Tag: Activision

Cosmic Commuter

Cosmic Commuter

Atari 2600

WAY BACK IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, a bunch of Ivy League Professors sat around inventing space colonies. They were lauded as visionaries and went on ...

Chopper Command

Chopper Command

Atari 2600

Chopper Command involves the player controlling a military helicopter in a desert scenario protecting a convoy of tractor trailers that are in positio...

Checkers

Checkers

Atari 2600

Everybody knows how to play Checkers, right? You're in for a surprise. Checkers is no longer just a one-on-one game. Now, the whole family can gang up...

Busy Police

Busy Police

Atari 2600

The notorious thief Harry Hooligan is on the loose! You play the part of Officer Keystone Kelly, sent in to capture Harry. Harry is trapped in a four-...

Bridge

Bridge

Atari 2600

You have in your possession the ultimate solitaire bridge game! Bridge by ACTIVISION deals you hundreds of millions of hands at random, provides a co...

Boxing

Boxing

Atari 2600

Boxing shows a top-down view of two boxers, one white and one black. When close enough, a boxer can hit his opponent with a punch (executed by pressin...

Boom Bang

Boom Bang

Atari 2600

Bugs are crawling out of the sewers and are coming for you. Your defense: a bunch of potted plants hanging over your balcony. As the bugs climb the wa...

Prototype for Freeway. According to David Crane, he got the idea for Freeway from watching a man trying to cross Lake Shore Drive during rush-hour tra...

Beamrider

Beamrider

Atari 2600

A web of iridescent blue beams engulfs Earth-Space. You stand watching. Mesmerized at first, you now realize the beams support weapons, frightening cr...

Barnstorming

Barnstorming

Atari 2600

In Barnstorming, you are the pilot of a biplane. Your point of view is from the side as the screen scrolls by horizontally. Your goal is to fly throug...