Computing Games published by Atari
The following is a list of Computing Games published by Atari in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.There are 202 Computing Games published by Atari in our collection :
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Date: 1988
32 In 1
Atari did not release this cartridge in the US, only selling it in European and other countries
Date: 1982
Action! (Cartridge)
Action! is a programming language and development environment with an integrated editor, compiler, and debugger for the Atari 8-bit family of computers
Software House: Atari
Author: Atarisoft
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1st January 1980
Adventure
Adventure is a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console, released in Christmas 1979
Software House: Atari
Author: Warren Robinett
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1978
Air-Sea Battle
Air-Sea battle was a launch title for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author: Larry Kaplan
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1994
Alien vs Predator
Alien vs Predator is a video game developed by Rebellion and published by Atari for the Atari Jaguar console in 1994
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 2008
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark is a modern take on the survival horror PC game, more of a reboot than a sequel, it is technically the fifth game in the series
Date: 2006
Alone in the Dark (french limited edition)
Alone in the Dark is a survival horror computer game developed by Eden Games and released by Atari in 2006 for Microsoft Windows
Software House: Atari
Author: Eden Games
Platform : PC Windows 32 Bit
Date: 9th January 2007
Arthur and the Invisibles
Play the game of Luc Besson's Film The disc and the manual feature different artwork to the front cover, very unusual for a PlayStation 2 game
Software House: Atari
Author: Estranges Libellules
Platform : PlayStation 2
Date: 1st January 1981
Asteroids
Asteroids is an arcade shooter released for the 2600 in 1981
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1981
Asteroids (Alamogordo Atari Dig)
Asteroids is an arcade shooter released for the 2600 in 1981
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Asteroids (Cartridge)
Very credible arcade conversion of the early arcade classic
Software House: Atari
Author: Atarisoft
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1988
Backgammon
Backgammon is a video game adaptation of the classic board-game Backgammon developed by Atari, Inc
Date: 1987
Barnyard Blaster (XE Cartridge)
Software House: Atari
Author: Atarisoft
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1982
Basketball
This game allows the user to play one-on-one basketball, either against another user or against the computer
Date: 1982
Berzerk
Bezerk is a shooter maze game which was originally an arcade game, and later ported to the Atari 2600 in 1982
Software House: Atari
Author: Dan Hitchens
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1978
Black Jack
Black Jack game was a launch title for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1978
Bowling
Bowling is a 1979 video game for the Atari 2600 designed by Atari programmerLarry Kaplan; published by Atari
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 13rd October 2000
Break Out
Unusually, Break Out is in fact spelled as two words on the spine of this game, despite referred to as one in the body text
Software House: Atari
Author: Hasbro Interactive
Platform : Sony PlayStation
Date: 1st January 1978
Breakout
Breakout was released for the Atari 2600 in 1978
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1994
Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales
Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales was released December 15, 1994 for the Atari Jaguar
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 1989
California Games
This is the pack in game for the original Atari Lynx, this is an excellent conversion of the Epyx classic, featuring BMX Racing, Surfing, Half Pipe, and footbag
Date: 1982
Centipede
Centipede was originally an arcade game, which was then ported to the Atari 2600 in 1982
Date: 1982
Centipede (Alamogordo Atari Dig)
Centipede was originally an arcade game, which was then ported to the Atari 2600 in 1982
Date: 1982
Centipede (Cartridge)
"Imagine you live in an enchanted mushroom patch filled with bothersome bugs
Software House: Atari
Author: Dave Getreu
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1980
Championship Soccer
This is a 1982 sports game released by Atari and endorsed by the famous footballer Pelé
Software House: Atari
Author: Steve Wright
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 2003
Civilization III: Conquests
Software House: Atari
Author: Sid Meier
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 1st January 1978
Combat
Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date:
Computer Chess
An 8 level difficulty game of chess in which you play against the wits of the computers AI
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1987
Crossbow
Crossbow was originally released as an arcade game and later ported to the Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1986
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1993
Cybermorph
Cybermorph launched as the first game for the Atari Jaguar (it was packaged with the system) and really tried to be an ambitious first title
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 1st January 1988
Dark Chambers
Dark Chambers is a fantasy game in which you run around killing zombies and ghosts and descend down through the 26 levels, while collecting treasures along the way
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1987
David's Midnight Magic
Software House: Atari
Author: Broderbund Software
Platform : Atari XE
Date: 1981
Defender
Defender is a two-dimensional side-scrolling shooting game set on the surface of an unnamed planet
Date: 2005
Diplomacy
Digital version of the classic negotiation based board game of the same name
Software House: Atari
Author: Paradox Interactive
Platform : PC
Date: 1981
Dodge 'Em
This is a driving maze game written by Carla Meninsky, who was one of three female engineers to develop programs for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author: Carla Meninsky
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1993
Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a action/fighting game in which you play Bruce Lee, the infamous martial arts master
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
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Date: June 2004
DRIV3R [Driver 3]
Software House: Atari
Author: Reflections Interactive
Platform : Sony Playstation 2
Date: 2002
Driver Parallel Lines
Software House: Atari
Author: Reflections Interactive
Platform : Microsoft Xbox
Date: 2002
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
Software House: Atari
Author: Martin DeRiso, Brenda Brathwaite, Will Gee, David Thompson, Gary Spinrad
Platform : Microsoft Xbox
Date: December 1982
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
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Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1982
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Alamogordo Atari Dig)
E
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Eastern Front (1941) (cartridge version)
Eastern Front (1941) is a combuter wargame created by Chris Crawford for the Atari 8-bit computers
Software House: Atari
Author: Chris Crawford
Platform : Atari 400/800
Date: 2003
Enter The Matrix
2 DVD style cases in a slipcase
Software House: Atari
Author: Shiny Entertainment
Platform : Windows
Date: 2003
Enter the Matrix
Software House: Atari
Author: Shiny Entertainment
Platform : Microsoft Xbox
Date: 1994
Evolution: Dino Dudes
Evolution: Dion Dudes is a puzzle game whose objective is to manipulate a given number of humans, taking advantage of abilities and tools, to achieve the level's goal, usually consisting of finding a ...
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 1984
Flight Simulator (XE Cartridge)
This cartridge has ribbed sides, and is an early release for the computers
Software House: Atari
Author: Atarisoft
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1978
Football
Football or Atari Football was originally released for arcades and was later released for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author: Bob Whitehead
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1983
Frogger (Cartridge)
Excellent conversion of the arcade classic of getting a frog
Software House: Atari
Author: Steve Kranish, Dawn Stockbridge
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1st January 1983
Galaxian
The gameplay of Galaxian is relatively simple
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1980
Golf
This game is based on the sport golf and allows one or two people to play nine holes of golf
Software House: Atari
Author: Michael Lorenzen
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1988
Gravitar
Plays like an early version of Thrust, the player has to make his way round the treacherous landscapes, destroying bunkers and activating the reactors, making sure to escape before the big explosion
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 2004
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game
Software House: Atari
Author: SimBin Studios
Platform : PC Windows
Date: 2006
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game
Software House: Atari
Author: SimBin Studios
Platform : PC Windows
Date: 1st January 1979
Hangman
This is a video game based on the pen-and-paper game Hangman
Software House: Atari
Author: Alan Miller
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: February 1982
Haunted House
In this game, the player (represented by a pair of eyes) must navigate their way through a haunted mansion in order to recover the three pieces of an urn
Software House: Atari
Author: James Andreasen
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 2006
Hot Pixel
200+ energised mini-games for instant fun, inspired by Atari classics and Street Cultures
Date: 1989
Ikari Warriors
Originally an arcade game, Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling shooter for one or two players that was ported to various platforms between 1986 and 1989
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1978
Indy 500 (with controllers)
Indy 500 was a racing game for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1990
Ishido The Way of the Stones
This is the Lynx version of the ancient stone placing game, stones must be placed on the board in accordance with colours or patterns, the rules being centuries old
Software House: Atari
Author: Michael Feinberg
Platform : Atari Lynx
Date: 22nd February 2008
Jenga World Tour
This is a video game based on the popular Jenga board game
Software House: Atari
Author: Atomic Planet Entertainment
Platform : Nintendo Wii
Date: 1st January 1982
Joust (1983 version)
Joust is a platforming game where the player controls a yellow knight riding a flying ostrich or stork, from a third-person perspective
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1982
Joust (Jr Version)
Joust is a platforming game where the player controls a yellow knight riding a flying ostrich or stork, from a third-person perspective
Date: 1988
Jr Pac-Man
Jr Pac-Man was originally released as an arcade game and then later ported to the Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1978
Jungle Hunt
Jungle Hunt is a one- or two-player side-scrolling arcade platform gameproduced and released by Taito in 1982
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 24th February 2006
Marc Ecko's Getting Up
Revolution!In the city of New Radius, Mayor Sung's call to, "Revive, Rebuild, and Renew", is sending shockwaves of hope through a society that has none
Software House: Atari
Author: The Collective
Platform : Sony PlayStation 2
Date: 1982
Math Gran Prix
Math Gran Prix is an education game, for 7-10 year olds, where the player must drive a car through a Grand Prix race by answering maths questions correctly
Date: 1980
Maze Craze
Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers is a game where two players compete to be the first to escape a randomly-generated maze
Software House: Atari
Author: Rick Maurer
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Millipede
Millipede is a fixed shooter video game, which is the sequel to the hit game Centipede
Software House: Atari
Author: Dave Staugas, Ed Logg, Mark Cerny
Platform : Atari 2600
Date:
Missile Command
"The enemy is attacking six major cities
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1982
Missile Command
One of Atari's most famous games, that has appeared on all their home consoles
Date: 1981
Missile Command
Missile Command was released in North American arcades in July 1980, published by Atari
Date: 2003
Mission: Impossible Operation Surma
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Sony Playstation 2
Date: 2005
Monopoly, Boggle, Yahtzee, Battleship
This is a compilation of Hasbro games that can be played in single-player mode against the computer or in multiplayer mode using wireless
Software House: Atari
Author: Hasbro Interactive
Platform : Nintendo DS
Date: 1st January 1983
Moon Patrol
In this game the player drives an armoured vehicle, the "Moon Buggy," on the surface of the moon
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 2002
Neverwinter Nights (Best of Atari)
"The game that will change role-playing forever" - PC Zone 200
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 2007
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Expansion pack for the sequel gam
Software House: Atari
Author: Obsidian
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 2003
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (Expansion)
Software House: Atari
Author: BioWare
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 1st January 1989
Off The Wall
Off the Wall is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1989
Date: 1983
Oink!
Oink! is a video game produced and published by Activision and released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 video game system
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1978
Outlaw
Outlaw is an Action game, developed and published by Atari, which was released in 1978
Software House: Atari
Author: David Crane
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1980
Paddle
The paddle controllers for the Atari 2600 feature a rotating dial and a single button
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date:
Phantom Panzer
In Phantom-Panzer, the player takes control of an assault vehicle in order to defend their "energy base" at the bottom of the screen from the attacking phantom tanks
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1988
Phoenix
Phoenix was originally an arcade game, and it was later ported to the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1983
Popeye
The object of this game is for Popeye to collect a certain number of items dropped by Olive Oyl, depending on the level — 24 hearts, 16 musical notes, or 24 letters in the word HELP — while avoiding ...
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Popeye (Cartridge)
Single screen arcade action, converted from the arcade game, where the player must rescue Olive from the clutches of his nemesis Butch
Software House: Atari
Author: David Johnson
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1983
Q*Bert
Q*bert is an action game with puzzle elements played from an axonometric third-person perspective to convey a three-dimensional look
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1982
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
In this game the player controls Indiana Jones as he searches for the lost Ark of the Covenant
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
RealSports Baseball
This is a baseball game for the Atari 2600, released as part of the RealSports series
Date: 1987
RealSports Boxing
This boxing game features a side-view of a boxing ring, enabling the player to move up, down, left and right with the joystick
Date: 1983
RealSports Tennis
RealSports Tennis is a tennis simulation video game developed by Atari, Inc
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1988
RealSports Volleyball
RealSports Volleyball is a 1982 volleyball video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 platform as part of the RealSports series
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1988
RealSports Volleyball (Sealed)
RealSports Volleyball is a 1982 volleyball video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 platform as part of the RealSports series
Software House: Atari
Author: Bob Polaro, Jim Huether
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1983
River Raid
River Raid is a scrolling shooter video game designed and developed by Carol Shaw, and published by Activision in 1982 for the Atari 2600 video game console
Software House: Atari
Author: Carol Shaw
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1989
Road Runner
Road Runner is a racing game inspired by the Wile E
Software House: Atari
Author: Norm Avellar, Greg Rivera
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 2004
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (Games for Laptop)
Contains: Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Soaked, and Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Wild
Software House: Atari
Author: Frontier Developments
Platform : PC
Date: 3rd October 2002
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (Gold Edition)
Double Game Pack - Includes Expansion pack Wacky Worlds
Software House: Atari
Author: Frontier Developments
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 1990
Shanghai
Tile puzzle tile puzzle game makes it to the Lynx, where two Lynxes can be joined together and the game can be played co-operatively
Software House: Atari
Author: MediaGenic
Platform : Atari Lynx
Date: 2004
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Software House: Atari
Author: Firaxis Games
Platform : PC Windows 32 Bit
Date: 1980
Sky Diver
Sky Diver was originally released as an arcade game, and was then ported to the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author: Jim Huether
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1979
Slot Racers
Slot Racers was the first game written by Warren Robinett (who later created one of Atari's most successful games, Adventure)
Software House: Atari
Author: Warren Robinett
Platform : Atari VCS
Date: 1987
Solaris
Solaris is a space combat game which is a sequal to Star Raiders
Software House: Atari
Author: Doug Neubauer
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1980
Space Invaders
Space Invaders for the Atari 2600 was the first ever arcade to home game license, becoming a huge best seller
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1980
Spider Fighter
Spider Fighter is a fixed shooter where the objective is to protect an orchard containing fruit from four types of bugs
Software House: Atari
Author: Larry Miller
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1988
Sprint Master
Sprint Master is an action racing gamewhich features a birds-eye view of the racetrack
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Star Raiders
This was on release considered one of the killer apps for the Atari 8 Bit computer, and it put the company in a bit of dilemma
Software House: Atari
Author: Douglas Neubauer
Platform : Atari 8 Bit
Date: 1982
Star Raiders
Star Raiders is a space combat simulator video game for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Star Raiders
Star Raiders is a space combat simulator video game for the Atari 2600
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1987
Stargate
Stargate, originally released as an arcade game, is a sequel to Defender
Software House: Atari
Author: Bill Aspromonte (Programmer) Andrew Fuchs (Sound)
Platform : Atari 2600
Date:
Street Racer
Street Racer is a racing video game that was released as one of the nine launch titles for Atari VCS (later renamed the Atari 2600)
Software House: Atari
Author: Larry Kaplan
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1988
Super Football
Super Football is an American football game
Software House: Atari
Author: Doug Neubauer
Platform : Atari 2600
Date:
Super Wipeout
This cartridge includes six games: Super Wipeout Wipeout Knockout Wipeout - Singles Wipeout - Practice Knockout - Singles
Date: 1st January 1979
Superman
Superman is an Atari 2600 game designed by John Dunn and published by Atari, Inc in 1978
Date: 1988
Surround
Surround is a video game programmed by Alan Miller and published by Atari, Inc
Software House: Atari
Author: Alan Miller
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Swordquest: Earthworld
Swordquest is an unfinished series of video games made by Atari, Inc
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1982
Swordquest: Fireworld
Swordquest is an unfinished series of video games made by Atari, Inc
Date: 1993
Syndicate
Syndicate is an isometric real-time tactical game from Bullfrog Productions created in 1993
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 1988
Tandy Discovery Pack Plus
This is one of the many very generous packs that Atari put together to make the ST more attractive to buyers in the face of the more powerful Commodore Amiga
Date: 17th July 2018
Tempest 4000
Based on the code for the PS Vita game Tempest 2K, which unfortunately was removed from the PlayStation Store due to a copyright dispute with Atari
Software House: Atari
Author: Llamasoft
Platform : Sony Playstation 4
Date: 1996
Tempest X3
Adaptation of the tube shooter Tempest 2000
Software House: Atari
Author: High Voltage Software
Platform : Sony Playstation 1
Date: 2003
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Sony Playstation 2
Date: November 2005
The Matrix: Path of Neo
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Sony Playstation 2
Date: 1999
The Next Tetris
All the fast paced action and strategy of the original game plus new 3D graphics, wobble blocks, breakaway bricks and special gravity effects, all set to a pumping soundtrack
Software House: Atari
Author: Blue Planet Software
Platform : Sony Playstation
Date: 1995
Theme Park
Theme Park is a construction and management simulation game designed by Bullfrog Productions and originally released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 2004
Titeuf Méga Compet'
Titeuf: Mega Party is French cartoon action
Software House: Atari
Author: Eden Games
Platform : Sony Playstation 2
Date: 24th February 2006
Tycoon City New York
The player is tasked with building New York City, right from the beginnings of Greenwich Village on Manhatten, right up to the creation of such buildings as the Empire State and Chrysler building
Software House: Atari
Author: Deep Red Games
Platform : PC
Date: 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004
Software House: Atari
Author: Epic Games
Platform : PC Windows 32-bit
Date: 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Original Release)
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Windows
Date: 1st January 1982
Vanguard
Vanguard is similar to the game Scramble, in that the player controls a ship urged along a surrounding conduit and with a limited amount of fuel that constantly depletes
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1980
Video Checkers
This game is based on the traditional game of draughts (called checkers in North America)
Software House: Atari
Author: Carol Shaw
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1979
Video Chess
Try this sophisticated approach to the classic thinking game
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: September 1977
Video Olympics
Video Olympics was one of the nine launch titles for the Atari VCS (later named the Atari 2600)
Software House: Atari
Author: Joe Decuir
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1st January 1985
Video Pinball
Video Pinball is a simulation of an arcade pinball machine, with a ball launcher, flippers, bumpers and spinners
Date: 1991
Viking Child
As well as the Lynx's catalogue of arcade conversions, the console's library contains gems such as this, a platform adventure with RPG elements
Software House: Atari
Author: Imagitech Design
Platform : Atari Lynx
Date: 1st January 1981
WarLords
Warlords is a battle between four warlords, 1-4 of which can be controlled by the player(s)
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari 2600
Date: 1993
Wolfenstein 3D
Inspired by the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein, this groundbreaking episodic FPS puts the player in the boots of B
Software House: Atari
Author:
Platform : Atari Jaguar
Date: 1982
Yar's Revenge
Yars' Revenge is a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1982
Software House: Atari
Author: Howard Scott Warshaw
Platform : Atari 2600
