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Title: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: 90snostalga on April 21, 2014, 01:34:33 pm
Although there are lots of cool box art covers throughout all of video game history, I will have to say that Atari 2600 games seems to stand out the most to me.  This is for pure art only not quality of the game.  How would you rate your top 10 Atari 2600 game box arts?
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: turf on April 21, 2014, 01:38:06 pm
Quote from: 90snostalga on April 21, 2014, 01:34:33 pm
Although there are lots of cool box art covers throughout all of video game history, I will have to say that Atari 2600 games seems to stand out the most to me.  This is for pure art only not quality of the game.  How would you rate your top 10 Atari 2600 game box arts?

Missile Command's art is awesome.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: dreama1 on April 21, 2014, 01:58:28 pm
(http://lvls.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/int-dk.jpg)

Much manlier, and better box art than that nintendo kiddie stuff.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: pacpix on April 21, 2014, 08:13:14 pm
Space Cavern has my favorite box art on the 2600.
(http://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/18241.jpg)
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: burningdoom on April 21, 2014, 08:15:03 pm
The cart looked just as cool:

(http://www.theoldcomputer.com/game-box-art-covers/Atari/2600/Cart-Scans/s/Space%20Cavern%20(1981)%20(Apollo)%20%5B!%5D.jpg)
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: pacpix on April 21, 2014, 08:24:23 pm
Oh nice, I have only ever seen the blue label before.  I really want that red cart now!
(http://vgcollect.com/images/cart-art/18241.jpg)
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: burningdoom on April 21, 2014, 08:25:32 pm
^ Atari computer system it says, wrong cart. My bad.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: pacpix on April 21, 2014, 08:35:13 pm
No you have it right.  When the 2600 was first released it competed with the Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System so Atari called their system the Atari Video Computer System.  The red cart is just a label variant.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: burningdoom on April 21, 2014, 08:43:15 pm
Oh. I thought it meant it was for the Atari 400/800.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: thecrypticodor on April 21, 2014, 10:04:54 pm
Here's a some of my favorites.
(http://i.imgur.com/cQwu1uK.jpg?1) (http://i.imgur.com/IF299fg.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/D4JE6Xk.jpg?2) (http://i.imgur.com/vRVnBvC.jpg?1)
Acitvision's box art is generally very good, and for the most part they were actually reflective of what the game inside was actually like.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 best boxarts
Post by: argyle on April 22, 2014, 12:11:02 am
A few of my favorites:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OO7ry-gVHdY/U1XrUZk7IMI/AAAAAAAAGVM/jQS7Z4sOHNk/w236-h320-no/1095011556-00.jpg)  (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xIKDBJkIKt0/U1XrUaeSG6I/AAAAAAAAGVQ/hoJ4DcHRjKc/w350-h479-no/Demon_Attack_box_art.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KdJqjQYHlPc/U1XrUaihGgI/AAAAAAAAGVU/8i1CRP0Cafk/w435-h600-no/4935688551_836cbef4ea_o.jpg)