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		'The Art of the Box' Celebrates a Time When Cover Art Could Sell a Game (nintendolife.com)
		1 point by ingve on Aug 15, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

ompogUe on Aug 15, 2023 [–]

The Atari 2600 years was when the cover art would REALLY sell a game: beautiful paintings of wonderful worlds. But, when you popped the cart in, that airplane or knight or tank or whatever would be represented by: a couple of squares.

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