List of Atari XEGS games

This is a list of video games for Atari 8-bit computers published by Atari Corporation following the 1987 release of the Atari XEGS, the final model in the 8-bit computer line. The games are all on ROM cartridge and have XEGS-styled packaging.[1][2] Many are re-releases of earlier floppy disk-based games from third party developers converted to cartridge format.

33 games are listed here.[a]

Games

Title Genre(s) Developer(s) Release date(s)
Ace of Aces Combat flight simulation Distinctive Software March 1989[3]
Airball Puzzle The Softworks Factory 1988
Archon: The Light and the Dark Strategy / action Free Fall Associates 1987
Ballblazer Sports Lucasfilm Games December 1987[4]
Barnyard Blaster Light gun shooter K-Byte December 1987[4]
Battlezone Combat simulation Atari Corporation January 1988[5]
Blue Max Scrolling shooter Sculptured Software December 1987[4]
Bug Hunt Light gun shooter Atari Corporation October 1987[6]
Choplifter Scrolling shooter Sculptured Software 1988
Crime Buster Light gun shooter Atari Corporation 1988
Crossbow Light gun shooter Sculptured Software April 1989[7]
Crystal Castles Maze The Softworks Factory 1988
Dark Chambers Dungeon crawl Sculptured Software April 1989[7]
David's Midnight Magic Pinball Broderbund December 1987[4]
Desert Falcon Scrolling shooter Atari Corporation 1988
Donkey Kong Platform Atari Corporation 1988
Eastern Front (1941) Turn-based strategy Chris Crawford 1988
Fight Night Sports Sculptured Software March 1988[8]
Flight Simulator II Flight simulation Sublogic October 1987[6]
Food Fight Action The Softworks Factory March 1989[3]
GATO Submarine simulation Xanth F/X April 1988[8]
HardBall! Sports Sculptured Software December 1987[4]
Into the Eagle's Nest Stealth Pandora Software May 1989[7]
Karateka Fighting Sculptured Software 1988
Lode Runner Puzzle-platform Broderbund 1987
Mario Bros. Platform Sculptured Software 1988
Missile Command[b] Action Atari Corporation October 1987[6]
Necromancer Action Bill Williams March 1989[3]
One-on-One Basketball Sports Sculptured Software March 1988[8]
Rescue on Fractalus! First-person shooter Lucasfilm Games December 1987[4]
Star Raiders II Space combat simulation Atari Corporation December 1987[4]
Summer Games Sports Epyx 1988
Thunderfox Scrolling shooter Aztec Design 1988

Notes

  1. ↑ This number is always up to date by this script.
  2. ↑ Pack-in title. Built into the system

References

  1. ↑ Wolf, Mark J. P. (2008). The video game explosion: a history from PONG to PlayStation and beyond. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-313-33868-7.
  2. ↑ Mrozek, David (2020). "The Video Game Critic's Atari XE Game System Review". videogamecritic.com. The Video Game Critic. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  3. 1 2 3 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 1. April 1989. p. 14.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Initial Games for the XE Game System Ship". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 6, no. 10. January 1988. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 6, no. 11. January 1988. p. 14.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Atari XE Game System". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 6, no. 8. November 1987. p. 10.
  7. 1 2 3 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 2. May 1989. p. 14.
  8. 1 2 3 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 7, no. 2. May 1988. p. 9.
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