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Atarisoft

Brand name by Atari, Inc.

Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc. in 1983 and 1984 to publish video games for non-Atari home computers and consoles. Each platform had a specific color for its game packages: video games sold for the Commodore 64 were in green boxes, games for the TI-99/4A in yellow, the IBM PC in blue, and so on. Atarisoft was so successful during the Christmas 1983 shopping season that the company released games for the discontinued TI-99/4A.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1

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Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc. in 1983 and 1984 to publish video games for non-Atari home computers and consoles. Each platform had a specific color for its game packages: video games sold for the Commodore 64 were in green boxes, games for the TI-99/4A in yellow, the IBM PC in blue, and so on.2

Products and brands

Released

These were published during 1983–84. Most were released by Atari, Inc., but some of these were released by Atari Corporation later in 1984.

Battlezone (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC)

Centipede (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A)

Crystal Castles (Apple II, C64)

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Defender (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A, Intellivision)

Dig Dug (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A)

Donkey Kong (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A)

Galaxian (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum)

Gremlins (Apple II, C64, IBM PC)

Joust (Apple II)

Jungle Hunt (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A)

Moon Patrol (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A)

Ms. Pac-Man (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum)

Pac-Man (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum)

Picnic Paranoia (TI-99/4A)

Pole Position (BBC Micro, C64, VIC-20, TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum)

Protector II (TI-99/4A)

Robotron: 2084 (Apple II, BBC Micro/Acorn Electron, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC)

Shamus (TI-99/4A)

Stargate (Apple II, IBM PC)

Track & Field (Apple II, C64)

Unreleased

Promoted, partially developed, or fully completed games, but Atari did not publish them.

Asteroids Deluxe (BBC Micro)

Battlezone (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron)

Centipede (IBM PCjr)

Crystal Castles (IBM PC)

Dig Dug (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron, ColecoVision, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum)

Donkey Kong (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron, IBM PCjr, ZX Spectrum)

Donkey Kong Jr. (BBC Micro)

Galaxian (Intellivision)

Joust (BBC Micro, ColecoVision, C64, Intellivision, VIC-20, TI-99/4A, IBM PC)

Jungle Hunt (Intellivision)

Mario Bros. (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A)

Missile Command (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A)

Moon Patrol (ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, ZX Spectrum)

Ms. Pac-Man (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Intellivision)

Pac-Man (ColecoVision)

Pole Position (Apple II, Intellivision)

Robotron: 2084 (TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum)

Sinistar (Acorn Electron, BBC Micro) later published as DeathStar by Superior Software

Stargate (C64,VIC-20, TI-99/4A)

Super Storm (TI-99/4A) port of Slime

Track & Field (IBM PC)

Typo Attack (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, IBM PCjr)

Vanguard (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A)

From Wikipedia’s article on Atarisoft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1983Founded Founded1

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