Search
Olympus Bloggers
Olympus Blogger - Joseph Allen Shea
Olympus Blogger - Steve Gourlay

Feature Blogger
Katie Olsen - Deputy editor of Lifelounge and Captain of the Universe, these are the ramblings of the slightly unstable but completely unstoppable.
Latest Blogs
Pashon Coop
Katie Olsen
Jamie Driver
Royal Flyness
Luke Lucas
RAD
Lucky Dip
Ronald Kurniawan - herding cats
Weather
Enter city:
Newsletter

Radio
<< Prev  |  Next >>
Today's Links
Friend of the Day
Big Chief
Galliano

Gallery
The 8-bit wonderland of Atari 2600 game box art

Truth be told, the ATARI 2600 was the only gaming console I ever owned as a kid. One thing I remember in vivid detail was the excitement I used to get from the illustrated cover art on the game packaging. In retrospect the games themselves massively under delivered. The amazing illustrative montages promised fantasy worlds of robots, space ships, giant centipedes and more but the 8 bit, 1.19 MHz reality didn't even come close... still I don't remember ever being disappointed.

Below is a collection of scans from Atari game boxes back in the day. The illustrations still blow me away.

Tags: The Lounge, Retro, 80s, Illustration, typography, Games


Send to Friend Send to Friend
Add to Favourites Add to Favourites Send to Friend Flag as Inappropriate Rate this 0 0

ATARI 2600 - Warlords

ATARI 2600 - Warlords

ATARI 2600 - Wizard of Wor

ATARI 2600 - Wizard of Wor

ATARI 2600 - Venture

ATARI 2600 - Venture

ATARI 2600 - Video Chess

ATARI 2600 - Video Chess

ATARI 2600 - Space Invaders

ATARI 2600 - Space Invaders

ATARI 2600 - Surround

ATARI 2600 - Surround

ATARI 2600 - Space Invaders

ATARI 2600 - Space Invaders

ATARI 2600 - Space Cavern

ATARI 2600 - Space Cavern

ATARI 2600 - Baseball

ATARI 2600 - Baseball

ATARI 2600 - Solaris

ATARI 2600 - Solaris

ATARI 2600 - Pole Position

ATARI 2600 - Pole Position

ATARI 2600 - Pong Sports

ATARI 2600 - Pong Sports

ATARI 2600 - Memory Match

ATARI 2600 - Memory Match

ATARI 2600 - Missile Command

ATARI 2600 - Missile Command

ATARI 2600 - Moon Patrol

ATARI 2600 - Moon Patrol

ATARI 2600 - Phoenix

ATARI 2600 - Phoenix

ATARI 2600 - Jungle Hunt

ATARI 2600 - Jungle Hunt

ATARI 2600 - Kangaroo

ATARI 2600 - Kangaroo

ATARI 2600 - Indy500

ATARI 2600 - Indy500

ATARI 2600 - Joust

ATARI 2600 - Joust


'18' comment(s) have been made
False Respect
I love how the Video Chess guy is surrounded my futuristic zip zaps but is still bored witless.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:47:03 PM

True Respect
And Memory Match looks like an ad for RSVP.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:59:44 PM

True Advanced Member
I will have to have a dig around but I found a site where you can download the vector versions of the artwork that went on the side of the arcade machines. When I found it I jizzed in my pants... stay tuned...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:55:50 PM

True Respect
no way... that sounds crazy Jimbob... we'll be waiting.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:58:21 PM

True Senior Member
PONG SPORTS: Compete in all your favourite events against giant Aryan children

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:42:07 PM

True Senior Member
Wheres QBERT??? loved that dude!

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:42:25 PM

True Respect
ah the good ol' days

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:20:28 PM

True Senior Member
pure awesome.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:51:08 PM

True Senior Member
the dude on the Apollo cover is getting mad beamed.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:54:29 PM

True Advanced Member
Ahh Wizard of Wor best game tune ever..

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:50 PM

True New Lounger
Is someone driving a giant helmet sideways on Indy 5000?

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:24:58 PM

True New Lounger
eerrrr.. Indy 500

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:28:41 PM

True Senior Member
the dude on the Apollo cover is getting mad beamed.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:59:40 PM

True Senior Member
I remember getting really high in Wizard of War to a level called 'The Pit'. There was nowhere to hide and the monsters moved like laser beams on my AWA TV screen. No time for vegemite and cheese that day.

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:56:53 AM

True Member
raiders of the lost ark...that was a dope game

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37:19 AM

True Member
yars revenge?

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:38:29 AM

False Respect
Jimbob..........

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:58:20 AM

True Advanced Member
Joust is where it's at. That prehistoric bird has got mad style.

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:24:34 PM


Leave a Comment
Supported By: