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Monday, February 6, 2023

California Games

Epyx was well known for its series of sports games for home computers. One of their best titles was

This is a rather unique title for the 2600 as it is based on true events! At the very

Having secured the rights for Burger Time, Mattel not only released versions for their own Intellivision but for other

Some games do not age well and Breakout is an example of one such game. When Breakout was introduced,

Activision’s Boxing was the first boxing game for the Atari 2600 and it is interesting to see how Bob Whitehead

Boulder Dash was originally released on Atari computers and has been adapted to several systems since and generated several

Boing! is a game that was clearly inspired by Q*Bert. In the game the player controls a Bubble around

Blinky has somehow ended up at the bottom of a dark dungeon, a dungeon can only be escaped by

Imagic could certainly do magic with their programming of games for the 2600 and Atlantis is certainly a superb

Mattel’s answer to Atari’s Asteroids came in the form of a game called Astrosmash on the Intellivision. In 1982,