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Artist reimagines classic Atari 2600 box art in strange parodies
Original: Strange parodies of Atari 2600 video game box cover art (mightygodking.com)
A series of parodies of Atari 2600 video game box cover art is circulating online, riffing on the famously dramatic and often bizarre illustrations that adorned game cartridges in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Retro gaming fans are sharing the images and swapping memories of the original covers, which often promised far more than the primitive games actually delivered.
Why now: Nostalgia for retro gaming and the iconic, over-the-top Atari box art keeps this content circulating among fans.
Atari 2600Atarimightygodking.com
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