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Checkers: Activision's version of checkers. This game follows the rules of the classic board game. Unlike the board game, which is fun, this game is very boring and I did not enjoy playing it. It is still better than Video Checkers.

Dice Puzzle: In this game you have to make all 16 dice have a value of six by increasing the value of each row of dice by one horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and you have to do it in the fastest time possible. If a die already has a value of six, selecting the row it is in will change its value to one. This game is fun to try once or a few times but is not the kind of puzzle game I would play repeatedly.

Dishaster: This game lives up to its name but not for good reasons. You control a girl who moves left and right balancing plates and collecting plates when they fall. It is very boring. It is most fun on the highest skill level where the plates just keep falling and it is not even that fun. This game is a disaster. Skip this one!

Fire Fly: You control a bug that shoots stuff. There are also items that you can collect after shooting the enemies. This game is terrible. Everything on the screen looks awful. The gameplay feels unplayable. The background "music" is unbearable. This is the worst video game that I have ever played. No human should ever have to play this game.

Frostbite: You hop across the ice getting ice for your igloo without falling off of the ice. If the ice is white you add to your igloo but not if the ice is blue. There are lots of different animals which can push you off the ice while fish can be caught for bonus boints. There is even a polar bear that can chase you away. You have to get inside your igloo before the temperature drops to zero degrees. This is a very fun game and is one of my favorite Atari 2600 games.

Hangman: The video game version of the classic pen-and-paper game. You guess each letter of the word until you get the word correct or until the entire picture becomes visible. Rather than executing someone, in this game there is a monkey hanging from a branch with its arm. This game is not terrible but it is much more fun to play the pen-and-paper version of hangman.

H.E.R.O.: You fly down a mine, blowing up walls, shooting enemies, with the goal of reaching the trapped miners without running out of power. This is a very fun game and is one of my favorite games for the Atari 2600.

Human Cannonball: You have to fire someone out of a cannon into a tower while setting the angle and the speed of the cannon so the person can get into the tower. Some game modes add a moving wall you have to shoot through. This game is not very fun.

I Want My Mommy: In this game you have to activate all of the ladders while climbing platforms while also avoiding enemies. Sometimes there is an object that floats down the level which you can get to defeat enemies. There are two levels. In the first level you have to reach the apple and in the second level you have to reach your mommy. The longer it takes to complete the game, the higher your score. If you get hit by an enemy, even if you are on the second level, you go back to the start of the first level. This game is not very fun and is a terrible game to play.

Jawbreaker: A maze game like Pac-Man where you play as a set of teeth who has to eat all of the dots while avoiding the jawbreakers. Sometimes there is a larger dot in the middle which allows you to eat the jawbreakers. The walls of the maze move and there is an opening in the wall that allows to to go from one row of the maze to another without having to go to the other end of the row. After you eat all of the dots, a toothbrush comes and brushes the teeth. This is a very fun game and it is one of my favorites.

Kaboom!: You have to catch falling bombs with your buckets which are being dropped by a mad bomber who resembles Hamburglar. The bombs get faster as the game goes on. Even though it is chaotic, this is a very fun game.

Lost Luggage: You have to catch falling bags and if you miss one you lose a life and all of the other bags spill. On some game modes there are black bags and if you miss one, the airport blows up and you get a game over. This game is a lot like Kaboom! and this game just feels like a worse version of Kaboom!

Midnight Magic: A pinball game. There are five colored targets and if you hit all five targets you get a multiplier. It is a fun and decent pinball game and it resembles a real pinball table than another Atari pinball game Video Pinball but I prefer Video Pinball over this game.

Pac-Man: The Atari 2600 version of the arcade game. You go around a maze eating dots and avoid ghosts. You can also eat big dots which allow you to eat ghosts. Instead of fruit, there is a square you can eat for bonus points. Compared to the arcade game this is a lot less fun and the maze is a lot less navigable. This is not a bad game, just not as enjoyable compared to the arcade version.

Plaque Attack: A shooter game where you control a tube of toothpaste and shoot the toothpaste at food to protect the teeth. The concept of a game that takes place in a mouth protecting teeth is weird but this is a very fun game.

Sneak 'n Peek: Hide-and-seek as a video game. You play hide-and-seek in a haunted house with three rooms in it along with the yard with a limited number of hiding spots. Hide-and-seek does not work as a concept for a video game. If playing with two players, the second player would either have to close their eyes, look away, or leave the room so they do not find out your hiding spot. If you have two people why are you playing this and not an actual game of hide-and seek? It would be more fun that way. This game is not fun. This game is one of the worst games for the Atari 2600 and it is one of the worst games that I have ever played.

Snoopy and the Red Baron: You fly Snoopy's doghouse while trying to shoot down the Red Baron. Sometimes the Red Baron drops food which you can collect for bonus points. The game is alright but it is very repetitive.

Video Checkers: Atari's version of the classic board game. This game is not very fun compared to playing the board game and it is made worse by the terrible controls. If you somehow want to play checkers on Atari, play Activision's version instead.