Cardboard box
Atari
Category
Ephemera
Date
1981
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
20 x 140 x 190 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672721.5.2
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a Super Breakout video game cartridge for an Atari home video games console. The box is orange and on the front there is a colour image from the game of two spacemen, with the games title printed above in white capital letters. There is an Atari logo at the front bottom left corner and the number of the game (CX2608) is printed at the bottom right. On the rear of the box there is information about the game printed in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Provenance
Original cardboard box for video game cartridge manufactured by Atari Inc. in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
Top right corner of front of box: Price label for £9.99
Makers and roles
Atari , manufacturer