The Story and COMPLETE Arcade Games of ATARI: Part 1 – The 1970’s

Here’s the first in a three part series covering both Atari’s released and unreleased titles, and we start with the 70’s! We have big names like Pong, Breakout and Asteroids, but there’s some other goodies, a lot of lovely overlays and flyers, and some arcades that have held up really quite well. Enjoy!

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Thanks to the following channels for their footage of some of Atari’s early-mid 70’s TTL games that, unfortunately, aren’t readily able to play nowadays:

@oldclassicgame
@ddgahab3430
@agitator173
@hal9k2k6
@coinopstuff

Ironic Computer Space Simulator: https://www.masswerk.at/icss/

Other important resources:

Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com
The Arcade Flyer Archive: https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/
Arcade Heroes – Atari Prototypes Over The Years: https://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/15/atari-prototypes-over-the-years-mega-post/
Arcade History: https://www.arcade-history.com/
AtariAge: https://atariage.com/
Atari Compendium – Dennis Koble: https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/dennis_koble/interview_dennis_koble.html
Atari Compendium – Michael Albaugh: https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/michael_albaugh/interview_michael_albaugh.html
AtariGames.com (ARCHIVE LINK): https://web.archive.org/web/20110716114634/http://www.atarigames.com/
Game Design Theory and Practice – Ed Logg: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Magazines%20and%20Books/Chapter%206_ed_logg_interview.pdf
Games That Weren’t – Captain Seahawk: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/09/captain-seahawk/
Owen Rubin’s Webpage: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Web%20Archives/www.Orubin.com%20(Sep-07-2003)/default.htm
System 16: http://www.system16.com/
The Torturous history of Tube Chase etc.: http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-tortuous-history-of-tube.html
Undumped Wiki: https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
UnMAMEd Atari Games: https://unmamed.mameworld.info/non_atari.html

0:00 Intro
1:40 Computer Space
4:16 Pong
8:20 Space Race
10:03 Rebound
12:26 Various TTL Games: Tank, Gran Trak 10/20, Touch Me, Gotcha, Qwak, Crash’n Score, Quiz Show
17:30 Breakout
20:17 Cannonball (unreleased)
21:17 Cops’n Robbers
23:01 Flyball
24:24 Tank 8/Ultra Tank
26:10 Night Driver
27:54 Sprint 2/Sprint 4/Sprint 8/Sprint One
29:49 Dominos
31:13 Triple Hunt
32:24 Drag Race
34:01 Poolshark
35:23 Starship 1
36:32 Destroyer
37:28 Super Bug
38:30 Canyon Bomber
39:49 Dirt Bike (unreleased)
40:35 Sky Raider
42:51 Tournament Table
44:02 Catch (Unreleased)/Avalanche
45:38 Fire Truck
46:58 Skydiver
47:49 Super Breakout
49:28 Atari Football/Atari Baseball/Atari Soccer
51:46 Orbit
53:21 Atari Mini Golf (unreleased)
54:18 Boxer (unreleased)
55:26 Captain Seahawk (unreleased)
56:35 Wolf Pack (unreleased)
58:00 Tube Chase/Tunnel Hunt
59:37 Video Pinball
1:00:41 Solar War
1:01:35 Subs
1:02:31 Lunar Lander
1:04:33 Asteroids

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