Atari Age was Atari's official publication in the early to mid 1980s. It didn't last terribly long because of the video game crash and Atari's declining popularity after the release of the NES. It was

Centipede was another genre defining game by Atari. It was similar to Space Invaders in that you operated from the bottom the screen at things coming towards you. The differences are higher speed, more

When Pac-Man came out for the Atari 2600, it was somewhat of a disappointment. The gameplay was not terrible but the graphics were. However, for those that had an Atari 5200, the situation was somewhat

Source: This is a 1983 ad for five Atari 5200 games by CBS Electronics. The games advertised are GORF, Blue Print, Wizard of Wor, Mountain King and K-Razy Shoot-Out. GORF is a port of the arcade game of

Source: There have been a number of games based on the Gremlins movie over the years. The first was for the Atari 2600. An Atari 5200 version was developed but it was a substantially different game. This

Source: Robotron: 2084 was first developed as an arcade game in 1982. It was best known for its intense action and unique for the time control scheme. Beginning in 1983 Robotron was ported to a number

In the above Atari 5200 commercial you can see the original four port Atari 5200 as well as the trackball (advertised as coming soon). Read more:

Source: The VCS adapter for the Atari 5200 allowed you to play all your Atari 2600 / VCS games on your Atari 5200. The guts were essentially an entire Atari 2600 with the 5200 only being used for power

Source: The Atari 5200 was the successor to the Atari 2600 (or Atari VCS as it was originally called) and was released in 1982. Read more:

Source: Zaxxon was originally released as an arcade game by Sega in 1982. It was an arcade shooter but featured a unique for the time isometric viewpoint. Read more:

Source: While the joystik controllers that came with the Atari 5200 were pretty awful, this trackball controller was outstanding. This thing was huge, probably nearly half the size of the Atari 5200 itself

Source: Well, it's hard to imagine how this commercial could be any more 80s. Based on the commercial, I'm not sure I agree with the premise that nobody was hotter than Atari. Certainly the market didn't

Source: When Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 was released it was a disappointment. The gameplay was actually ok but the graphics were terrible, even for an Atari 2600 game. The Atari 5200 was essentially an

Sinistar for Atari 5200 Sinistar was a fairly popular arcade game released by Williams Electronics in 1983. Interestingly, in a time when arcade to home ports were very common, no home port of Sinistar