Atari Dedicated Cockpit Cabinet Vector Art

One year after the cabinet s release the game was released as a conversion kit.

Atari dedicated cockpit cabinet vector art. Atari was one of the main contenders back in the 80 s producing some of the most popular titles and most innovative gameplay in the arcades. And not only did you have the sounds of the attract modes calling out to you but you also had the most eye popping game art calling to you as well. But for me it wasn t and isn t just the game play that makes it so desirable but also the awesome cockpit cabinet design with it s complex angular shapes draped in the most gorgeous side art depicting the evil darth vader and the powerful death star not to mention the battle between the x wing and tie fighters. Taking the angular theme and designing a wedge like cabinet is just the icing on the cake.

Add to all of that the unique yoke controls that just ooze the battle of endor. There is a reason and someone must have had an office buddy that drew kind of good to design the art for the cabinet. The game depicts a first person s view from a world war i biplane cockpit. Nothing particularly unusual there as most releases around that time looked to house themselves in a similar portfolio of cabinet designs.

Atari marble madness reproduction control panel for upright arcade game. Atari s arcade division employed several artists who would create everything from industrial cabinet designs to the final artwork to adorn the various arcade cabinet designs. Close examination of the original promotional flyer for atari s 1981 centipede arcade cabinet shows three styles of cab. Fantastic purple and blue.

From the original manual atari s red baron tm game is a one player game with an x y or vector generator monitor. A very good game with great sound and classic gameplay. But further inspection of the cocktail cabinet. Pole position cockpit video arcade game control panel atari 1982.

Arcade cabinet game art is what attracted players over to a game and atari nailed it. That purple tho. Moving the joystick in its. In the 70 s atari clearly had a vision of what the arcades of the future would look like.

If you have fond memories of the atari star wars arcade games arcade1up s star wars arcade cabinet lets you. Atari makes the list with their installment of major havoc created for their vector based arcade machine in 1983. Super missile attack original board not tested. From left to right a cabaret upright and cocktail.

10 tempest atari best tempest is one of the all time classic arcade shooters thanks to it s sharp geometric inspired graphics. Classic art draws the player so he will spend his quarters this is the rare cockpit or environmental version of this game great side artwork note the plexi window so others could watch you play. The player s goal is to destroy as many biplanes blimps tanks pillboxes pyramids and buildings as possible players can maneuver their airplanes with the joystick control. Back of the cabinet controls were made up of one flight stick with a.