Editing List of Atari 2600 games (section)

==Homebrew games==
{{See also|Atari 2600 homebrew}}
[[Image:Stay Frosty (SpiceWare) 1.png|thumb|''Stay Frosty'' by Darrell Spice Jr.]]

The Atari 2600 has been a popular platform for [[homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] projects, with {{table row counter|tableno=3|ignore=1}} games publicly released. Unlike later systems, the Atari 2600 does not require a [[modchip]] to run cartridges. Many games are clones of existing games written as programming challenges,{{sfn|Bogost|Montfort|2009}} often borrowing the name of the original.

In 2003, [[Activision]] selected several games for inclusion in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of their ''[[Activision Anthology]]'', as indicated below.<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />

{{Incomplete list|date=July 2014}}

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! Title
! Developer(s)
! Publisher(s)
! Year
! Genre
! Notes
|-
| ''2005 Minigame Multicart''
| Chris Walton, Fred Quimby, Bob Montgomery, and Zach Matley
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Action
|
|-
| ''2048 2600''
| Carlos Duarte do Nascimento (chesterbr)
| self-published
| 2014
| Puzzle
| Clone of ''[[2048 (video game)|2048]]''
|-
| ''[[A-VCS-tec Challenge]]''
| Simon Quernhorst (Programmer), Paul Slocum (Music)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2006
| Action
| Clone of ''[[Aztec Challenge]]''<ref name="BoingBoing" />
|-
| ''Aardvark''
| Óscar Toledo G. and Thomas Jentzsch and Nathan Strum
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2019
| Action
| Variation of ''Anteater''
|-
| ''Actionauts''
| [[Rob Fulop]]
|
| 2008
| Simulation
| Originally planned for release in 1984
|-
| ''Alfred Challenge''
| Eric Bacher
| Ebivision
| 1998
| Action
| Platform-and-ladder game{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
|-
| ''Allia Quest''
| Igor Barzilai
| Ebivision
| 2001
| Action
| [[Fixed shooter]] {{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
|-
| ''Alien Greed''
| Chris Read
| Self-Published
| 2007
| Action
|
|-
| ''Alien Greed 2''
| Scott Dayton
| Neo Games
| 2008
| Action
|
|-
| ''Alien Greed 3''
| Chris Read
| Neo Games
| 2010
| Action
|
|-
| ''Alien Greed 4''
| Chris Read
| 2600Connection
| 2012
| Action
|
|-
|''Alien Holocaust''
|Fernando Rodrigues Salvio
|Bitnamic
|2022
|Action
Adventure
|Based on the short film Alien Holocaust by Marcus Garrett and the developer as the character Bruce. It has a cartridge version and another sold with the DVD of the short film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alien Holocaust - Cartucho (Atari 2600) |url=https://www.bitnamic.com.br/produto/alien-holocaust/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Bitnamic Software |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-
|''Alien Holocaust 2: Invasion Earth''
|Fernando Rodrigues Salvio
|Bitnamic
|2023
|Action/Shooter
|Sequel to Alien Holocaust. In command of flying saucers, the player can destroy cities all over the world, being the first Atari game to graphically represent cities in Brazil, North America, Europe, Asia and Egypt. With soundtrack by Pedro Pimenta. It has a special version with a flying saucer-shaped packaging.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alien Holocaust II: Invasion Earth (Atari 2600) |url=https://www.bitnamic.com.br/produto/alien-holocaust-ii/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Bitnamic Software |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-|-
| ''Astronomer''
| Alex Pietrow
| [[Packrat]]
| 2018
| Simulation
| A astronomy simulator where the player can use a telescope to observe stars. It is a pack in game for the Retron 77.
|-
| ''Bee-Ball''
| Ivan Machado
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2007
| Action
| <ref name="BeeBallAA" />
|-
| ''Bell Hopper''
| Tomas Härdin
| self-published
| 2011
| Action
| A demake of [[Orisinal#Game examples|Winterbells]]. Placed 5th in the game development competition at [[Assembly (demo party)|Assembly Summer 2011]].<ref name="BellHopper"/>
|-
| ''Bigfoot Family Search''
| Jason Santuci and Bobby Alexander
|-
| ''[[Boulder Dash (video game)|Boulder Dash]]''
| Thomas Jentzsch and Andrew Davie
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2011
| Action
| <ref name="BoulderDashAA" />
|-
| ''Chetiry''
| Chris Walton, Zach Matley, Fred Quimby
| Atari Age
|
| Puzzle
| Tetris clone. Melody Enhanced
|-
| ''Circus Convoy''
| Audacity Games
| Audacity Games
| 2021
| Action Adventure
| First game from publisher founded by [[David Crane (programmer)|David Crane]], [[Garry Kitchen]] and Dan Kitchen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audacitygames.com/rel_circ.html|title=Retro Game Publisher Audacity Games announces its flagship products|access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>
|-
| ''Climber 5''
| Dennis Debro
| XYPE
| 2004
| Action
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''.<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
Included in the Atari Flashback 2 as '' Atari Climber''.
|-
| ''Conquest of Mars''
| Champ Games (John W. Champeau)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2006
| Action
| Clone of Atari 8-bit computer game ''[[Caverns of Mars]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=822|title=Conquest of Mars - Atari 2600|website=www.atariage.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''Draconian''
| SpiceWare (Darrell Spice, Jr.) Additional programming by Chris Walton. Music, Speech, Sound Effects by Michael Haas
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2017
| Action
| Clone of Arcade game ''[[Bosconian]]'', Draconian includes levels from both arcade versions (Namco and Midway), plus original levels
|-
| ''Dungeon''
| David Weavil
| Atari Age
| 2009
| Adventure
|
|-
| ''Dungeon II: Solstice''
| David Weavil
| Atari Age
| 2019
| Adventure
|-
| ''[[Duck Attack!]]''
| Will Nicholes
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2010
| Action-Adventure
| Loosely based on ''[[Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]]''<ref name="DuckAttack-ToledoFreePress" />
|-
| ''Edtris 2600''
| Ed Federmeyer
| Hozer Video Games
| 1995
| Strategy
| Clone of ''[[Tetris]]''{{sfn|Herman|1997|p=251}}
|-
| ''Euchre''
| Erik Eid
| self-published
| 2002
| Strategy
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology'' as ''Video Euchre''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''Fall Down''
| Aaron Curtis
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''FlapPing''
| Kirk Israel
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2004
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Four-Play''
| Zach Matley
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2006
| Strategy
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Galactopus!''
| Ric Pryor
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2015
| Action/Shooter
|-
| ''Galagon''
| John W. Champeau, Nathan Strum, Ross Keenum
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2019
| Action
| Supports AtariVox/Savekey for saving high scores
|-
|''Grizzards''
|Bruce-Robert Pocock, Zephyr Salz
|[[AtariAge]]
|2022
|RPG
|Supports AtariVox for voice. Contains save-to-cartridge circuitry on physical release, or uses AtariVox/Savekey for demo/download version.
|-
| ''Go Fish!''
| Bob Montgomery
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Gunfight''
| Manuel Rotschkar
| XYPE
| 2001
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''[[Halo 2600]]''
| [[Ed Fries]]
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2010
| Action
| Based on [[Bungie]]'s [[Halo (series)|Halo series]]; Fries was involved in [[Microsoft]]'s acquisition of Bungie<ref name="Halo2600-BoingBoing" />
|-
| ''Heist''
| Timothy Marsh
| Self Published
| 2019
| Action
|
|-
| ''High Score Screen Burn Slow Burn''
| BJ Best
| 8bitclassics.com
| 2010
| Action
| High Score Screen Burn Slow Burn: The game that’s maybe not a game!
|-
| ''Hunchy II''
| Chris Walton
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Jammed''
| Thomas Jentzsch
| XYPE
| 2001
| Strategy
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''[[Juno First]]''
| Chris Walton
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2009
| Action
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
|-
| ''Jatai the Bee''
|Fernando Rodrigues Salvio
|Bitnamic
|2024
|Action
|The Jataí is a bee native to the Atlantic Forest and must fulfill its duty of pollinating flowers and collecting pollen and nectar to feed the hive. During the mission, some enemies will appear: spiders, which hang from the web; lemon bees, which raid the hive; and also a large spider, the Queen, who must be stopped. The game has a box with a 3D printed bee that serves as a key to open it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jataí: The Bee (Edição de Luxo) |url=https://www.bitnamic.com.br/produto/jatai/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Bitnamic Software |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-
| ''K.O. Cruiser''
| Devin Cook
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2010
| Sports
| <ref name="KOCruiserCGE" />
|-
| ''L.E.M. Lunar Excursion Module''
| Filippo Santellocco
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2010
| Action
| Inspired by arcade game Lunar Lander.
|-
| ''[[Lady Bug (video game)|Lady Bug]]''
| Champ Games (John W. Champeau)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2006
| Action
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
|-
| ''Mappy''
| John W. Champeau, Mike Haas, Thomas Jentzsch
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2019
| Action/Platform
| Clone of arcade game of the same name, AtariVox Enhanced
|-
| ''Marble Craze''
| Paul Slocum
| XYPE
| 2002
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Mean Santa''
| John K. Harvey
| 2600 Connection [https://web.archive.org/web/20110107161030/http://2600connection.atari.org/msorder.html]
| 2009
| Action/Strategy
|
|-
| ''[[Medieval Mayhem]]''
| SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2006
| Action
| Remake of ''[[Warlords (1980 video game)|Warlords]]'' that adds arcade features missing from the original home version.<ref name="RetroGamer-MM" />
|-
| ''[[Monkey King]]''
| Alex Pietrow
|
| 2018
| Action
| Strategic endless runner.
|-
| ''Okie Dokie''
| Bob Colbert
| Retroware
| 1996
| Strategy
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''[[Oystron]]''
| Piero Cavina
| XYPE
| 1997/1998
| Action
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''Pesco''
| Eric Bacher
| Ebivision
| 1999
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Pick Up''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| Mark Klein
| 2002
| Shooter
| Finished, but unreleased until self-published at 2002 Classic Gaming Expo
|-
| ''Pressure Gauge''
| John K. Harvey
| Self-published
| 1999
| Action/Puzzle
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Princess Rescue''
| Chris Spry
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2013
| Action
| Clone of [[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros]].
|-
| ''Qb''
| Andrew Davie
| XYPE
| 2001
| Action/Puzzle
|
|-
| ''Scramble''
| John W. Champeau (Champ Games)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2016
| Action
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.
|-
| ''Seawolf''
| Manuel Rotschkar
| XYPE
| 2004
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Shield Shifter''
| John Reder
| Good Deal Games
| 2009
|-
| ''Skeleton+''
| Eric Ball
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2003
| First-person shooter
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''Snappy''
| Sebastian Mihai
| Self Published
| 2012
| Action
| <ref name="Snappy" />
|-
| ''Sound X''
| Ed Federmeyer
| Hozer Video Games
| 1994
| Music
|
|-
| ''Space Game''
| Karl Garrison, Maggie Vogel
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2018
| Action
| AtariVox Enhanced
|-
| ''Space Rocks''
| Darrell Spice, Jr.
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2013
| Action
| AtariVox Enhanced
|-
| ''Space Treat Deluxe''
| Fabrizio Zavagli
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2003
| Action
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''Space Instigators''
| Christopher Tumber
| XYPE
| 2002
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Squish 'Em''
| Bob Montgomery
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2007
| Action
| Clone of Atari 8-bit computer game of the same name.<ref name="SquishEmAA" />
|-
| ''The Stacks''
| Mike Mika and Kevin Wilson
| Parzavision
| 2011
| Action
| ''Pitfall!''-like game based on a fictional homebrew mentioned in the novel ''[[Ready Player One]]'' and made downloadable at [http://anoraksalmanac.com/gate1/stacks/ Stacks] as part of a contest to win a [[DMC DeLorean]]
|-
| ''[[Star Fire]]''
| Manuel Rotschkar, Thomas Jentzsch
| XYPE
| 2003
| Action
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.<ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Stay Frosty''
| SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2007
| Action
| Also included on ''2007 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Stella's Stocking''
|-
| ''Stay Frosty 2''
| SpiceWare (Darrell Spice Jr.)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2014
| Action
|-
| ''Stell-A-Sketch/Okie Dokie''
| Bob Colbert
| Retroware
| 1997
| Strategy
|-
| ''Strat-O-Gems Deluxe''
| John Payson
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Strategy
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Super Cobra Arcade''
| Champ Games (John W. Champeau)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2017
| Action
| Clone of arcade game ''[[Super Cobra]]''
|-
| ''SWOOPS!''
| Thomas Jentzsch
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2005
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" />
|-
| ''Synthcart''
| Paul Slocum
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2002
| Music
| <ref name="Weiss" /> Keyboard controllers are used to create sound loops
|-
| ''[[Thrust (video game)|Thrust]]''
| Thomas Jentzsch
| XYPE
| 2000
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" /> Clone of computer game of same name. Re-released with enhancements in 2002 as ''Thrust+ DC Edition'' and in 2003 as ''Thrust+ Platinum''
|-
| ''Toyshop Trouble''
| John Payson, Zach Matley, Bob Montgomery, Thomas Jentzsch, Nathan Strum
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2007
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" /> Also released in 2006 as ''2006 AtariAge Holiday Cart: Toyshop Trouble''
|-
| ''[[Turbo (video game)|Turbo]]''
| [[AtariAge]]
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2010
| Racing / Driving
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
|-
| ''Vault Assault''
| Brian Prescott
| self-published
| 2001
| Action
| Included in the ''Activision Anthology''<ref name="ActivisionAnthology" />
|-
| ''Vong''
| Rick Skrbina
| self-published
| 2008
| Sports
| <ref name="VongAA" />
|-
| ''Wall Jump Ninja''
| Walaber
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2015
| Action
| Supports the AtariVox
|-
| ''[[Warring Worms]]''
| Baroque Gaming (Billy Eno)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2002
| Action
| <ref name="Weiss" /> Expanded and re-released in 2005 as ''Warring Worms: The Worm (Re)Turns''
|-
| ''The Wicked Father''
| Juno (Jamie Hamshere)
| self-published
| 2011
| Action
|
|-
| ''Zippy the Porcupine''
| Chris Spry
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2015
| Action
| Game based on [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]
|-
| ''[[Zoo Keeper (1982 video game)|Zoo Keeper]]''
| Champ Games (John W. Champeau)
| [[AtariAge]]
| 2021
| Action
| Clone of arcade game of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zoo Keeper - Atari 2600|url=https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1237|access-date=2021-07-05|website=atariage.com}}</ref>
|}