have it. https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=306 https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=3... My understanding now is that this is "All Atari Games up to ma..." so far, an early work in progress.
- indigodaddy 5y agoWe never had a 2600. We started our computer/video game adventures with an Atari 400 and boy do I have fond memories of Frogger and Defender, and typing up Basic programs on that ‘keyboard.’
- karmakaze 5y agoMe too. The 400 was my first and favourite--even like the keyboard, got it broke-in pretty soft. I learned more on it than I have perhaps since. I was playing Pacific Coast Highway and Galactic Chase.
- kebman 5y agoThat's a great site! Is there anything similar for the Atari ST?
- nguillaumin 5y agoShameless plug: https://www.atarilegend.com/ https://www.atarilegend.com/ Our sister site also has other Atari platforms: http://www.atarimania.com/ http://www.atarimania.com/
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoAhh I just discovered this website, anyway I am the owner of the website and yes its only up to M so far but I have a list of almost all the games to add the place to see all the systems so far is https://voxodyssey.com/game-consoles https://voxodyssey.com/game-consoles Its a work in progress I do this alone one person and have got the website to 688 next update will be around 710 or so games this is not spam either I really appriciate feedback and looking to get more exposure to the website but trying not to over push it
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoJust discovered this Forum so this website ycombinator.com
- yosefjaved1 5y agoWelcome! I don't think you will find a more appreciative and constructively critical crowd of your work from a technical and usage perspective. Please keep coming back with more of your work as we love to see it!
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoHaha what the hell wake up this morning get coffee thinking to myself let's check if this has any impact on my google analytics, login to account rub my eyes, over 5000 increase in traffic, my results are so screwed now huge spikes, great problem to have.
- mrandish 5y agoI assume you are already aware of the active community of video game historians and preservationists involved with the retro arcade and console emulation movements (ie MAME/MESS, etc). If not, here's a link to get you started: https://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/ https://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoWhat is this ive not seen this before emulators can get you in a bit of issues if you give over the roms though no?
- CaioAlonso 5y agoIn case you want to play any of them I made a thing a few years ago for that https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmacAqRVhJX9eS7YJX1vY3ifFKF9CduDqPEgaCUSa4x5xb/ https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmacAqRVhJX9eS7YJX1vY3ifFKF...
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoDid you make this, so good can I add it to the website or link over to it? I am being careful with ROMs as people have been in a bit of trouble for adding them onto their website
- CaioAlonso 5y agoI have no idea about the legal situation of distributing ROMs and an emulator for Atari 2600.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoAnd you have BASIC! I had this on the original system, and it came with a special controller. How can I type on your emulator?
- jrace 5y agoWOW...great job!
- Firehawke 5y agoNo speed limiting on >60FPS displays is a bit of a problem, but neat project!
- deskamess 5y agoThe keys don't seem to work for me. Chrome/Windows. Trying to play Combat. I see the key mappings under the Gear icon. Clicking seems to bring up the menu items but the game never starts or I cant make it start.
- kyletns 5y agoWhy is your username name green for me?
- anthonyu 5y agoNewly created account.
- jedberg 5y agohttps://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-adventure https://voxodyssey.com/atari-2600-adventure From what I understand, this was the first game with an Easter egg that actually changed the gameplay. Sometimes there were walls that you could walk through (intentionally) that let you skip parts of the game.
- glitcher 5y agoLooking back at these games, several of which I spent many hours playing and loving as a kid, I can't help but notice the striking disparity between the box art/game backstories and the actual screenshots of gameplay. I think the box art was much more than just a marketing tool - it also helped fuel our childhood imaginations into believing we were taking part in amazing adventures instead of only seeing the literal pixels on the screen. Ah, simpler times.
- moron4hire 5y agoIt kind of looks like the descriptions of the games are plagiarized from Wikipedia, but no attribution is given.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoPlagiarized... Mmm I have copied some of the text from Wikipedia for old titles and have kept it factual as I want to list factual information. Others use web scrapers to achieve this I prefer good old copy and paste, but it takes time and I just try to take and stick to the facts. I'm not sure how else to list the 500 plus titles and also write it all myself as its taken such a long time to even be at the letter M
- moron4hire 5y agoYou don't provide any links to your sources or any attribution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights That's what is making it plagiarism. "It's too hard to do so many articles" is not an excuse. A lot of people have put a lot of work into those wikipedia articles, too. All they've asked in return is for people like you to link back to the article when you use their work.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoAhh yes I can achieve this Ive built this function for other titles but not old titles. I'll build an attribution field and include this over the weekend. I agree with you, have been so deep into it I did not think this. Thank you I appreciate it and please forgive my mistake it was not intentional
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoI thought about what you are saying and have built in this function I will activate it over the weekend, new additions ive started to add it for and I will slowly go back though historic content and amend. I wanted to thank you for this feedback.
- duderific 5y agoAs someone who was just the right age for the 2600, I have an almost visceral reaction to seeing the old Activision and Atari typefaces and artwork. It recalls the excitement I felt for playing these games, although I never had a 2600. I'd have to go to my friends' houses who had one (there was always that one kid who would host everyone) and try and get him to play the game I wanted. Also I remember all the excitement around the E.T. game release, and what a major letdown it was, as the gameplay and graphics were so ill conceived.
- ffhhj 5y agoI remember playing ET, it was really challenging to understand the goal of the game, but solving the phone puzzle and seeing ET flying on the UFO for the first time was incredible, it took me weeks of daily play. Also restarted the Asteroids score counter, and used to play at full volume to piss off the neighbors.
- aaroninsf 5y agoDe rigeur link to https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library