Bloody Human Freeway on the Atari 2600 a Prototype by Activision
"Bloody Human" Freeway is actually the original version of Freeway, and features people instead of chickens.
Why did the chicken cross the road? So Activision could make a game about it of course! Even though Freeway looks a bit like Frogger at first glance, the two games are actually very different. According to David Crane, he got the idea for Freeway from watching a man trying to cross Lake Shore Drive during rush-hour traffic while attending Chicago's Consumer Electronic Show.
Freeway originally featured people crossing the road instead of chickens since that was the scenario that inspired David Crane. However some people at Activision complained that they didn't like the idea of people being struck by cars, so chickens were substituted for people before the game was released.
Recent Atari Game Additions
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Pitfall!
D : Activision
P: Activision
G: Platform
R: August 20, 1982
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Piraten Schiff
D : Quelle / Spectravideo
P: Quelle / Spectravideo
G: Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
R: 1983
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Pinball
D : Zellers
P: Zellers
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1982
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Pigs in Space
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Shoot 'em up
R: 1983
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Piece o’ Cake
D : Patrick King
P: U.S. Games Corporation / Vidtec
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1982
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Picnic
D : Tom Sloper, Jeff Corsiglia, David Johnson
P: U.S. Games Corporation / Vidtec
G: Arcade - Catch'em!
R: 1982
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Pick Up
D : Mark Klein
P: 20th Century Fox / Fox Video Games
G: Arcade - Miscellaneous
R: 1983
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Phoenix
D : Mike Feinstein, John Mracek
P: Amstar Electronics
G: Shooter
R: 1980
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Philly Flasher
D : PlayAround
P: Mystique.
G: Adult
R: 1982
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Phaser Patrol
D : Starpath
P: Starpath, Arcadia Systems
G: Action game
R: 1982
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Phantom Tank
D : Bit Corp.
P: Bit Corp.
G: Action
R: 1983
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Pete Rose Baseball
D : Absolute Entertainment
P: Absolute Entertainment
G: Sports
R: 1988
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Pepsi Invaders
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Coca-Cola
G: Fixed shooter
R: 1983
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Pengo
D : Coreland
P: Sega
G: Maze
R: September 26, 1982
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Pelé's Soccer
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Sports
R: 1981
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Peek-A-Boo
D : Atari (USA)
P: Atari (USA)
G: Education - Miscellaneous
R: 1984
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Party Mix
D : Starpath
P: Starpath
G: Party
R: 1983
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Parachute
D : Home Vision/VDI
P: Gem International Corporation
G: Action
R: 1983
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Panda Chase
D : Home Vision / Gem International Corporation
P: Home Vision / Gem International Corporation
G: Arcade - Platformer
R: 1983
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Pac-Man
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Maze
R: March 16, 1982
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Pac-Kong
D : Funvision
P: Quelle
G: Action, Platform
R: 1983
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Outlaw
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Shooter
R: 1978
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Outer Space
D : Sears
P: Sears
G: Shoot'em Up! - 3-D
R: 1978
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Out of Control
D : Jim Jacob / Rebecca Heineman
P: Avalon Hill
G: Arcade - Avoid'em!
R: 1983
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Othello
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Strategy
R: 1980
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Oscar's Trash Race
D : Children's Computer Workshop, Inc.
P: Atari (USA)
G: Racing Video Game
R: 1983
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Omega Race
D : Ron Haliburton
P: CBS Electronics
G: Shoot 'em up
R: 1983
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Oink!
D : Activision
P: Activision
G: Action
R: 1983
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Off the Wall
D : Axlon
P: Atari Corporation
G: Action
R: 1989
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Ocean City Defender
D : Zellers
P: Zellers
G: Shoot'em Up
R: 1983
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Nuts
D : TechnoVision
P: TechnoVision
G: Action, Shooter
R: 1983
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Nova Blast
D : Imagic
P: Imagic
G: Shooter
R: 1983
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No Escape
D : Imagic
P: Imagic, Xänte
G: Action game
R: 1983
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Night Stalker
D : Mattel
P: Telegames
G: Action
R: 1982
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Night Driver
D : Atari, Inc.
P: Atari, Inc.
G: Racing
R: 1980
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Name This Game
D : James Wickstead Design Associates
P: U.S. Games, Carrere Video
G: Action
R: 1982
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Mystic Castle
D : M-Network
P: Mattel
G: Action
R: Never Released
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Mystery Science Theater 2600
D : Tim Snider
P: Hozer
G: shoot 'em up
R: 1999
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My Golf
D : Imagineering Inc
P: HES Interactive
G: Sports
R: 1990
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Ms. Pac-Man
D : General Computer Corporation
P: Midway
G: Action
R: 1981