Sears game catalog? Sears cart Art?

[Rob Mitchell]

We all have seen the Atari catalogs for 2600 games .. some were cartoon style and some were the actual Atari art.

 

Did Sears ever put out a dedicated Video Arcade booklet of 2600 games??  Or just what they listed in the big seasonal catalogs??
 

Also who did the Sears box art?   I have the coffee table book of Atari art .. but I don’t think it has the Sears box art in it.

[Atari_Bill]

2 hours ago, Rob Mitchell said:

We all have seen the Atari catalogs for 2600 games .. some were cartoon style and some were the actual Atari art.

 

Did Sears ever put out a dedicated Video Arcade booklet of 2600 games??  Or just what they listed in the big seasonal catalogs??
 

Also who did the Sears box art?   I have the coffee table book of Atari art .. but I don’t think it has the Sears box art in it.

As far as I know, Sears issued 3 brochure catalogs for the 2600 games. I really love the art in each.  Here’s a pic of all 3. 

 

I couldn’t tell you who did the box art, but I’d love to know who myself. 

[Rob Mitchell]

Nice .. what year is each of these?  Sears was the only place to buy carts in my city and I have never seen these.  Do scans of these exist?

[JayAre]

8 hours ago, Rob Mitchell said:

Nice .. what year is each of these?  Sears was the only place to buy carts in my city and I have never seen these.  Do scans of these exist?

Rob, the first one on the left is from 1978; the other two are from 1981.  Here's a link where you can see the scans for all three:

 

http://www.atarimania.com/list_catalogs_atari_publisher-_33-_2.html

Edited August 16, 2020 by JayAre