atari gray box question

[rev_old]

Could someone clue me in on when the light gray atari box made an appearance and why? This sight doesn't even have one in their box scans. And did the white box come later?

 

I haven't posted since this was the nexus, but if anyone from there is still here, I know I won't have to wait long for an answer, thanks.

[King Atari]

I think they first did silver ones before the crash, then switched to gray after the crash.

[videotwit]

Hi rev. I've been around since the nexus days too, as well as many other regulars here.

 

On to an answer... I don'r know exactly when the grey boxes came into useage, but it's generally thought that they were changed from silver to cut production costs.

 

The white boxes were all sold as part of one of Atari's many "Pak's" (ya' know... they were several games sold together as a bundle.) They are simply the inner part of a larger packaging. The outer boxes for them are colored, but the inner boxes were white, presumably again to save a bit of money on printing.

[ATARIPITBULL]

That sound right to me, as far as I have read they used the grey and white boxes to save money on producing the games.