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It takes a video game wizard to identify all these classic Atari games
Even if you didn't play them, we bet you can identify them.
In September 1977, the video game craze truly blasted off with the release of the Atari 2600. The console quickly became the ultimate electronic toy of the late-Seventies and early-Eighties. Kids quickly learned the fine art of button mashing — and how to blow dust out of the cartridges. And now you can play some classic Atari favorites in the MeTV arcade!
The graphics may be a lot more realistic today, but nothing beats the simple brilliance of those old games.
Below, we've gathered screens from some of the biggest games for the Atari 2600. Even if you didn't play them, we bet you can identify them.
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Which sport is being played in this Atari game?
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Okay, which game is being played here on the Atari 2600?
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Which sport is being played in this Atari game?
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This notorious Atari game was based on a blockbuster movie — and ended up in a New Mexico landfill.
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Who is this big guy?
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Which outta sight outer space Atari game is this?
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We cut off a bit of the screen — but which game is being played here?
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Activision made this popular jungle adventure game.
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Fire away! Which game is being played here?
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Take a close look — which Pac-Man game is this?
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This pioneering game was the first to hide an "Easter Egg" so common in games today.
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Finally, can you recognize this popular arcade game on the Atari 2600?
It takes a video game wizard to identify all these classic Atari games
Your Result...
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179 Comments
10/12
Not bad.
8 out of 12. The best Atari Game was Pac-Man.
11/12 missed #11 awh memories atari 2600 8 byte graphic's miss those days
Easy since I owned a 2600 video game system and a pong Nintendo super Nintendo play station 1 thru 4 and hopefully a ps5 soon
You got 10 out of 12
The Asteroids game I used to play was the black and white version. Never saw a color version. So the quiz question was a little misleading.
It's asteroid delux
11/12 2# Got me I Picked space invaders lol
10 of 12 Had Intellivision not Atari
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I used to play Atari baseball and was able to turn triple plays against the computer. I was also able to score 40 or more runs in almost every game. I also like to play space invaders. My brother was really good at Pac Man. He could play for hours and run up huge scores.
11/12
Played Pitfall, Defender, Asteroids and Berserk as a kid and later on an emulator. Didn't play any of the sports games, but remember the graphics on the boxes...
Played Pitfall, Defender, Asteroids and Berserk as a kid and later on an emulator. Didn't play any of the sports games, but remember the graphics on the boxes...
9/12 Zap I nailed it! 3 were misclicks. We had Pong first. If im not mistaking we got an Atari, then Atari 2600 came out.
6/12 my game is lame 🤪
12 out of 12
9-12 but im not good with atari.
11/12 but i never played any as far as I remember
9 of 12. Never had or played Atari 2600. Actually, I guess I was spoiled. At the time, I worked for a company that distributed video arcade games. I could play the games any time I wanted. The Atari upright arcade game graphics were so much better than the home 2600 version.
It takes a video game wizard to identify all these classic Atari games
You got 12 out of 12
Zap! You nailed it!
You got 12 out of 12
Zap! You nailed it!
10/12 Only played a few of them.