Yars' Revenge

Yes, it's the greatest 2600 game ever made. Some might say that doesn't mean much nowadays, but we know different. The gorgeous sounds and the growingly frantic pace make it home arcade action at its best. All I did here was bring the story and the details of the manual and the comic book to the screen. As with all my artworks, I try to think about what the wizards at Atari would have done to embellish this in an upright cabinet format. The essential panes from the comic book story would certainly be there on the bezel, the intense cover image would feature prominently, and following in the great tradition of games such as Warlords and Asteroids Deluxe, a primarily black playfield would certainly be embellished by a backdrop image. Here I chose to compose one to capture the story of interplanetary war between the Yar and the Quotile.As it should, the neutral zone coincides with the debris field in the backdrop image, and kept at a low brightness so as not to detract or distract from the game graphics.