Some people want to have every single game that ever came out for the Atari 2600. For me, I only collect games that will actually get played in my home.

Below are the games included my personal Atari 2600 collection sorted by game manufacturer. I currently have over 250 games.

20th Century Fox

Fox Video Games was a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox and was an attempt by the company to cash in on the lucrative video game market.

• Alien
• Bank Heist
• Beany Bopper
• Crypts of Chaos
• Earth Dies Screaming
• Fantastic Voyage
• Fast Eddie
• MASH (M*A*S*H)
• Mega Force
• Porky’s
• Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes
• Turmoil
• Worm War 1

Activision

Founded in 1979, Activision was the first ever third party software company for the Atari 2600.

Apollo

“Games by Apollo” was one of the earliest third-party developers for the 2600.

• Space Cavern
• Space Chase
• Wabbit

Atari

The big daddy of classic videogame companies. Atari had the first mass-market programmable videogame console with the Atari 2600. They produced hundreds of games for dozens of console and computer systems.

CBS Electronics

CBS Video joined the list of Atari 2600 publishers in 1982 and began by licensing high profile arcade games from companies such as Bally.

• Gorf
• Mountain King
• Solar Fox
• Wizard Of Wor

Coleco

Coleco not only made their own system but also released games for other systems such as the Atari 2600.

• Carnival
• Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong Junior
• Frontline
• Mouse Trap
• Mr. Do!
• Smurf
• Time Pilot
• Venture
• Zaxxon

Data Age

Data Age was founded in 1982 and got off to a strong start, but it didn’t last. They initially had some interesting original titles but then made some very bad high profile games.

• Airlock
• Journey Escape

Epyx

Epyx was primarily a computer software company, but they made a few games for the 2600 and 7800. Unlike most other companies however, Epyx released their games after the crash, in 1987.

• California Games
• Summer Games
• Winter Games

Froggo

In 1988, Froggo decided to get into the videogame publishing arena, deciding to go with the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800.

• Sea Hunt

Hacks / Homebrew / Prototype

Homebrew is a term frequently applied to video games or other software produced by consumers to target proprietary hardware platforms not typically user-programmable or that use proprietary storage methods.

Imagic

Imagic was the second third-party software group to form after Activision, and was one of the best producers of 2600 games.

• Atlantis
• Cosmic Ark
• Demon Attack
• Dragon Fire
• Fathom
• Fire Fighter
• Moonsweeper
• No Escape!
• Riddle Of The Sphinx
• Shootin’ Gallery
• Solar Storm
• Star Voyager
• Trick Shot

Konami

A Japanese software company, Konami was established in the arcade arena and got its start in the home business with the Atari 2600.

• Pooyan

M Network

M Network was a division of Mattel Electronics that created games for the 2600. Generally, they were simplified versions of existing Intellivision games.

• Astroblast
• Adventures Of Tron
• Armor Ambush
• Bump ‘N’ Jump
• Burger Time
• Dark Cavern
• Frogs and Flies
• Kool-Aid Man
• Lock ‘N’ Chase
• Space Attack
• Tron Deadly Discs

Parker Bros.

Parker Brothers, the established creator of numerous board games, entered the videogame market in 1982. What made their entry different was the fact that they were an established company as opposed to a software start-up.

• Amidar
• Frogger
• Frogger II
• G.I. Joe Cobra Strike
• Gyruss
• Montezuma’s Revenge
• Popeye
• Q-Bert
• Reactor
• Sky Skipper
• Spider-Man
• Star Wars: Death Star Battle
• Star Wars: Jedi Arena
• Star Wars: The Arcade Game
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Super Cobra
• Tutankham

Sears

Sears sold many of Atari’s products, but like many brands sold in Sears stores, they branded the products with their own name.

Sega

Sega was known for their arcade games at the time of their entry into the home market. They initially licensed their games to Coleco for the ColecoVision console and later to other companies including Atari.

• Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
• Congo Bongo
• Spy Hunter
• Tapper
• Up’n Down

Spectravision

Spectravision produced a large number of 2600 titles and was doing quite well until the Crash. Spectravision is perhaps best known for producing the mail order-only game Chase the Chuckwagon.

• Bumper Bash
• Gangster Alley
• Master Builder

Telesys

Telesys released a number of creative games for the 2600, but never quite became the success they had hoped.

• Coconuts
• Cosmic Creeps
• Fast Food

Tigervision

A division of Tiger Toys, Tigervision entered the video game market in 1982.

• Miner 2049′er
• Threshold

TNT Games

Excellent graphics characterize TNT Games’ only release for the 2600, BMX Airmaster. Unfortunately, the market dropped out from beneath them and nothing else was produced.

• BMX Airmaster

Vidtec / US Games

A subsidiary of Quaker Oats, U.S. Games is a perfect example of how non-gaming companies tried to cash in on the 2600′s success.

• Commando Raid
• Eggomania
• Entombed
• Gopher
• Sneak ‘N Peek
• Space Jockey
• Squeeze Box
• Word Zapper

I’m still unpacking a lot of my boxes with Atari 2600 games, so not everything I own is listed yet, but I’ll update my list as time permits.

This page was last updated on January 3, 2010