Is Canyon Bomber on Steam?

No. Canyon Bomber 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 Canyon Bomber on?

Canyon Bomber is available on Arcade, Atari 2600.

When did Canyon Bomber release?

Canyon Bomber was first released on November 1, 1977.

Canyon Bomber

Nov 1, 1977ShooterArcadeArcadeAtari 2600

Canyon Bomber — frequently asked questions

Is Canyon Bomber on Steam?: No. Canyon Bomber 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 Canyon Bomber on?: Canyon Bomber is available on Arcade, Atari 2600.
When did Canyon Bomber release?: Canyon Bomber was first released on November 1, 1977.

About Canyon Bomber

Canyon Bomber is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game, developed and published by Atari. The game was rewritten in color and with a different visual style for the Atari 2600, also in 1978. The player and an opponent fly a blimp or biplane over a canyon full of numbered, circular rocks, arranged in layers. The player does not control the flight of vehicles, but only presses a button to drop bombs which destroy rocks and give points. Each rock is labeled with the points given for destroying it. As the number of rocks is reduced, it becomes harder to hit them without missing. The third time a player drops a bomb without hitting a rock, the game is over.

Summary via IGDB.

Canyon Bomber on Wikipedia

Canyon Bomber is a 1977 action video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was programmed by Wendi Allen, who previously worked on Super Bug for Atari. Canyon Bomber was ported to the Atari VCS in 1979.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Video Games GmbH
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Warfare

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

59/100

from 7 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Built by
Atari 2600	1979	$7	$14	$29	Atari (designed by David Crane)

Also released on: Arcade. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

Complete

$14

Sealed

$29

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Grey Box	—	$266	—
Tele-Games	$16	$30	$45
Text Label	$6	$15	—

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Picture	CX2607	Common+
North America Atari	Text	CX2607	Common+
North America Sears	Text - 49-75115	99828	Common+
North America Sears	Text - 6-99828	99828	Common+
North America Sears	Picture	99828	Rare+

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA
Released: 1979
Controller: Atari Paddles
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration since Nov 11, 2022 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An early David Crane port of an Atari arcade game, simple, cheap and on Atari 50.

Canyon Bomber started as a 1977 Atari arcade game programmed by Wendi Allen (credited at the time as Howard Delman). David Crane converted it to the 2600, and Atari released the cartridge in 1979.

It is a modest early title, but it comes from David Crane's years at Atari before Activision, and it is on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration if you only want to play it.

How it was made

The arcade original was programmed by Wendi Allen. David Crane programmed the 2600 conversion, released by Atari in March 1979 and also sold by Sears.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 2 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

How the Atari 2600 version differs

David Crane's 2600 port replaces the arcade's numbered round rocks with solid bricks whose color shows their point value.

The cartridge adds Sea Bomber modes in which players sink ships instead of bombing rocks.

Also on other platforms

Arcade

Atari 2600	Atari (designed by David Crane)
Arcade	Atari, Inc. (programmed by Wendi Allen)

Worth knowing

1981 dealer price. Atari's confidential retailer price list for January 1 to June 1, 1981 lists Canyon Bomber (CX2607) in its basic tier: dealers paid $14.00 against a suggested retail price of $22.95.

Before you buy

Low risk. Several labels exist. The standard Atari cart and the text-label cart are the cheap ones, and the Sears Tele-Games cart costs a little more. The grey box variant is collected for the packaging itself, so a complete copy in that box is priced far above a standard boxed copy. Check which box and label a listing shows before comparing prices.