updated 2003

ATARI GAMES

coin-op collection


For over 30 years the world has been seeing advanced computer technology - in the arcades, as well as pool halls, night clubs, bowling alleys, etc... In the years before home computers existed and long before the internet, all that colorful pixel technology saw patent after patent in arcade video game cabinets.  Both in digital extremes and cabinet design, they were a financial success entirely in quarters.  This site is dedicated to the company that started it all. it is public so please look around and enjoy the vintage images, then view my other Atari sites. Webmaster, geosteve

Here is a list I've compiled of Atari's arcade releases over the past 3 decades...
use different parts of the scroll bar to read around the background image of Atari Games' logo
...this is the original logo


1972:
Pong

1973:
Space Race, Pong Doubles, Gotcha, Elimination

1974:
Super Pong, Rebound, Quadrapong, Gran Trak 10, Gran Trak 20, World Cup, Touch Me, Tank, Qwak

1975:
Dodgeball, Pursuit, Indy 800, Highway, Crossfire, Tank II, Anti-Aircraft, Shark Jaws, Steeple Chase, Crash-n-Score, Jet Fighter

1976:
Stunt Cycle, Outlaw, Tank 8, Quiz Show, Breakout, Cops N Robbers, Fly Ball, Night Driver, Sprint 2, F-1

1977:
Dominos, Triple Hunt, Sprint 8, Pool Shark, Drag Race, Atari Football , Starship 1, Super Bug, Sprint 4, Destroyer, Canyon Bomber

1978:
Sky Raider, Tournament Table, Avalanche, Fire Truck, Sky Diver, Smokey Joe, Super Breakout, Atari Football 4-player, Sprint 1, Orbit

1979:
Video Pinball, Basketball, Subs, Baseball, Lunar Lander, Asteroids

1980:
Soccer, Monte Carlo, Missile Command, Battlezone

1981:
Asteroids Deluxe, Warlords, Red Baron, Centipede, Tempest

1982:
Space Duel, Dig Dug, Kangaroo, Gravitar, Millipede, Liberator, Quantum, Pole Position

1983:
Xevious, Black Widow, Food Fight, Arabian, Star Wars, Crystal Castles, Major Havoc, Pole Position II

1984:
Firefox, TX-1, I Robot, Return of the Jedi, Marble Madness, The Empire Strikes Back


1985:

Paperboy, Peter Pack Rat , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gauntlet

1986:
Super Sprint, Road Runner, Gauntlet II, Championship Sprint, 720`

1987:
Rolling Thunder, Road Blasters, Dunk Shot, A.P.B., Dragon Spirit, RBI Baseball, Xybots, Pacmania

1988:
Blasteroids,
Galaga 88, Vindicators, Pot Shot, Final Lap, Toobin, Assault, Cyberball

1989:
Tetris, Hard Drivin', Splatterhouse, Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters, Cyberball 2072, Stun Runner, Skull & Crossbones, 4-Trax


1990:
BadLands, Klax, Gumball Rally, Hydra, Thunderjaws, Pit Fighter, Race Drivin', Shuuz

1991:
Rampart, Batman, Road Riot, Steel Talons, Off The Wall

1992:
Relief Pitcher, Guardians of the Hood, Moto Frenzy, Space Lords

1993:
Knuckle Bash, World Rally

1994:
T-MEK, Primal Rage, Cops

1995:
Hoop It Up, Area 51 , Wayne Gretzky 3-D Hockey

1996:
San Francisco Rush

1997:
Maximum Force , Mace: The Dark Ages, S.F. Rush: The Rock

1998:

California Speed , Surf Planet, Radical Bikers , Area 51 -site 4 , Gauntlet Legends

1999:
WAR : Final Assault, Road Burners, 
S. F. Rush 2049

2000:

Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Skins Games

2001:

 

In addition to these video games, here are some of Atari's pinball machine releases: The Atarians, Time 2000, Airborne Avenger, Middle Earth, Space Rider, Superman, and Hercules.
*'Kee Games' titles not listed


Some 80's titles are from Japanese company Namco, licensed to Atari to manufacture in the US. 

NEW--adding more classic images of arcade titles from Atari..coming soon 
Did you know....

->Atari made the video game sequencee sshown in Superman III from 1983

->Atari  introduced the world's first Trak-Ball controller , the same concept as the mouse mechanism that powered the first ten years of 'windows' and gui, in 1977s 'Football' arcade game. This innovative control gives players free movement of direction and speed response.

->Atari Games was identified as 'Time Warner Interactive' thru 1993-1996 or thereabouts
___...Warner Bros/Time Warner, who owned Atari (Games) since the late 1970's, sold the company to WMS Ind. in 1996/97.

 

Atari holds several patents for computer and video game technology, controller  design and cabinet design, color vector technology, and many others.

 As of early 2000, owner WMS Ind. decided to change the Atari Games name to Midway Games West, perhaps to avoid confusion with the Hasbro/Infogrames owned division of Atari. A decision I DO NOT agree with !!! WMS is the parent company of long time pinball maker Williams Electronics. They also purchased Bally/Midway shortly before purchasing Atari Games. By 2002 all production of coin-op video games from any part of Midway Games was stopped :(




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