Atari 2600 Game History

An incomplete chronological history of Atari 2600 VCS games.

 

Below are pages for 1982 and 1983. They are not complete, but they do contain a lot of the games most people cared about along with pop culture information. If you find a mistake, or have more information to add such as month/year release dates for games, please contact me. Thanks for your help.

 

1982    1983

 

 

Information compiled from the following sources:

The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers

 

I. C. When

 

Atari History Museum

(Atari Historical Society)

 

AtariGuide

 

Classic Gaming

 

AtariAge

 

Steve R's Atari 2600 Rarity List

 

The Numbers

 

GameArchive

 

Dragon's Lair Project

 

GameWinners.com

 

440 International: Those Were the Days (Today in History)

 

Rock on the Net: The Ark Weekly Top 40 Archives

 

The Killer List Of Videogames (KLOV)

 

The Billboard Book of Top 40 hits (5th Edition) by Joel Whitburn

 

The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (5th Edition) by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh

 

Atari Age magazine

 

Activisions (Activision newsletter)

 

Videogaming Illustrated magazine

 

Electronic Games magazine

 

Book & Video Update newsletter

 

 

Special Thanks to:

Charles Goddeeris

Glenn Saunders and Russ Perry Jr. from Cyberpunks Entertainment

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