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M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

Dec 31, 1983ShooterSimulatorArcadeColecoVisionAtari 2600Atari 8-bitTexas Instruments TI-99Intellivision

M*A*S*H — frequently asked questions

Is M*A*S*H on Steam?
No. M*A*S*H 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 M*A*S*H on?
M*A*S*H is available on ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Texas Instruments TI-99, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, VIC-20.
When did M*A*S*H release?
M*A*S*H was first released on December 31, 1983.

About M*A*S*H

You are Hawkeye Pierce, Chief Medical Surgeon of the 4077th MASH. Your responsibilities include rescuing injured men from the battlefield, performing surgery in the operating room, or, in an alternative game, picking up Colonel Potter's skydiving medics. You pilot your chopper low through the trees, avoiding shells fired at you from a North Korean tank. After picking up the medics or wounded and rushing them back to the hospital, the pressure really starts to get heavy. Time is running out for the injured men and you must operate. You have to work fast. You are competing with your fellow surgeons, either B.J. Hunnicut, Trapper John McIntyre or Frank Burns.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms
ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Texas Instruments TI-99, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, VIC-20
Developer
Fox Video Games, Inc.
Publisher
Fox Video Games, Inc.
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Themes
Action
Series
M*A*S*H

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

PlatformYearLooseCompleteSealedPeriod reviewsBuilt by
Atari 26001983$10$35$532 reviewsDoug Neubauer

Also released on: ColecoVision · Atari 8-bit · Texas Instruments TI-99 · Intellivision · TI-99/4A · VIC-20. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose
$10
Complete
$35
Sealed
$53

Label variants

ReleaseLooseCompleteSealed
T-Shirt Bundle$19$51$205

Release record

TerritoryLabelCatalog #Rarity
North America
20th Century Fox
Standard11011Scarce

Also released in South America by Wide Vision, CCE.

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

Doug Neubauer's licensed M*A*S*H game is a 2600 original, cheap loose, with a T-shirt bundle worth a look.

M*A*S*H is an action game based on the film, designed and programmed by Doug Neubauer for the 2600 and published by Fox Video Games in April 1983. It started on the 2600, and ports to other systems followed.

Neubauer went on to make Solaris and Radar Lock for Atari.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 3June 1983Graphics ★★ · Play-Action ★½
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 1 No. 10August 19833½ joysticks

“The graphics of the Atari 2600-compatible game are blocky and primitive, especially in the operating room screen. … We found game play lacking in any qualities that would keep kids or adults interested in more than a few casual run-throughs.”

— Computer Entertainer, June 1983

“That said and social responsibility aside, this is a terrific game. There are four different games for one or two players and they are actually different.”

— Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, August 1983

“M*A*S*H is a nice enough game to play, but it can't exactly be called startlingly innovative.”

— Electronic Games, May 1984

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. Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Also on other platforms

Atari 8-bit · ColecoVision · Intellivision · TI-99/4A · VIC-20

Atari 2600Doug Neubauer
  • TI-99/4A. Works with the speech synthesizer peripheral, so characters sometimes speak lines aloud, such as "butterfingers."

Worth knowing

  • Price halved, 1983. In July 1983 the cartridge was cut from $29.95 to $14.95, with the cut blamed on "the current market glut of VCS-compatible games".
  • Three designs commissioned. Video Games Player's November 1983 gossip column reported: "Fox supposedly commissioned three different companies to design them a MASH game, then they picked the one they liked best".

Before you buy

Low risk. Check which version you are looking at. The standard cart is common and inexpensive. A T-shirt bundle variant is priced separately and costs more, especially sealed, so make sure the shirt is actually included and matches the bundle before paying for it. No reproductions are documented.

M*A*S*H screenshots

M*A*S*H screenshot 1M*A*S*H screenshot 2

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