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  2. Posted

    On 4/18/2020 at 12:28 PM, LiamIsaacs said:

    I was a bit bored in lockdown and for a while I've been wanting to do something for my loose 2600 carts.

     

    I decided to try some custom mini boxes just big enough for the carts. I wanted to include the key info you're missing without the manual.

     

    The front is the original box artwork. One side has 1 or 2 Player icons. The other side has basic controls and the rear

    has difficulty switches, game modes, tips etc.

     

    Just wanted to throw them out there and see what people think

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Love 'em! Came up with a similar concept back in 2011, but never went through with it. You should sell them!

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  4. Posted

    On 1/4/2020 at 12:12 PM, johnnywc said:

    I agree; for Champ Games, Nathan Strum and Dave Dries have done amazing work on all our releases. :D 

     

    :idea: FYI, Lady Bug (and Conquest of Mars) did not have a box option back in 2006 when they were released, but AA member @Brian O took it upon himself to create a box for both (with some help from Nathan) so both are available now, and Al is planning on offering just the box for sale in the near future for those who previously purchased LB & CoM and want to add the box to their collection. :thumbsup: 

    Happy to help! And thanks to @Nathan Strum for fixing the weird black box issue :)

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  10. Posted

    Just bought a CIB Pitfall 2 from Atarian7. Not only did he sell it for a great price, but he shipped it quickly and was in excellent shape (just like he said it would be) when it arrived! Definitely recommended.

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  14. Posted

    I agree with what Nathan said above, there's no reason to mimic Atari's style of labels, or those of other companies. There's such a wide variety of homebrew labels and I prefer these original designs over just using Atari's label templates. Sometimes it's appropriate, for instance, when doing a reproduction of a game that Atari was working on and planning on releasing, or perhaps was featured in a catalog (such as our limited release of a Coleco-themed version of Lady Bug).

     

    Another reason I'm not a fan of Atari's label designs as they hamstring the artwork used for the game. I love when homebrew labels take full advantage of the label space, rather than constraining the artwork to a small box surrounded by a single color background, and framed by standard boilerplate logos and text.

     

    If catalog numbers were to be used, I'd prefer they a new numbering scheme. For instance, all the AtariAge homebrews could belong to a unique pattern for identifying them (AA-26-001, for instance). But it's been been fine enough up to this point to just use the game's name.

     

    That being said, there have been AtariAge releases that have mimicked the label style of Atari or another company. I'm fine with that if that's what the author desired. But I would not want the majority of homebrew games to follow that pattern.

     

    ..Al

     

    I couldn't agree more. There are so many talented illustrators on the forums. It would be a shame to box them into one template style.

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