Every Atari 2600 Games By Apollo Game

This video features gameplay footage from all 13 games produced for the Atari 2600 by Apollo, including several unreleased prototypes.
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[@lisamariemary]

Thank you so much for this video compilation. This was my mom and my uncle’s company. I’m not even halfway in and I’ve already seen one that I totally don’t remember. Appreciate all the work that went into making this vid.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Wow, that's amazing, so glad to see you here!

[@marvalcomicsfan123]

Did you get to play them before they released on store shelves?

[@lisamariemary]

@@TheLairdsLair Thank you! 😊 But YT notifications, I wish you Lost Luggage forever!

[@lisamariemary]

@@marvalcomicsfan123 I'm pretty sure we did. Oh yeah, I think so, because my brothers and I were product testers

[@Issicra]

That's really neat. Infiltrate was one of my favorite games on the Atari.

[@elijahvincent985]

I managed to find a working loose cart of Racquetball out in the wild at a game store for just $1 in 2022! The reflection graphics are a nice touch!

[@TheLairdsLair]

Wow, nice score!

[@chinabluewho]

The 2600's graphic on screen remind me of being in 2nd grade and finding a stick and pretending it was a sword while I fought a enemy soldier that was a bush, lotsa imagination needed to visual interpret what you are looking at.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Really cool to see a behind the scenes of a third party Atari 2600 publisher. Especially such an obscure one.

[@nunyabizness3866]

My mom ordered me that five pack of games off the tv. I enjoyed those games.

[@itsalwayssunnyinpahoa7631]

Super grateful for the your work and this upload, Laird. Alohas everyone and have a blessed day.

[@TheLairdsLair]

You're very welcome, same to you!

[@OrdoNekro]

I dig Lost Luggage, that and PSace Cavern are my fav games by Appolo. Never knew about Guardian, great vid!

[@AloanMoreira1]

2:10 - wow! clever use of background and playfield graphics for a 3D looking room! and it also featured multi colored sprites! btw, I never ever heard of this game til now!!! and I game since the early 80s!

[@desreb3385]

Saw and bought these at the 'Texas State Fair' at their booth. These were my favorite private collection. Thnx ! Final Approach :: managing airplanes / landing. Strategy*

[@cougar2013]

These games look a lot cooler than many of the usual 2600 games

[@sotheresthat7882]

I actually loved Final Approach; very imaginative.

[@sotheresthat7882]

The mic is a nice touch as well.

[@dreamcaster4754]

Only played a few of these, but I'll have to correct that as they all look pretty good!

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

They did make some bey good, well, interesting at least games. You are right, K.

[@funkydmunky1]

I have no recollection of this brand or any game I have seen yet (50% done) Many look very cool and I assume the had a very small distrobiution?

[@TheLairdsLair]

Yeah, they weren't one of the bigger brands.

[@madmax2069]

5:37 pretty fun game

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

Space chase is pretty remarkable.

[@bubbythebear6891]

I've only played it on an emulator, but it was kinda choppy. Space Cavern looks better in my opinion.

[@MarquisDeSang]

They look really good visually.

[@everneil4326]

Love playing the Atari games on my Evercade m8.

[@TheLairdsLair]

I play the Atari collections more than any others. Especially Solaris, Food Fight, Centipede and Ninja Golf.

[@wallacelang1374]

I have the games of SPACE CHASE and WABBIT for the Atari 2600 VCS that are both Games By Apollo. I enjoy playing both of them, but the other games that Apollo published which I also have I never much cared for.

[@desreb3385]

,,,but that 'Final Approach' , shows that they had a different type of game

[@desreb3385]

Landing all those airplanes.. stressful

[@garynealjr]

Think I can order those games now for $19.95?

[@MrScottx]

No....that ad was from the early 80's. I don't even think Walmart sells them now.

[@Asterra2]

For whatever reason, we bought Space Cavern. The name carried a certain implication of exploration, but of course in those days all you could do is pick a game up and hope. As a kid, I was so crushed by how mediocre the game turned out to be that I sabotaged the cartridge's label. But thinking back on it with a little clarity, it's just a mediocre game by 2600 standards. It was, at least, playable, and offered a theoretical challenge. The problem is that once you've played it for about 15 seconds, you have seen literally everything that it has to offer.

[@daveincognito]

LochJaw looks familiar. Was that released under a different name at some point?

[@TheLairdsLair]

It was later re-released as Shark Attack because of a potential lawsuit over the name similarity to Jaws.

[@tekkensentai]

I had infiltrate. It was okay for the time.

[@TommoROM]

Does anyone know who owns the rights to these games now?

[@TheLairdsLair]

I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect Telegames USA do, as ex-members of Apollo formed Sunrise Software when the company went bust. Sunrise then merged with Telegames in the UK to become Telegames USA.

[@TommoROM]

I wasn’t aware of this. Thanks for letting me know