Phoenix for the Atari 2600 is a classic shoot-'em-up arcade game developed by Amstar Electronics and released in 1980. The game falls within the fixed shooter genre, where players control a spaceship at the bottom of the screen, tasked with defending against a formation of bird-like alien creatures descending from the top. The gameplay features several levels, each culminating in a fight with a unique boss enemy—a giant Phoenix mothership. Players must dodge a barrage of enemy fire and strategically target the aliens, advancing through progressively challenging stages to achieve high scores.