Developer Spotlight: Sunset Bitworks Is Bringing Two Monsters to the Atari 2600
Some homebrew developers release one game and you think — okay, that’s impressive. Then there’s Brock Keaghey.
Under the banner of Sunset Bitworks, Brock — known online as TheMajorHavoc — is debuting two games at Houston Arcade Expo 2026. Not one. Two. And they couldn’t be more different from each other, which makes them all the more impressive as a pair. A first-person-style sci-fi shooter and a dark fantasy dungeon crawler, both running on hardware from 1977.
We’re proud to be publishing both.
💀 DOOMED
“The classic shooter comes to the classic console.”
You are the last space marine. The martian moonbase is overrun. The odds are impossible. The joystick is in your hand.
Doomed is a pseudo-3D maze shooter for the Atari 2600 and 7800 that wears its inspiration on its sleeve — and makes no apologies for it. Navigate labyrinthine levels, track enemies on the built-in automap, and hold back the demonic onslaught one corridor at a time. The artwork alone — that green-helmeted marine staring back at you through industrial darkness — sets the mood perfectly before you even blow on the cartridge.
This is the kind of game that makes you stop and ask: how did someone get this to run on a 2600?
Plays best on a CRT. Obviously.
🗡️ Depths of Dungeon
“Brave knight, your fate hinges on a trial by combat.”
If Doomed is the sci-fi nightmare, Depths of Dungeon is the fantasy one. Descend into shadowed catacombs that are different every single time — procedurally generated dungeons mean no two runs are the same. Find weapons. Upgrade your sword and armor. Face fearsome foes. Locate the key. Reach the exit.
The box art says everything: a lone knight, a skeleton rising from the dark, torchlight flickering against stone walls. It’s atmospheric, it’s challenging, and it’s running on an Atari 2600. Let that sink in.
Like Doomed, Depths of Dungeon is compatible with both the Atari 2600 and 7800 Series systems.
About Sunset Bitworks
Sunset Bitworks is the homebrew development label of Brock Keaghey (TheMajorHavoc), a developer who clearly has no interest in doing anything halfway. Both Doomed and Depths of Dungeon showcase a remarkable range — from pulse-pounding shooter to methodical dungeon crawler — all squeezed out of the same legendary chip that powered a generation of childhood memories.
Both titles debut at Houston Arcade Expo 2026 in Houston, Texas this November, published by Retromaniacs. Physical cartridges will be available at the show and through our store following the event.
Good luck, marine. And brave knight — watch your back.