Star Trek, Atari 2600 (1983)

USA 1984

Fun fact: Atari illustrator Jim Kelly served as the model for the covers to both Othello and Night Driver. That’s right, by established visual cannon, Iago spends his spare time street racing. 

Ralph McQuarrie’s sole Atari 2600 art, for the 1982 shooter, Vanguard.

always have a soft spot for this bad boy
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One of my very first computers was a 400, and it was the computer I used to learn BASIC programming. I loved that thing so much.

Artist Butcher Billy designed artwork for all nine episodes of Stranger Things’ season season, inspired by classic Stephen King paperback book covers.

He also turned the art into Atari game cartridges, which you can see below.

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Ad for Tron games on the Atari 2600.