Atari 2600 News

You're the zookeeper, a crazed bear has jumped into the penguin tank and is totally flipping out. You're chasing him down with a tranquilizer gun. When we say flipping out, the bear is flipping chunks of ice and making large holes to fall into. You've got to get the bear while dodging the holes in the ice.. To make matters worse, the tranquilzer doesn't work quickly even once you've scored a hit, it takes a while for the tranquilzer to kick in, then it's up to you just to keep from getting killed. Read more about Flip Out (02-06-2009) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land has also a two player variant of his Tetris game! Here we go... Read more about Tetris 2 Player (Build 11) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land picked up the work on his bBasic Tetris game for A2600. Read more about Tetris (Build 16) (A2600 Game)

Endless Road is a 2k game for Atari 2600. The name is program :) Read more about Endless Road (30-06-2009) (A2600 Game)

You play as a wizzard in an epic battle with Skai the dragon (from DragonLance). The game takes place in a castle. There is a magic ball that roams around the castle as the dragon circles around the castle. You must get the magic ball and use (shoot it) it on the dragon. Every time you shoot it a new one will come and you will have to get it. you must also avoid running into the walls of the castle or you will lose. The dragon will also fight back by shooting fire at you. if you touch the dragon or its fire then you will lose. Read more about SKAI the Dragon (05-07-2009) (A2600 Game)

Clouds are moving up in the sky, moving the coin bad high in the sky. You are the pot, trying to catch the bag. You move wherever the bag moves. Watch out for the snake in the middle, he'll make you lose all your points. Read more about Catch A Coin (Update 4) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land is working on another new game. Aquarium is going to be a Tamagotchi style game, but you've to take care of your fish. Read more about Aquarium (Build 3) (A2600 Game)

jrok is working on a new Atari 2600 game called "Charge". It's currently in "work in progress" state and has no binary release. Read more about Charge WIP (A2600 Game)

Here's the binary of the "Mega Man" demo from the iam8bit 2007 show. It was done on a tight deadline and uses modified batari basic, there's quite a bit of straight assembly code and it runs on a Super Chip. Read more about Mega Man (Demo) (A2600 misc)

You find a treasure map in the attic of your house. Think Goonies movie. You and some friends go in search of this buried treasure on Skull Island. One problem, you don't exactly know where Skull Island is. You each get out your raft and head out into the river. Your friends are represented on the grid as colors. The red color is you. The other colors are your friends. The pink square in the middle is an island. You're object is to get to the island. Read more about Skull Island (24-06-2009) (A2600 Game)