Atari 2600 News

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. Read more about Stranglehand (Update 2) (A2600 Game)

Since Wickeycolumbus sold all copies of Muncher he decided to release the final ROM to the public. You play as a yellow square and your goal is to "eat" the red squares while avoiding aliens. Read more about Muncher (03-09-2013) (Final) (A2600 Game)

Rabbit 2600 has released his first Jump'n'Run game for the Atari 2600 named Jump! Jump!. It features 15 different screens that are randomly chosen. Use the joystick to move left and right and press the button to jump. Get points by completing a screen. Jump to avoid the fireballs! Read more about Jump! Jump! (11-10-2013) (A2600 Game)

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe. Read more about Tumulus (r23) (A2600 Game)

brik by Repixel8/Retro Reload is a brandnew Atari VCS game adapting the gameplay of Arkanoid. It's a single player game and the ROM is sized 4kb only. Read more about brik (A2600 Game)

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe. Read more about Tumulus (r22) (A2600 Game)

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe. Read more about Tumulus (r18) (A2600 Game)

In atari2600land's Plim Aliens have landed and are trying to annoy Frank! Can Frank survive the alien onslaught of annoyingness? Read more about Plim v50 (A2600 Game)

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe. Read more about Tumulus (r16) (A2600 Game)

aTaRSI is a brandnew and astonishing Atari VCS demo by TRSI, Digital Sounds System & Crest, released at the demoparty Nordlicht 2013. Read more about aTaRSI (A2600 Demo)