Cardboard box
Atari
Category
Ephemera
Date
1982
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
20 x 140 x 190 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672721.10.2
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for an E.T. The Extra Terrestrial video game cartridge for an Atari home video games console. The box is predominantly silver and has a colour image of characters from the game at the bottom on the front, above which is printed 'E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL' in black. Above this there is an Atari logo in red. On the rear of the box there are two colour images of the game at the top, below which there is printed information about the game in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese or Japanese. The number of the game (2674) is printed on both sides of the box.
Provenance
Original cardboard box for a video game cartridge manufactured by Atari Inc. in 1982
Makers and roles
Atari , manufacturer