{"id":5014,"date":"2013-12-18T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:26:07","slug":"firefox-atari-2600-game-cartridge-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/18\/firefox-atari-2600-game-cartridge-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5015\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5015\" data-attachment-id=\"5015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/18\/firefox-atari-2600-game-cartridge-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/firefox-cartridge-atari-2600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?fit=945%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"945,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?fit=840%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5015\" alt=\"Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?resize=550%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"550\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?resize=840%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?resize=420%2C500&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Firefox-Cartridge-Atari-2600.png?w=945&amp;ssl=1 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefox <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Atari 2600\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_2600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Atari 2600<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"ROM cartridge\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ROM_cartridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">game cartridge<\/a> by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I really love design play that takes the expected and twists it. This is a prime example. By starting with a photo of an original game cartridge for the atari 2600, and replacing and repainting the firefox logo into it, then adding the title in the Atari 2600 font (Mumbai.ttf) it&#8217;s fairly easy to pull off this kind of substitution. In retrospect, I should have used ALL CAPS for the title, as they did for their cartridges, but still, a fun project.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/08\/22\/illustration-leaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/08\/22\/illustration-leaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Illustration of a leaf by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/09\/21\/design-process-creating-pods-sods-visual-branding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/09\/21\/design-process-creating-pods-sods-visual-branding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design process: On creating the Pods &amp; Sods visual branding<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/sofak.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/14\/mallard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/sofak.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/14\/mallard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mallard<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150915153915\/https:\/\/lead513.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/09\/an-article-that-explains-hashtags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150915153915\/https:\/\/lead513.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/09\/an-article-that-explains-hashtags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An article that explains #hashtags<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really love design play that takes the expected and twists it. 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