Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc. in 1983 and 1984 to market video games the company published for home systems made by competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages. For example, video games sold for the

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came up in green packages, games for the TI-99/4A in yellow, games for the

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in blue, and so on. Atarisoft was so successful during the Christmas 1983 shopping season that the company released games for the discontinued 99/4A. By 1984 a rumor stated that Atari planned to discontinue hardware and only sell software. Despite being in existence for less than two years, Atarisoft had a huge video game library with dozens of game versions being released for various home computers and consoles. Almost all of the Atarisoft titles were produced by third-party software companies, as Atari only developed for their own systems. The Atarisoft label did not bear Atari's recognizable "Fuji" logo nor the official logos of the games, rather, the game names were written in a different typeface. The Atarisoft label as utilized by Atari Inc. was discontinued shortly after Warner Communications sold Atari Inc's consumer division to Jack Tramiel in 1984. Many additional titles were in production at the time. Most of these went unreleased although a few were eventually released by other companies. Some titles originally planned for cartridge release such as the C64 Mario Bros. were released on disk instead for cost reasons. Other titles such as the IBM port of Stargate were completed, but never published; they were leaked to BBSes. The new Atari Corporation initially used the Atarisoft brand as well. Several

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titles (both game and non-game) were published by Atari UK and Atari France using the Atarisoft label in 1985. Atari did not use the Atarisoft label again after 1985.

Cross-platform games

Released

These were published during 1983–84. Most were released by Atari, Inc., but some of these were released by Atari, Corp. later in 1984. * '' Battlezone'' (

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, VIC-20,

, VIC-20) * ''

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'' (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC,

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, TI-99/4A, BBC Micro) * '' Crystal Castles'' (Apple II, C64) * '' Defender'' (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A) * '' Dig Dug'' (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A, Intellivision) * '' 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, IBM PC) * '' Jungle Hunt'' (Apple II, ColecoVision, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, TI-99/4A) * '' Mario Bros.'' (Apple II, C64) * '' 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) * ''

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'' (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum) * '' Picnic Paranoia'' (TI-99/4A) * ''

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

Protector II ''Protector II'' is a video game written by Mike Potter for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Synapse Software in 1982. It is a sequel to 1981's ''Protector''; both games are horizontally scrolling shooters inspired by '' Defender''. ''Prote ...

'' (TI-99/4A) * ''

Robotron: 2084 ''Robotron: 2084'' (also referred to as ''Robotron'') is a multidirectional shooter developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released in arcades by Williams Electronics in 1982. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional wo ...

'' (Apple II, BBC Micro/ Acorn Electron, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC) * '' Shamus'' (TI-99/4A) * ''

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'' (Apple II, C64) * '' 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) * ''

'' (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. is a 1982 arcade platform game that was released by Nintendo. It is the sequel to ''Donkey Kong'', but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario (previously named "Jumpman") is now the villain and Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to ...

'' (BBC Micro) * '' Galaxian'' (Intellivision) * '' Joust'' (BBC Micro, ColecoVision, C64, Intellivision, VIC-20, TI-99/4A) * '' Jungle Hunt'' (Intellivision) * '' Mario Bros.'' (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) * ''

'' (ColecoVision) * ''

'' (Apple II, Intellivision) * ''

'' (TI-99/4A, ZX Spectrum) * '' Sinistar'' (Acorn Electron, BBC Micro) later published as '' DeathStar'' by Superior Software) * ''

'' (VIC-20, TI-99/4A, IBM PC) * ''

Super Storm ''Slime'' is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers written by Steve Hales and published by Synapse Software in 1982. The player attempts to protect their ship from a rain of enormous drops of slime by deflecting them into ca ...

'' (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)

Releases by Atari UK

Atarisoft Paint and The Pay-Off Floppy Disk

All released in 1985. * ''Chess'' (Atari 8-bit) * '' Eastern Front (1941)'' (Atari 8-bit) * '' European Countries and Capitals'' (Atari 8-bit) * ''

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'' (Atari 8-bit) * ''

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'' (Atari 8-bit) * ''Software Pack'' (''

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'' and '' The Pay-Off'' / ''Paint'') (Atari 8-bit)

Releases by Atari France

All released in 1985. * '' Cameléon'' (Atari 8-bit) * '' Énigme du triangle'' (Atari 8-bit) * '' Nostradamus'' (Atari 8-bit) * '' Promoteur'' (Atari 8-bit)

References

{{reflist Atari Video game companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in the United States