Art of Atari

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1. trentnixJul 2023
   I’ve been following Tim Lapentino for many years and immensely enjoy his Art of Atari book and love for all things retro nerdity. I’d be really disappointed if this was faked. But I admit, it is astonishingly remarkable that the guy who curated a Tron exhibit would also be the one to find a minty DoT environmental, an arcade grail, abandoned on the curb.
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2. lordfritoDec 2022
   The artist for the image on the basic programming cart was Rick Guidice. He did a lot of art for Nasa in the same style. [1]

   A big reason video artwork from that period is so interesting is that the game graphics were limited, forcing a lot of artistic interpretation. Semi related, I recently found this, which seems like a futuristic reimagining of the original Atari style. [2]

   Atari was a real pioneer in this space. They got their start doing arcade games for the midway. Which necessitates having eye popping attraction art to draw in players and collect their quarters. The quickly developed their own style which was pretty much copied all over the industry.

   There's a great book called Art of Atari which is I highly recommend if you are interested in the history of this stuff. [3]

   [1] https://www.rickguidice.com/nasaart/nasaarti.html

   [2] https://arcadeblogger.com/2022/12/04/what-if-ataris-pong-was...

   [3] https://www.amazon.com/Art-Atari-Tim-Lapetino/dp/1524101036

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3. guiambrosJan 2020
   Computer history is one of my favorite topics, so I've read a lot over the years. Here's my list:

   >> Classic computer history:

   - "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution", Steven Levy

   - "The Innovators", Walter Isaacson

   - "Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley", Adam Fisher [innovative format, tons of interesting tidbits after you get used to the style. Read only after the other two above]

   - "The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story", Michael Lewis

   - "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs", Alan Deutschman

   - "Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made", Andy Hertzfeld

   - "Masters of Doom", David Kushner

   - "Idea Man", Paul Allen

   - "Where Wizards Stay Up Late", Katie Hafner

   >> Entertaining stories, but less historical value:

   - "Ghost in the Wires", Kevin Mitnick

   - "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley", Antonio Garcia Martinez

   - "Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal", Nick Bilton

   >> On my to-read queue:

   - "How the Internet Happened", Brian McCullough [just started; very promising]

   - "Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age", Leslie Berlin

   - "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of WWII", Liza Mundy

   - "Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer", Paul Freiberger / Michael Swaine

   >> Others worth mentioning (but just read a few chapters):

   - "The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray", Charles Murray [about Cray Computers]

   - "Racing the Beam" [about Atari]

   - "Commodore: A Company on the Edge" [about Commodore]

   >> Bonus:

   - "Art of Atari", Tim Lapetino [great as a coffee table book, particularly if you grew up in the 80's :) ]

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4. ApocryphonSep 2017
   Art of Atari https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1524101036/
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