Is Laser Gates on Steam?

No. Laser Gates 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 Laser Gates on?

Laser Gates is available on Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit.

When did Laser Gates release?

Laser Gates was first released on October 1, 1983.

Laser Gates

Oct 1, 1983ShooterArcadeAtari 2600Atari 8-bit

Laser Gates — frequently asked questions

Is Laser Gates on Steam?: No. Laser Gates 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 Laser Gates on?: Laser Gates is available on Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit.
When did Laser Gates release?: Laser Gates was first released on October 1, 1983.

About Laser Gates

The thousand galaxies quake at the news: the Cryptic Computer, the galactic defense synthesizer which has maintained peace for the five centuries since the Wars on Zevon, has malfunctioned! Four Failsafe Detonators inside the Computer will now initiate universal self-destruct! The Governors of Enderby order the Dante Dart into action. Only it can spiral down through the nearly impenetrable defenses of the Computer in order to reach and destroy the Detonators!

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
Developer: VentureVision
Publisher: Imagic
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

65/100

from 5 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews
Atari 2600	1983	$51	$121	$218	Graphics ★★★½ · Play-Action ★★½

Also released on: Atari 8-bit. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$51

Complete

$121

Sealed

$218

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Imagic	Text	03208	Rare
Europe Imagic	White	EIX-007-04I	—
Australia HES	—	—	—

Also released in South America by Polygram, Shock Vision, Atarimania.

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

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1983
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

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

A late Imagic release from VentureVision's Dan Oliver, inexpensive and low-risk.

Dan Oliver designed Laser Gates, developed by VentureVision and published by Imagic in October 1983 in North America and in 1984 in PAL regions. Oliver also designed VentureVision's own Rescue Terra I. Little more is documented about the game itself.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 8

November 1983

Graphics ★★★½ · Play-Action ★★½

“LASER GATES is a very pretty game full of bright colors. Play action is challenging, but unsatisfying in the long run.”
— Computer Entertainer, November 1983

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — stars in most years, diamonds in 1986–87 — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.