What platforms is Crack'ed on?

Crack'ed was released on Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari ST/STE.

When did Crack'ed release?

Crack'ed was first released on December 31, 1987.

Crack'ed

Dec 31, 1987ShooterAtari 7800 Atari 2600Atari ST/STE

Crack'ed — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Crack'ed on?: Crack'ed was released on Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari ST/STE.
When did Crack'ed release?: Crack'ed was first released on December 31, 1987.

About Crack'ed

Crack'ed was developed concurrently for the Atari 2600 and 7800, but only the 7800 version was released. The 2600 version only has three levels as opposed to six on the 7800, but those three levels are well utilized considering the limitations of the 2600. As an Ornithologist, you must protect the eggs of the South American Hornbill that are nested in your tree. Various predators attempt to steal the eggs from under your nose. Using your slingshot, you must defend the eggs until the timer runs out. If a predator steals an egg you still have a chance to save it, but you risk losing other eggs from the tree while you are distracted. Next you must protect the Hornbills that have chosen to nest in the sewers, where the gameplay is the same as the tree level. Finally you move onto a bonus round at the Rooster Ranch, here you must shoot roosters that pop out of windows. The Atari 2600 version of Crack'ed was released at the 2002 Classic Gaming Expo, complete with a unique label, box and instructions.

Summary via IGDB.

Crack'ed on Wikipedia

Crack'ed, subtitled "An Egg-Citing Adventure", is target shooting video game developed by Robert Craig for the Atari ST and released by Atari Corporation in 1988. An Atari 7800 port was published the same year. In Crack'ed the player must protect bird eggs by shooting predators. An aiming crosshair is controlled with the mouse on the ST version and the standard controller for the 7800. The Atari XG-1 light gun is not supported.

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

Game details

Platforms: Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari ST/STE
Developer: Zip Technologies
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Atari 7800	1989	$12	$29	$30	Low (look-alike)

Release timeline

Atari ST/STE1987
Atari 78001988
Atari 26002002

First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.

We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 7800 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$12

Complete

$29

Sealed

$30

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a month

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $4.99 in Jan 2012, $12.34 five years ago, and $12.16 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2012	$4.99	—
Jan 2013	$5.97	—
Jan 2014	$4.74	$3.50
Jan 2015	$5.99	$3.00
Jan 2016	$4.74	$12.98
Jan 2017	$5.39	$8.99
Jan 2018	$7.52	$8.92
Jan 2019	$7.59	$9.96
Jan 2020	$6.43	$11.00
Jan 2021	$11.33	$21
Jan 2022	$10.50	$19.92
Jan 2023	$10.49	$17.36
Jan 2024	$12.48	$17.75
Jan 2025	$14.83	$21
Jan 2026	$15.00	$25
Oct 2026	$12.16	$29

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Documented sales

12,964 US copies invoiced by Atari 1989–1990

By year: 1989 12,928 · 1990 36. Ranked 26 of the 39 Atari 7800 cartridges in Atari's internal reports. These count cartridges shipped to US stores, less returns, not copies sold to players.

Source: Atari Corporation's internal 7800 software sales reports (1986–1990)

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	MSRP	Rarity
North America Atari	Color	CX7836	$29.99	Common+

North America: Price new: Atari's own catalogue (Atari Explorer, Jan–Feb 1991), list price.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 7800 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1989
Controller: Pro-Line Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and reissues are not tracked hereLow look-alike risk

Atari 7800 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An egg-defense shooter ported from the Atari ST, remembered for stiff joystick aiming.

Crack'ed is an Atari ST game by Robert Craig (credited as Robert Neve), and Atari Corporation published a 7800 port in 1989 by the library's dating. You protect eggs by shooting the predators that come for them, aiming a crosshair. On the ST that is a mouse job; on the 7800 it is the standard joystick, and the XG-1 light gun is not supported.

The joystick is where it falls down. A retrospective at Atari 7800 Forever scored it low, criticizing the stiff controls while praising the original idea. A 2600 version was also started and never released, and an AtariProtos writer who played that prototype said it made a decent 2600 game even though it was a mediocre one for the 7800. Treat the 7800 cartridge as a curiosity, not a showpiece.

What the press said at the time

“Although the sound is merely adequate, the graphics are attractive and colorful. The screens look like coloring book drawings, and the characters at times are a bit too cute to want to shoot.”
— Current Notes, November 1989

Also on other platforms

Atari ST

Robert Craig (credited as Robert Neve)

Atari ST. The Atari ST version came first, in 1988, and the 7800 port followed the same year.

Before you buy

Low risk and common. Pro-Line joystick, one player; the light gun does not work with it, so do not pay extra for a gun bundle. It carries the Atari color label and CX 7836 number. The box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value.