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History

Atari's early hits are all for their own 8-bit computer but they soon created their own label, Atarisoft, to bring their arcade classics to every machine. The venture was shortlived and Atarisoft withdrew from the market after the parent company was bought from Warner Brothers by Jack Tramiel. Atari also lost the Namco licence to Datasoft leading to US Gold publishing a slightly modified version of Pole Position with all of the signs saying 'Namco' changed to 'Datasoft'.

Atari titles continued to be ported to computers by several publishers including Activision, Domark, Mirrorsoft and Elite Systems whose ports of Paperboy are the most successful of all Atari's titles.

Note

The figures for Months in the Top 10 and Months at No. 1 are based on the All Formats chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)Paperboy

ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE / ATARI

1632
Cover(s)Paperboy

ELITE SYSTEMS / ATARI

935
Cover(s)Gauntlet

US GOLD / ATARI

5247
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

US GOLD / ATARI

31148
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

50158
Cover(s)Gauntlet

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

30174
Cover(s)Road Runner

US GOLD / ATARI

20178
Cover(s)720 Degrees

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

2 < 1 295
Cover(s)Pole Position

DATASOFT / ATARI / ATARISOFT / US GOLD / NAMCO

< 1 0361
Cover(s)Star Raiders II

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

20419
Cover(s)Road Blasters

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

20451
Cover(s)Road Blasters

US GOLD / ATARI

20458
Cover(s)Star Wars

DOMARK / ATARI

10621
Cover(s)Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons

US GOLD / ATARI

< 1 0720
Cover(s)720 Degrees

US GOLD / ATARI

00979
Cover(s)Defender

ATARI

001078
Cover(s)Gauntlet II

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

< 1 01134
Cover(s)Road Runner

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

< 1 01206
Cover(s)Blasteroids

MIRRORSOFT / IMAGE WORKS / ATARI

001226
Cover(s)Super Sprint

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

101356
Cover(s)Tempest

SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / ATARI

001377
Cover(s)Crystal Castles

US GOLD / ATARI

001383
Cover(s)Star Raiders

ATARI

001447
Cover(s)Pac-Man

ATARI / NAMCO

001514
Cover(s)Galaxian

ATARI

001567
Cover(s)Blasteroids

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

001612
Cover(s)Qix

ATARI

001645
Cover(s)Centipede

ATARI

001837
Cover(s)Eastern Front

ATARI / APX

001970
Cover(s)Missile Command

ATARI

002029
Cover(s)Tempest

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

002049
Cover(s)Computer Chess

ATARI

002205
Cover(s)Space Invaders

ATARI

002253
Cover(s)ET Phone Home

ATARI

002285
Cover(s)Caverns Of Mars

ATARI

002304
Cover(s)Marble Madness

ARIOLASOFT / ATARI

002538
Cover(s)Dig Dug

ATARI

002608
Cover(s)Championship Sprint

ALTERNATIVE / ATARI

002703