O Atari 2800 é a versão japonesa do 2600 lançado em outubro de 1983. Foi o primeiro lançamento de um 2600 projetado especificamente para o mercado japonês, embora empresas como a Epoch já tivessem distribuído o 2600 no Japão anteriormente. O 2800 foi lançado pouco tempo depois do Nintendo 's Family Computer (que se tornou o console dominante no Japão) e não conquistou uma fatia significativa do mercado. A Sears lançou o 2800 nos Estados Unidos em 1983 como o Sears Video Arcade II empacotado com dois controladores e Space Invaders . [60] Cerca de 30 jogos de marcas especiais foram lançados para o 2800.

Projetado pelo engenheiro Joe Tilly, o 2800 tem quatro portas de controlador em vez das duas do 2600. Os controladores têm um design all-in-one usando uma combinação de um joystick digital de 8 direções e um remo de 270 graus , projetado por John Amber . O design da caixa do 2800 partiu do 2600, usando uma forma de cunha com interruptores não salientes. O estilo de caixa foi usado como base para a caixa do Atari 7800 projetada por Barney Huang.

Lista de jogos lançados:

32 in 1
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
A Game of Concentration
Acid Drop
Action Pak
Actionauts
Adventure
Adventures of Tron
Air Raid
Air Raiders
Airlock
Air-Sea Battle
Alien
Alien's Return
Alpha Beam with Ernie
Amidar
Armor Ambush
Artillery Duel
Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks
Artillery Duel/Ghost Manor
Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak
Assault
Asterix
Asteroids
Astroblast
Atari Video Cube
Atlantis
Atlantis II
Bachelor Party
Bachelorette Party
Back To School Pak
Backgammon
Bank Heist
Barnstorming
Base Attack
Basic Math AKA Fun With Numbers
Basic Programming
Basketball
Battlezone
Beamrider
Beany Bopper
Beat Em and Eat Em
Berenstain Bears
Bermuda
Bermuda Triangle
Berzerk
Big Bird's Egg Catch
Birthday Mania
Blackjack
Blue Print
BMX Airmaster
Bobby Is Going Home
Boing!
Bowling
Boxing
Brain Games
Breakout
Bridge
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Bugs
Bump 'n' Jump
Bumper Bash
BurgerTime
Burning Desire
Busy Police
Cakewalk
California Games
Canyon Bomber
Carnival
Casino
Cathouse Blues
Centipede
Challenge
Challenge of Nexar
Chase the Chuck Wagon
Checkers
China Syndrome
Chopper Command
Chuck Norris Superkicks
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Ghost Manor
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Spike's Peak
Circus Atari
Coconuts
Codebreaker
Combat
Commando
Commando Raid
Communist Mutants from Space (Cassette)
Condor Attack
Confrontation
Congo Bongo
Cookie Monster Munch
Cosmic Ark
Cosmic Commuter
Cosmic Corridor
Cosmic Creeps
Cosmic Free Fire
Cosmic Swarm
Crab Control
Crackpots
Crash Dive
Crazy Climber
Cross Force
Crossbow
Cruise Missile
Crypts of Chaos
Crystal Castles
Cubicolor
Custer's Revenge
Dancing Plate
Dark Cavern
Dark Chambers
Deadly Discs
Deadly Duck
Death Trap
Defender
Defender II
Demolition Herby
Demon Attack
Demons to Diamonds
Desert Falcon
Dice Puzzle
Dig Dug
Dishaster
Dodge 'Em
Dolphin
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Junior
Double Dragon
Double Dunk
Dragon Treasure
Dragonfire
Dragonstomper (cassette)
Dragster
Dumbo's Flying Circus
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Earth Attack
Earth Dies Screaming
Eddy Langfinger, der Museumsdieb
Eggomania
Eli's Ladder
Encounter at L-5
Enduro
Entombed
Escape From The Mindmaster (Cassette)
Espial
Exocet
Exocet Missile
Extra Terrestrials
Fantastic Voyage
Farmer Dan
Fast Eddie
Fast Food
Fatal Run
Fathom
Fighter Pilot
Final Approach
Fire Fighter
Fire Fly
Fireball (cassette)
Fisher Price
Fishing Derby
Flag Capture
Flash Gordon
Football
Frankenstein's Monster
Freeway
Frog Pond
Frogger
Frogger II: Threeedeep!
Frogs and Flies
Front Line
Frostbite
G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike
Galaxian
Gamma-Attack
Gangster Alley
Gas Hog
Gauntlet
Ghost Manor
Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Gigolo
Glacier Patrol
Glib
Golf
Gopher
Gorf
Grand Prix
Gravitar
Great Escape
Gremlins
Guardian
Gyruss
H.E.R.O.
Halloween
Hangman
Harbor Escape
Haunted House
Home Run
Human Cannonball
Hunt & Score (see Concentration)
I Want My Mommy
Ice Hockey
Ikari Warriors
Inca Gold
Indy 500
Infiltrate
International Soccer
James Bond 007
Jawbreaker
Journey Escape
Joust
Jr. Pac-Man
Jungle Fever
Jungle Hunt
Kaboom!
Kangaroo
Karate
Keystone Kapers
Killer Satellites (Cassette)
King Kong
Klax
Knight on the Town
Kool-Aid Man
Krull
Kung-Fu Master
Lady in Wading
Laser Blast
Laser Gates
Laser Volley
Lochjaw
Lock 'n' Chase
London Blitz
Lost Luggage
M*A*S*H
M.A.D.
MagiCard
Malagai
Mangia
Marauder
Marine Wars
Mario Bros.
Master Builder
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
Math Gran Prix
Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers
Mega Force
MegaBoy
Megamania
Midnight Magic
Millipede
Miner 2049er
Miner 2049er II
Mines of Minos
Miniature Golf
Missile Command
Missile Control
Mission 3000 A.D.
Mission Survive
Mogul Maniac
Montezuma's Revenge: Starring Panama Joe
Moon Patrol
Moonsweeper
Motocross
Motocross Racer
MotoRodeo
Mountain King
Mouse Trap
Mr. Do!
Mr. Do's Castle
Mr. Postman
Ms. Pac-Man
My Golf
Name This Game
Night Driver
Night Stalker
Nightmare
No Escape!
Nuts
Obelix
Ocean City Defender
Off the Wall
Off Your Rocker
Oink!
Omega Race
Open Sesame
Oscar's Trash Race
Othello
Out of Control
Outlaw
Pac-Kong
Pac-Man
Panda Chase
Parachute
Paris Attack
Party Mix (cassette)
Pelé’s Soccer AKA Championship Soccer
Pengo
Pepsi Invaders
Pete Rose Baseball
Phantom Tank
Phantom-Panzer
Phaser Patrol (cassette)
Philly Flasher
Phoenix
Pick 'n Pile
Pick Up
Picnic
Piece o' Cake
Pigs in Space
Pinball
Piraten-Schiff
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Pitfall!
Planet Patrol
Planeten Patrouile
Plaque Attack
Polaris
Pole Position
Polo
Pooyan
Popeye
Porky's
Pressure Cooker
Private Eye
Pyramid War
Q*bert
Q*bert's Qubes
Quadrun
Quest for Quintana Roo
Quick Step
Rabbit Transit (cassette)
Racing Pak
Racquetball
Radar
Radar Lock
Raft Rider
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ram It
Rampage
Reactor
RealSports Baseball
RealSports Boxing
RealSports Football
RealSports Soccer
RealSports Tennis
RealSports Volleyball
Red Sea Crossing
Rescue Terra 1
Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes
Riddle of the Sphinx
River Patrol
River Raid
River Raid II
Road Runner
Robin Hood
Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot - The Joust
Robot Commando Raid
Robot Tank
Roc 'N Rope
Room of Doom
Rubik's Cube
Save Our Ship
Save the Whales
Scraper Caper
Scuba Diver
Sea Hawk
Seahawk
Seamonster
Seaquest
Secret Quest
Sentinel
Shark Attack
Shootin' Gallery
Shuttle Orbiter
Signal Tracing Cartridge
Sir Lancelot
Skate Boardin': A Radical Adventure
Skeet Shoot
Skiing
Sky Diver
Sky Jinks
Sky Skipper
Slot Machine
Slot Racers
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
Snail Against Squirrel
Sneak 'N Peek
Snoopy and the Red Baron
Solar Fox
Solar Storm
Solaris
Sorcerer
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Space Adventure
Space Attack
Space Canyon
Space Cavern
Space Grid
Space Invaders
Space Jockey
Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space
Space War
Spacechase
Spacemaster X-7
Spider Fighter
Spider Maze
Spiderdroid
Spider-Man
Spike's Peak
Spitfire Attack
Springer
Sprintmaster
Spy Hunter
Squeeze Box
Sssnake
Stampede
Star Fox
Star Raiders
Star Ship
Star Strike
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
Star Voyager
Star Wars Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle
Star Wars: Jedi Arena
Star Wars: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Stargate
Stargunner
Starmaster
Steeplechase
Stellar Track
Strategy X
Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups
Street Racer
Stronghold
Stunt Man
Submarine Commander
Sub-Scan
Subterranea
Suicide Mission (cassette)
Summer Games
Super Baseball
Super Baumeister
Super Breakout
Super Challenge Baseball
Super Challenge Football
Super Cobra
Super Football
Superman
Surfer's Paradise: But Danger Below!
Surround
Survival Island (cassette)
Survival Run
Swedish Erotica: Bachelor Party
Swedish Erotica: Beat' Em & Eat 'Em
Swedish Erotica: Custer's Revenge
Sword of Saros (cassette)
Swordquest: Earthworld
Swordquest: Fireworld
Swordquest: Waterworld
Tac-Scan
Tank Brigade
Tank City
Tanks But No Tanks
Tapeworm
Tapper
Task Force
Tax Avoiders
Taz
Tennis
The Activision Decathlon
The Music Machine
The Official Frogger (cassette)
The Smurfs Save the Day[12]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Year 1999
Threshold
Thunderground
Time Pilot
Time Warp
Title Match Pro Wrestling
Tomarc The Barbarian
Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator AKA Dan Kitchen's Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator
Tooth Protectors
Towering Inferno
Track & Field
Treasure Below
Trick Shot
Tron: Deadly Discs
Tunnel Runner
Turmoil
Tutankham
Universal Chaos
Up'n Down
Vanguard
Venture
Video Checkers
Video Chess
Video Jogger
Video Life
Video Olympics
Video Pinball
Video Reflex
Vulture Attack
Wabbit
Wall Ball
Wall-Defender
War Zone
Warlords
Warplock
Weltraumtunnel (Space Tunnel)
Wing War
Winter Games
Wizard of Wor
Word Zapper
Worm War I
Xenophobe
X-man
Yars' Revenge
Zaxxon
Zoo Fun
Z-Tack