Atari Video Game, "Star Raiders," with Video Touch Pad, 1976-1982

Artifact

Video game

Date Made

1976-1982

Creators

Meninsky, Carla 

Atari, Inc. 

Place of Creation

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

Taiwan 

Keywords

Video games 

Games 

Instructions (Document genre) 

Catalogs (Documents) 

Comic books 

Input devices 

Packaging 

Outer space 

Play (Recreation) 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2018.21.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 7.75 in  (Packaging)

Width: 5.875 in  (Packaging)

Length: 2.75 in  (Packaging)

Inscriptions

on front of game cartridge: game program / STAR RAIDERS / Use with Joystick Controller and Video Touch Pad / ATARI CX2660 / (c)1982 ATARI, INC. / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED on top of game cartridge: STAR RAIDERS on front of game cartridge packaging: ATARI / VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM / STAR RAIDERS / A Warner Communications Company / NEW INSIDE VOL. 3 / The ATARI first edition action-packed / COMIC BOOK / BY DC COMICS / DC on sides of game cartridge packaging: STAR RAIDERS / ATARI CX2660 on top and bottom of game cartridge packaging: ATARI STAR RAIDERS on back of game cartridge packaging: STAR RAIDERS [...] ONE PLAYER / 4 SKILL LEVELS / Use a Joystick Controller and Video Touch Pad with this Game Program cartridge. Video Touch Pad overlay included in the carton. on top of video touch pad: VIDEO TOUCH PAD on bottom of video touch pad: MADE IN TAIWAN / ATARI on front of video touch pad packaging: ATARI / VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM / VIDEO TOUCH PAD / ATARI / A Warner Communcications Company / CX21 on sides of video touch pad packaging: VIDEO TOUCH PAD / ATARI / CX21 on top of video touch pad packaging: ATARI VIDEO TOUCH PAD on back of video touch pad packaging: VIDEO TOUCH PAD / ATARI VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM / KEY PAD CONTROLLER / Use with ATARI Video Computer System Game Program Cartridges on front of packaging: ATARI / VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM / STAR RAIDERS / A Warner Communications Company / NEW INSIDE VOL. 3 / The ATARI first edition action-packed / COMIC BOOK / BY DC COMICS / DC on sides of packaging: STAR RAIDERS / ATARI CX2660-1 on top of packaging: ATARI STAR RAIDERS on back of packaging: STAR RAIDERS / [...] ONE PLAYER / 4 SKILL LEVELS / Use a Joystick Controller and Video Touch Pad with this Game Program cartidge. Video Touch Pad overlay included in the carton.