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I always love old game ads that have badass art and a picture of blocky gameplay (lemmy.world)
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Dont get me wrong I love atari and intellivision games the comparison is just hilarious to me.

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[–] Prewash_Required@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Art of Atari is a great book for getting into this. I love the way the marketers and the artists had to spin up these great stories and art to get people interested in the rudimentary graphics and gameplay that were actually on the screen.

[–] Pseudonaut 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m Jason Adam, the book designer who designed Art of Atari! It’s true - the graphics were so basic back then that the art had to do all the heavy lifting.

[–] Prewash_Required@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That's awesome! Thanks for the great work that you (and Tim) did on that book. It's one of my fave gaming books.

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