Atari 2600 Arcade Ports

[SegaAges]

In honor of 2600 week, I was planning on buying a bunch of arcade ports for 2600. Is there a list somewhere that has only arcade games, or can we maybe make one.

Here are the ones I can think of off of teh top of my head:

pacman
ms. pacman
asteroids
defender
dig dug
missile command
joust
mario bros.
star wars: arcade
Roc'n Rope
Time Pilot
Mr. Do
Mr. Do's Castle
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Xevious
Q*Bert
Q*Bert's Qubes


help me out please. any that get added by a post, I will put in this list so that not only I, but others can have a descent list for it, and not have to scroll through posts to get the list.

EDIT: I added from the next post. The more the marrier. This list is mostly for my own, personal record, but I know there are others that would like this info as well.

[davidbrit2]

Roc'n Rope
Time Pilot
Mr. Do
Mr. Do's Castle
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Xevious
Q*Bert
Q*Bert's Qubes

And tons more no doubt. Heh.

[Arcade Antics]

I made a list eight or nine years ago, I'll see if I can dig it up. It was 98-99% complete or so IIRC.

[digitalpress]

BEHOLD!

The mighty power of the DP database. I'll limit this to US releases.

Game Title Game Mfr Note
Amidar (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Stern coin-op.
Asteroids (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1979 Atari coin-op.
Asteroids (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1979 Atari coin-op.
Battlezone (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Berzerk (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Stern coin-op.
Berzerk (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Stern coin-op.
Blue Print (by CBS Games, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Bally Midway coin-op.
Breakout (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1976 Atari coin-op.
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (by Sega, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Sega coin-op.
Bump 'n Jump (by M Network, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Data East coin-op.
Bump 'n Jump (by Telegames, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Data East coin-op.
Burgertime (by M Network, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Data East coin-op.
Canyon Bomber (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1977 Atari coin-op.
Canyon Bomber (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1977 Atari coin-op.
Carnival (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1980 Gremlin coin-op.
Centipede (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Circus Atari (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1977 Exidy coin-op.
Circus (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1977 Exidy coin-op.
Commando (by Activision, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1985 Data East coin-op.
Congo Bongo (by Sega, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Sega coin-op.
Cosmic Ark (by Imagic, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1980 Midway ""Space Zap"" coin-op."
Crazy Climber (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Nihon Bussan Co. Ltd coin-op.
Crossbow (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Exidy coin-op.
Crystal Castles (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Atari coin-op.
Defender II (by Atari, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1981 Williams ""Stargate"" coin-op."
Defender (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Williams coin-op.
Defender (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Williams coin-op.
Dig Dug (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Namco coin-op.
Dodge 'Em (by Atari, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1979 Sega/Gremlin ""Head On"" coin-op."
Dodger Cars (by Sears, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1979 Sega/Gremlin ""Head On"" coin-op."
Donkey Kong Jr. (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Nintendo coin-op.
Donkey Kong Jr. (by Coleco, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Nintendo coin-op.
Donkey Kong (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Nintendo coin-op.
Donkey Kong (by Coleco, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Nintendo coin-op.
Double Dragon (by Activision, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1987 Taito coin-op.
Espial (by Tigervision, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Orca coin-op.
Frogger, The Official (by Starpath, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Sega coin-op.
Frogger (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Sega coin-op.
Front Line (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Taito coin-op.
Galaxian (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1979 Namco coin-op.
Gorf (by CBS Games, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Midway coin-op.
Gravitar (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Atari coin-op.
Gunslinger (by Sears, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1975 Midway ""Gunfight"" coin-op."
Gyruss (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Konami coin-op.
Ikari Warriors (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1986 Tradewest coin-op.
Indy 500 [w/Driving Controller] (by Atari, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1976 Atari ""Indy 4"" coin-op."
Journey Escape (by Data Age, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Bally Midway coin-op.
Joust (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Williams coin-op.
Jr. Pac-Man (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Bally Midway coin-op.
Jungle Hunt (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Taito coin-op.
Kangaroo (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Sun Electronics coin-op.
Klax (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1989 Atari coin-op.
Krull (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Gottlieb coin-op.
Kung Fu Master (by Activision, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1984 Irem coin-op.
Lock 'n Chase (by M Network, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Data East coin-op.
Mario Bros. (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Nintendo coin-op.
Millipede (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Atari coin-op.
Missile Command (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Missile Command (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Moon Patrol (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Irem coin-op.
Mouse Trap (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Exidy coin-op.
Mouse Trap (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Exidy coin-op.
Mr. Do! (by Coleco, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Universal coin-op.
Mr. Do!'s Castle (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Universal coin-op.
Ms. Pac-Man (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Midway coin-op.
Night Driver (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1976 Atari coin-op.
Night Driver (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1976 Atari coin-op.
Omega Race (by CBS Games, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Midway coin-op.
Outlaw (by Atari, for Atari 2600) "Based on the 1975 Midway ""Gunfight"" coin-op."
Pac-Man (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Namco coin-op.
Pac-Man (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Namco coin-op.
Pengo (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Sega coin-op.
Phoenix (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Centuri coin-op.
Polaris (by Tigervision, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Taito coin-op.
Pole Position (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Namco coin-op.
Pooyan (by Konami, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Stern coin-op.
Popeye (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Nintendo coin-op.
Q*Bert (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Gottlieb coin-op.
Q*Bert (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Gottlieb coin-op.
Q*Bert's Qubes (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Mylstar coin-op.
Rampage (by Activision, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1986 Bally Midway coin-op.
Reactor (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Gottlieb coin-op.
River Patrol (by Tigervision, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Kirsten coin-op.
Road Runner (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1985 Atari coin-op.
Roc ‘n Rope (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Konami coin-op.
Sky Skipper (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Nintendo coin-op.
Solar Fox (by CBS Games, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Bally Midway coin-op.
Space Invaders (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1978 Taito coin-op.
Space Invaders (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1978 Taito coin-op.
Springer (by Tigervision, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1982 Orca coin-op.
Sprintmaster (by Atari, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1986 Atari ""Super Sprint"" coin-op."
Spy Hunter (w/Joystick Coupler) (by Sega, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Bally Midway coin-op.
Star Trek (by Sega, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Sega coin-op.
Star Wars: The Arcade Game (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Atari coin-op.
Stargate (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Williams coin-op.
Strategy X (by Konami, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Stern coin-op.
Super Breakout (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1978 Atari coin-op.
Super Breakout (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1978 Atari coin-op.
Super Cobra (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Konami coin-op.
Tac-Scan (by Sega, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Sega coin-op.
Tapper (by Sega, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Bally Midway coin-op.
Threshold (by Tigervision, for Atari 2600): "Based on the 1981 Sega/Gremlin ""Astro Blaster"" coin-op."
Time Pilot (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Centuri coin-op.
Track & Field (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1983 Konami coin-op.
Tutankham (by Parker Bros, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Stern/Konami coin-op.
Up 'n Down (by Sega, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1983 Sega coin-op.
Vanguard (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Centuri coin-op.
Venture (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Exidy coin-op.
Venture (by Coleco, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1981 Exidy coin-op.
Video Pinball (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1978 Atari coin-op.
Warlords (by Atari, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Warlords (by Sears, for Atari 2600): Based on the 1980 Atari coin-op.
Wizard of Wor (by CBS Games, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1981 Bally Midway coin-op.
Xenophobe (by Atari, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1987 Bally Midway coin-op.
Zaxxon (by Coleco, for Atari 2600) Based on the 1982 Sega coin-op.

[SegaAges]

damn, thanks dp.

i didn't even know that warlords was an arcade game. awesome.

sorry if this had been brought up before, but as you could see from the list i had, i needed a little help. i thought that it would be cool to pick up a bunch of arcade ports for 2600 for the 2600 week.

they made double dragonf ro 2600, that rocks. i know it won't be as good as its nes counterpart, but that still rocks

[Arcade Antics]

they made double dragonf ro 2600, that rocks. i know it won't be as good as its nes counterpart, but that still rocks

No.

No it doesn't

Worst. 2600 game. Ever.

[SegaAges]

it would still rock to play it dude. hell, i enjoyed pacman on 2600, i should be able to manage playing double dragon on 2600

[davidbrit2]

I must be the only person on earth that prefers 2600 Double Dragon to NES Double Dragon. I suck at both of them, though. Heh.

[SegaAges]

i haven't played the 2600 version

i want to though. i want to at least give it a shot.

[digitalpress]

they made double dragonf ro 2600, that rocks. i know it won't be as good as its nes counterpart, but that still rocks

Read the review!

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews

Lots of arcade-to-2600 game reviews in there, in fact.

[NE146]

Just remember.. 2600 Double Dragon IS finishable. A couple of people have done it. But you may think while trying that it's impossible (..which for most of us, it essentially is) :P

[digitalpress]

No.

No it doesn't

Worst. 2600 game. Ever.

That's madness!

Surely you've played the games by Mythicon. Or Sssnake by Data Age. Or Coconuts by Telesys. Or RealSports Soccer... these games don't just play bad, they also look bad. At least Double Dragon has some graphics!

[Graham Mitchell]

No.

No it doesn't

Worst. 2600 game. Ever.

That's madness!

Surely you've played the games by Mythicon. Or Sssnake by Data Age. Or Coconuts by Telesys. Or RealSports Soccer... these games don't just play bad, they also look bad. At least Double Dragon has some graphics!

E.T. and Pac-Man are worse than Double Dragon, as well.

[NE146]

I think E.T. is a good 2600 game actually. It aint the greatest of course... but it kills a lot of the other ones lemme tell ya.

[Arcade Antics]

No.

No it doesn't

Worst. 2600 game. Ever.

That's madness!

Surely you've played the games by Mythicon. Or Sssnake by Data Age. Or Coconuts by Telesys. Or RealSports Soccer... these games don't just play bad, they also look bad. At least Double Dragon has some graphics!

E.T. and Pac-Man are worse than Double Dragon, as well.

Not even close.

You can actually PLAY (and to some extent, enjoy) both of those games.

Double Dragon is an exercise in sado-masochism.

[Arcade Antics]

No.

No it doesn't

Worst. 2600 game. Ever.

That's madness!

Surely you've played the games by Mythicon. Or Sssnake by Data Age. Or Coconuts by Telesys. Or RealSports Soccer... these games don't just play bad, they also look bad. At least Double Dragon has some graphics!

Not in my book.

Those games are bad, no question. But I'd expect them to be bad.

Double Dragon was an Activision game. So I'd expect it to be good.

I'll play Coconuts and RS Soccer any day of the week over Double Dragon. And maybe - just maybe - those Mythicon "games" too.

2600 Double Dragon: just say NO.

[digitalpress]

See... I see Double Dragon the same way I see E.T. and Pac-Man. Terribly disappointing but not terrible games.

Guess we'll have to disagree for a change.

PS you are wrong, of course. :P

[Graham Mitchell]

You know, my fiancee, as well-meaning as she was, recently bought me the VCS version of Pac-Man. I can honestly say that this is probably the worst game I have ever played. It's not because the game itself stinks...it's relatively close to Pac-Man; but I think what bugs me is the fact that I know what Pac-Man is supposed to be like (or at least has the potential to be...that's a gentler way of putting it.) and it's pretty apparent that whoever programmed that POS played Pac-Man once while on acid and then tried to recreate the board from memory.

So, mr. Arcade Antics, I totally see your point about DD being a Activision game, and you therefore expecting quality from it.

[Kid Ice]

I have to agree with AA here. Double Dragon is unplayable. Pac Man is horrible, and horribly disappointing, but playable.

There are some Atari games that are so bad, I can't figure out what I am, what the premise is, or what I'm supposed to "do". This almost never happens in Atari-produced games...it's usually those Mythicon, Data Age, Froggo type of deals. The only thing that DOESN'T make Double Dragon one of those games is the fact that it's Double Dragon; I already know the style of gameplay and what is supposed to happen. Otherwise, it's pretty much incomprehensible...I'm a guy running around, but what am I supposed to do?

Is it the worst 2600 game ever? IMO not all by itself, but I put it in that class of games that just cannot be played at all, and it happens to be in good (bad) company on this particular system, with probably 20 or 30 games that just make no sense at all. Not bottom of the barrel, but under the barrel, buried in dirt.