The short answer is, there were more than 750 games released for the Atari 2600.
Now for the long answer …
The Atari 2600, also known as the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), is a home video game console released in 1977. It was one of the first gaming consoles to gain widespread popularity, and it played a key role in the development of the modern gaming industry.
The Atari 2600 had a large library of games, and it is difficult to determine an exact number of how many games were released for the console. However, it is estimated (as mentioned above) that there were over 750 games released for the Atari 2600 during its lifespan.
Here is a list of some of the more popular games that were released for the Atari 2600:
- Adventure
- Asteroids
- Battlezone
- Centipede
- Defender
- Donkey Kong
- Joust
- Missile Command
- Pac-Man
- Space Invaders
- Tempest
- Warlords
This is just a small sampling of the many games that were available for the Atari 2600. If you owned an Atari 2600, you likely had a wide variety of games to choose from. The console was popular for its simple, yet addictive gameplay, and it remains a nostalgically beloved part of gaming history to this day.
Of course, I know a list of 12 Atari 2600 games is not enough for diehards, so here are 100 more!
- 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
- Air-Sea Battle
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Backgammon
- Basketball
- Berzerk
- Black Widow
- Blue Print
- Bowling
- Breakout
- Canyon Bomber
- Casino
- Centipede
- Championship Soccer
- Checkers
- Chess
- Circus Atari
- Combat
- Cosmic Ark
- Cosmic Commuter
- Crackpots
- Crystal Castles
- Dark Cavern
- Defender II
- Demolition Herby
- Demons to Diamonds
- Desert Falcon
- Dodge ‘Em
- Double Dunk
- Dreadnaught Factor
- Enduro
- Fishing Derby
- Flag Capture
- Football
- Freeway
- Frog Pond
- Frostbite
- Golf
- Grand Prix
- Hangman
- Haunted House
- Home Run
- Human Cannonball
- Hunchback
- Indy 500
- Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest
- Jungle Hunt
- Kangaroo
- Keystone Kapers
- Laser Blast
- Lock ‘N’ Chase
- Major League Baseball
- Maze Craze
- Maze Invaders
- Missile Command 2
- Monte Carlo
- Night Driver
- Off the Wall
- Oink!
- Outlaw
- Pac-Man Plus
- Pac-Man: Special Color Edition
- Pong Sports
- Pressure Cooker
- Private Eye
- Q*bert
- Quest for Quintana Roo
- Realsports Baseball
- Realsports Football
- Realsports Soccer
- Realsports Tennis
- Realsports Volleyball
- Red Baron
- Return to Haunted House
- River Raid
- Robin Hood
- Save Mary
- SeaQuest
- Shark Attack
- Skiing
- Sky Diver
- Slot Machine
- Slot Racers
- Space Attack
- Space Invaders: Part II
- Space Jockey
- Spider Fighter
- Sprintmaster
- Street Racer
- Submarine Commander
- Super Breakout
- Super Challenge Baseball
- Super Challenge Football
- Super Football
- Surround
- Swordquest: Earthworld
- Swordquest: Fireworld
- Swordquest: Waterworld
- Tempest: The Galactic Battle
- Video Checkers
Next up in the Atari rolodex: When did they stop making Atari 2600 games?