Atari 7800 Games

Game Title: Double Dragon
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Double Dragon is set in post-apocalyptic New York.

Double Dragon is the story Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they managed a small martial arts training school. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped by the Black Warriors, led by Willy. As you can imagine, Billy and Jimmy set out to save Billy's girlfriend.

Using various techniques fight using punches, kicks and the elbow strike.

Game Title: Dr. J and Larry Bird go One on One
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Play as either Julius Irving or Larry Bird on a one-on-one match.

When you are on the offense, rotate to keep away from your rival. When on the defensive, take your rival's ball or jump up to block a shot.

Game Title: F-18 Hornet
Game Type: Flight
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: F-18 Hornet is a one-player fighter simulator where you pilot a Navy F/A-18 Jet through a series of simulated combat situations including carrier take-offs and landings, bombings, strafings, and air combat.

You are confronted with a variety of opponents and must perform a series of combat objectives in order from the Naval Aviator rank.

Game Title: Fatal Run
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: In this post-apocalyptic driving/racing game, travel to various towns delivering medicine while on your way to the missile base.

While driving through the 32 levels, you must stop the myriad of enemies. Your car boasts many weapons such as dynamite, rockets, oil slicks, smoke screens and machine guns. You can also upgrade your vehicle within the city shops.

Upgrading options include better mileage and stronger bumper. A password feature let's save your game and continue later.

Game Title: Fight Night
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: You must face 11 different opponents on your way to becoming the new champ.

Each boxer has strength and weaknesses, along with one super punch.

There are four different modes of play: Training, Sparring, Tournament, and Main Event. Tournament is a two player versus mode.

Game Title: Food Fight
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Your goal is to avoid the chefs that are out to get you. Avoid the food thrown at you by the chefs to get the cone.

You can also throw your own food at the chefs to slow them down.

Game Title: Galaga
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: You control a space fighter.

There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level is like pay day. Shoot as many aliens as you can to boost your bonus points.
Watch out for the tractor beams as they can capture one of your ships. To recover your ship, simply shoot the alien down and recapture your ship.

A summary screen appears when the game is over, giving you both your final score and you final hit ratio: the number of missiles fired, enemies destroyed, and the percentage of targets hit.

Game Title: Gato
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: While GATO was released as is a submarine simulator to several personal computers such as the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64, it never made it past the demo stage for the Atari 7800.

Game Title: Hat Trick
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Hat Trick hockey game based on the 1984 coin-op of the same name.

Each player controls a goalie and a skater. The object is to shoot the puck into the opposing teams goal. Each game lasts two minutes.

Essentially, its a shoot-out game rather than a hockey game.

Game Title: Ikari Warriors
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Ikari Warriors was a very popular 1980s arcade game that proved to be just as popular when ported to multiple game consoles and home computers.

Fight your way through a variety of terrain such as jungles, rivers, and ruins. Power up with weapons that can be found along the way.

Ikari Warriors can also be played with two players at the same time in co-operative mode.

Game Title: Impossible Mission
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: As a secret agent, you must stop the evil Professor Elvin Atombender who is tampering with national security computers. Penetrate Atombender's stronghold and avoid his deadly robot creations. Don't forget to acquire various pieces of a password to use in the main control room.

The robots, rooms, and puzzle pieces will be switched around when starting over which provides replay value.

Game Title: Jinks
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Jinks is a breakout like game. The objective is to survive on the planet Jinks. As hazards, there are objects that can destroy the paddle or make it smaller. There is also the ability to shake the screen if the ball is in a looping position.

Game Title: Joust
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Joust was a very popular game in the 1980s and was ported to many consoles and home computers.

Your task is to joust the evil knights. Once the knights have been hit, and egg falls to the ground. Be sure to destroy the eggs before they hatch and release new and increasingly more difficult knights.

You also have to deal with crumbling platforms, lava trolls and the unbeatable pterodactyl.

In this two-player game, both players can play at the same time.

Game Title: Karateka
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: The evil Akuma has destroyed your homeland, killed your friends and kidnapped your Princess.

You must fight your way to the palace with each opponent being more difficult than the previous.

All the standard karate kicks and punches are available to both you and your foes in a realistic fashion. The game also featured many of cutscenes to develop the story.

Game Title: KLAX
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: KLAX is a fast acting game where slow thinkers will die quickly. Catch coloured tiles coming down a conveyor belt. Score points by arranging them in same colour stacks of threes vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Start to get good and the game speeds up until the tiles tumble down the ramp so fast you can barely keep up.

This game features the same addictive power as Tetris and was ported to many different gaming platforms and home computers.

Game Title: Kung Fu Master
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Kung Fu Master is a one and two player game that was ported from the arcade to several game consoles and home computers.

The game's story starts with your girlfriend being captured by Mr.X. It is up to you to use your knowledge of Kung Fu to get her back.

Each floor has many opponents and once they have been dealt with, there is the floor boss. Beat the floor bosses and then fight Mr. X.

Game Title: Mario Bros
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: As Mario or Luigi, your goal is to clear out the characters have taken over the sewers.

Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they sit on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when a set number of coins is collected.

For the two player mode, the first to collect the set amount of coins wins.

Game Title: Mat Mania Challenge
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Mat Mania is a wrestling game that features two player head-to-head action. Each match lasts three minutes.

The object is to either outscore, pin or get your opponent counted out. You can perform such moves as the Overhead Slam or the Piledriver and many more; but your opponent has the same abilities.

Game Title: Mean 18 Ultimate Golf
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Originally developed by Accolade in 1986, the 7800 version of this game was released in 1989.

The title features only one course and golfer, but it has the typical three tap swing still being used in golf games today like Hot Shots and Mario Golf. The most talked about aspect of Mean 18 is its rarity. The game is consider to be the second rarest title in the library.

Game Title: Meltdown
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Meltdown is a clone of Reactor.

You will see a representation of a nuclear reactor and control rods at the centre of the screen.

Inside the reactor are particles that will damage the control rods if they collide. Using the light gun, you need to shoot and destroy the various particles before the control rods are destroyed. The walls will slowly encroach on you as the reactor receives damage.

Shot the power crystals as they appear as they provide bonuses such as extra points, control rod repair, temporarily freeze the particles and more powerful shots.

The game ends when the control rods have been completely destroyed causing the reactor to meltdown.