khryssun Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Personnally, my preference goes to the Picture label : first picture edition with very nice artwork and various colors for the titles.... GREAT I like the silver labels too. But I definitelly don't like the red (brown) label edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 After looking over all the different label styles, I have to agree with you. The artwork Atari used is great and generally better and more consistent than any other company's. It'd be great to find a source for these so we could make posters someday. I'm not crazy about the silver labels and actually like the red labels better. Maybe it's because ET is a silver cart. I also like Activision's carts since they're so colorful, and some of their later titles such as Beamrider and Pitfall II were pretty cool as well. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugclone Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 my favorite label variations would have to go to the picture labels from Imagic..they just look interesting to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 i love the picture atari carts.... some of that artwork is the best ive ever seen.. but sometimes the picture is the only good thing about the game, i also like the origional activision label artwork, it made the game look like it was out to get you... i hated the red variation of atari.. i think the worst were the epyx labels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 My favorite label variation group is the Sears picture labels because the artwork was usually different from the Atari version. My favorite single label variation is the Pole Position misspelling "Ploe Position" because I showed it to my Dyslectic brother and he said "What's wrong with it?" It took him a minute to see what was wrong. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Personally I like the Activision labels, the old guy playing with the kit, and the VCS in the bottom of the TV... the only original Atari game I owned was Space Invaders... Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 I agree with Tempest about the Picture Sears carts, some have really cool art. Also though, I'm a big fan of the original numbered atari carts, like 01 Combat and the like. There's something about the large writing and the big ol' atari symbol that gets me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 ok, maybe I'm strange, but I love the clean look of Atari text labels. I've always preferred those to the pictures, which I very rarely liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 I will be the oddball and go on the record as stating that I actually prefered most of the Silver labeld Picture carts in the ET era. Ijust thought they looked so cool and sleek. Next to those...my favorites were always the Parker Bros carts...hehe.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr johnson Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 picture labels all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeknPoke Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Yeah, the pics one were cool, my fav era is the Defender, Asteroids ones where they were first introduced (Were they? what was the first pic cart anyone?) I try to collect these ones more Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 My Fav would be the PIC label on Superman CX-2631. mayeb also because dad knows the person who does the coloring for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted July 19, 2001 Author Share Posted July 19, 2001 atari70s, Great !!! Did this person worked on other Atari labels ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 nope he worked on teh superman comics and i think worked on just the superman label. just the one game. ur the one with all the cool cart labels on your webpage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-Ass Tramiel Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 This brings a question I've had for a while to mind: What ever became of the original illustrations that were created for the Atari-brand 2600 cartridges? Does the original artwork for Yars' Revenge, Adventure, Haunted House, Asteroids, Missile Command, etc. still exist? Did any of this work ever appear in classic gaming shows for sale or auction? Or did the Tramiels throw this stuff out or mutilate them? (The artwork for the Lynx title Gates of Zendocon is the 2600 Asteroids illustration redone.) It'd be a real shame if these original works were gone. I would love to have a high quality poster print of some of these illustrations. J-AT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 I always liked the text labels myself... they give the most retro feel. I also like the Data Age labels for some reason (Though I'm probably alone on this). Finally, I still think different colored cartridges (Coleco, CBS, Tigervision, etc) are cool. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted July 20, 2001 Author Share Posted July 20, 2001 quote: Originaly poste by atari70s ur the one with all the cool cart labels on your webpage? Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 i love the pic labels too. i really dont like the text too much but if i want to play blackjack (ATARI version) of championship soccer i have to get the text label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Personally, I truly like the text labels. They seem to personify what atari was originally about. (Straightforward Fun) You pretty much knew what you were gonna get. The picture label of Slot Racer, for example, had me longing for the sleek futuristic cars they had displayed. (Or is that actually my recent feelings? I am so confused!!) Anyway, the text label was the first and the first type that pops in my mind. 01 combat indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bytchin Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 I too liked the original Picture labels the best. Atari came up with some really good artwork. I also liked most of Activisions labels as well, especially the labels for H.E.R.O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h.e.r.o Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 H.E.R.O all the way! (Of course, I just had to say that). I always liked the COMBAT-era labels and I think the silver labels that aren't too scratched up look very nice as well. It's not the label variations that bother me but instead the varying shape of the carts. For example, COMBAT, HAUNTED HOUSE, PACMAN, POLE POSITION, and DIG DUG will all stack very neatly on top of each other. However, you try stacking Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Q-Bert, Journey Escape and Cosmic Ark on top of each other without it falling over and that requires some adjusting. Oh, well, now I'm whining......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bytchin Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 It's nice that certain companies wanted to have their cartridges look different. That's about the only way they could distinguish themselves, but I do agree that all of the games should have had the male/female setup like they had on Activision cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 quote: Originally posted by skatepunk60: if i want to play blackjack (ATARI version) of championship soccer i have to get the text label. Well, I'm not sure about Blackjack... but if you want a picture label version of Championship Soccer, look for the game "Pele's Soccer". It's the same game, except for the name and the label. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 i just figured that out the other day when i bought peles soccer and played it. and blackjack has a pic label on the sears but who the hell is PELE????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Bytchin Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Well, back before the X-games-like sports were so popular, there was a sport called soccer LOL...one of, if not THE greatest soccer player of all time was a guy from Brazil named Pele'. He is still very popular...although, if I'm not mistaken, he recently died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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