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George Opperman (1935-1985), 'Space Riders' (poster for the pinball game), 1978 lifted from ''Art of Atari'', 2016
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George Opperman (1935-1985), 'Space Riders' (poster for the pinball game), 1978 lifted from ''Art of Atari'', 2016
George Opperman - Missile Command (Atari, 1980)
Retro Game Spotlight 096: Middle Earth (1978)
Publisher: Atari Platform: Pinball Designers: Barry Slater, Gary Slater Backglass Art: George Opperman
Trivia: One of only seven Atari pinball machines produced, Middle Earth entered the Guinness Book of World Records when songwriter Mandi Martin played it for 140 hours and 32 minutes, with a final score of 321400 points.
George Opperman
Atari logo designs by George Opperman.
In a 1983 interview with Video Games, Opperman explained the origins of the logo this way: “Symbols are just visual nicknames that combine first letters and interpretive design elements. I kept trying to stylize the ‘A,’ then I looked at PONG, their big game at the time. PONG had a center line and a force (the ball) that kept hitting its center from either side. I thought that (force) would bend the center outward. And that’s what I designed.”
The Atarians pinball backglass by George Opperman