Fake Atari 2600 Box Art That Fooled the Internet
Strange Parodies of Atari 2600 Video Game Box Cover Art (2008)
In 2008, the blog Mightygodking posted a series of photoshopped Atari 2600 box covers with absurd titles like 'It's Fucking Checkers' and 'Obligatory Educational Game.' The images were so convincing that many readers believed they were real, sparking nostalgia for the console's heyday and its famously sturdy joysticks.
I'm an idiot. I didn't suspect anything until Fucking Checkers, and then I sat there for a few minutes wondering how that was allowed into the stores…