Author Topic: Atari 2600 - 15 Games without Art - Request  (Read 432 times)

April 30, 2017, 02:34:26 PM
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tylerbgood

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Hello I'm looking for original style box art for the following 20 Atari 2600 games. I've looked over the main site, scoured the forums, and rummaged through Box accounts, and haven't come up with anything for these games. I suspect there's probably no art available, but I wanted to check with the community before I go and hack together my own covers using substandard scans online. Thanks for looking, any input you can provide is welcome.

Beamrider - Modified the Atari 5200 box
Dig Dug (Silver Box) - Thanks Sheep2001!
Galaxian (Silver Box)
Gravitar (Silver Box)
H.E.R.O.
Jr. Pac-Man (Red Box)
Kangaroo (With original back cover)
Mario Bros. (Silver Box)
Moon Patrol (Silver Box)
Mountain King - Modified the Atari 5200 box
Mr. Do!
Pengo
Phoenix (With original back cover)
Solar Fox - Thanks Sheep2001!
Spacemaster X-7
Spy Hunter
Star Wars: The Arcade Game
Superman (Color Box) - Thanks Oobgarm!
Swordquest: Waterworld
Tapper
Thrust+
Track & Field
Tunnel Runner
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May 01, 2017, 08:24:42 AM
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It's not 100% site standard for quality, but I made this Superman cover up earlier this year for my box project.


May 01, 2017, 09:45:42 AM
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Also not up to site standards, but here's Dolphin. I found that sheep2001 had made up one  before, but I fixed the font and added the spine image - so this isn't totally my own work. The spine isn't the best quality, but is passable. Looks fine when I printed my boxes.




May 01, 2017, 12:02:34 PM
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That's Awesome, thanks Oobgarm! Those look perfect for my purposes. For the Dolphin cover art, what is the correct font you used for the title? I would like to fix the version of Keystone Kapers posted to the main site, but I have no idea what the correct font is. I checked the atariage font list but none of the ones listed seem to be correct.
Thanks again!

May 01, 2017, 12:43:23 PM
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I've found that Futura Book Bold is the main titles and spines.

Keystone Kapers is different, though. Futura Std Bold Condensed should do the trick.

These are about 99% accurate, I think.

May 01, 2017, 05:22:16 PM
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Thanks, those fonts look great. I ended up doing the entire cover over with correct fonts and spine art. Pretty much all that's left of Grumbleduke's cover it the front art piece.

Keystone Kapers


May 02, 2017, 05:36:38 AM
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I changed the spine when I put my box together. Trying to go for a semi-uniform look on the shelf.


May 12, 2017, 09:06:52 AM
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Giving this a single bump before I go ahead and try to make these covers on my own using whatever source material I can come up with. Even if someone knows where any raw scans of any these covers may be located, it would be helpful! Thanks.

May 12, 2017, 09:23:08 AM
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i'm pretty sure there are a number of these in my box account - certainly dig dug, moon patrol, Mario bros, solar fox - all in the box protector folder in my 2600 folder.

You might need to redo the spines to get true retail, but the fronts and backs are retail.

May 12, 2017, 10:20:37 AM
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i'm pretty sure there are a number of these in my box account - certainly dig dug, moon patrol, Mario bros, solar fox - all in the box protector folder in my 2600 folder.

Thanks, sheep2001! I know I already poked around in your box account because I converted some of your box protectors to UGCs already. I'm not sure how I missed Dig Dug and Solar Fox, I'll have to go through and see if I missed any others. Your Mario Bros. and Moon Patrol covers look great, and I'll end up using them if nothing else comes along, but I'm looking for the versions with the thin silver border like so: http://atariage.com/box_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1132&BoxStyleID=3&ItemTypeID=BOX. I have links to the versions I'm looking for in the first post, but they don't show up very well, I should edit them to look more hyperlinky.