US Games
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US Games was a video game division of then-conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...

 Quaker Oats that formed in 1982 in order to develop games for the then-popular Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...

. Sometimes related to the North American video game crash of 1983, they released 14 games (with varying cartridge designs) and then closed their doors after only a year in operation.
"None of our games became a hit," said spokesman Ronald Bottrell. "Instead of pouring in a lot more capital, we decided to drop it."

Published titles

  1. Commando Raid
  2. Eggomania
    Eggomania
    Eggomania is an arcade-style video game released in 1982 by US Games for the Atari 2600. The objective of the game is to catch eggs in a hat which are thrown by a chicken without letting any of the eggs hit the ground and break. At the end of each round, the player has a chance to throw the eggs...

  3. Entombed
  4. Gopher
    Gopher (video game)
    Gopher is a video game released in 1982 by US Games for the Atari 2600. The player controls a farmer with a shovel who must protect his three carrots from the gopher. The gopher tunnels left and right and up to the surface. When he makes a hole to the surface he will attempt to steal a carrot...

  5. M.A.D.
  6. Name This Game
    Name This Game
    Name This Game, also known as Octopus in Europe, is a video game for the Atari 2600 manufactured by US Games.In the game, the player controls a diver who must protect a treasure from an octopus at the top of the screen that tries to capture the treasure with its tentacles...

  7. Picnic
  8. Piece o' Cake
  9. Raft Rider
  10. Sneak n' Peek
  11. Space Jockey
  12. Squeeze Box
  13. Towering Inferno
    Towering Inferno (video game)
    Towering Inferno by US Games, is a video game for the Atari 2600 in which the user plays a fireman going through a burning skyscraper to save victims and put out the fires. On each floor of the building, the player must put out the flames and reach the panel that opens the doors to get back out....

  14. Word Zapper
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