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=/\= this made me laugh for two reasons...
« on: August 24, 2010, 12:32:54 pm »
http://www.rundlc.com/news/the-misleading-world-of-atari-box-art-part-two-xbox-live/

1. i'm old enuf to remember it
2. this would never ever ever in a million years fly today.

now i admit that i can see atari's point of view. everyone knew that the graphics were limited and you had to use your imagination for these box covers. if anything they are guilty of over romanticizing the box art concept


here is part one also as a bonus: http://www.rundlc.com/news/the-misleading-world-of-atari-2600-box-art-xbox-live/
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Re: =/\= this made me laugh for two reasons...
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010, 01:21:35 pm »
Go back to the first page of that, and I owned all of those (still do actually)
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