Adventure™

Few games can be said to have created a genre. But Atari’s Adventure is rightfully considered by many to be the first ever action-adventure game. It was also the first ever to allow a player to have a stash of items, requiring the player to select which one to use at any given moment. Your mission: find the enchanted chalice and return it to the gold castle.

Asteroids

No history of the Golden Age of Arcade Games is complete without praising Asteroids, a game so popular that video arcade owners were sometimes forced to install larger boxes to hold the amount of quarters that were spent by players.

Asteroids™ Deluxe

Think you have mastered Asteroids? Brace yourself. Asteroids Deluxe was introduced in 1980 as an answer to players who had claimed to have maxed out on the original Asteroids. Your ship gets twice the acceleration, and hyperspace is replaced with protective shields. The original release proved to be so difficult that Atari released a revised version that had easier gameplay. Think you can handle it…

Battlezone™

A forefather of today’s 3D action games, Battlezone was introduced in 1980. It was so advanced at the time that the U.S. Army ordered modified versions of the games for training purposes.

Crystal Castles™

Noteworthy for being one of the first arcade games with an actual ending, in Crystal Castles the player controls Bentley Bear, who collects gems located throughout castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems.

Gravitar™

Released in 1982, in this game you control a space ship in three different solar systems. Each solar system consists of a home base, a death star, a red alien planet and four regular planets. Each planet has its own unique terrain.

One of your opponents in Gravitar is gravity itself, pulling you slowly towards danger. Gravitar was originally released on the 2600 only to members of the Atari Fan Club with a silver label, making it a true rarity. But you can play it here, now, for free!

Lunar Lander™

Often duplicated, never equaled. The objective of Lunar Lander is to pilot a lunar landing module as it prepares to touch down on the moon. With gravity, a finite fuel supply and the craft’s handling characteristics to contend with, find one of the flat areas for a safe landing.