The Art of Atari (2016)

(artofatari.com)

34 points | by ghtbircshotbe 4 hours ago

6 comments

  • bluedino 56 minutes ago
    I always enjoyed the Magnavox Odyssey 2 box art as well

    https://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-wonderful...

  • criddell 3 hours ago
    Have you played Atari today? 11 year old me was able to always answer that question yes.

    So many times the box art would totally capture my imagination. I'd ask for some cartridge for Christmas or my birthday and it was always a bit of a gut punch to see the screen for the first time.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/11ddevl/atari_...

    • abetusk 2 hours ago
      I would love to see someone do video synthesis using the cover art as a basis. I wish I were more adept at it to try it out.
  • gxd 2 hours ago
    I own the poster version ("The Art of Atari, the poster collection") and it's great. I have three of their posters hanging in my office right now. It's not just nostalgia, the art is terrific.

    EDIT: the poster collection now costs $600+ on Amazon. Wow.

  • j_m_b 3 hours ago
    The spaceship beaming people up in Defender always looked like it's proportions were off. As a kid, I remember seeing the spaceship and thinking it looked like a metal glove.
  • myth_drannon 3 hours ago
    There is also one from Bitmap Books but more about the actual game graphics.

    https://www.bitmapbooks.com/en-ca/collections/all-books/prod...

    • pico303 2 hours ago
      Thank you for posting this. I had no idea this was out there!
  • coachgodzup 2 hours ago
    These were really quite a piece of art. Unfortunately nowadays a box is so rare.