In the late 80s, the Atari XE line was the last hurrah for Atari’s 8-bit computers. The 65XE and 130XE closely matched the 16-bit Atari ST line, and the Atari XEGS was its own “diagonal style, pastel accented” console/computer hybrid that was doomed to compete with Nintendo, Sega and even Atari’s own 7800.
While short lived, 32 games (plus one demo cartridge) were released for the XE line before Atari diverted resources to the Atari Lynx. A mixture of new software and old, many of the titles were previously disk-only games, available on cart for the first time.
Anyway, to make a long story short, seven additional games were near completion, some of which were far enough along that circuit boards were produced. Three aftermarket Atari retailers — Best Electronics, B & C ComputerVisions, and Video 61 — each offer at least some of these games on cartridge, but often with homemade labels, so I decided to make my own labels.
When I printed one out, the label came out dark purple compared to an original XE-style cartridge, so I went back and made a batch with lighter backgrounds. In the photo below you can see the light blue version of my Xenophobe label. On the screen it looks too bright, but printed out it closely matches the original.
Here’s the new label next to Mario Bros
And here are all the labels in both shades of blue
You can download a zip file will all the labels here, and
You can download a PSD template to make your own here.
I used this glossy sticker paper, printing on high quality, and cut them out by hand.
Cheers!
Ben