Atari 2. 60. 0 Video Game Release Dates with Pop Culture Atmosphere. Page last updated on: 2. If you were too young or not even born yet, this page might be able to help you get the feeling of what it was like back then. Link Colors. Links that jump to other places on this page are blue. Links that lead to other pages online are red. Quick List and Index. For those who only want release dates and nothing else, there is a Release Date Quick List. This page also has an Index. Best Guess. Many games are marked as a best guess. Some guesses are worse than others. Below is a list of the types of guesses that can be on this page. Best Guess (BG): At least one magazine or newsletter mentioned the month a game was released or supposed to be released. Extreme Best Guess (EBG): A vague mention of the release month in a magazine or newsletter. This is needed, because there is no R/W line to the cart. The Arcadia (aka Starpath) Supercharger uses 6K of RAM to store the games loaded from tape. Atari VCS 2600 Bankswitching methods. Definitions of Atari 2600, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of Atari 2600. Starpath Supercharger; Cuttle Cart; Stella; z26; javatari. Added a new Starpath bios that shows the vertical blue progress bars any time you load a. But mostly, this is the first round of support for Starpath Supercharger games. The images of the Atari 2600 VCS are categorized and. Atari designed a Color/B&W switch to give optimum graphics. Starpath SuperCharger was released in 1982 and provided a large RAM upgrade to 6K and the ability to. The Starpath Supercharger Added Ram To The Atari 2600 Wireless JoysticksThe Starpath Supercharger Added Ram To The Atari 2600 WaterworldSuper Extreme Best Guess (SEBG): The Video Game Update newsletter only had a review for the game (no release month mentioned), so it's a semi- educated wild guess. The review could have happened the same month the game was released or the review could have been published a month or more later. Atari 2600/7800 FAQ v. Starpath Supercharger. Added bankswitch support for the 6K version of Starpath/Supercharger ROMS. Added autodetection for '0840. DOS and Linux versions support real Atari 2600 paddles using a. Desperate Super Extreme Best Guess (DSEBG): There might be an ad in a magazine to go on if we're lucky. It's a desperate semi- educated wild guess. Copyright Date. Remember, the date on the box, cartridge, manual, and copyright screen can be different from the actual release date. For example, Atari 2. Pac- Man was released in March/April of 1. You. Tube. To help make your experience even more enjoyable, most items have a link next to them that will lead you to related search results at You. Tube where you might find video game commercials, gameplay footage, music videos, and clips from TV shows or movies. You Can Help. If you find a mistake, or have more information to add, such as month/year release dates for games, please contact me. Every little bit of credible information helps, no matter how insignificant you think it might be. Thanks for your help. January 1. 98. 3January 1. History. Text below from. The Video Game Update(February 1. Availability Update(Based on projected release dates by manufacturers. May change without notice.)January . Games)High Seas (M Network) . Games)Mission Omega (Comma. Vid) . Games)Ram It (Telesys)x - Reactor (Parker Bros)Spider Fighter (Activision)x - Squeezebox (U. S. May not be in national distribution yet, however. Text below from. Arcade Express(December 5, 1. THREE TITLES FROM ACTIVISION STRESS ADVENTURE & WHIMSYActivision will ship three titles in the next quarter that should follow their established route of whimsy combined with action- adventure, a formula that has proved successfulfor that company in the past. The course features 4. A single player uses a bug blaster to dodge hostile arachnids before they steal his crop of fruit. Described as frenetic, a whorl of on- screen activity uses arcade- like features such as bonus points for surviving an insect wave with no loses, and a demonstration mode when the game ends. The third Activision release, . The player controls a submarine to locate his team of scuba divers with their treasures. Then the arcader must rescue the divers from man- eating sharks and pirate subs, getting them to surface before the air supply runs out. They will be shipped during the first quarter of the year, together with the previously announced rock 'n roll game, . Frankenstein's dungeon and carry them to the tower, to build a barrier around the monster before he's completed. Finally, pit your agent against enemy spies, pursued and threatened, as he tries to recover top secret military documents and other prizes. Keep your eyes open for these . Atari claims that Imagic infringed a copyright in the Intellivision version of Imagic's Arkie- Award winning hit, . However, the VCS- compatible version of . Games is sponsoring a contest/sweepstakes to find the best name for a new deep sea adventure. A joystick- controller diver gathers treasure from the ocean floor, while constantly threatened by an octopus whose tentacles draw ever closer. A spear gun drives the octopus back, but the diver has other problems. There's a man- eating shark that must be dealt with. The gamer has to watch the undersea denizens, gather treasure, and also keep an eye on the dwindling air supplies. Get a look at the cartridge at your local dealer in mid- January, and pick up entry blanks, for the U. S. Games sweepstakes drawing. The first name out of the hopper wins $1. One hundred people will get libraries of six U. S. Games cartridges, and 1. And, the person sending in the best, most creative name for the game will win a special award of $1. Text below from. Arcade Express(January 1. PAC MAN IS TOP KID HIT ON T. V. Early figures released by ABC Television rate the new cartoon show . The Saturday morning children's cartoon series is tops in its time slot, beating out last year's big winner, . February will see the multiple scenario climbing game . March is the month for the three- screen . The latter is a quasi- educational cartridge that attempts to stimulate use of the left side of the brain to heighten creativity(!). Amidar and Spiderman, a climbing game with some neat tricks, should be in the stores already; Super Cobra . GAMES UNVEILS FAMILY FUN SERIESFamily fun is the main theme of a new series of cartridges from U. S. Jack Dews, company Executive Vice Pres. Games Action Adventure Series, the company has introduced the Family Fun Series that Dews describes as . The Supercharger had originally been marketed for $6. The Supercharger expands the RAM of the Atari VCS from 1. This increase in memory makes possible high resolution graphics and lengthened game playing time. The unit comes packed with . Starpath games are recorded on audio cassette and average $1. VIDEOGAME PREVIEWER ASSISTS RETAILERSImagic has developed a table- top display unit that allows the retailer to display up to 2. It uses the Atari VCS system, and a customer merely presses a button to call up any game, which will then play for only a predetermined length of time to discourage overuse. The games work by remote control and are never touched by the customer, and the joysticks and paddles are attached to the rear of the Previewer. This should certainly help stores needing a way to demonstrate games, while keeping the valuable carts safely out of reach until the purchase is made. PIGGYBACK A COMPUTER ON YOUR ATARI VCSEntex, a company best- known for its handheld and tabletop games, wants to turn every VCS unit into a full- function computer with the Entex 2. Piggyback. The full- sized keyboard plugs into an Atari 2. K- byte Basic and 3. K bytes of RAM that can be further enhanced with a 1. K RAM memory expansion cartridge. Gamers can attain computer literacy and create their own programs, or use software cartridges in the VCS- styled cartridge portal. Entex will also market a wide variety of non- game software, ranging from home finance to beginning algebra, speed reading, and a variety of other useful subjects. The Entex 2. 00. 0 Piggyback will sell for less than $1. Spring. IMAGIC AND ATARI SETTLE OUT OF COURTAtari and Imagic have come to a meeting of the minds and laid to rest their battle over . Atari had claimed that the Arkie- Award hit, in its Intellivision version, infringed the copyright Atari held for . The two companies declined to say how the agreement was reached, but Atari has dropped the suit against Imagic. Intellivision owners are the real winners since they will be able to continue enjoying the hit game with no objections from the boys in Sunnyvale. Text below from. Billboard(November 6, 1. ROCK TIE- IN FOR NEW VID GAME (1. RELEASE SET FOR 'JOURNEY'S ESCAPE' CARTRIDGE)The home video game industry directly pursues the rock music market in January. The Campbell, Calif.- based company introduced its first five game cartridges Oct. Text below from. Vidiot(Feb/March 1. NO ESCAPING ESCAPEThe world's first rock 'n' roll video game, featuring the members of Journey, ships on Jan. Name of the game is Journey's Escape. It goes something like this: You, the player, gets to be one of the guys in the group. Sorry, but somebody has to be the duck. To get the bug points, the musicianly blip has eight minutes to go from concert stage to a scarab limo parked nearby. The catch? First, you have to navigate a mass of groupies, promo flaks, promoters, roadies, paternity lawyers and even some plain- old fans to reach the Escape. We can't wait to see a teeny- weeny electronic groupie. A big red 0, right? Snatches of two popular Journey tracks, . So you Journey fans will want the game to be over with, pronto. Text below from. Video Games(February 1. CAN VIDEO GAMES SAVE THE RADIO STAR? If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That's the philosophy of Herbie Herbert, the astute manager of Journey, the San Francisco- based rock group whose latest album, Escape, has sold more than five- and- a- half million copies. So Journey has linked up with Data Age, a recent entry in the TV- game software circus, to create what is being billed as . Video games are becoming as much a part of kids' lives as rock 'n' roll has been for decades. The object: avoid a procession of heart- shaped groupies, flashing paparazzi, money- grubbing promoters, and autograph- seeking fans. You do get some help: When touched, a rock manager and a group of roadies will literally clear your way to the chauffeured limo. Besides being rewarded with a portion of the night's take (what, no royalty points?), you get to hear a computerized version of the group's latest hit, ? It seems the band's management had been thinking about launching a video game when Rice, a music industry veteran and former Activision sales manager, contacted them with the same idea. It took less than an hour for the group and the company to reach an agreement. The game is scheduled to be released in January and will be playable only on the Atari VCS. Text below from. Video Games(March 1. The first Journey game was from Data Age. It came out just after Christmas, 1.
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