Posts Tagged ‘atari’

1982 Artwork Found

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

1982 was a great year. Not only was Yours Truly hatched in July of that year, but video games – more specifically Atari video games, were at the peak of their powers. A few months back I posted my favourite video game covers from that long-since-forgotten era. Today I stumbled upon the modern day equivalent. Panic, makers of “Shockingly Good Mac Software”, commissioned artist Lukas Ketner to work in that lost art style. The concept: what if Panic was around in 1982, and their apps were early Atari 2600 games?

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8 Bit Fun

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I accidentally took a trip down memory lane this morning, and what a pixelated road it was. I found myself appreciating Atari cover art all over again, albeit for a different reason. Below are some of the games I grew up with, the covers of which used to scare me as a child. I’m not sure whether it was the painted realism, the scare-mongering titles, or the fact that everything seemed to be under attack. As an adult, however, I certainly appreciate the simplicity, yet complexity, of these designs.

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