Cardboard box
Atari
Category
Ephemera
Date
1980
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
20 x 140 x 190 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672721.9.2
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a Space Invaders video game cartridge for an Atari home video games console. The front of the blue box features a colour image from the game with ‘SPACE INVADERS’ printed above in white capital letters. There is an Atari logo at the bottom left corner on the front and the games number (CX2632) is printed at the bottom right. The Atari logo and the number are also printed on both sides of the box. The rear of the box has information about the game printed in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Provenance
Original cardboard box for a video game cartridge manufactured by Atari Inc. in 1980
Makers and roles
Atari , manufacturer