Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Haunted House

Title	Haunted House
First release	1982
Developer	Atari, Inc.
Publisher	Atari
Platform	Atari 2600
Genres	action-adventure game, survival horror
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Atari 2600: 1981-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q2075966

Navigating through four floors of a maze-like mansion, the player controls a pair of eyeballs to locate three pieces of a magical urn. Avoiding tarantulas, vampire bats, and a fast-moving ghost is essential to prevent losing any of the nine available lives before the mission is complete.

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Wikidata (Q2075966) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atari2600/haunted-house) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (1370,62392) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atari · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Atari · internal use only.

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Videos

Atari 2600 longplay [027] Haunted House

World-of-Longplays · Atari 2600 version · longplay · 7:53auto-matched
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Atari 2600 Game: Haunted House (1981 Atari)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Atari 2600 version · gameplay · 7:53auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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