Status JuicyPillow Jul 7, 2025
Co-op Game Beat/Played #4: Atlantis- the first real retro game my son and I played. Just protect Atlantis with laser beam turrets. Kept us busy for a nice half hour
Atlantis (1982)
Atari 2600 · Atari 8-bit · Commodore VIC-20 · Intellivision · Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
2.90 from 21 ratings
68 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 18 backlogged · 4 wish listed
The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defend it from the invaders. The various gorgon craft will keep flying by on the …
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The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defend it from the invaders. The various gorgon craft will keep flying by on the screen in varying numbers and in different flight patterns. At first they fly high in the sky but then progressively lower. If an enemy makes it low enough before you destroy it, it will use it's weapons and destroy one of the buildings in Atlantis. As you progress in the game, the enemy craft will keep increasing in speed. The game ends when all remaining buildings in the city have been destroyed.
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Release dates
- 1982 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
- Dec 1983 (Full Release) (Brazil) Intellivision
- 1983 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20
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Bundled in
- Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2 (Dec 1995) · MAC, PC
- A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (Sep 1998) · PS1
- Activision Classics (Oct 1998) · PS1
- Activision (Dec 2000) · Plug & Play
- Activision Anthology (Nov 2002) · GBA, PS2
- Activision Anthology: Remix Edition (Nov 2003) · MAC, PC
- Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2 (Dec 1995) · MAC, PC
- A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (Sep 1998) · PS1
- Activision Classics (Oct 1998) · PS1
- Activision (Dec 2000) · Plug & Play
- Activision Anthology (Nov 2002) · GBA, PS2
- Activision Anthology: Remix Edition (Nov 2003) · MAC, PC
- Activision Hits Remixed (Nov 2006) · PSP
- Activision Flashback Blast! (Dec 2018) · Plug & Play
- Atari Flashback 8 Gold: Activision Edition · Plug & Play
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Review scoopings 2/5 · Mar 5, 2022
Decent Atari Fixed Shoot Em Up, But Didn't Keep My Attention
Look: 8/10 As basic as it is, and lacking my usual favorite Atari 2600 colors, the enemy sprites are great. I love the rainbow color look. That boosted this up. Otherwise, just typical/functional look.
Sound: 5/10 Annoying. And with all the Atari potential... disappointing.
Play: 6/10 I only played to this point, even tho I was still going strong. It …
Look: 8/10 As basic as it is, and lacking my usual favorite Atari 2600 colors, the enemy sprites are great. I love the rainbow color look. That boosted this up. Otherwise, just typical/functional look.
Sound: 5/10 Annoying. And with all the Atari potential... disappointing.
Play: 6/10
I only played to this point, even tho I was still going strong. It was already getting old, with the enemies increasing in speed. 
It's decent controls, tho I wish you could shoot multiple bullets at once. Basically you just shoot from the 3 points and try to time accordingly. It's fun for a bit, but gets old... real quick heh. I respect it and all that, but fixed shooters like this and Missile Command just aren't my thing.
Feel: 6/10 The look is great, well really just the rainbow vibes especially with the enemy sprites. But otherwise, it just isn't "my thing" tho it's one of the better fixed shoot em ups.
Attachment: 6/10 Moving on. Not much to say.
Completion: 13k Score Playtime: 10mins
You control 3 Turrets defending a pretty decent looking Atlantis (for the Atari) it's fun for a little bit but my attention span for these Atari games is kinda small