My Atari burned up years ago… but these old game brochures survived

I found these at the bottom of a box of games. I lost my Atari and Colecovision (along with dozens of games) in a fire back in the early 90s, but somehow these classic brochures were mixed in with other stuff and survived.

I especially love the tips page from David Crane—pure nostalgia!

Also, weirdly enough, I never even owned Skate or Die 2, so no idea which friend left me that one.

Edit: I just realized I only posted one photo! It was showing me a gallery link, so I assumed all the pics were there. Here’s the full album:
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That’s awesome! Finding little pieces of nostalgia like that is the best. And yeah, David Crane’s tips page is such a cool throwback.

@Fin
Yep, it’s working!

Sage said:
@Fin
Yep, it’s working!

Great, I couldn’t tell if it was showing properly on my end.

Damn, those are in really good condition!

Griff said:
Damn, those are in really good condition!

Way better than my Atari collection, that’s for sure lol.

Fin said:

Griff said:
Damn, those are in really good condition!

Way better than my Atari collection, that’s for sure lol.

That booklet looks amazing. It’s crazy how well some of these old manuals and brochures hold up over time.

These old brochures are absolute gems. I still have a few from my childhood Atari days, and just looking at them brings back memories.

Kim said:
These old brochures are absolute gems. I still have a few from my childhood Atari days, and just looking at them brings back memories.

Yeah, it was such a nice surprise finding them. Definitely a blast from the past!

Honestly, with emulation making all these games accessible, I’d rather have the original manuals and brochures than the hardware.

Pedro said:
Honestly, with emulation making all these games accessible, I’d rather have the original manuals and brochures than the hardware.

I feel the same way. Kinda wish I’d held onto more of this stuff back then!

I had a bunch of these too! My Atari ended up with my sister back in the 90s when I moved, so at least her kids got to play it. No idea where it is now, but I had a ton of games. Asteroids was my favorite—I even have an old Polaroid of me in front of the TV right after I flipped the score from 99,999 back to 0.

@Zayden
That’s awesome! My family never went for the latest consoles, so I was playing Atari when NES was big, then NES when SNES came out, just scooping up old games on the cheap. Wish I still had them to show my family now! I might frame the brochures or do something with them—they’ve held up really well.

@Fin
Same here! I’ve been thinking about making some multi-frame wall art with them. If you do something like that, post it—I’ll try to do the same! Now I kinda want to play Asteroids again, but it’s gonna feel weird without that old joystick.

@Zayden
That sounds like an awesome idea. Also, here’s the right gallery link—I totally posted the wrong one before lol:

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Man, I loved Burgertime on Colecovision! Same with Donkey Kong—probably the best port of that game. Pitfall II, though? Yeah… I was terrible at that one.

Wait, Activision made Jumpman? Wild how far they’ve fallen since then.

Hell yeah, Breath of Fire 1 & 2!