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Old 08-12-2007, 10:02 PM
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Default Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

I just finished this book



and highly recommend it. I'm having a hard time matching the cover fonts with games. I am like 80% sure on "of", and have no idea what "the" is from. The rest I'm pretty certain of.

I'll put my answers in white since it might be fun to try to jog the memories.

To make this a better thread, if anyone else has read this book feel free to discuss it. If you know of better similar books, please recommend them.

<font color="white"> <ul type="square">[*]the = ?[*]ultimate = defender[*]history = donkey kong[*]of = xevious?[*]video = centipede[*]games = pac man[/list]</font>
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Old 08-13-2007, 01:56 AM
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Default Re: Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

Here is the actual game that the "of" is taken from. Mousing over the link could be a spoiler. I have no idea about "the" either.
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Old 08-13-2007, 11:54 AM
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Default Re: Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

Hmmm, the "the" font does not ring any bells, while the rest jumped to mind instantly. White: <font color="white">I am pretty sure the "of" is from Zaxxon</font>
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Old 08-13-2007, 11:51 PM
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Default Re: Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

Maybe one of these for the "The":



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Old 08-14-2007, 04:18 AM
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Default Re: Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

The "the" is from moon patrol the ts match exactly.
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:46 AM
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Default Re: Ultimate History of Video Games cover fonts

Thanks for the help. It was making me annoyed that I didn't know one of them. I'm happy that "of" was corrected. Xevious is actually very close but there's no overlap with the letters, and the F doesn't really fit the rest of the script. The O in a vacuum looks the same as Xevious.
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