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2. unwinnable.com › 2022/02/28 › the-absurd-pleasuresThe Absurd Pleasures of Atari 2600 Box Art - Unwinnable

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   Feb 28, 2022 · The Atari 2600 era boasts this experience’s most jarring iteration, where the evocative hand-drawn art of Atari’s first-party titles promised worlds and wonders that the system’s rudimentary (or “abstract”) graphics seldom delivered. At the time, the incongruity was a deliberate strategy. In Tim Lapetino’s 2016 book The Art of Atari ...

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3. www.grunge.com › 714681The Rise And Fall Of Atari - Grunge

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   Dec 22, 2021 · Atari's self-inflicted wounds led to its death. With a bad reputation and a market inundated with poor and sometimes offensive products, Atari, and with it the entire gaming industry, collapsed. According to the New York Times, Atari lost an incredible $310.5 million in the second quarter of 1983.

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5. www.rhsmith.umd.edu › research › heres-what-killedHere’s What Killed Atari And How Today’s Platforms Can Avoid ...

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   Jun 1, 2021 · That’s what happened to Atari – there were too many ‘lemon’ games developed, Huang and Xu say. And that's what today's platform leaders want to avoid. In fact, it's not just a pitfall facing video game platforms – it's a worry for any provider who relies on third-party content, including streaming services Netflix, Hulu and Amazon ...

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   Pitfall impressed us because it had 256 screens, which were just rearrangements of a few types of hazards, but still it blew our minds. The 2600 doesn't hold up, it's an early system with very basic games. The novelty to me is in how much they were able to accomplish with such limited hardware.

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   Apr 17, 2011 · The Misleading World Of Atari 2600 Box Art. Quote. Box art has come a long way since the 1970s and 80s, back when artists had to dream up elaborate sketches and paintings to up sell games devoid of detail. At least today, the artwork on the shelf resembles characters and situations from the game it represents.

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   Nov 20, 2017 · The iconic Atari logo, designed by George Opperman. (Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment) A lot of the logos that came out of that same era — you think of the original Apple rainbow logo or the ...

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   Why is the Atari 2600 so jarring?

   • The Atari 2600 era boasts this experience’s most jarring iteration, where the evocative hand-drawn art of Atari’s first-party titles promised worlds and wonders that the system’s rudimentary (or “abstract”) graphics seldom delivered. At the time, the incongruity was a deliberate strategy.

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   Does the Atari 2600 hold up?

   • The 2600 doesn't hold up, it's an early system with very basic games. The novelty to me is in how much they were able to accomplish with such limited hardware. In particular Activision pushed the system way beyond what Atari itself was producing. The book Racing the Beam offers an in depth look at how some of the games were made.

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   Should you buy Atari 2600 box art?

   • But by my preferred approach, Atari 2600 box art, like the sensationalized B-movie posters of yesteryear, provides a conduit for unexpected hilarity. The gulf between the actual games and their implied content creates comparisons so outlandish they beg for ironic enjoyment. Pick any first-party Atari 2600 game, and you’ll see what I mean.

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   Are Atari Games really bad?

   • You're correct, Atari games ARE generally poor in comparison to what came later. The best you can do these days is to try to appreciate them in context of where video gaming was at in the late 70s and early 80s. And also understand that these first steps directly led to the video games we have today. I could not have said it any better.

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   Did the Atari make a good game?

   • The Atari could generally duplicate the game mechanics of many games even if they looked like poor copies. Games on the Atari also did innovate. Pitfall may seem lame today but imagine it coming out in a world before platform games were common. A world where just rendering a player that looked somewhat human was a graphic breakthrough.

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   What happened to Atari programmers?

   • The toxic work environment at Atari led to an exodus of programmers. The most prominent example of this involved Atari programmers Bob Whitehead, David Crane, Alan Miller, and Larry Kaplan. According to Game Informer, a marketing memo had circulated to the programmers in 1979 which showed which Atari games were the bestselling ones.

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10. www.avclub.com › how-fantastical-atari-box-artHow fantastical Atari box art taught the world what makes ...

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    Feb 22, 2017 · In Art Of The Game, Nick Wanserski explores how visual design shapes video, tabletop, and role-playing games. Atari 2600 box art is well loved and rightly revered. Some of that can be chalked up ...