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Release Schedule (Atari 2600)

Below is a list of game releases for the platform in North America. We offer a similar list for each system, and some lists are more complete than others, but this should give you a good idea of what was available during a certain time in a console's life cycle.

1977

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Air-Sea Battle	Atari	unknown
2	Basic Math	Atari	unknown
3	Blackjack	Atari	unknown
4	Combat	Atari	unknown
5	Fun with Numbers	Atari	unknown
6	Indy 500	Atari	unknown
7	Star Ship	Atari	unknown
8	Video Olympics	Atari	unknown

1978

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	3-D Tic-Tac-Toe	Atari	unknown
2	Backgammon	Atari	unknown
3	BASIC Programming	Atari	unknown
4	Basketball	Atari	unknown
5	Bowling	Atari	unknown
6	Brain Games	Atari	unknown
7	Breakaway IV	Sears	unknown
8	Breakout	Atari	unknown
9	Canyon Bomber	Atari	unknown
10	Casino	Atari	unknown
11	Circus Atari	Atari	unknown
12	Codebreaker	Atari	unknown
13	Concentration	Atari	unknown
14	Dodge 'Em	Atari	unknown
15	Flag Capture	Atari	unknown
16	Football	Atari	unknown
17	Golf	Atari	unknown
18	Hangman	Atari	unknown
19	Home Run	Atari	unknown
20	Human Cannonball	Atari	unknown
21	Maze Craze: A Game of Cops And Robbers	Atari	unknown
22	Sea Hunt	Froggo Games	unknown
23	Sky Diver	Atari	unknown
24	Slot Racers	Atari	unknown
25	Space War	Atari	unknown
26	Street Racer	Atari	unknown
27	Super Breakout	Atari	unknown
28	Surround	Atari	unknown
29	Video Checkers	Atari	unknown
30	Video Chess	Atari	unknown

1979

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Adventure	Atari	unknown
2	Asteroids	Atari	unknown
3	Miniature Golf	Atari	unknown
4	Slot Machine	Atari	unknown
5	Superman	Atari	unknown

1980

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Boxing	Activision	unknown
2	Dragster	Activision	unknown
3	Fishing Derby	Activision	unknown
4	Hunt & Score	Atari	unknown
5	Karate	Froggo Games	unknown
6	Night Driver	Sears	unknown
7	Othello	Atari	unknown
8	Pele's Championship Soccer	Atari	unknown
9	Skiing	Activision	unknown
10	Space Invaders	Atari	unknown
11	Checkers	Activision	July
12	Bridge	Activision	December

1981

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Freeway	Activision	unknown
2	Haunted House	Atari	unknown
3	Ice Hockey	Activision	unknown
4	Kaboom!	Activision	unknown
5	Missile Command	Atari	unknown
6	Outlaw	Atari	unknown
7	Pac-Man	Atari	unknown
8	Racquet Ball	Apollo	unknown
9	Skeet Shoot	Apollo	unknown
10	Space Cavern	Apollo	unknown
11	Spacechase	Apollo	unknown
12	Stampede	Activision	unknown
13	Steeplechase	Sears	unknown
14	Stellar Track	Sears	unknown
15	Strategy X	Konami	unknown
16	Tennis	Activision	unknown
17	Treasure Island	Zellers	unknown
18	Video Pinball	Atari	unknown
19	Warlords	Atari	unknown
20	Laser Blast	Activision	March

1982

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Adventures of Tron	Mattel Interactive	unknown
2	Air Raid	Men-A-Vision	unknown
3	Air Raiders	Mattel Interactive	unknown
4	Airlock	Data Age	unknown
5	Alien	20th Century Fox	unknown
6	Amidar	Parker Brothers	unknown
7	Armor Ambush	Mattel Interactive	unknown
8	Astroblast	Mattel Interactive	unknown
9	Atari Video Cube	Atari	unknown
10	Atlantis	Imagic	unknown
11	Bachelor Party	Mystique	unknown
12	Bachelor Party/Gigolo	Playaround	unknown
13	Bachelorette Party/Burning Desire	Playaround	unknown
14	Barnstorming	Activision	unknown
15	Beany Bopper	20th Century Fox	unknown
16	Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em/Lady in Wading	Playaround	unknown
17	Bermuda Triangle	Data Age	unknown
18	Berzerk	Atari	unknown
19	Bugs	Data Age	unknown
20	BurgerTime	Mattel Interactive	unknown
21	Carnival	Coleco	unknown
22	Cathouse Blues/Philly Flasher	Playaround	unknown
23	Centipede	Atari	unknown
24	The Challenge of Nexar	Spectravision	unknown
25	China Syndrome	Spectravision	unknown
26	Chopper Command	Activision	unknown
27	Coconuts	Telesys	unknown
28	Commando Raid	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
29	Communist Mutants From Space	Arcadia Corporation	unknown
30	Cosmic Ark	Imagic	unknown
31	Cosmic Creeps	Telesys	unknown
32	Cosmic Swarm	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
33	Crash Dive	20th Century Fox	unknown
34	Crazy Climber	Atari	unknown
35	Cross Force	Spectravision	unknown
36	Cruise Missile	Froggo Games	unknown
37	Crypts of Chaos	20th Century Fox	unknown
38	Custer's Revenge	Mystique	unknown
39	Dark Cavern	Mattel Interactive	unknown
40	Deadly Duck	20th Century Fox	unknown
41	Defender	Atari	unknown
42	Demon Attack	Imagic	unknown
43	Donkey Kong	Coleco	unknown
44	Dragonfire	Imagic	unknown
45	Dragonstomper	Starpath	unknown
46	Eggomania	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
47	Eli's Ladder	Simage	unknown
48	Encounter At L-5	Data Age	unknown
49	Entombed	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
50	Escape From The Mindmaster	Starpath	unknown
51	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	Atari	unknown
52	Fantastic Voyage	20th Century Fox	unknown
53	Fast Eddie	20th Century Fox	unknown
54	Fast Food	Telesys	unknown
55	Final Approach	Apollo	unknown
56	Fire Fighter	Imagic	unknown
57	Fireball	Arcadia Corporation	unknown
58	Frogger	Parker Brothers	unknown
59	Frogs and Flies	Mattel Interactive	unknown
60	Gopher	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
61	Gorf	CBS Electronics	unknown
62	Grand Prix	Activision	unknown
63	Guardian	Apollo	unknown
64	Infiltrate	Apollo	unknown
65	International Soccer	Sears	unknown
66	Jawbreaker	Tigervision	unknown
67	Jungle Fever/Knight on the Town	Mystique	unknown
68	King Kong	Tigervision	unknown
69	Kool-Aid Man	Mattel Interactive	unknown
70	Lock 'N Chase	Mattel Interactive	unknown
71	Lost Luggage	Apollo	unknown
72	M.A.D.	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
73	MagiCard	Sunmark Electronics	unknown
74	Marauder	Tigervision	unknown
75	MAS*H	20th Century Fox	unknown
76	Math Gran Prix	Atari	unknown
77	Mega Force	20th Century Fox	unknown
78	Megamania	Activision	unknown
79	Mines of Minos	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
80	Mogul Maniac	Amiga	unknown
81	Mouse Trap	Coleco	unknown
82	Ms. Pac-Man	Atari	unknown
83	Name This Game	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
84	The Official Frogger	Starpath	unknown
85	Open! Sesame	Bit Corp.	unknown
86	Phaser Patrol	Arcadia Corporation	unknown
87	Phoenix	Atari	unknown
88	Picnic	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
89	Piece O'Cake	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
90	Pitfall!	Activision	unknown
91	Pooyan	Konami	unknown
92	Raft Rider	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
93	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Atari	unknown
94	Ram It	Telesys	unknown
95	Reactor	Parker Brothers	unknown
96	RealSports Baseball	Atari	unknown
97	RealSports Volleyball	Atari	unknown
98	Rescue Terra I	Venture Vision	unknown
99	Riddle of The Sphinx	Imagic	unknown
100	Robot Commando Raid	Vidtec	unknown
101	Room of Doom	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
102	Sea Hawk	Froggo Games	unknown
103	Shark Attack	Games by Apollo	unknown
104	Shootin' Gallery	Imagic	unknown
105	Sky Jinks	Activision	unknown
106	Smurf: Rescue In Gargamel's Castle	Coleco	unknown
107	Sneak 'n Peek	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
108	Space Attack	Mattel Interactive	unknown
109	Space Canyon	Apollo	unknown
110	Space Jockey	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
111	Spider-Man	Parker Brothers	unknown
112	Springer	Tigervision	unknown
113	Squeeze Box	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
114	Sssnake	Data Age	unknown
115	Star Raiders	Atari	unknown
116	Star Strike	Mattel Interactive	unknown
117	Star Voyager	Imagic	unknown
118	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	Parker Brothers	unknown
119	Stargunner	Telesys	unknown
120	Starmaster	Activision	unknown
121	Sub Scan	SEGA	unknown
122	Submarine Commander	Sears	unknown
123	Super Challenge Baseball	Mattel Interactive	unknown
124	Super Challenge Football	Mattel Interactive	unknown
125	Swordquest: EarthWorld	Atari	unknown
126	Swordquest: FireWorld	Atari	unknown
127	Tac-Scan	SEGA	unknown
128	Tanks But No Tanks	Zimag	unknown
129	Tape Worm	Spectravision	unknown
130	Tax Avoiders	American Videogame	unknown
131	Threshold	Tigervision	unknown
132	Towering Inferno	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
133	Trick Shot	Imagic	unknown
134	Tron Deadly Discs	Mattel Interactive	unknown
135	Turmoil	20th Century Fox	unknown
136	Vanguard	Atari	unknown
137	Venture	Coleco	unknown
138	Video Life	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
139	Wabbit	Apollo	unknown
140	Warplock	Data Age	unknown
141	Wizard of Wor	CBS Electronics	unknown
142	Word Zapper	U.S. Games Corporation	unknown
143	Worm War I	20th Century Fox	unknown
144	Yars' Revenge	Atari	unknown
145	Zaxxon	Coleco	unknown
146	Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em	Mystique	October 13
147	River Raid	Activision	December

1983

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	The Activision Decathlon	Activision	unknown
2	Alpha Beam with Ernie	Atari	unknown
3	Artillery Duel	XONOX	unknown
4	Assault	Bomb	unknown
5	Asteroid Fire	Homevision	unknown
6	Bank Heist	20th Century Fox	unknown
7	Base Attack	Homevision	unknown
8	Battlezone	Atari	unknown
9	Berenstein Bears	Coleco	unknown
10	Berenstein Bears: Big Number Hunt	Coleco	unknown
11	Berenstein Bears: Great Letter Roundup	Coleco	unknown
12	Berenstein Bears: Spooky Spelling Bee	Coleco	unknown
13	Big Bird's Egg Catch	Atari	unknown
14	Blue Print	CBS Electronics	unknown
15	Boing!	First Star Software	unknown
16	Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom	SEGA	unknown
17	Bump 'N Jump	Mattel Interactive	unknown
18	Bumper Bash	Spectravision	unknown
19	Cakewalk	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
20	Chase the Chuckwagon	Spectravision	unknown
21	Chuck Norris Superkicks	XONOX	unknown
22	Condor Attack	Ultravision	unknown
23	Congo Bongo	SEGA	unknown
24	Cookie Monster Munch	Atari	unknown
25	Cosmic War	Homevision	unknown
26	Dancing Plate	Bit Corp.	unknown
27	Death Trap	Avalon Hill	unknown
28	Demolition Herby	Telesys	unknown
29	Dice Puzzle	Panda Entertainment	unknown
30	Dig Dug	Atari	unknown
31	Dishaster	Zimag	unknown
32	Dolphin	Activision	unknown
33	Donkey Kong Junior	Coleco	unknown
34	Earth Dies Screaming	20th Century Fox	unknown
35	Enduro	Activision	unknown
36	Fathom	Imagic	unknown
37	Fire Fly	Mythicon	unknown
38	Flash Gordon	20th Century Fox	unknown
39	Forest	Sancho	unknown
40	Frankenstein's Monster	Data Age	unknown
41	Galaxian	Atari	unknown
42	Gangster Alley	Spectravision	unknown
43	Gas Hog	Spectravision	unknown
44	Gauntlet	Answer Software	unknown
45	Ghost Manor	XONOX	unknown
46	G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike	Parker Brothers	unknown
47	Glacier Patrol	Sears	unknown
48	Glib	Selchow & Righter	unknown
49	Gravitar	Atari	unknown
50	Great Escape	Bomb	unknown
51	Halloween	Wizard	unknown
52	Harbor Escape	Panda Entertainment	unknown
53	I Want My Mommy	Zimag	unknown
54	James Bond 007	Parker Brothers	unknown
55	Joust	Atari	unknown
56	Jungle Hunt	Atari	unknown
57	Kangaroo	Atari	unknown
58	Keystone Kapers	Activision	unknown
59	Killer Satellites	Starpath	unknown
60	Krull	Atari	unknown
61	Laser Gates	Imagic	unknown
62	Laser Volley	Zellers	unknown
63	Lilly Adventure	Homevision	unknown
64	London Blitz	Avalon Hill	unknown
65	Malagai	Answer Software	unknown
66	Marine Wars	Konami	unknown
67	Mario Bros.	Atari	unknown
68	Master Builder	Spectravision	unknown
69	Masters of the Universe: Power of He-Man	Mattel Interactive	unknown
70	Miner 2049er Starring Bounty Bob	Tigervision	unknown
71	Miner 2049er Volume II	Tigervision	unknown
72	Mission 3000 A.D.	Bit Corp.	unknown
73	Mission Survive	Video Gems	unknown
74	Moon Patrol	Atari	unknown
75	Moonsweeper	Imagic	unknown
76	Mountain King	CBS Electronics	unknown
77	Mr. Do!	Coleco	unknown
78	The Music Machine	Sparrow	unknown
79	Nightmare	Sancho	unknown
80	No Escape!	Imagic	unknown
81	Ocean City Defender	Zellers	unknown
82	Oink!	Activision	unknown
83	Omega Race	CBS Electronics	unknown
84	Oscar's Trash Race	Atari	unknown
85	Out of Control	Avalon Hill	unknown
86	Party Mix	Starpath	unknown
87	Pepsi Invaders	Atari	unknown
88	Personal Game Programmer	Answer Software	unknown
89	Pigs in Space	Atari	unknown
90	Pitfall II: Lost Caverns	Activision	unknown
91	Planet Patrol	Spectravision	unknown
92	Plaque Attack	Activision	unknown
93	Polaris	Tigervision	unknown
94	Pole Position	Atari	unknown
95	Popeye	Parker Brothers	unknown
96	Porky's	20th Century Fox	unknown
97	Pressure Cooker	Activision	unknown
98	Private Eye	Activision	unknown
99	Q*Bert	Parker Brothers	unknown
100	Quadrun	Atari	unknown
101	Quick Step	Imagic	unknown
102	Rabbit Transit	Starpath	unknown
103	RealSports Soccer	Atari	unknown
104	RealSports Tennis	Atari	unknown
105	Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes	20th Century Fox	unknown
106	Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot	XONOX	unknown
107	Robot Tank	Activision	unknown
108	Scuba Diver	Panda Entertainment	unknown
109	Sea Monster	Bit Corp.	unknown
110	Seahawk	Panda Entertainment	unknown
111	Seaquest	Activision	unknown
112	Shuttle Orbiter	Avalon Hill	unknown
113	Sky Skipper	Parker Brothers	unknown
114	Smurfs Save The Day	Coleco	unknown
115	Snail Against Squirrel	Bit Corp.	unknown
116	Snoopy & The Red Baron	Atari	unknown
117	Solar Fox	CBS Electronics	unknown
118	Solar Storm	Imagic	unknown
119	Sorcerer	Mythicon	unknown
120	Sorcerer's Apprentice	Atari	unknown
121	Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space	Activision	unknown
122	Spacemaster X-7	20th Century Fox	unknown
123	Spider Fighter	Activision	unknown
124	Spike's Peak/Ghost Manor	XONOX	unknown
125	Spitfire Attack	Milton Bradley	unknown
126	Spy Hunter	SEGA	unknown
127	Star Fox	Mythicon	unknown
128	Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator	SEGA	unknown
129	Star Wars: The Arcade Game	Parker Brothers	unknown
130	Star Wars: Jedi Arena	Parker Brothers	unknown
131	Star Wars Return of The Jedi: Death Star Battle	Parker Brothers	unknown
132	Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups	Parker Brothers	unknown
133	Stronghold	CommaVid, Inc.	unknown
134	Stuntman	Panda Entertainment	unknown
135	Subterranea	Imagic	unknown
136	Suicide Mission	Starpath	unknown
137	Super Cobra	Parker Brothers	unknown
138	Survival Island	Starpath	unknown
139	Survival Run	Milton Bradley	unknown
140	Sword of Saros	Starpath	unknown
141	Swordquest: WaterWorld	Atari	unknown
142	Tapper	SEGA	unknown
143	Task Force	Froggo Games	unknown
144	Taz	Atari	unknown
145	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Wizard	unknown
146	Thunderground	SEGA	unknown
147	Time Pilot	Konami	unknown
148	Tomarc the Barbarian	XONOX	unknown
149	Tooth Protectors	Camelot Corp.	unknown
150	Tunnel Runner	CBS Electronics	unknown
151	Tutankham	Parker Brothers	unknown
152	Video Jogger and Video Reflex: Family Fun & Fitness	Exus	unknown
153	Wall Ball	Avalon Hill	unknown
154	Wall-Defender	Bomb	unknown
155	X-Man	Universal Gamex	unknown
156	Z-Tack	Bomb	unknown
157	Crackpots	Activision	May 16
158	Frostbite	Activision	August 14

1984

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Color Bar Generator	Video Soft	unknown
2	Cosmic Corridor	Zimag	unknown
3	Crystal Castles	Atari	unknown
4	Espial	Tigervision	unknown
5	Frogger II: Threeedeep!	Parker Brothers	unknown
6	Front Line	Coleco	unknown
7	Gremlins	Atari	unknown
8	Gyruss	Parker Brothers	unknown
9	H.E.R.O.	Activision	unknown
10	Jr. Pac-Man	Atari	unknown
11	Midnight Magic	Atari	unknown
12	Millipede	Atari	unknown
13	Montezuma's Revenge: Starring Panama Joe	Parker Brothers	unknown
14	Motocross Racer	XONOX	unknown
15	Mr Do!'s Castle	Parker Brothers	unknown
16	Pengo	Atari	unknown
17	Q*bert's Qubes	Parker Brothers	unknown
18	Quest For Quintana Roo	Sunrise Software Inc.	unknown
19	River Patrol	Tigervision	unknown
20	Roc'N Rope	Coleco	unknown
21	Stargate	Atari	unknown
22	Track & Field	Atari	unknown
23	Up 'n Down	SEGA	unknown
24	Beamrider	Activision	January 24
25	Cosmic Commuter	Activision	November 9

1985

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

Ghostbusters

Activision

unknown

1986

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Obelix	Atari	unknown
2	Solaris	Atari	unknown

1987

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Crossbow	Atari	unknown
2	Desert Falcon	Atari	unknown
3	Kung Fu Master	Activision	unknown
4	Kung Fu Superkicks: Pursuit of The Ninja	XONOX	unknown
5	RealSports Boxing	Atari	unknown
6	Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure	Absolute Entertainment	unknown
7	Summer Games	Epyx	unknown
8	Title Match Pro Wrestling	Absolute Entertainment	unknown
9	Winter Games	Epyx	unknown

1988

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	California Games	Epyx	unknown
2	Commando	Activision	unknown
3	Dark Chambers	Atari	unknown
4	Pete Rose Baseball	Absolute Entertainment	unknown
5	RealSports Football	Atari	unknown
6	River Raid II	Activision	unknown
7	Spiderdroid	Froggo Games	unknown
8	Sprintmaster	Atari	unknown
9	Super Baseball	Atari	unknown
10	Super Football	Atari	unknown
11	Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator	Absolute Entertainment	unknown
12	Universal Chaos	Sears	unknown

1989

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	BMX Airmaster	TNT Games	unknown
2	Double Dragon	Activision	unknown
3	Double Dunk	Atari	unknown
4	Ikari Warriors	Atari	unknown
5	Off the Wall	Atari	unknown
6	Radar Lock	Atari	unknown
7	Rampage	Activision	unknown
8	Road Runner	Atari	unknown
9	Secret Quest	Atari	unknown

1990

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Fatal Run	Atari	unknown
2	Hot Action Pack	HES Interactive	unknown
3	Moto Rodeo	Atari	unknown
4	Sentinel	Atari	unknown
5	Xenophobe	Atari	unknown

2000

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Sea Battle	INTV	unknown
2	Swordfight	INTV	unknown

2001

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Combat Two	Atari	unknown
2	Elevator Action	Atari	unknown

2003

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

The Entity

CGE Services

August 9

2011

Gametitle

Publisher

Date

1	Atom Smasher	Video Soft	unknown
2	SAC Alert	Video Soft	unknown

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