This shows that Atari was masterful at making the most of the limited resources of early-80s technology to get customers hyped about games with what we, 40 years later, would consider to be shitty, gameplay-wise, graphics-wise and sound-wise.

But in 1981, it was magical.

I recently, while rummaging through my ephemera archives, came across a 1981 Atari game catalog that features the 43 titles available on the Atari Video Computer System. It was pretty beat up after 41 years of storage, but it brought back a lot of memories for me and I thought it might bring back some memories for my readers as well, so I painstakingly digitized it and prepared this gallery for your enjoyment. Or, if you’d prefer a PDF to peruse at your leisure, you can download here.