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"Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:19 pm

The good news: Atari had the best art!
The bad news: The book doesn't come out until October....

https://laughingsquid.com/art-of-atari- ... ign=buffer

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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby OTTOgd » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:07 pm

Amazing art.

Cool, thanks for the notification.
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:33 pm

I pre-ordered mine this morning!
I'm not a big fan of game art books, but Atari made the most amazing box art (and arcade art) - I just had to have it.
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:42 pm

Mine arrived today, and it's freaking amazing. Great layout, tons of information too! Very heavy though.
You can also get them on Amazon now too.

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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby OTTOgd » Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:30 pm

Amazon.ca link - $45.26, free shipping:

https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Atari-Tim-Lapetino/dp/1524101036

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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby OTTOgd » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:30 am

Amazon.ca link - $37.26, free shipping:

https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Atari-Tim-Lapetino/dp/1524101036
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:59 pm

Damn - I overpaid for mine months ago! :lol:
Great book though....
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby RayB » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:40 pm

It is a great book indeed.

I just got my copy of another great retro art book (comes out March 13):
https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/ ... compendium

I had the privilege of being quoted in it for my work on the NES game M.C. Kids. 8)

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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:55 pm

Very cool!
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby OttawaJim » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:40 pm

RayB wrote:I had the privilege of being quoted in it for my work on the NES game M.C. Kids. 8)


That's awesome, RayB. I recall you also worked on Cool Spot as well, if I'm not mistaken :D How many console games did you work on back in the day? Which ones were they??
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby RayB » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:25 pm

Jim6ix wrote:
RayB wrote:I had the privilege of being quoted in it for my work on the NES game M.C. Kids. 8)


That's awesome, RayB. I recall you also worked on Cool Spot as well, if I'm not mistaken :D How many console games did you work on back in the day? Which ones were they??


I have an incomplete list here (ancient website): http://www.rayb.com/published.htm

NES:
M.C. Kids

Super Nintendo:
7up Cool Spot
Speedy Gonzales
Looney Tunes B-Ball
Aero the Acrobat 2
ACME Animation Factory
....

Sega Genesis:
7up Cool Spot
Robocop VS Terminator
Global Gladiators (only 2 sprites!)
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest
Aero the Acrobat 2

Sunsoft made all R&D staff test games too, so if I include titles I was a tester on:
Aero the Acrobat
Blaster Master 2
Pirates of Dark Water
Death and Return of Superman
Justice League Task Force
World Heros (SNES)
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Re: "Art of Atari" book

Postby jasonec » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:29 pm

That's awesome!
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