The Video Game Critic's Explanation of Icons

Title	System	Publisher	Year	Grade
3D Tic-Tac-Toe	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	F
A-VCS-Tec Challenge	Atari 2600	Simon Quernhorst	2006	C
Adventure	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	A
Adventure Plus	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2002	NA
Adventures of Tron	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	D
Air Raiders	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
Air-Sea Battle	Atari 2600	Atari	1977	B-
Airlock	Atari 2600	Data Age	1982	F
Alfred Challenge	Atari 2600	Independent	1998	C-
Alien	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	B+
Allia Quest	Atari 2600	Ebivision	2001	B
Alligator People	Atari 2600	Fox	1983	C-
Amidar	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	C-
Armor Ambush	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
Artillery Duel	Atari 2600	Xonox	1983	D
Asteroids	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	A-
Asteroids Vector Edition	Atari 2600	Hozer	1999	NA
Astroblast	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
Atari Video Cube	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	C+
Atlantis	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	B-
BMX Airmaster	Atari 2600	TNT	1989	B-
Bank Heist	Atari 2600	Fox	1983	B-
Barnstorming	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	D
Basketball	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	C
Battlezone	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A
Beamrider	Atari 2600	Activision	1984	B-
Beany Bopper	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	D
Bermuda Triangle	Atari 2600	Data Age	1982	D-
Berzerk	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	A-
Berzerk Voice Enhanced	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2002	A-
Better Pac-Man, A	Atari 2600	Atari Age	1999	B+
Blair Witch Project, The	Atari 2600	Tim Snider	2000	NA
Blueprint	Atari 2600	CBS	1982	C-
Boing!	Atari 2600	First Star	1983	B
Bowling	Atari 2600	Atari	1979	C
Boxing	Atari 2600	Activision	1980	A-
Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	D+
Bugs Bunny	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	C+
Bump N Jump	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
Bumper Bash	Atari 2600	Spectravideo	1983	B-
Burgertime	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	D-
California Games	Atari 2600	Epyx	1987	A
Carnival	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	C
Cat Trax	Atari 2600	Atari Age	1983	B-
Centipede	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A
Chase the Chuckwagon	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1983	D+
Checkers	Atari 2600	Activision	1980	D
China Syndrome	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1982	F
Chopper Command	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	A
Chuck Norris Superkicks	Atari 2600	Xonox	1983	C
Coconuts	Atari 2600	Telesys	1982	D-
Combat	Atari 2600	Atari	1977	B
Combat 2	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	NA
Commando	Atari 2600	Activision	1988	D+
Commando Raid	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	B-
Communist Mutants From Space	Atari 2600	Starpath/Arcadia	1982	A-
Condor Attack	Atari 2600	Ultravision	1983	F
Congo Bongo	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	C+
Conquest of Mars	Atari 2600	Champ Games	2006	D-
Cosmic Ark	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	C-
Cosmic Creeps	Atari 2600	Telesys	1982	D+
Cosmic Swarm	Atari 2600	Commavid	1982	D-
Crackpots	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	C
Crash Dive	Atari 2600	Fox	1983	C
Crazy Climber	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	B-
Crazy Valet	Atari 2600	Brian Prescott	2000	D+
Cross Force	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1982	B-
Crossbow	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	C
Cruise Missile	Atari 2600	Froggo	1987	F
Crypts of Chaos	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	F
Crystal Castles	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	B
Custer's Revenge	Atari 2600	Mystique	1982	F
Dancing Plates	Atari 2600	Zimag	1983	F
Dark Cavern	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	C+
Dark Chambers	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	D-
Dark Mage	Atari 2600	Greg Troutman	1997	C+
Deadly Duck	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	D
Decathlon	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	B-
Defender	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	D
Defender II	Atari 2600	Atari	1987	A
Demolition Herby	Atari 2600	Telesys	1983	C+
Demon Attack	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	B
Desert Falcon	Atari 2600	Atari	1987	F
Dig Dug	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A-
Dodge 'Em	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	B-
Dolphin	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	C
Donkey Kong	Atari 2600	Coleco	1981	B
Donkey Kong Junior	Atari 2600	Coleco	1983	D+
Double Dragon	Atari 2600	Activision	1989	F
Double Dunk	Atari 2600	Atari	1989	C
Dragon Stomper	Atari 2600	Starpath/Arcadia	1982	A-
Dragonfire	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	A
Dragster	Atari 2600	Activision	1980	C
Dumbo's Flying Circus (Prototype)	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	NA
ET The Extra-Terrestrial	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	F
Earth Dies Screaming	Atari 2600	Fox	1983	D+
Enduro	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	A-
Entombed	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	B-
Escape From The Mindmaster	Atari 2600	Starpath/Arcadia	1982	A-
Fantastic Voyage	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	B
Fast Eddie	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	C
Fast Food	Atari 2600	Telesys	1982	D
Fathom	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	A-
Final Approach	Atari 2600	Apollo	1982	D-
Fire Fighter	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	D
Fire Fly	Atari 2600	Mythicon	1983	F
Fishing Derby	Atari 2600	Activision	1980	B
Flag Capture	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	F
Flash Gordon	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	D-
Football	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	B+
Frankenstein's Monster	Atari 2600	Data Age	1983	B
Freeway	Atari 2600	Activision	1981	C+
Frogger	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1982	A
Frogger (Official Version)	Atari 2600	Starpath	1984	A+
Frogger II	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1984	A
Frogs and Flies	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	A
Front Line	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	B+
Frostbite	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	A-
Funky Fish	Atari 2600	Atari Age	1983	D-
Galaxian	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A-
Gas Hog	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1983	D-
Ghost Manor	Atari 2600	Xonox	1983	B-
Ghostbusters	Atari 2600	Activision	1985	D
Gingerbread Man	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2007	C+
Glacier Patrol	Atari 2600	Telegames	1989	D-
Golf	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	B
Gorf	Atari 2600	CBS	1981	C
Grand Prix	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	C+
Gravitar	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B-
Gremlins	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	D
Gunfight	Atari 2600	Xype	2001	A
Gunslinger	Atari 2600	Sears/Atari	1978	C
Gyruss	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1984	B
H.E.R.O.	Atari 2600	Activision	1984	B
Halloween	Atari 2600	Wizard	1983	B-
Hangman	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	D+
Haunted House	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	B+
Homerun	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	F
Human Cannonball	Atari 2600	Atari	1979	D
Ice Hockey	Atari 2600	Activision	1981	A
Infiltrate	Atari 2600	Apollo	1983	C-
International Soccer	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
James Bond 007	Atari 2600	Parker Bros.	1983	F
Jawbreaker	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	A-
Journey Escape	Atari 2600	Data Age	1982	F
Joust	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A
Jr. Pac-Man	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	A
Jungle Hunt	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	A
Kangaroo	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	B
Karate	Atari 2600	Ultravision	1983	F-
Keystone Kapers	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	A-
Killer Satellites	Atari 2600	Starpath/Arcadia	1983	D
King Kong	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	D
Kool-Aid Man	Atari 2600	M-Network	1983	B-
Krull	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	C-
Kung Fu Superkicks	Atari 2600	Telegames	1989	C
Ladybug	Atari 2600	Champ Games	2006	A-
Laser Blast	Atari 2600	Activision	1981	F
Laser Gates	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	C-
Little Bear	Atari 2600	Taiwan Cooper	1983	NA
Lock N Chase	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	C+
London Blitz	Atari 2600	Avalon Hill	1983	C-
Lost Luggage	Atari 2600	Apollo	1982	D
MAS*H	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1983	C
M.A.D.	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	C+
Mangia	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1983	D+
Marauder	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	F
Marine Wars	Atari 2600	Konami	1983	C+
Mario Bros.	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	C+
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	C-
Maze Craze	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	A-
Mega Force	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	C-
Megamania	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	C
Merlin's Walls	Atari 2600	Ebivision	1999	D-
Midnight Magic	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B-
Millipede	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	A-
Miner 2049er	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	D-
Miniature Golf	Atari 2600	Atari	1979	D-
Missile Command	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	A-
Montezuma's Revenge	Atari 2600	Parker Bros.	1984	A
Moon Patrol	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	B+
Moonsweeper	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	B-
Motorodeo	Atari 2600	Atari	1990	B
Mountain King	Atari 2600	CBS	1983	B-
Mouse Trap	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	B+
Mr. Do!	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	B+
Ms. Pac-man	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	A-
Mystery Science Theater 2600	Atari 2600	Hozer	1999	NA
Name This Game	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	D
Nexar	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1982	D+
No Escape!	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	B-
Ocean City Defender	Atari 2600	Zellers	1983	NA
Off The Wall	Atari 2600	Atari	1989	C
Oink!	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	F
Omega Race	Atari 2600	CBS	1983	B-
Othello	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	B
Outlaw	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	C
Oystron	Atari 2600	Hozer	1998	B+
Pac-man	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	D
Pele's Championship Soccer	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	D
Pengo	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	B-
Pesco	Atari 2600	Ebivision	1999	C
Pete Rose Baseball	Atari 2600	Absolute	1988	A-
Phaser Patrol	Atari 2600	Arcadia/Starpath	1982	A
Phoenix	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	B
Pick Up	Atari 2600	Games of the Century	2002	C
Pigs In Space	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	F
Pitfall	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	A-
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns	Atari 2600	Activision	1984	A
Planet Patrol	Atari 2600	Spectravideo	1983	D-
Plaque Attack	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	C
Pleiades	Atari 2600	Atari Age	1983	C+
Polaris	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	B
Pole Position	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	B+
Pooyan	Atari 2600	Konami	1982	F
Popeye	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1982	B+
Porky's	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1983	D-
Power Off!	Atari 2600	Ebivision	2002	C
Pressure Cooker	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	B+
Private Eye	Atari 2600	Activision	1984	D+
Q*bert	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	B
Qb	Atari 2600	RetroActive	2001	B
Quadrun	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	F
Quest For Quintanaroo	Atari 2600	Telegames	1989	D+
Quick Step	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	F
Rabbit Transit	Atari 2600	StarPath	1984	C
Racquetball	Atari 2600	Apollo	1981	F
Radar Lock	Atari 2600	Atari	1989	D+
Raft Rider	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	C
Raiders of the Lost Ark	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	C
Rampage	Atari 2600	Activision	1989	F
Reactor	Atari 2600	Parker Brothers	1983	F
Realsports Baseball	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	F
Realsports Boxing	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B-
Realsports Football	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	B+
Realsports Soccer	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	C
Realsports Tennis	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	B
Realsports Volleyball	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	D
Reindeer Rescue	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2006	B-
Rescue Bira Bira	Atari 2600	Hozer	1997	NA
Revenge of the Apes	Atari 2600	Games of the Century	2003	C
Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	B+
Riddle of the Sphinx	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	C+
River Raid	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	A
River Raid II	Atari 2600	Activision	1988	A-
Road Runner	Atari 2600	Atari	1989	B-
Robot Tank	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	B-
Roc 'N Rope	Atari 2600	Coleco	1983	C
Room of Doom	Atari 2600	Commavid	1982	C
Saboteur	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	C
Save The Whales	Atari 2600	Games of the Century	2002	C-
Sea Hawk	Atari 2600	Froggo	1987	D
Sea Hunt	Atari 2600	Froggo	1987	D
Seaquest	Atari 2600	Activision	1983	B-
Secret Quest	Atari 2600	Atari	1989	B
Shark Attack	Atari 2600	Apollo	1982	D
Shootin' Gallery	Atari 2600	Imagic	1983	C-
Skateboardin'	Atari 2600	Absolut	1987	D
Skeet Shoot	Atari 2600	Apollo	1981	F
Skeleton	Atari 2600	Atari Age/Eric Ball	2002	C-
Skeleton+	Atari 2600	Atari Age/Eric Ball	2003	B+
Skiing	Atari 2600	Activision	1980	B+
Sky Diver	Atari 2600	Atari	1979	B
Sky Jinks	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	D-
Sky Skipper	Atari 2600	Parker Bros.	1983	F
Slot Machine	Atari 2600	Atari	1979	F
Slot Racers	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	F
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	B
Snoopy and the Red Baron	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	C-
Solar Fox	Atari 2600	CBS	1983	B
Solaris	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B
Sorcerer	Atari 2600	Mythicon	1983	C+
Sorcerer's Apprentice	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	D-
Space Attack	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	C-
Space Cavern	Atari 2600	Apollo	1982	C-
Space Invaders	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	A-
Space Jockey	Atari 2600	Vidtec	1982	D-
Space Master X-7	Atari 2600	20th Century Fox	1982	D-
Space Shuttle	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	C+
Space War	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	D-
Spider Fighter	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	C
Spiderdroid	Atari 2600	Froggo	1987	NA
Spiderman	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	B+
Spike's Peak	Atari 2600	Xonox	1983	F
Sprint Master	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B+
Spy Hunter	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	A
Squeeze Box	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	F
Sssnake	Atari 2600	Data Age	1982	F
Stampede	Atari 2600	Activision	1981	A-
Star Fire	Atari 2600	Xype	2003	B
Star Fox	Atari 2600	Mythicon	1983	F-
Star Master	Atari 2600	Activision	1982	B+
Star Raiders	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	C
Star Ship	Atari 2600	Atari	1977	F
Star Strike	Atari 2600	Mattel	1982	C
Star Trek	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	D
Star Voyager	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	B+
Star Wars: Death Star Battle	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	D
Star Wars: The Arcade Game	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1984	B
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1982	A-
Stargate	Atari 2600	Atari	1984	A
Stella's Stocking	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2007	B
Stellar Track	Atari 2600	Sears	1980	F
Strategy X	Atari 2600	Konami	1981	C-
Strawberry Shortcake	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	D-
Sub Scan	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	F
Suicide Adventure	Atari 2600	Hozer	2000	NA
Suicide Mission	Atari 2600	Starpath/Arcadia	1982	B-
Super Baseball	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	F
Super Challenge Baseball	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	C
Super Challenge Football	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	B+
Super Cobra	Atari 2600	Parker Bros.	1982	F
Super Football	Atari 2600	Atari	1988	B+
Superman	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	D+
Surround	Atari 2600	Atari	1977	D
Survival Island	Atari 2600	Starpath	1983	F
Survival Run	Atari 2600	Milton Bradley	1983	C-
Sword Fight	Atari 2600	Retrotopia	2000	C+
Sword of Saros	Atari 2600	Starpath	1983	F
Swordquest Earthworld	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	F
Swordquest Fireworld	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	F
Sync	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2007	D
Tanks But No Tanks	Atari 2600	Zimag	1982	C+
Tape Worm	Atari 2600	Spectravision	1982	C
Tapper	Atari 2600	Sega	1984	B
Target Fun	Atari 2600	Sears/Atari	1983	B-
Task Force	Atari 2600	Froggo	1987	F
Tax Avoiders	Atari 2600	American	1982	D-
Taz	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	D
Tennis	Atari 2600	Activision	1981	C+
Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Atari 2600	Wizard	1983	F
This Planet Sucks	Atari 2600	Hozer	1998	B
Threshold	Atari 2600	Tigervision	1982	D
Thrust	Atari 2600	Hozer	2000	A
Thunderground	Atari 2600	Sega	1983	D
Time Pilot	Atari 2600	Coleco	1983	C-
Title Match Pro Wrestling	Atari 2600	Absolute	1987	D
Tomarc The Barbarian	Atari 2600	Xonox	1983	D
Tomcat F14 Fighter Simulator	Atari 2600	Absolute	1988	B+
Towering Inferno	Atari 2600	US Games	1982	C-
Toyshop Trouble	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2006	A
Trick Shot	Atari 2600	Imagic	1982	B
Tron Deadly Discs	Atari 2600	M-Network	1982	D+
Tunnel Runner	Atari 2600	CBS	1983	D
Turmoil	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	A
Tutankham	Atari 2600	Parker Bros	1983	D-
Up 'N Down	Atari 2600	Sega	1984	B+
Vanguard	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	C
Venture	Atari 2600	Coleco	1982	D-
Venture II The Abysmal Abyss	Atari 2600	Hozer	2001	NA
Video Checkers	Atari 2600	Atari	1980	F
Video Chess	Atari 2600	Atari	1978	D-
Video Pinball	Atari 2600	Atari	1981	C+
Wabbit	Atari 2600	Apollo	1982	D-
Winter Games	Atari 2600	Epyx	1987	A
Wizard of Wor	Atari 2600	CBS	1982	A-
Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission	Atari 2600	Atari Age	2006	B
Word Zapper	Atari 2600	Vidtec	1982	F
Worm War I	Atari 2600	Fox	1982	B+
Xevious (Prototype)	Atari 2600	Atari	1983	NA
Yars' Revenge	Atari 2600	Atari	1982	A-
Zaxxon	Atari 2600	Coleco	1983	C-

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