Atari 2600 News

atari2600land is working on a game similar to M&Ms: Break 'Em for the GBA and DS. Read more about Break Em (Build 1) (A2600 Game)

A nuclear reactor core stabilizer and containment field has failed unexpectedly and you, the technician, have to manually stabilize the atomic matter until containment field can be initialized. The containment walls will start enclosing around the atomic matter as the containment field is brought back online. However because the containment field is down, other random atomic matter is being project around the reactor core. The manual stabilizers have not been calibrated on schedule so they do not stabilize the atomic matter correctly which has resulted in the atomic matter to jitter around. If two pieces of atomic matter collide or if the atomic matter collides with the walls before the containment field has been initialized, then the whole nuclear reactor wild explode. Read more about Atomic Meltdown (23-09-2009) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has posted an update of his Atari 2600 homebrew game "Jack and the Beanstalk" which is based upon a fairy tale with the same name. Read more about Jack and the Beanstalk (Build 85) (A2600 Game)

Trilobit released a preview of their 4k Intro Triptych! Read more about Triptych (Preview) (A2600 4k Intro)

3 different games crammed into 1K! Read more about Micro Games (A2600 Games)

Devin has modified his Punch Out style Atari 2600 homebrew game K.O. Cruiser to feature the material arts star Chuck Norris and called it "K. O. Chuck Norris". Read more about K.O. Chuck Norris (13-09-2009) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has started to work on the third part of his GoSub game. It's a maze/collecting items game. Read more about GoSub3 (Build 1) (A2600 Game)

The object of the game is to find the 3 rune symbols (yellow) and take them to the magic circle before you turn completely into a toy doll! Read more about Chuckies Adventure (08-09-2009) (A2600 Game)

Atarius Maximus has udpated Cave In, which was previously known as "Adventure Game". Read more about Cave In v2.30 (A2600 Game)

This is a work in progress of Animan's personal favorite arcade game. Right now, it's very early, with only the car, track with no collision detection yet, and 10 flags. Read more about Rally-X (01-09-2009) (A2600 Game)