Is Meltdown on Steam?

No. Meltdown 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 Meltdown on?

Meltdown is available on Atari 7800.

When did Meltdown release?

Meltdown was first released on December 31, 1990.

Meltdown

Dec 31, 1990ShooterArcadeAtari 7800

Meltdown — frequently asked questions

Is Meltdown on Steam?: No. Meltdown 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 Meltdown on?: Meltdown is available on Atari 7800.
When did Meltdown release?: Meltdown was first released on December 31, 1990.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 7800
Developer: Atari Corporation
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$25

Complete

$40

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about 3 times a year
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 2010, $19.57 five years ago, and $25 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$4.99	—
Jan 2011	$9.99	—
Jan 2012	$17.81	—
Jan 2013	$16.00	—
Jan 2014	$5.99	$11.99
Jan 2015	$8.00	$12.06
Jan 2016	$5.99	$12.06
Jan 2017	$14.95	$7.50
Jan 2018	$8.36	$15.42
Jan 2019	$11.83	$16.94
Jan 2020	$14.00	$15.19
Jan 2021	$18.20	$20
Jan 2022	$25	$25
Jan 2023	$23	$26
Jan 2024	$19.35	$25
Jan 2025	$27	$40
Jan 2026	$24	$37
Oct 2026	$25	$40

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

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Color	CX7875	Common+

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

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1991
Controller: XG-1 light gun (XE Light Gun), Light gun
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and reissues are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

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

A fast light-gun shooter that a well-known 7800 retrospective ranks among the system's best exclusives, if you own a gun.

Meltdown is a one-player light-gun game developed and published by Atari Corporation for the 7800 only. It needs the Atari XG-1 light gun, the one sold with the XE Game System, and the manual tells you to connect it to the left controller port. Wikipedia counts it among five 7800 games compatible with the XG-1.

Retro Gamer's Kieren Hawken ranked it among the best 7800 games and in the top five exclusives, saying it might not look like much, but the frantic shooting action will leave you sweating.

How it was made

Atari Corporation developed and published it in the final wave of 7800 releases, in 1990 or 1991 depending on the source.

Worth knowing

From the 7800 manual. Passkey codes: a level's four-character passkey is shown the first time you reach it and can be entered to start on that level.
From the 7800 manual. Save all 20 reactors to win.
From the 7800 manual. Two difficulty levels: Novice and Expert.

Before you buy

The gun is the catch. The XG-1 never came in the game box, so budget for the gun or check what the seller includes. Light guns need a CRT television. AtariAge records the catalogue number as CX7875 (Wikipedia's CX7805 is Galaga's), and rates the color-label cart Common+. The manual copyright should read Atari Corporation, Sunnyvale, 1990. Be wary of a sealed price that looks lower than a complete one; the sealed figure for this title is thin.