Category: Atari 2600

Palomino is a puzzle game for Atari 2600 by Seemo.

The playfield is continuously scanned by a vertical beam, that periodically deposits cells in the playfield. The player has to arrange these cells to form the pattern shown on the top of the screen. To form the patterns, the player controls a cursor that can pick up and release the cells on the playfield. When the vertical beam meets a pattern, it removes the cells that form the pattern from the playfield, and the player scores points. Each pattern has to be composed eight times before the timer, represented by the bar on the top left of the screen, expires.

Changes:

– now the playfield has a gray background color (this made me tweak the colors… for a change)
– I have added a ‘message’ area, between the playfield and the score, that says ‘press fire’/’get ready’/’game over’/’oh yeah’ (when a pattern is cleared)

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/210898-palomino-2600/page-2

Piñata‘s is a collection of five Atari 2600 homebrew games on one cartridge including arcade, action, and adventure: Heartbreak, Ping, Joyride, Fix-It Felix Sr., and Flipside. All games were made by Cybearg the past half year. It should be 100% compatible with emulators and cartridges like the Harmony.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217123-pinata-2600/

ataventure by DMA – released at Silly Venture 2013.

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62139

Rastersplits by Coine ranked third in the console demo competition at Silly Venture 2013.

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62180

Nothing by JAC! released at Silly Venture 2013 and ranked second in the console demo competition.

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62174

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe.

Release notes:

Sorry about the long wait, been pretty busy for a while. Did a whole bunch of internal changes. The player won’t notice most of them. However they are required to get the larger bosses on the screen. A new crazy bug was added, when you touch the mummy, you’re character sprite is garbled. It can be fixed by attacking a different creature.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/213104-tumulus-2600/page-3

Yet another Snake game for the Atari VCS. mad4j comes up with Ms. Snake!

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/215913-ms-snake-is-coming/

ChipOff by Random Terrain is a simple breakout-style program that uses the joystick instead of the paddles to chip off the old blocks. When the program starts, move the joystick left or right to choose between 3 ball sizes. Press up for the regular paddle and down for the larger paddle. Press the fire button to start.

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/211497-chipoff-breakout-style-example-program/

The Katamari Prince has been set out to roll up objects and make new planets for the Katamari King who’m feels lonely in the empty universe, the impatient and unhappy Katamari King can’t wait, you have to do it now! Right away! And since the Katamari King is so sad the Katamari Prince is forced to play the Katamari King’s favorite game – Dodge the lightnings. So set out, dear Katamari Prince, make the Katamari King happy! This game by Rabbit 2600 is still in development, motivate the coder so he goes on with his nice work!

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/214048-release-katamari/

Stranglehand is an Atari VCS game by theloon. Use Captain Handy’s amazing fist to eliminate his personal demons! If his outstretched hand touches a demon points are awarded. Greater awards are given if the demon is eliminated while the arm matches its color. Demons who touch your arm will do one point of damage to your health. If all six hearts are gone so are you! Only one arm can appear on-screen at a time. Fully retract your arm to enable the opposite appendage. You can change your off-screen arms color by pressing the FIRE button. Occasionally a star will appear that randomly changes your current arms color and awards bonus points. At certain intervals the demons will begin to move faster.

Stranglehand for Atari VCS

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217106-stranglehand-done/