Atari: Art and Design of Video Games

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For me, the beautiful artwork and this book are like a trip in Doc Brown's time machine back to the carefree days of the digital spring. But beware: looking at the Atari images will lead to an overwhelming desire to revisit the ancient pixel battlefields and 8-bit arenas! — ERNEST CLINE, author of READY PLAYER ONE

ATARI: ART AND DESIGN presents almost 400 games from Adventure to Yar's Revenge, around 70 consoles, computers and accessories, and names over 300 Atari creatives, product designers and programmers. Many of them speak with original sound from the Sturm und Drang period, reports and memories from Silicon Valley.

The German edition has been supplemented with new chapters on arcade and home development, Atarisoft, Tengen and Lucasfilm cooperation, and expanded to include chronological tables and an overview of all Atari titles and brands. This book provides the most complete retrospective of video game art and game graphics from the 1970s and 80s and a deep insight into the design world of that time. For fans and connoisseurs, for collectors and beginners alike: On 352 pages, ATARI: ART AND DESIGN celebrates the pioneering phase and the Golden Age of Atari as an era that is past but not forgotten.

Reading samples: here

Atari: Art and Design of Video Games
Translated from the American, expanded by Stephan Freundorfer and Winnie Forster: 352 pages with around 700 illustrations, large format (25cm x 28cm), thread-bound, completely in color.
Price: 39.80 € ISBN: 978-3-00-058030-7