Atari 2600 News

Joy Ride is another wonderful Atari VCS game made by Cybearg. Use up/down/left/right to avoid hitting cars for as long as possible. Collect power-up pellets (up to 3) and hit fire trigger to clear the road of traffic for a while. Watch out for the slow lanes! Read more about Joy Ride (27-03-2013) (A2600 Game)

Before the Magical Hammer was passed on to Fix-It Felix Jr., his father had to keep things in order. Fix-It Felix Sr. by Cybearg is a parody remake of the game Fix-It Felix Jr. featured in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph. Fix-It Felix Sr. is a simple, colorful, and fun arcade game. Read more about Fix-It Felix Sr. (27-03-2013) (A2600 Game)

Heartbreak by Cybearg is an colorful original arcade-style game inspired by Breakout. The game was designed and prototyped for the 2013 Global Game Jam competition and won Best Game Mechanics and Player's Choice awards in the local chapter. Read more about Heartbreak (27-03-2013) (A2600 Game)

The object in Gate Racer by Atarius Maximus is to drive through the scrolling gates while avoiding hitting the barriers, sides of the road, or oil slicks. There's a clock timer at the bottom and the object is simply to survive on the road as long as you can. Your final time is displayed when you crash. Read more about Gate Racer (09-03-2013) (A2600 Game)

Eat Dem Bananaz is the latest project of Atari VCS developer atari2600land. Already got hungry? Want a banana? Go ahead and catch 'em but avoid the sour lemons! Read more about Eat Dem Bananaz (Build 8) (A2600 Game)

Monster Management Security Bureau of Cincinnati 2 (M.M.S.B.C. II) is a brand new Atari 2600 homebrew game from theloon ,creator of Nitebear on Sleepystreet. Read more about M.M.S.B.C. II (A2600 Game)

Chris Read updated his Atari VCS game Explosive Diarrhea. Guide people to a toilet, while avoiding to hit any mines hidden under earth. Read more about Explosive Diarrhea (23-01-2012) (A2600 Game)

Blinky Goes Up by Jan Hermanns is a platform game for the Atari 2600, featuring six vertically smooth scrolling levels and superbly animated characters, in a 4kb only ROM. Read more about Blinky Goes Up (Minigame Compo 2012) (A2600 Game)

theloon decided to work on a horizontal scrolling game what is currently turning out to be a "The Great Giana Sisters" inspired platformer named The Sensational Santuci Sisters. The development is still in progress, so expect improvements in the near future. Read more about The Sensational Santuci Sisters (Build 36) (A2600 Game)

If it's about creative game names, this the Atari 2600 homebrew Explosive Diarrhea by Chris Read would probably win a prize. Guide people to a toilet, while avoiding to hit any mines hidden under earth. Read more about Explosive Diarrhea (11-12-2012) (A2600 Game)