Comments on: Updated – Arcade Art Reproduction List http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/08/arcade-game-artwork/updated-arcade-artwork-reproduction-list/ Classic Arcade Game Artwork, Tutorials, and Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha By: Jeff Rothe http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/08/arcade-game-artwork/updated-arcade-artwork-reproduction-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4506 Jeff Rothe Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1905#comment-4506 @Rich: I don't know enough to know how the reproductions at Arcadeshop fit in. Does anyone out there know, or care to research how long AS had been around? I thought Arcade Shop was around before Arcade Renovations. Did they buy or acquire some of the films, or did Brian Jones get them all from the guy who bought them on eBay in Michigan? I don't know, I wish I had been doing this since at least 2004. @Jeff There are a ton of possibilities for this list, and I think your ideas are good. But for me, the core question I want to answer for people is 'Was this piece of artwork reproduced before'. With that mission in mind, I think this list is accomplishing that and anything else really is if I want to add in all the work of maintaining it....and I don't. I am sure I won't be adding in prices and I don't think I will be linking to collector's restorations. It isn't about how is was used but if it's available. I can do collector spotlights and serve the searching better and be more specific by doing that in post format. I will probably go through and add everything from Phoenix Arcade. I am on the fence about AS. As Rich said, there are some repeats and accuracy gets hairy there. I am going to stew on this more. It might come down to that I might not add anything from Arcade Shop just because of how terrible the design is on Steven Gregory's website. Just out of principal.... @Rich:

I don’t know enough to know how the reproductions at Arcadeshop fit in. Does anyone out there know, or care to research how long AS had been around? I thought Arcade Shop was around before Arcade Renovations. Did they buy or acquire some of the films, or did Brian Jones get them all from the guy who bought them on eBay in Michigan? I don’t know, I wish I had been doing this since at least 2004.

@Jeff

There are a ton of possibilities for this list, and I think your ideas are good. But for me, the core question I want to answer for people is ‘Was this piece of artwork reproduced before’. With that mission in mind, I think this list is accomplishing that and anything else really is if I want to add in all the work of maintaining it….and I don’t.

I am sure I won’t be adding in prices and I don’t think I will be linking to collector’s restorations. It isn’t about how is was used but if it’s available. I can do collector spotlights and serve the searching better and be more specific by doing that in post format.

I will probably go through and add everything from Phoenix Arcade. I am on the fence about AS. As Rich said, there are some repeats and accuracy gets hairy there. I am going to stew on this more. It might come down to that I might not add anything from Arcade Shop just because of how terrible the design is on Steven Gregory’s website. Just out of principal….

]]> By: Rich http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/08/arcade-game-artwork/updated-arcade-artwork-reproduction-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Rich Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:24:22 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1905#comment-4504 agreed how does the repros of arcadeshop fit in? as some titles were done by AR are they reprints or leftovers? agreed how does the repros of arcadeshop fit in?
as some titles were done by AR are they reprints or leftovers?

]]> By: Jeff Waldron http://www.rotheblog.com/2008/08/arcade-game-artwork/updated-arcade-artwork-reproduction-list/comment-page-1/#comment-4500 Jeff Waldron Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:07:05 +0000 http://www.rotheblog.com/?p=1905#comment-4500 I like the list. There are a few suggestions I would offer up. First, it would be really handy to include the price of the artwork as another column. Obviously you wouldn't be expected to maintain it as a list of current prices, but if you made a note of it when you added the artwork the first time it would be helpful. Second, there are several games that have artwork available through the common vendors such as arcadeshop.com and Phoenix Arcade that are not on the list. Maybe you could request that they send you an updated list of their artwork for inclusion. Tron comes to mind for me because I just purchased and installed sideart from Phoenix Arcade and I love it! Finally, it could be cool if you listed links to collector sites that have examples of that artwork being used, such as my blog for the Tron restoration showing the new sideart. Keep up the good work! I like the list. There are a few suggestions I would offer up. First, it would be really handy to include the price of the artwork as another column. Obviously you wouldn’t be expected to maintain it as a list of current prices, but if you made a note of it when you added the artwork the first time it would be helpful. Second, there are several games that have artwork available through the common vendors such as arcadeshop.com and Phoenix Arcade that are not on the list. Maybe you could request that they send you an updated list of their artwork for inclusion. Tron comes to mind for me because I just purchased and installed sideart from Phoenix Arcade and I love it! Finally, it could be cool if you listed links to collector sites that have examples of that artwork being used, such as my blog for the Tron restoration showing the new sideart.

Keep up the good work!

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