Comments on: Atari Quantum Reproduction Artwork

By: Jeff Rothe

Jeff Rothe — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:24 +0000

@tom:

Welcome Tom! Nice surprise to get a comment from you.

Thanks for the insights into this post. I had not heard of Gaymond Lee before. Gaymond was an arcade collector with an awesome collection on the west coast? Sounds like he was collecting arcade games before this turned into a big personal hobby. So, Gaymond had the Quantum pre-production artwork, sold it to you, and you sold it to Louis who has it now. Do you know how Gaymond got it?

I figured Scott Evans might have all of the Quantum films now if there was any reason to ever print up some of that stuff again.

By: tom

tom — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:47:02 +0000

Nice summary. Looks to be a fairly accurate recount of events. I owned the pre-production kickplate artwork (purchase from Gaymond Lee!) and have since passed it on as I no longer have a Quantum cab. Archer does not own it.

The Quantum CPO recreated films, die, and color matching is lost, yes. The original films and PMS color chart is in the possession of Scott though.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:18:48 +0000

Thanks for the note Rich. I have some more content to add to this Quantum post that I got from Lou, some photos and information. I was updating this post daily last week while I had the flu, so I got a little blog burnout.

Plus, I transferred hosts and I have a brand new website design that I hope to launch to-nite, so stay tuned for that! (With or without WP 2.5. Nyah Automattic!)

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:38:19 +0000

Great write up Jeff, and great job pulling all the info together. Look forward to more

By: admin

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:53:27 +0000

Jeff and Francis, thanks for the nice comments on the Quantum artwork post. This one post has taken a lot more time than I originally pictured, but is also a lot more rich in information than I had originally envisioned. All this was possible as a result of the seasoned collectors willing to nicely point out some of my errors and help me record the most accurate information possible.

Maybe I will do a Burgertime feature article next. But those artwork and cabinet sources will probably be much easier to come by, and more obvious to the general collector.

By: Francis Mariani

Francis Mariani — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:21:11 +0000

Great writeup Jeff, and thanks for getting it done! The artwork Atari used for this game is one of my favorite schemes from them, and the game itself is excellent: a color vector that’s simple yet challenging, which gets more and more fun the deeper you go in the game.

By: Jeff Rivera

Jeff Rivera — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:30:53 +0000

Awesome job pulling this info together in one spot! I might try and scratch build a Burgertime once things settle down for me. It’s one of my favorite cabinets and the artwork is out there for the project.