Bobby is Going Home
Bobby is Going Home — frequently asked questions
- Is Bobby is Going Home on Steam?
- No. Bobby is Going Home is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is Bobby is Going Home on?
- Bobby is Going Home is available on Atari 2600.
- When did Bobby is Going Home release?
- Bobby is Going Home was first released on December 31, 1983.
About Bobby is Going Home
Bobby is Going Home is a 2D action platformer video game cartridge released for the Atari 2600 console in 1983. The player controls a boy named Bobby who has to pass through seven screens, jump over animals like butterflies, ducks and other hazards. The game play resembles Pitfall!, a game released by Activision. At the end of the game all the player has to do is get Bobby into the house, and there the next level will show. Hitting reset and select change the style of flowers that show at the bottom of the screen.
Summary via IGDB.
Bobby is Going Home on Wikipedia
Bobby Is Going Home is a platform game released for the Atari 2600 console in 1983.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Atari 2600
- Developer
- Bit Corporation
- Publisher
- CCE
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06
Release record
| Territory | Label | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| North America Unknown | Taiwan Cooper | — |
| Europe Bit Corp | Re-release | Scarce |
| Europe Bit Corp | German | — |
| Europe Bit Corp | English | — |
| Europe Dynamics | — | — |
| Europe Hot Shot | — | — |
| Europe Quelle | Standard | — |
Also released in South America by CCE.
Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1983
- Authenticity
- Low
Bit Corporation's simple platform game, sold under several names across three continents.
Bobby Is Going Home is a 1983 platform game from Bit Corporation, which published it in North America and Europe; CCE released it in Brazil.
Like many European and Asian 2600 games, it was sold under different names by different publishers: Jumping Jack, Felix Return, Bobby Got House and Bobby Geht Nach Hause.
Cartridge & preservation record
Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.
Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.
Before you buy
Low risk. No fakes are documented. Make sure the label in the photos matches the title the listing names, and confirm whether a copy is NTSC or PAL.
Bobby is Going Home screenshots
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