The Eyeball Mural Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Maybe I have missed the answer to this question. I've looked through the old threads about who did Atari 2600 box artwork, and of course the Art of Atari book thread (which will answer most of the questions anyone has ever had about Atari's art and artists), but does anyone know who created the box art for the first wave of Activision games for the Atari 2600? I'm asking about the artworks with the bold and simplistic line art, the bright solid colors, the rainbow motion stripes, etc. Perhaps they were the work of a single artist, or perhaps the style was art-directed with multiple artists employed. Do we know who did the art, who was art director or packaging designer, who designed the Activision logo, etc.? The only bit of knowledge I have is that the typeface used on those designs looks to be Futura Bold (or some similar weight of Futura). Any info, or pointers to existing forum threads or external sources of information, is very appreciated! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Yeah that's a good question, they honoured the coder, but not the box designer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I still think someone should make an Activision Anthology Remix that makes the games look like the box art, smooth lines with Bit Trip Runner style rainbow trails. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Mural Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 I still think someone should make an Activision Anthology Remix that makes the games look like the box art, smooth lines with Bit Trip Runner style rainbow trails. That I would love. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I still think someone should make an Activision Anthology Remix that makes the games look like the box art, smooth lines with Bit Trip Runner style rainbow trails. I've thought so, too. With all the attempts we've seen to update/remake old games with new graphics, it's amazing that nobody's already tried to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 There must not be any money in it for modern day Activision, at least not relative to all the Call of Duty money they're bringing in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I'd have to check my notes but off the top of my head. Marshall Rogers did Title Match Pro Wrestling Frank Cirocco did Kung Fu Master Frank Cirocco did Commando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Mural Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 These are examples of the style I am talking about: http://atariage.com/box_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=976 http://atariage.com/box_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=80 http://atariage.com/box_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1106&BoxStyleID=9&ItemTypeID=BOX http://atariage.com/box_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareID=1255&BoxStyleID=9&ItemTypeID=BOX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Mural Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Since we're also talking about creating new stuff in old styles, here's a doodle of mine that I once posted in another thread. I'd still like to whip up versions of Beamrider and Dreadnaught Factor in this style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Looking over old emails I found one from illustrator Denis Nolan. In part it reads. >> Yes, Worm Whomper, Frostbite Bailey, Pressure Cooker and Private Eye are mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Mural Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 I'd have to check my notes but off the top of my head. Marshall Rogers did Title Match Pro Wrestling Frank Cirocco did Kung Fu Master Frank Cirocco did Commando Looking over old emails I found one from illustrator Denis Nolan. In part it reads. >> Yes, Worm Whomper, Frostbite Bailey, Pressure Cooker and Private Eye are mine. I'm talking about the first wave only, and Atari 2600 games only. From my original post: Does anyone know who created the box art for the first wave of Activision games for the Atari 2600? I'm asking about the artworks with the bold and simplistic line art, the bright solid colors, the rainbow motion stripes, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digifilmguy Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I have all the art for the boxes and labels completed and could possibly remake them with the cover art in a very short period of time if there's people that are interested. Actually I have hundreds of Atari 2600 reproduction labels completed and for sale.Here's some of the ones I offer...Atari: Children's, picture, text only, text with numbers, Sears pictures and Sears pictures unproduced art.20th Century Fox standard and redAbsolute EntertainmentActivisionApolloCBS GamesColecoEpyxKonamiM-NetworkMythiconParker BrothersSpectravisionAll labels have the text Reproduction Label on them and are machine cut so it peels off a sheet just like a retail sticker.I've spend hundreds of hours and a ton of money reproducing these.I also have the artwork for the complete Activision and Apollo boxes and am considering reproducing these as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eyeball Mural Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 See also: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/255897-who-illustrated-the-original-atari-vcs-game-catalogs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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