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I just noticed today while looking at my Ms. Pac CPO, that the shape of the "A" in "Start Game" looked familiar to me. I turned around to look at the movie poster on the wall from THE TERMINATOR and, it's the same font!

I wondered what other fonts on games people have seen that coincide with the timeframe the game was made and the graphics being used for other things of the same era. BTW Terminator came out in 1984..
 
On Robotron:2084 the font is similiar to what I used for the words on my stairwell. That's where I got the idea, anyway. I remember in 1985 stenciling our names on t-shirts in art class; with this same "computer-like" font.

This font is a lot older than the 80's for sure; but it fits the times just right IMO.
 

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On Robotron:2084 the font is similiar to what I used for the words on my stairwell. That's where I got the idea, anyway. I remember in 1985 stenciling our names on t-shirts in art class; with this same "computer-like" font.

This font is a lot older than the 80's for sure; but it fits the times just right IMO.

Your stairwell ceiling looks pretty cool do you have pic of the whole thing?
 
Your stairwell ceiling looks pretty cool do you have pic of the whole thing?


Here's a few more....

Its hard to get a good pic of the ceiling going down(1st pic)

second pic: before I put the lettering on there.

third pic: the door to the arcade...
 

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A movie called "Dragon Slayer" from 1981 (2 years before the Dragon's Lair came out) used the same font. See attached.
 

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Here's a few more....

Its hard to get a good pic of the ceiling going down(1st pic)

second pic: before I put the lettering on there.

third pic: the door to the arcade...

You need an .mp3 running on a loop in that hallway from the Shining, saying "RED RUM! RED RUM!" Only thing is, you probably won't get anyone in the arcade anymore (they'll be running back the other way).. ;)

Great pics!
 
You need an .mp3 running on a loop in that hallway from the Shining, saying "RED RUM! RED RUM!" Only thing is, you probably won't get anyone in the arcade anymore (they'll be running back the other way).. ;)

Great pics!


That would be cool...with a cardboard Jack Nicholson cut-out at the bottom of the steps. It looks less straining to the eye in person. Every time I post pics it looks a little gaudy. Its really not too red...
 
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