Atari Anthology
Encyclopedia
Atari Anthology is a collection of 85 Atari, Inc. games released in 2003 as Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! for Microsoft Windows
, and in 2004 for the Xbox
and PlayStation 2
. It reproduces both Atari arcade game
s and titles from the Atari 2600
game console. The Windows version features a slightly altered collection of Atari 2600 games, as noted below. The collection includes extras, such as original arcade artwork and scans of the instruction manuals for the Atari 2600 games, as well as video interviews with Nolan Bushnell
, the co-founder of Atari. Many games permit one to play each title at varying speeds, with time limits, or with a shifting colour palette. Some of these modes must be unlocked by reaching predetermined goals in other games. The Windows version also has a few extras, such as desktop themes.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, and in 2004 for the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
and PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. It reproduces both Atari arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
s and titles from the Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
game console. The Windows version features a slightly altered collection of Atari 2600 games, as noted below. The collection includes extras, such as original arcade artwork and scans of the instruction manuals for the Atari 2600 games, as well as video interviews with Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell
Nolan K. Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain...
, the co-founder of Atari. Many games permit one to play each title at varying speeds, with time limits, or with a shifting colour palette. Some of these modes must be unlocked by reaching predetermined goals in other games. The Windows version also has a few extras, such as desktop themes.
Atari arcade games
- Asteroids
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Battlezone
- Black WidowBlack Widow (arcade game)Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982. The player takes the titular role of a Black widow spider defending a web from invading bugs. The player must move the spider around the web while simultaneously shooting/avoiding various bugs and collecting the bonuses that...
- CentipedeCentipede (video game)Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female...
- Crystal Castles
- GravitarGravitarGravitar is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1982.It was the first of over twenty games Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari, including Star Wars.-Gameplay:...
- LiberatorLiberator (arcade game)Atari Force Liberator is an arcade game based on the Atari Force comic book series. Atari Force was published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. The story "Code Name: Liberator" describes the premise of the arcade game in detail and was included as a special insert in two comic books cover dated...
- Lunar LanderLunar Lander (arcade game)Lunar Lander is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, which uses a vector monitor to display vector graphics. Although not particularly successful, a vector-graphics generator was the impetus of Atari's most successful coin-operated game: Asteroids. The object of the game is to pilot a...
- Major HavocMajor HavocMajor Havoc is an upright cabinet vector-based arcade game made by Atari in 1983.The game was initially released as a dedicated cabinet in 1983 and then one year later as a conversion kit for older vector arcade games like Tempest.Dedicated versions of the game used a roller control for left-right...
- Millipede
- Missile CommandMissile CommandMissile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari, Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. It is considered one of the most notable games from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games...
- PongPongPong is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity...
- Red BaronRed Baron (arcade game)Red Baron is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and released in 1980. A first first-person flight simulator game, the player takes the role of a World War I ace in a biplane fighting on the side of the Allies. The game is named after the nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, German flying ace...
- Space DuelSpace DuelSpace Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original Asteroids, with asteroids replaced by colorful geometric shapes like cubes, diamonds, and spinning pinwheels. Shoot all objects to complete a level. Space Duel is the first and only multi-player...
- Super Breakout
- Tempest
- Warlords
Atari 2600 games
- 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
- A Game of ConcentrationA Game of ConcentrationA Game of Concentration is a video game produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1978 for its Atari 2600 video game system. The game was programmed by Jim Huether, and is a video version of the classic memory game...
(Windows only) - AdventureAdventure (Atari 2600)Adventure is a video game for the Atari 2600 video game console and is considered the first action-adventure game. Its creator, Warren Robinett, also introduced the first widely-known Easter egg to the gaming world.-History and design:...
- Air-Sea BattleAir-Sea BattleAir-Sea Battle is a game developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, and was one of the nine original launch titles for that system when it was released in October 1977...
- Asteroids
- Atari Video CubeAtari Video CubeAtari Video Cube is an action game released for the Atari 2600, developed and published by Atari in 1982. It is a single-player game, and uses an Atari joystick.-Gameplay:...
(PS2 and Xbox only) - Backgammon (PS2 and Xbox only)
- BASIC ProgrammingBASIC ProgrammingBASIC Programming attempted to teach simple computer programming on the Atari 2600. It was released for the Atari 2600 console in 1979 and it was one of only a few non-gaming cartridges released by the company...
(Windows only) - Battlezone
- BlackjackBlackjack (Atari 2600)Blackjack is a video game cartridge developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles available when the Atari 2600 went on sale in January 1978.-Summary:...
- BowlingBowling (video game)Bowling is a video game for the Atari 2600 designed by Atari programmer Larry Kaplan; published by Atari. The game is based on the game of bowling, playable by one player or two players alternating.In all six variations, games last for 10 frames, or turns...
- BreakoutBreakout (video game)Breakout is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and introduced on May 13, 1976. It was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 arcade game Pong, also by Atari. The game was ported to video game consoles and upgraded to video games such as Super Breakout...
- Canyon BomberCanyon BomberCanyon Bomber is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game, developed and published by Atari. The game was ported to the Atari 2600, also in 1978.-Gameplay:...
- CasinoCasino (video game)Casino is an Atari 2600 video game programmed by Bob Whitehead and released in 1978. Supporting up to four players, the game was controlled by the Atari Paddles.-Gameplay:...
- CentipedeCentipede (video game)Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female...
- Circus AtariCircus (video game)is an arcade game released by Exidy in 1977. The game is an arranged version of Breakout, where the player controls a seesaw and clown in order to destroy all of the targets in the level...
- Codebreaker (Windows only)
- CombatCombat (video game)Combat is an early video game by Atari for the Atari 2600. It was released as one of the nine launch titles for the system in October 1977, and was included in the box with the system from its introduction until 1982...
- Crystal Castles
- Demons to DiamondsDemons to DiamondsDemons to Diamonds is a video game produced by Atari, Inc. and released in 1982 for its Atari 2600 video game system. The game was programmed by Nick Turner with graphics designed by Alan Murphy...
- Desert Falcon
- Dodge 'EmDodge 'EmDodge 'Em is a 1980 Atari 2600 video game, a driving game based on a single screen of four concentric roadways. The player controls one car and has to drive counter-clockwise, avoiding computer-controlled cars whose sole aim is to produce a head-on collision...
- Double DunkDouble DunkDouble Dunk is a basketball-based video game developed by Atari and released in 1989 for the Atari 2600. Programmed by Matthew Hubbard, Double Dunk was one of the last games produced by Atari for its most well-known console.-Gameplay:...
- Flag Capture
- Football
- Fun With NumbersBasic Math (video game)Basic Math is a video game cartridge developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale in October 1977....
- GolfGolf (Atari 2600)Golf is a 1980 video game for the Atari 2600 based on the sport of the same name. The game was developed and published by Atari. In this game, one or two players can play nine holes of golf.-Gameplay:...
- GravitarGravitarGravitar is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1982.It was the first of over twenty games Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari, including Star Wars.-Gameplay:...
- Hangman (PS2 and Xbox only)
- Haunted HouseHaunted House (video game)Haunted House is an Atari 2600 video game, first released in 1982, in which the player must navigate the haunted mansion of the late Zachary Graves to recover the three pieces of an urn...
- Home Run
- Human Cannonball
- Math Grand Prix
- Maze Craze
- Millipede
- Miniature Golf
- Missile CommandMissile CommandMissile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari, Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. It is considered one of the most notable games from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games...
- Night DriverNight DriverNight Driver is a 1976 arcade game by Atari Inc. It was one of the earliest first-person racing games, and is believed to be one of the first published games to display real-time first-person graphics....
- Off the WallOff the Wall (Atari 2600)Off the Wall is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1989. It is essentially a clone of Breakout with a Chinese theme. It was developed by Axlon, a game development studio owned by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell....
- OutlawOutlaw (arcade game)Outlaw is a single-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1976. It simulates an Old West fast draw duel between the player and the computer. Outlaw was a response to Midway's Gun Fight, released the year before.-Technology:...
- QuadrunQuadrunQuadrun was published in 1983 by Atari for the Atari 2600. However, it is available to play at a relatively cheaper price on either the 2005 Xbox/PlayStation 2 collection Atari Anthology, or the Atari Flashback 2, where Quadrun is one of the forty included games.-Ports:Quadrun was made available on...
- Radar Lock
- RealSports Baseball
- Realsports FootballRealsports FootballRealsports Football is a 1982 football video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computer platforms.Realsports Football presents a greatly simplified version of football for play. Players in the game cannot go out of bounds or fumble the football, and there are no...
- RealSports TennisRealSports TennisRealsports Tennis is a 1983 tennis video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 platforms.-Ports:RealSports Tennis was added to Microsoft's Game Room service on March 24, 2010....
- RealSports VolleyballRealSports VolleyballRealsports Volleyball is a 1982 volleyball video game made by Atari for the Atari 2600 platform.-Ports:RealSports Volleyball was added to Microsoft's Game Room service on May 5, 2010....
- Sky DiverSky DiverSky Diver is an arcade video game designed by Owen Rubin, and released by Atari, Inc. in 1978. It was ported to Atari 2600 in the same year by Jim Huether. Its interface is a simple third-person view of a parachuting drop zone...
- Slot Machine
- Slot RacersSlot RacersSlot Racers is a 1978 video game cartridge for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was developed by Warren Robinett, who also went on to develop one of Atari's most successful games for the 2600, Adventure.-Game play:...
- Space WarSpace WarSpace War is an Atari-brand video game cartridge for the Atari 2600, released in 1978. It is an Atari 2600 port of Spacewar!, the famous 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. It was released by Sears as Space Combat, for the Atari 2600-compatible Sears Video Arcade...
- Sprintmaster
- Star RaidersStar RaidersStar Raiders is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, released in 1979 and programmed by Doug Neubauer. It was also later ported to other Atari computer and game platforms...
- Star ShipStar ShipStar Ship is a video game cartridge developed by Atari for its Video Computer System . The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari 2600 went on sale in January of 1978. It was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead...
- SteeplechaseSteeplechase (arcade game)Steeplechase is a 6-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1975. Developed by Atari subsidiary Kee Games, it simulates a steeplechase-style horse race.-Technology:...
- Stellar Track
- Street RacerStreet Racer (Atari 2600)Street Racer is an early racing video game developed for the Atari 2600, then known as the VCS . It was programmed by Larry Kaplan and released by Atari in February 1978 as one of the nine Atari 2600 launch titles...
- Submarine Commander
- Super Baseball
- Super Breakout
- Super Football
- SurroundSurround (video game)Surround is an early video game programmed by Alan Miller and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, then known as the VCS . It was one of the nine Atari 2600 launch titles released in October 1977.- History :...
- Swordquest: EarthworldSwordquestSwordquest is an unfinished series of video games produced by Atari in the 1980s as part of a contest. Each of the games came with a comic book that explained the plot, as well as containing part of the puzzle that had to be solved to win the contest...
- Swordquest: FireworldSwordquestSwordquest is an unfinished series of video games produced by Atari in the 1980s as part of a contest. Each of the games came with a comic book that explained the plot, as well as containing part of the puzzle that had to be solved to win the contest...
- Swordquest: WaterworldSwordquestSwordquest is an unfinished series of video games produced by Atari in the 1980s as part of a contest. Each of the games came with a comic book that explained the plot, as well as containing part of the puzzle that had to be solved to win the contest...
- Video Checkers
- Video ChessVideo ChessVideo Chess is a video game released by Atari in 1979 for the Atari 2600, based on the rules of chess.-Development:Video Chess was developed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead...
- Video OlympicsVideo OlympicsVideo Olympics is a video game cartridge programmed by Joe Decuir for Atari Inc. for the Atari 2600. It is one of the nine original launch titles for that system when it was released in October 1977. The game is a port of Atari's popular Pong series...
- Video Pinball
- Yars' RevengeYars' RevengeYars' Revenge is a video game developed for the Atari 2600 in 1981. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw, who also wrote the 2600 titles Raiders of the Lost Ark and the much-derided E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...