Halloween is a video game developed by Wizard Video Games and released in 1983 for the Atari 2600. The game is based off of the horror movie franchise of the same name, which led many retailers to not want to place the video game on their shelves if even stocking it at all.

The player takes on the role of Laurie Strode and must save as many children as possible from Michael Myers who is running around the house with a knife. She must simply move children to rooms at both ends of the house where they are safe. She also has the option of picking up a knife to use herself to stab Michael. She moves to another level if she rescues five children, or stabs the Michael twice.

Despite the license tie-in, the Laurie and Michael are not named only referred to as "the babysitter" and "the killer" respectively. The only semblance to the film is a chiptune version of Michael's theme that plays when he is on screen.

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Tropes featured in the game.

• Blackout Basement: Subverted. The top-most floor of the house repeatedly goes black, making it a Blackout Attic.
• Endless Game: The game only ends if Laurie loses all of her lives.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: If Laurie is hit by the Michael Myers, she loses her head and her body runs around with blood spurting from her neck. The same thing happens to the killer. The children also spurt blood from their necks if killed by the killer.
• No Name Given: Despite the game being based off of the first Halloween film, Laurie and Micahel don't have their names said only referred to "the babysitter" and "the killer" respectively, mainly to avoid legal trouble. This was one complaint James Rolfe had in The Angry Video Game Nerd review of the game.
• Off with His Head!: What happens to characters when they are killed in-game. It happens to Laurie and Michael.
• Slashed Throat: This is how Michael Myers kills the children when they are caught.
• Stupid Evil: For some reason, Michael Myers will not go into the rooms on both ends of every floor of the house, making them safe to put the children into.
• Variant Cover: As Wizard was in the process of liquidating, they eventually ran out of cartridge labels and proceeded to begin selling copies of the game with a generic label with "Halloween" written on it in orange text. Today the generic label version is a lot easier to find than one with the real label.
• Video-Game Lives: Three jack-o-lanterns on top of the screen represent Laurie's lives. She loses one if Michael removes her head.
• Would Hurt a Child: Michael Myers has no problem killing children in this game.