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Artwork from Ancient Atari History

Posted by michael on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

Matey-O writes: "Safestuff.com contains some early information on Atari's arcade games. Internal memos, brainstorming sessions, and artist renderings that accurately predicted what arcades would look like. (Except there seems to be a LOT more women in the arcades than I seem to recall.) The artwork has been there a while, so it's archived on the wayback machine."

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  1. Art Style by byolinux · · Score: 3, Informative

    A similar style of art was used by the BBC for I love the 70's/80's/90's which features items talking about the significance of Space Invaders in 1978 and Pac-Man in 1980

    The 'blood' under most of the machines just raises yet more worry for me.

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  2. Atari - I bow before thee by sinnerDOTcom · · Score: 2, Informative

    While I own & still do play the Arcade Atari games, I was more of a 2600/7800 gamer myself. They defined Video Games for me at a very young age, I don't think there's one person that lived through the 70's & 80's without seeing an Atari product somewhere.

    Barnstorming, River Raid, Missle Command, Boxing, Pitfall, Dig-Dug, Pacman.. These games defined a LIFETIME addiction of indulging in madly pressing buttons and screaming at a television set.

  3. Re:Costs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    My brother just helped a friend of his move a John Elway Football arcade game into his aparment. It was purchased for $1000.

    My brother indicated that it was in good condition. However, the place where this game was purchased had what appeared to be The Gauntlet (the original) in nearly pristine condition. My brother did not say if he saw a price tag on that game.