75 Atari 2600 Games (VCS)

Gameplay video of 75 Atari 2600 (VCS) games with the original music/sound. It's not a "best of Atari" list, but many of these games are good, great, and/or popular. This is a list of the games that I own in my collection (minus Starmaster, which wouldn't record correctly for some reason). These video clips were recorded from an actual Atari 2600 system (with a composite video mod) and actual game cartridges. No emulators were used.
Here is the full list of games in this video, along with the time that each game starts:
1. Adventure (0:00)
2. Adventures of Tron (0:07)
3. Air Sea Battle (0:14)
4. Asteroids (0:21)
5. Astroblast (0:27)
6. Atlantis (0:33)
7. Barnstorming (0:39)
8. Battlezone (0:46)
9. Berzerk (0:53)
10. Bowling (0:59)
11. Breakout (1:06)
12. Carnival (1:13)
13. Centipede (1:20)
14. Chopper Command (1:26)
15. Combat (1:33)
16. Cosmic Ark (1:39)
17. Dark Chambers (1:47)
18. Defender (1:53)
19. Demon Attack (2:00)
20. Dig Dug (2:06)
21. Dodge 'Em (2:13)
22. Donkey Kong (2:19)
23. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (2:25)
24. Football (2:32)
25. Frogger (2:38)
26. Frogs and Flies (2:44)
27. Galaxian (2:51)
28. Gravitar (2:57)
29. Haunted House (3:03)
30. Indy 500 (3:13)
31. Joust (3:20)
32. Jr. Pac-Man (3:26)
33. Jungle Hunt (3:33)
34. Kaboom! (3:39)
35. Kangaroo (3:46)
36. Laser Blast (3:53)
37. Mario Bros. (4:01)
38. Maze Craze (4:07)
39. Medieval Mayhem (4:14)
40. Megamania (4:20)
41. Midnight Magic (4:26)
42. Missile Command (4:33)
43. Moon Patrol (4:39)
44. Ms. Pac-Man (4:46)
45. Night Driver (4:52)
46. Pac-Man (4:59)
47. Phoenix (5:07)
48. Pitfall! (5:19)
49. Pole Position (5:28)
50. Q*Bert (5:34)
51. RealSports Baseball (5:41)
52. RealSports Football (5:47)
53. River Raid (5:53)
54. Skiing (6:01)
55. Sky Jinks (6:07)
56. Solar Fox (6:14)
57. Solaris (6:21)
58. Space Attack (6:31)
59. Space Invaders (6:37)
60. Stampede (6:44)
61. Star Raiders (6:51)
62. Super Breakout (6:58)
63. Super Challenge Baseball (7:05)
64. Super Challenge Football (7:11)
65. Super Football (7:18)
66. Superman (7:26)
67. Swordquest: EarthWorld (7:32)
68. Swordquest: FireWorld (7:39)
69. Vanguard (7:46)
70. Venture (7:53)
71. Video Pinball (8:00)
72. Warlords (8:08)
73. Word Zapper (8:14)
74. Yars' Revenge (8:20)
75. Zaxxon (8:28)
My Atari 2600 Game Reviews: www.jvgs.net/2600.htm
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[@Success2gether]

I got my Atari in 79, and it was the best time of my life. I only was able to afford maybe 10 cartridges, but we depended on our friends getting different games, then we would all go to each others' houses and play new games! Great memories!!!

[@TheCrusaderRabbits]

Brings back memories. A cartridge was so expensive. Getting a new game was a big deal.

[@d.vaughn8990]

So true! And if the game wasn’t all that fun, too bad, because you weren’t saving up for another one anytime soon! “We’d” squeeze a game for all it was worth - exploring every weird game variation and difficulty setting! Often making up funny/alternate storylines that would keep us laughing!

[@StangQuest94]

Even worse now. $60-$100 for the game and then $60 for the annual subscription.

[@Success2gether]

Yes it was!

[@adighraiz2008]

We used to trade,scanning my area for atari owner, it was very rare to have one in my country

[@angelozicarelli541]

@@StangQuest94 yeah now you have to buy dlc.

[@DarkEagle-vx9hd]

Atari was responsible for some of my happiest memories. I had a smile the whole time I watched this. Forget graphics.

[@jaflischannel]

An older video game set was called "fairchild channel F" -for fun. It had some of the same games just less graphics, storage , sound and color. But hey, atari actually competed with them, sadly fairchild lost and is slowly being forgotten.

[@icewizard9770]

Dont talk about graphics my friend, it was 1982!!

[@DarkEagle-vx9hd]

@@icewizard9770 Pong was addictive, yet it's only 2 rectangles and 1 smaller square ball! They just don't find the magic today near as much as in the 80s and 90s.

[@StangQuest94]

Thought the exact same thing!

[@DarkEagle-vx9hd]

@@StangQuest94 😎😎😎

[@Th3King86]

Best sound effects ever!

[@angelbob91]

Agree!

[@stephaniewhite9526]

I loved "Adventure" (the first clip). Spent so many hours doing the same walkthroughs..

[@buckaroobanzai7278]

If I ever getting around to creating a robot, I'm going to program it where the only way it can communicate is through old Atari sounds to display it's emotions.

[@Veins1]

so like R2D2? :P

[@EdgyNumber1]

Those raster colours. I'm so impressed with how the programmers managed to directly manipulate the display signal to show so many vibrant shaded colours on screen. Puts the later 8 bit systems to shame.. and the graphics were so smooth too. I mean how? No one talks about the graphics and display programming on these machines.

[@slayerwraith212]

I'm 20 years old and play these to death I'm jelly that you guys grew up with this stuff. Nothing will ever beat the sound effects of the Atari!

[@jvgsjeff]

This video originally had the game titles displayed with annotations. KZbin has since deleted all annotations from the site, so here is the full list of games: 1. Adventure (0:00) 2. Adventures of Tron (0:07) 3. Air Sea Battle (0:14) 4. Asteroids (0:21) 5. Astroblast (0:27) 6. Atlantis (0:33) 7. Barnstorming (0:39) 8. Battlezone (0:46) 9. Berzerk (0:53) 10. Bowling (0:59) 11. Breakout (1:06) 12. Carnival (1:13) 13. Centipede (1:20) 14. Chopper Command (1:26) 15. Combat (1:33) 16. Cosmic Ark (1:39) 17. Dark Chambers (1:47) 18. Defender (1:53) 19. Demon Attack (2:00) 20. Dig Dug (2:06) 21. Dodge 'Em (2:13) 22. Donkey Kong (2:19) 23. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (2:25) 24. Football (2:32) 25. Frogger (2:38) 26. Frogs and Flies (2:44) 27. Galaxian (2:51) 28. Gravitar (2:57) 29. Haunted House (3:03) 30. Indy 500 (3:13) 31. Joust (3:20) 32. Jr. Pac-Man (3:26) 33. Jungle Hunt (3:33) 34. Kaboom! (3:39) 35. Kangaroo (3:46) 36. Laser Blast (3:53) 37. Mario Bros. (4:01) 38. Maze Craze (4:07) 39. Medieval Mayhem (4:14) 40. Megamania (4:20) 41. Midnight Magic (4:26) 42. Missile Command (4:33) 43. Moon Patrol (4:39) 44. Ms. Pac-Man (4:46) 45. Night Driver (4:52) 46. Pac-Man (4:59) 47. Phoenix (5:07) 48. Pitfall! (5:19) 49. Pole Position (5:28) 50. Q*Bert (5:34) 51. RealSports Baseball (5:41) 52. RealSports Football (5:47) 53. River Raid (5:53) 54. Skiing (6:01) 55. Sky Jinks (6:07) 56. Solar Fox (6:14) 57. Solaris (6:21) 58. Space Attack (6:31) 59. Space Invaders (6:37) 60. Stampede (6:44) 61. Star Raiders (6:51) 62. Super Breakout (6:58) 63. Super Challenge Baseball (7:05) 64. Super Challenge Football (7:11) 65. Super Football (7:18) 66. Superman (7:26) 67. Swordquest: EarthWorld (7:32) 68. Swordquest: FireWorld (7:39) 69. Vanguard (7:46) 70. Venture (7:53) 71. Video Pinball (8:00) 72. Warlords (8:08) 73. Word Zapper (8:14) 74. Yars' Revenge (8:20) 75. Zaxxon (8:28)

[@Jeronus1]

jvgsjeff is this why so many KZbin vids of video games don’t show the titles of games being played?

[@wisnumade5239]

Thank u for the titles... Im lost their title in my brain memory🤣

[@martijnvanzanen4075]

I came for the sound and insane explosions:)

[@GobanShodan]

Was born 20 years after this system came out but I still have fond memories of sitting in front of the TV late at night, no sound but crickets chirping and the atari. Wish I could go back to those days.

[@peterjna12]

Thanks for reminding me of my old collection of 2600 games. I had like most of these. Best days ever.

[@indiglo1971]

1:05 I love the bowling guy getting excited. 🎳

[@mcgregor23]

Amazing video. So many games on here I used to play. Solaris was my favorite, I used to go deep on that. Its weird, I can't explain how hearing the noises, seeing the games actually make me feel, it's so long ago since I played it, I was so young but its kinda almost tapped back into that child mind. Its eery! Its a mix of nostalgia and something else I can't put my finger on or explain. Weird but thank you for uploading this

[@papifeo4625]

My first console 79, loved it. We were very poor at the time, and this was one of favorites memories. 😍

[@flaviomota8526]

O atari me traz a pureza da minha infância.

[@esotericdmc]

brilliant!! takes me back to my childhood, i had most of those games,played them for hours,thanks.

[@gregwatters2183]

Wow a blast from the past enjoyed this thanks

[@Beril75]

Thank you for bring those memories i used to play moon patrol when i was a kid.

[@8ByteBrian]

Great video, gave me some ideas of new games to pick up! Love my 2600...sometimes.

[@leepizzini9342]

The majority of my childhood was playing the Atari 2600. Great memories that I`ll have forever!

[@jay-rock6627]

These games was many moons 🌙 ago but I miss them days playing these games as a kid.

[@roadmonitoroz]

This brings back memories. Space Invaders was my favourite. Of course back in the day I could clock it but now my reactions aren't as good. It is like I learned when they were going to bomb back then. I also had laser blast (almost played itself), Stampede (terrible game) and a few others I can't remember (about 10 games all up - I bought the Atari 2600 and games (except 1 game) all by myself. I didn't know they had jungle hunt available. I forgot how bad the sound / graphics are although looking at the specs the maximum is 160 x 192 which surprisingly is about the same as the original gameboy. I still play Space invaders (every few months) on an emulator and still have the Atari 2600 Space invaders cartridge (for copyright reasons)

[@8bit_misfit]

This was so good for my soul, thank you

[@wiredtvcraze]

It's great hearing the sounds again from those games from back then. Burned a lot of hours on those games and enjoyed every minute of it. Night Driver use to drive me crazy in trying to avoid crashing into those barriers.

[@numinous2506]

Certainly made me appreciate the progress as graphics and controls evolved. Could you imagine showing someone back then the games today or seeing today what they play in 30 years?

[@jvgsjeff]

Moon Patrol. One of my favorites.

[@karlwalker1771]

A real flashback and thank you for the video mate :) Merry Christmas and a happy new year, sir :)

[@jvgsjeff]

Glad you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too. :)

[@shawnclark4330]

Loved it as a kid. Still have it In a box somewhere in my mother's attic.

[@luisquinones1305]

The top 75 Atari games list is awesome. I am honored to have played most of those games.

[@DarrenRivers]

I owned an Atari 2600 when I was a kid. I still enjoy playing some of the games on the Stella emulator, so much so, that I am thinking about purchasing another Atari 2600. It's nice to have the modern consoles, but nothing beats going back to the good old days. Bring back the 80's when life was easy and good lol.

[@prasantapujhari1371]

Darren Rivers in form MN

[@temfortress7940]

When games didn't took 5 years to be done.

[@Cienciamarcial]

The best Atari games compilation games I ve seen.

[@patrickmurphy8327]

I had completely forgotten about Cosmic Ark, but I loved that game as a child!

[@jacobjason9879]

it seems some idiots are trying to compare a 40 year old system with a current one. what kind of shitty IQ you guys have?. it was made in the 70s. we should be thankful for it because it is simply the grand daddy of home consoles and the system that defined them. it is remarkable that there are countless people still playing them. this only tells how awesome the atari 2600 is. also. you got to give them credit for their creativity. they made so much of what they had.

[@bigbabysld]

I'm 46yrs old, I still remember when my mom brought me this for christmas...my greatest christmas ever, mine came with a free game of COMBAT. This brings back serious memories, trading games with my friends and cousins...my favorite game was PITFALL.

[@haikarate4]

Oh, this brings back memories!

[@AG-zh7zl]

These will be the most important images we see before passing. Amen

[@Wampaa]

Thanks for using the real hardware. This video features all my favorites from my first game console. A lot of nostalgia is evoked in this video.

[@Oche76]

Very nice compilation...thx for sharing...we've come a long way...

[@KapitanKlaps]

Daaamn I swear when I played those games on release date I thought the graphics were looking photo realistic. Amazing how the gaming evolved (just the graphics, because the gameplay is almost the same....-.-). I was there from the very start!

[@redblue40rc33]

Memories.....I remember playing several of those games....still got the original Atari 2600 console from the early 80s.....stored up....

[@rodrigo_unk]

HOLY F... SWORDQUEST EFFING EARTH WORLD!!!!! that game was SO AWESOME back in the atari days, didn't remember the name of the game until i saw this video, thanks man :D

[@antiquarian1773]

damn man, we have really come a long way, can't wait to see what the next 30-50 years will be like

[@smokethegange]

childhood memories made me feel great..thanks

[@ThiagoJohUnreal]

fantástico vídeo cara!!!!!!!!!!!! delirei aqui!!!!

[@selami32]

i just love these sound effects

[@EricMartinSmithOfficial]

OMG the sounds take me right back it seems like it was yesterday

[@maryann2573]

2:18 Gingerbread DK and witch Mario! xD Happy 300th video. :)

[@BamthePartier]

Happy 300th video!!! :D

[@wiredtvcraze]

I remember these game from back when. They were a blast to play.

[@pablo35000]

it reminds me my childhood !

[@recicladortruquini183]

Vaya es extrañable escuchar estos sonidos de atari que tiempos ⌛⌛⌛

[@kassioluiz7659]

Parabéns pelo canal...

[@tentickles3728]

I didn't see worm war 1 or the untitled game with the shark and octopus but a great overview overall!

[@StargazerFS128]

Awesome job putting this compilation together, I'd rather play these games than new garbage.

[@M4RC05V1N1C1U5]

Moon Patrol, Pitfall, Asteroids, Zaxxon, Jungle Hunt, Air Sea Battle, Snoopy and The Red Baron, Battle Zone, Decathlon, HERO, Megamania, Galaxian, Demons Attack, River Raid, enduro, Seaquest, Frostbyte, Space Invaders, Tennis, Volley, Missile Command, Atlantis, lembro que eram estes que eu mais curtia. Tinha uma sacola de cartuchos e nos finais de semana saia com minha BMX e ia de casa em casa nos meus amigos, trocando jogos...

[@phantomzone2725]

Love that sound effects

[@elbarry7016]

1:39 - 25 years searching that game... Thank you so much!!!!! :D

[@jeremyjeremyrainers2270]

what is it called?

[@FiuzaJunior]

OMG!!! 2:38 - The first game I've played In my life, back in the 80's!!! AWESOME!

[@fabiolaurentino1929]

bons tempos desse video game atari! que saudades!

[@somard1]

I need to get me one of these... Also subbed.

[@RisingStarOfKorea]

The sound effects are so lethal to the ears that it could be used to extract confessions from terrorists

[@anotherhunkydory]

This was my video game system when i was Kid / young adult . Atari 2600

[@cattypatti360]

Thanks for the memories, jvgsjeff

[@Halpin2006]

Quite primitive by today's standards. But in 1982, these games were all the rage! Everyone loved them! At 1:35, the very first 2600 game, COMBAT! And at 2:25, the most infamous of all the 2600 games, E.T. !!!

[@SeaborgiumGames]

300 videos! Congrats!

[@EsmeAmelia]

I grew up in the NES/SNES era, so I never had an Atari 2600, but it's fascinating to see these games from before my time.

[@silviomogno6752]

Wonderful hyper-saturated colors!!!🙂

[@MrTASer]

Now I have plenty of short games to TAS !

[@macleodduncan3693]

amazing

[@Man0fMeans]

Ah! 30 seconds into the video and I’m already remembering all these sounds. I feel my body stressing - some of these games were not easy!

[@alessandrothando5396]

Olha a perfeiçao da epoca o epoca maravilhoza anos 80

[@craigluke8889]

Remembering the good old days!!

[@aljr357]

I love it moon patrol is my favourite Atari vcs game.

[@Omie-Wan-kenobi]

Gaming has come a long way

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

5:28 That car sound is weirdly so relaxing 😰😵

[@prolla100]

Sounds of my childhood...

[@celaya31]

nice sounds

[@lucioguimaraes4388]

Very good

[@herminiocruz9650]

Gracias

[@tgnm9615]

7:32 "entering a door is an event"

[@polteran]

Awesome!

[@chewdip]

Who remembers the serious arm fatigue in Decathlon 1500m run event ?

[@rafza1493]

One of the best console!! My favourite with C64 and NES!!

[@jvgsjeff]

@Samuel Adams: The game at 4:40 is Moon Patrol. One of my favorites!

[@ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord]

+jvgsjeff I got a real nostalgia buzz watching this. Nice one.

[@thanoseldestructor9960]

3:38 ALLAHU AKBAR!!! xd

[@cg0825]

Looking at these in 2020 as opposed to 1983 wow but great memories for sure

[@chiptape]

Amazing video! Do you have it in better quality?

[@megadragoony7712]

I love the sound effects in donkey kong.

[@jvgsjeff]

@fdn777: The game at 6:21 is Solaris. Great game!

[@marlanaedwards5296]

Wow! Such good memories. Well. Good & bad memories actually. The wise truth is that we all should focus on the good. Always.

[@KTAC1]

how the hell did we go from this to NOW?! the world is evolving at such an amazingly fast pace

[@mrlabeouf9002]

NO! NOW I CAN NEVER UNSEE THAT AGAIN!

[@kenchamberlain2552]

i remember when i won a playstation from a radio question. i almost fainted how realistic it was compared to my sega genesis...

[@eduardohowcomedf6971]

Of All The Videos I subscribed too this here takes the cake !! I born 1971 could not believe how I for instant my mind where I was when I playing these game Christmas Eve late night pit fall game OMG that key game move key different areas very first solo game I got confused on what to do 2600 ATARI good fortune to who's responsible for uploading this video with out this video I never remember. these games childhood I'm sharing this video channel brother family facebook .

[@rodger2275]

Got to love those Atari sound effects.

[@JawingSalamander]

Fun to just listen to without looking at the screen. See if you can guess from the audio what game is being played? (It's in alphabetical order so that helps)

[@Metal-Gear-Moogle]

Couple great games not mentioned here are Montezuma's revenge, and Flash Gordon

[@Thepozarevac]

A memories!Because of those games,i still wear glasses!!!

[@dallase1]

In that Haunted House game one of the Ghosts looked like hand flipping you off.

[@jvgsjeff]

No, Warlords is at 8:08. Medieval Mayhem is a homebrew game that's basically a Warlords clone, but with additional features.

[@Maltese280zx]

What was the one called where the character looked like the Karate Kid?