Tempest Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 I finally got my Art of Sears page up and running. Basically it's a page dedicated to somparing the unique Sears Tele-Games artwork to it's more common Atari counterpart. Just for fun I've thrown in a few of my random ramblings that occured to me as I was putting the pictures up. So take a look and tell me what you think: The Art of Sears And while your there, take a look at the rest of my new page. I've got all the pages up, and I'm in the process of adding new material. 8-Bit Rot Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 Cool! And yes,the airmen did drop single bombs from the bi-planes in WWI("The war to end all wars"!?)I started off with no Sears carts a year ago,and now I am very close to having complete collection of both picture labels(hard to find) and text labels(easy to find);it can be done with some patience and luck.Now I am starting to look into getting the instruction manuals for the games too,for the reason you posted---the different artwork... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 10, 2001 Author Share Posted November 10, 2001 If you have any Sears artwork I'm missing let me know. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 hey Tempest in your systems section under Bally Astrocade it says this Name: 7800 Pro System Company: Atari Year Released: 1986 Graphics: 320 x 200 (16 colors) Original Price: $140 Number of Games: 62 (3 Prototypes) just thought you should know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 10, 2001 Author Share Posted November 10, 2001 Nope that's right. We all know that the Bally Astrocade was really called the Atari 7800. It was a big hit back in 1986! I'll fix it right away. Thanks for telling me. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 It funny somewhat how different artists interpret the games. Like fer instance Slot Racers/Maze Atati goes with the futuristic art and Sears goes with the old time cars from the 30's. HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Ok I guess it aint all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 Its cool to see them side by side as most of my sears games are those stupid text ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: I finally got my Art of Sears page up and running. Tempest This page is awesome! I laughed more than I have ever laughed related to anything classic gaming! Your commentary is so damn funny, and highly observant. I'll never look at this artwork the same way again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 Great page!You sngle handily convinced me I should consider colleting label variations. I like how the Sears gameshas the number of games in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 11, 2001 Author Share Posted November 11, 2001 Thanks for all the positive replies. I'm wanted to do a page like this for ahwile, but I couldn't find a format that worked. If anyone has any pictures I'm missing (Brain Games for instance), please let me know. I usually use pictures of the instruction manuals since they're bigger than the carts, and not all carts came with a picture label. Tempest [ 11-10-2001: Message edited by: Tempest ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 You know whats funny is when I was 11 I used to hate my Sears carts because I thought they were cheaper, cheesier versions of the atari originals. My first console was a Sears and all my original carts (like Circus etc.) were the Sears versions. I couldn't understand why my friends (or the versions I saw in the Atari catalogs) looked different, and better in my mind. So I felt ripped off. Anyway, the happy ending is of course I still have all of them. Nice page by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.