Special Teams Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 The artwork on the original gatefold boxes is too good to keep them on a shelf library style so I decided to find a shadow box to display them. I found one at Michaels's that can fit 8 boxes. Curious which 8 original gatefold boxes you guys believe have the best artwork? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Good topic. First one that came to mind was ADD Cloudy Mountain. Burgertime, Nightstalker, Shark!Shark!, red Space Armada, Tron DD, Tron Maze a Tron, Scooby Doo, MLB, NHL, Utopia would be others I'd consider with Digiplay Masters as a wildcard entry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Special Teams said: The artwork on the original gatefold boxes is too good to keep them on a shelf library style so I decided to find a shadow box to display them. I found one at Michaels's that can fit 8 boxes. Curious which 8 original gatefold boxes you guys believe have the best artwork? Hi Mr. Special Teams!? Would you be so kind as to post a picture of the shadowbox display with some game in it!? I imagine it to look really cool. Thank you, Wolfy P.S.,I am going to look at my boxes and give you my list of 8 to see what you think. Edited February 2, 2020 by wolfy62 Adding info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 NHL Hockey, Auto Racing, NASL Soccer, MLB, NFL Football, US Ski Team, Dreadnaught Factor, Microsurgeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 4 hours ago, wolfy62 said: Would you be so kind as to post a picture of the shadowbox display with some game in it!? Hey Dale, yeah I'll pick my 8 and post a pic. Let me know yours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 hours ago, cmart604 said: Good topic. First one that came to mind was ADD Cloudy Mountain. Burgertime, Nightstalker, Shark!Shark!, red Space Armada, Tron DD, Tron Maze a Tron, Scooby Doo, MLB, NHL, Utopia would be others I'd consider with Digiplay Masters as a wildcard entry. Some interesting picks, Chris. You've got 5 red boxes - the Action Network does have the most varied subjects. I do like the Sports Network boxes too though, very 70s looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 4 hours ago, mr_me said: NHL Hockey, Auto Racing, NASL Soccer, MLB, NFL Football, US Ski Team, Dreadnaught Factor, Microsurgeon BITD my family had season tickets to the Sounders when it was the NASL so that box has nostalgia. I always thought it looked like Georgio Chinaglia on the box (he played for the NY Cosmos at the time who we lost to in the Soccerbowl). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That magazine cover has more than a subtle similarity to the box art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Special Teams said: BITD my family had season tickets to the Sounders when it was the NASL so that box has nostalgia. I always thought it looked like Georgio Chinaglia on the box (he played for the NY Cosmos at the time who we lost to in the Soccerbowl). Wow,that is a really cool picture and almost certainly the likeness on the box. Thank you for sharing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I'd go with... AD&D Cloudy Mountain Utopia Space Armada Astrosmash Space Battle Night Stalker Shark! Shark! Burgertime I feel those are the 'early' iconic non-sports titles. If you did a second box, I'd go with MLB Baseball NFL Football PBA Bowling NASL Soccer NHL Hockey NBA Basketball PGA Golf Skiing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 AD&D Cloudy Mountain Space Armada (red box) Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (just iconic) MLB/NBA/NFL (gotta have a sports title) USCF Chess Burgertime Sears Frog Bog/Sears Snafu Worm Whomper (not gatefold, but same size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) I always knew it was Dryden. Edited February 3, 2020 by mr_me 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 AD&D Cloudy Mountain AD&D Treasure of Tarmin Armor Battle Frog Bog Lock 'n' Chase Night Stalker Shark! Shark! Space Battle The AD&D games are two of my absolute favorite and most of the rest of my Action Network picks are games that are some of the most memorable games and/or defined the height of Intellivision for me bitd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The only logical choice ? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Special Teams said: BITD my family had season tickets to the Sounders when it was the NASL so that box has nostalgia. I always thought it looked like Georgio Chinaglia on the box (he played for the NY Cosmos at the time who we lost to in the Soccerbowl). When the copy get's copied... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Rough fit to see how much centering I need to do (there's a bit of a gap at the top that I'll fix). You can see my initial picks. I like the idea of a second one with just Sports Network titles. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 20 hours ago, Special Teams said: BITD my family had season tickets to the Sounders when it was the NASL so that box has nostalgia. I always thought it looked like Georgio Chinaglia on the box (he played for the NY Cosmos at the time who we lost to in the Soccerbowl). wow, it is him, it's Chinaglia with the mustaches! I didn't know that. There are also the same red stars on the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 please don't tell me they took Cloudy Mountain from a National Geographic's cover... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) The red stars ball was the NASL soccer ball. I remember Chinaglia in New York, with Beckenbauer and Pele (briefly). I would never have guessed Chinaglia or Italian for the intellivision cover Edited February 4, 2020 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Since Special teams got this whole started,I loved you guys finding the likenesses of the actual athletes that are on the sports boxes. I pulled out my MLB box and the 2 guys on it strongly resemble Pete Rose and Rollie Fingers. What do you think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just saying... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pez Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Armor battle Astrosmash AD&D Space battle Auto racing Major League Baseball lock n chase Night stalker I know this is not a gatefold box but I love the box art on Worm Whomper Edited February 4, 2020 by Jim Pez 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Strictly gatefold? (all Mattel) 1. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2. Shark Shark! 3. USCF Chess 4. Tron Deadly Discs 5. Night Stalker 6. NHL Hockey 7. Star Strike 8. Word Fun Edited February 4, 2020 by the1hatman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 The Lock N Chase guy with the mask looks sketchy. I think I could frame him... for murder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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