Twin Galaxies' Gallery of Posters
Since August 1, 1982, Twin Galaxies has been producing unique, colorful posters to document gaming events. Though the first dozen posters issued in the early 1980s enjoyed printing runs of 500 – 1,000 copies each, the posters created in recent years have been issued as limited editions with only 20-24 copies produced of each one. And, to create value for each one, the latest posters would have individual registration numbers published on the front of each poster (i.e. 1 of 20, 2 of 20, 3 of 20 and so forth). These posters have been issued as free gifts for players who have achieved noteworthy accomplishments or as prizes for contest participants.
The Twin Galaxies posters have attracted media attention in the past few years. For instance, posters #73, #90 and #91 were reproduced in the pages of the Guinness World Records - Gamer's Edition 2008, a high-score compendium issued on March 8, 2008 by Guinness World Records. And, posters #50, #62, #63 and #69 were included in a 3-page story on Twin Galaxies titled "Setting the Record Straight," published in the April, 2006 edition of Game Informer Magazine.
Plus, Joypad Magazine (Paris, France) published posters #4, #7, and #40 in its January, 2003 edition. Recently, Game Room Magazine (www.gameroommagazine.com) featured a Twin Galaxies poster in each of these monthly editions: March, 2008 (Poster #106), April, 2008 (Poster #108), May, 2008 (Poster #112), July, 2008 (Poster #114), August, 2008 (Poster #107), September, 2008 (Poster #118) and November, 2008 (Poster #129).
As collectibles, the poster series has gained a small following with posters occasionally selling for $20 each while at least one copy of poster #1 has sold for $100. Many of the posters published in 2005 and 2006 were commissioned by Billy Mitchell, the noted Pac-Man champion, who wanted to create a series of collectibles to commemorate video game history.
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