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530: Atari Archive and the 2600 Launch

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The Black Box Pixel Art Style for Flag Capture

Atari's flag capture is dominated by this huge, lavishly painted, patched pirate face. What do you do when your game consists of nothing but a grid of boxes? Literally, that was all flag capture was. You can understand why Nintendo went with the black box pixel art style to say, hey, this is actually what you're getting more or less when you buy this game.

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