Soccer for the Atari 2600 is a vintage sports video game belonging to the soccer (football) genre, originally released in the early 1980s. It features simplistic graphics and gameplay emblematic of the era's limitations. Players control on-screen athletes, aiming to pass the ball, evade opponents, and score goals. The game accommodates one or two players and offers basic controls to move the athletes around the pitch. While lacking in the depth of modern soccer simulations, it provides a nostalgic and straightforward representation of the sport for classic gaming enthusiasts.