While ads are often full of hyperbole and Atari was later known for some sketchy match (the "64-bit" Atari Jaguar), I think the Atari Lynx really was vastly superior to the competition. Released

In my opinion, the Atari Lynx is one of the most underrated systems around. It was the first color portable video games system and was released in September 1989 only 2 months after the Game Boy and before

Pitstop 2 was possibly the greatest motor racing game I played until F1 hit the Atari ST in the mid 1990's. Almost revolutionary, this was the very first game I ever remember with a split screen which

As I mentioned in my previous post on the subject, the Epyx Games series were my favorite sports games of the 8-bit era. Of those, Winter Games was probably my favorite. Like Summer Games, Winter Games

The best sports game on the Commodore 64 and in my opinion in the entirety of the 8-bit era was not a baseball, basketball or football game but Epyx's take on the olympics. Summer Games was the first in

Sub Battle Simulator was released by Epyx for various home computer systems in 1987. This particular ad from the March 1987 issue of Compute! mentions the Commodore 64, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST,

California Games is a 1987 sports video game developed by Epyx for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Jumpman was an early action platform game released in 1983. It was released initially for the Atari 8-bit then ported to the Commodore 64 and a little later to the Apple II, PC (DOS) and ColecoVision (never

This was played in an emulator for the High Score competition. Great game but still love the original more. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

One of the early great racing games on the 8-bit computers. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS