Computing Games published by Atari Games

The following is a list of Computing Games published by Atari Games 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 27 Computing Games published by Atari Games in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
720 Date: 1987 720

All the thrills and skills of real skateboarding in this unique challenge to become champion of the skating world

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Chris Butler, Sam, Ben Daglish
Platform : Commodore 64

Block Out Date: 1990 Block Out

Block out is Tetris, but viewed from above in a pseudo 3D, the idea being to cover a whole floor layer with different shaped blocks, which then disappear

Software House: Atari Games
Author: LDW Inc
Platform : Atari Lynx

Blue Lightning Date: 1989 Blue Lightning

Excellent into the screen Afterburner style game, showcasing the Lynx's scaling capabilities to the full

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

Blue Lightning (Card Only) Date: 1989 Blue Lightning (Card Only)

Excellent into the screen Afterburner style game, showcasing the Lynx's scaling capabilities to the full

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

Centipede Date: 1982 Centipede

Conversion of the famed arcade machine devised by Dona Bailey

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Checkered Flag Date: 1991 Checkered Flag

Very decent single seater racing game, with 18 tracks to race round, the player can practice each track, have a single race, or enter a championship

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari Lynx

Counter Measure Date: 1982 Counter Measure

Terrorists have seized control of several missile silos and are planning on launching missiles to blow up Washington D

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Gates of Zendocon Date: 1989 Gates of Zendocon

One of the few side on shooters for the Lynx, featuring massive explosions, sprites, and very impressive backgrounds

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

Hard Drivin' (Card Only) Date: 1990 Hard Drivin' (Card Only)

Most home conversions of this arcade driving game are pretty awful, the Atari Lynx version is very much an exception, having all the speed and features of the original

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen
Platform : Atari Lynx

Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom Date: 1985 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

This game, developed by U

Software House: Atari Games
Author: John Prince
Platform : Amstrad CPC 464

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Date: 1985 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Software House: Atari Games
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Klax (Japanese) Date: 1990 Klax (Japanese)

This is recognised as an excellent conversion of the popular arcade puzzler, the player is tasked with collecting tiles of the same colour, that come towards them on a conveyor

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

Multimixx 4 Date: 1985 Multimixx 4

Gauntlet - Gauntlet The Deeper Dungeons - Gauntlet

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Various
Platform : Commodore 64

Pac-Man Date: 1982 Pac-Man

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Paperboy Date: 1990 Paperboy

Very good conversion of the Tengen arcade game

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen
Platform : Atari Lynx

Rampage (Card Only) Date: 1990 Rampage (Card Only)

Very good conversion of the arcade game, that allowed up to four Lynx machines to be connected by Comlynx cables to play as each of the games protagonists

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Bally Midway
Platform : Atari Lynx

Road Runner Date: 1987 Road Runner

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Canvas
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

RoadBlasters (Card Only) Date: 1990 RoadBlasters (Card Only)

Very good conversion of the arcade classic, which the Lynx and its impressive hardware handle with ease

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen
Platform : Atari Lynx

Rygar (Japanese) Date: 1990 Rygar (Japanese)

The Lynx was blessed with many fine arcade conversions and Rygar was no different, with excellent sprites and scrolling platform action

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

S.T.U.N. Runner Date: 1991 S.T.U.N. Runner

A conversion of the polygon based racer that should not be possible

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari Lynx

Space Invaders Date: 1982 Space Invaders

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Star Raiders Date: 1982 Star Raiders

Star Raiders

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Steel Talons (Card Only) Date: 1992 Steel Talons (Card Only)

Helicopter arcade game, that sees the player flying into a 3D landscape completing missions, such as removing advancing tanks, while looking after fuel and ammunition levels

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari Lynx

Super Breakout Date: 1982 Super Breakout

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari 5200

Todd's Adventures in Slime World (Japanese) Date: 1990 Todd's Adventures in Slime World (Japanese)

One of the best arcade adventures on the system with full use made of the graphical effects the machine was capable of, making the whole screen alive with Slime and monsters

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

Warbirds (Japanese) Date: 1990 Warbirds (Japanese)

This is a dog fighting game, best played with more than one player, that has the players flying round in WW1 fighters, making full use of the Atari Lynxes sprite scaling capabilities This is from Jap ...

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari
Platform : Atari Lynx

Zarlor Mercenary (Japanese) Date: 1990 Zarlor Mercenary (Japanese)

One of the few shoot em ups for the Lynx, which is a top down vertical scrolling game, with impressive amounts of sprites and excellent sound effects

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx
Platform : Atari Lynx

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