Category: Atari 2600

There is not only a Michael Knight in TV, but also in Atari VCS development scene. If you are in the mood for a little shooter you may try Point Zero. The ultimate goal of this game is to get a score of zero!

Use the joystick to move around and pressing fire when moving increases your speed. Press fire while still to shoot your missiles and blow up bad guys. Not everything is a bad guy there are also power ups to obtain. Every thousand points you remove from the score a boss like ship will appear… Don’t get hit by its missiles!

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/221173-point-zero-new-homebrew/

In Anthony Luna‘s game Hunger Shark you navigate a hungry shark desperately in the search for food! But be aware… you are not the king of the sea, you do have enemies as well.

Release notes:

-Removed Vertical and diagonal drift
–This has the added benefit of freeing a ton of space, I kept horizontal drift (that never completely stops) because of many shark species tendencies to never stop swimming. Vertical and diagonal drift didn’t add much to the game. Along with a small speed boost to the shark the movement feels more ‘unique’.
-Treasure Spawns now last twice as long.
-As a result of a ton of removed code saved for movement, the game is, as far as I’m aware, 100% stable in scan line count.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220865-hunger-shark/

Anthony Luna possibly has seen the movie “Jaws” quite too often. In his game Hunger Shark for the Atari VCS you are a hungry shark desperately in the need of human flesh, yumyum! But you do also have enemies such as the coast guards! Live and Let Die!

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220865-hunger-shark/

In atari2600land‘s Plim Aliens have landed and are trying to annoy Frank! Can Frank survive the alien onslaught of annoyingness?

http://www.atari2600land.com/plim/index.html

In atari2600land‘s Plim Aliens have landed and are trying to annoy Frank! Can Frank survive the alien onslaught of annoyingness?

Changes:

* No changelog found (still the old one on the page…)

Money Man by Byte Knight is a rather new Atari 2600 game, released end of October 2013 and constantly updated. You play a Sailor that runs around and collects money, avoiding Hellkats and Terry Dactyl. Bombs drop out of the ceiling that turn into eggs that eventually hatch into enemies. If you can grab the eggs before they hatch, you can chuck them at your enemies.

Changes:

With RevEng’s help, I made the jumping much more player-friendly.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217978-money-man-a-new-platform-game/

If anyone is in mood for Pong, what about SuperPong 2600 by LS_Dracon for Atari VCS?

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/121382-superpong-2600/

Money Man by Byte Knight is a rather new Atari 2600 game, released end of October 2013 and constantly updated. You play a Sailor that runs around and collects money, avoiding Hellkats and Terry Dactyl. Bombs drop out of the ceiling that turn into eggs that eventually hatch into enemies. If you can grab the eggs before they hatch, you can chuck them at your enemies.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217978-money-man-a-new-platform-game/

Kraken Attack is a game salzmafia.com threw together over a weekend. The game itself is inspired by the old Nintendo Game & Watch game Octopus.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/219048-kraken-attack-rom-and-source/

In atari2600land‘s Plim Aliens have landed and are trying to annoy Frank! Can Frank survive the alien onslaught of annoyingness?

Changes:

* Added static back on the TV in the intro.
* Level 8 work has begun.