Cover artwork of Raiders of the Lost Ark

// Archive entry № 25537

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Released in 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark is indexed by VG90 as part of the early cartridge-and-arcade boom for Atari 2600.

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About the game

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) for Atari 2600 takes its place in the VG90 index as one more thread in the story of the early cartridge-and-arcade boom, kept here for readers researching the period.

The years around 1982 belonged to the early cartridge-and-arcade boom, when the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. VG90 groups titles like this one by era and platform so those connections are easy to trace.

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Why it matters

This entry is worth keeping because the early cartridge-and-arcade boom is easy to flatten into a few famous names, when in truth the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. Preservation archives exist so lesser-known releases are not lost between the landmarks.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Atari 2600. Release year: 1982. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.