What were the dimensions for 2600 manuals?

[+Gemintronic]

So, my forum-fu and Google-fu is failing me. How big were the Atari 2600 game manuals? I made a simple manual for my homebrew but I'm at a loss for the proper dimension it should be printed in.

 

Any clues fellows?

Edited July 20, 2010 by theloon

[Devin]

So, my forum-fu and Google-fu is failing me. How big were the Atari 2600 game manuals? I made a simple manual for my homebrew but I'm at a loss for the proper dimension it should be printed in.

 

Any clues fellows?

 

Atari manuals are typically 5" x 7". AtariAge has a great collection of fonts that mimic that old Atari look:

 

http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/AtariFonts/index.html?SystemID=2600

[Devin]

Oh I forgot to mention: printing a non-standard 5x7 size to a PDF can be a tad tricky.

 

You have to make sure that both Word (or whatever software you will use) sends it to the PDF printer as 5x7 *AND* the PDF software is setup to print it as 5x7.

[+Gemintronic]

So, my forum-fu and Google-fu is failing me. How big were the Atari 2600 game manuals? I made a simple manual for my homebrew but I'm at a loss for the proper dimension it should be printed in.

 

Any clues fellows?

 

Atari manuals are typically 5" x 7". AtariAge has a great collection of fonts that mimic that old Atari look:

 

http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/AtariFonts/index.html?SystemID=2600

 

You, Sir, rock!

 

As an aside here is the homebrew manual and game that this tid-bit of info will help:

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=13761.new

[Devin]

Wow. Your game looks very cool. You should start a thread here in Homebrews! Maybe one that just links back to the bAtari thread.