Which Silver Box Releases Had Arcade Fonts?

[Tempest]

As I'm slowing rebuilding my 2600 collection I'm running into an interesting problem. As I get to the silver boxed 83/84 releases I want to collect the original Atari Inc. versions with the arcade style fonts since the newer Atari Corp. boxes have a generic font on the front and that awful generic multi-lingual back. However the more research I'm finding that not all the Atari Inc boxes had an arcade font and look very similar to the Atari Corp. boxes (without the generic backside though). My question is: which games had a standard font on the front and which had a different arcade-style font? Some only came in the standard font and some had both styles. Also, is there a way to tell if a game with a standard font is Atari Inc. or Atari Corp. from the front side? So many auctions don't show the backside.

 

 

Arcade Font (Atari Inc)

 

 

 

 

Standard Font (Atari Corp)

 

 

[+groundtrooper]

When I get home tonight I will go through mine. I have almost all the Inc. and Corp versions and make a list. I need to update my CLZ anyway with the correct companies because there base database is very hit and miss.

 

I might even own some of your old boxes. I bought a big chunk of my collection from Chris Leach and I know he told me a lot of his stuff he got from you.

[Tempest]

I might even own some of your old boxes. I bought a big chunk of my collection from Chris Leach and I know he told me a lot of his stuff he got from you.

 

That's quite possible. Small world!

[Special Teams]

My question is: which games had a standard font on the front and which had a different arcade-style font?

This is a great site - has pics of box variants, front and back:

http://www.videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/atari.htm

[Tempest]

Ok this is what I came up with.

 

 

These games came in both styles

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Battlezone

Crystal Castles

Dig Dug

Galaxian

Joust

Jungle Hunt

Kangaroo

Mario Bros

Millipede

Moon Patrol

Ms. Pac-Man

Pole Position

Stargate

 

 

These only came in the 'Arcade Font' style

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Gravitar

Gremlins

Krull

Quadrun

Pengo

Taz

Track and Field

 

 

These only came in the Standard Font style

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Atari Video Cube

Phoenix

Rubik's Cube

Vanguard

 

 

These came in a sort of hybrid arcade/standard font style:

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Crazy Climber

ET

Raiders of the Lost Ark

RealSports Baseball

RealSports Football

RealSports Soccer

RealSports Tennis

Realsports Volleyball