Tony J Case Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Ladies and Gentlemen - Just in time for Christmas (more or less), I have compiled a huge gathering of old video game commercials and deposited them on DVD - just the thing for the retro gaming nut in your life (or for someone to get you. ). Three DVDs worth of material, or just a touch shy of 3 hours (I think the total running time is 2 hours 45 or thereabouts - I've not timed them out fully) These come from my own personal collection and are NOT just a bunch of crappy AVI files downloaded from youtube and dropped onto a VCD. While I don't claim that they look perfect, they do come straight from VHS recorded off the air (or acquired in trade). I've done my best to clean the audio up and whatnot, but in the interest of full disclosure, some of these ads can look pretty rough. That said, the majority of them look pretty good, considering they come from 25 year old video tape. "Fantastic!" I hear you cry "I must have this! How do I get a set?" I'm always looking for vintage television shows in trade, of course. However, failing that - how does 12 bucks plus a couple more for shipping sound? Fifteen dollars gets you three DVD-Rs in cases (none of this crappy 'just slip it into an envelope' nonsense here) delivered straight to you door. Oh, and I should mention that while I know I'm kind of a Luddite - I'd try and avoid paypal like the plauge. I've had nothing but bad experience with them before. Anything else shy of them, however. . . Want to know more? Drop me a line and we'll talk turkey and hammer out the details. Edited December 4, 2008 by Tony J Case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Here's all what's included for your viewing pleasures: VOLUME ONE: Win Atari at McDonalds Chopper Command Freeway Grand prix Ice Hockey Kaboom, Laser Blast Megamainia Pitfall Activision puts you in the game Centepde Frogger and The Empire Strikes Back (from the UK) Lets see how long the 2600 lasts The US Olympic Arcade Team Lynx Ms Pac Man is woman of the year Want to play Atari? Jaguar I like Lynx Atari XE vs the NES Along came Atari Intelivison vs Atari - Baseball B-17 Bomber Asteroids vs Star Strike What's it like playing the NES Aklaim Remote NES pads Dragon Warrior Super Mario Land NES Power Pad Super Mario World Tetris Wrestlemainia from Aklaim Aklaim wireless Yoshi Zelda on the NES Gameboy Ultra Games Introducing Game Boy Captain Skyhawk Mike Tyson's Punchout Metroid and Rad Racer The Power Phone 900 number Witness the birth of the NES Nintendo Handheld Pinball Nintendo Handheld Spitball Sparky Donkey Kong II Game n Watch Solar Fox Tunnel Runner Wings Action Max Toys R Us: C-128 Kaypro Computers Afterburner Comix Zone Sega Master System Sega Genesis cleans up stains! Only from Sega! Sega has twice as much memory! Sega in 3D Sega has 70 games! Introducing Mac (the Apple 1984 ad) Apple IIc Apple IIc is cheap Apple IIgs is educational Framework Software AT&T: The only computer you'll ever need Dupont does computer things HP is always working Prime Computers (with Tom Baker and Lala Ward) IBM AT (with Charlie Chaplin) Old people knows IBM Cullinet knows computers IBM Does Typewriters IBM Teaches kids to read Be the Amiga 500! I'm a loser without my C-64 Computer Critters 1 Computer Critters 2 Bankshot Computer Football Computer Perfection VOLUME TWO: River Raid Skiing Stampede Starmaster Odyssey 2 golf Introducing the Odyssey 2 KC's Crazy Chase Quest for the Rings Odyssey 2 contest KC Munchkin Magnavox TAC Magnavox Home Entertainment Pac Man promo Pac Man Cereal Super Pac Man Cerial Pac Man Pasta Pac Man Glasses at Arbys The Quik plays Atari Radio Shack TV games Casey tape player Sears Fall Savings Sega Master System Simon Talking Teacher Talking Whiz Kid Tandy Home Computers Texas Instruments gives you a head start Texas Instruments lasts a lifetime Toys R Us: Nintendo Toys R Us: Bunch of Handheld stuff Toys R Us: Pac Man Video Art at Child World Gills Coleco Christmas Mattel Electronics for Christmas Donkey Kong Jr Cereal Donkey Kong Cereal The Animator Entex Electronic Games Fabulous Freddy Fairchild F means fun Invader from Space MB Microvision Mrs and Mr Arcade Animator 2000 One to Grow On PSA Playdoh Frogger Q*Bert Q*Bert Board Game Q*Bert Books Computer Class with Pringles VOLUME THREE: Superman is brought to you by Atari The Fun is Back Atari Anonymous The World's Greatest Arcade Games Don’t Watch TV, play it! Atari turns men into little boys Is that everything? The 5200 is here Coleco can't play everything The 7800 plays more games than anyone! The 7800 reinvents games! Coleco is the arcade experience The Coleco Super Action Controler Cabbage Patch and Colecovision Carnival Donkey Kong Great new arcade hits on Colecovision What's new in 1984 for Colecovision? Now Playing on Coleco: Time Pilot and Mr Do Coleco - the only system you'll ever need! The Coleco Roller Controler Smurfs! Sorry Atari Coleco Driving Module Zaxxon Presenting Intellivision Burgertime Intellivision II (short) Intellivision II (long) Asteroids versus Space Spartans Intellivision's 50 dollar rebate Atari vs Intellivision - space games Atari vs Intellivision - Sports Who was that kid? Odyssey 2 - with Mister Spock! Pick Axe Pete Introducing the Nintendo Entertainment System Kirby's Pinball Land Introducing the SNES Tetris 2 Atari Asteroids Dig Dug Phoenix and Centipede ET (the one with the shed) ET (the one with Santa) Atari to Earth! The world of Atari (with Jack Palance) Joust Jungle Hunt and Kangaroo Mario Brothers Moon Patrol Ms Pac Man Realsports Baseball Realsports Football Star Raiders Nothing hotter than Atari this summer Vanguard Santa in Space! The Fly Frostbite Activision for Intellivision Pitfall Data Age games Atlantis Cosmic Ark Demon Attack is tough Amidar Death Star Battle The Empire Strikes Back Frogger Popeye Q*Bert Spider Man Tutankham Lock n Chase M-Network games Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom Congo Bongo Star Trek US Games Mister Arcade: Pac Man Mister Arcade: 4 new games! Merlin Time Out Electronic Games Vectrex Video Gaming Illustrated The Venture Sight and Sound Sale Malibu Arcades Toys R Us: Atari 2600 and 5200 Toys R Us: ET Target: Colecovision Texas Instruments with Bill Cosby The Radio Shack TRS-80 Atari Computers is No Big Deal Atari Computers are Easy to get started Atari Computers makes Learning is Fun Atari Computers - What's a typewriter? Atari Computers with 2000 programs Atari Computers - The French Lesson Bally Arcade Introducing Adam Adam sends your kid to college Adam makes programming simple That’s some game! Learn on a C-64 C-64 vs IBM C-64 vs Apple II and IBM C-64 vs Atari 2600 Vic 20 plays Gortec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCalvin Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Are they individually selectable via menu or just one straigt through run? What would you estimate the ratio is on good quality to "rough"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 (edited) Are they individually selectable via menu or just one straigt through run? What would you estimate the ratio is on good quality to "rough"? When I first tried to master the DVD, I had a chapter break for every spot - and my poor old computer's brain just about exploded at that, so now I've got the chapter breaks every 10 minutes or so. Oh, and fully constructed menus, too. They're not fancy, but it looks way better than your VHS to DVD burner would come up with. As for ratio of clunkers to golden - there are only two or three really really bad, nearly unwatchable ones, about 10% of them that have serious problems (tracking and sound issues) and probably about 20% that are really really good looking (like the Apple Big Brother ad I traded with someone at a TV station who got the DVD right off the broadcast master). The rest are in pretty good if not outstanding shape. Edited October 23, 2008 by Tony J Case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 really interested but as I am in belgium I can pay only with paypal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosiss Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Any chance of a torrent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) really interested but as I am in belgiumI can pay only with paypal For starters, these are NTSC discs. While I don't *THINK* there should be any problem playing them on a PAL player, I cant make any guarantees. They played fine on my two region free players and they should be okay, but I can't be sure. Also, the cost of mailing overseas will be a bit more. It was about 8 dollars from the US to France, so I'd guess that the cost to Belgium would be about the same. As for payment, like I said - I've had nothing but bad experiances with Paypal. However, I will be going to europe soon. If you wanted to pay in Euros (I think Belgium does Euros), I'm more than willing to take that, too. Well, provided that you send it before the end of december. If that works, let me know and we can work out the details. Any chance of a torrent? Ah. . . no. While I'm not trying to get rich or anything, I did put a lot of work into these compiling commercials from all maner of sources, tracking down VHS from every thrift store in the greater seattle area, cleaning them up and remastering them the best I can. 12 bucks is not unreasonable to ask for that level of work and three hours of commercials. That and it wouldnt be fair to the folks I've already done deals with. If I were them, I'd be livid if a torrent went up a week after I forked over the cash. Edited November 7, 2008 by Tony J Case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hey guys - So I'm going to be going out of town in a couple of weeks (WAYYYY out of town, like Paris), so if anyone wanted to get a set of commercials before christmas, you might want to jump on it in the next couple of days. After about the 15th or so, I'll be off line until after New Years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 You download these from YouTube and burn to DVD? 'cause I could do that for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamajoe Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 You download these from YouTube and burn to DVD? 'cause I could do that for free. i think he cleary stated that that´s not what he did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 You download these from YouTube and burn to DVD? 'cause I could do that for free. i think he cleary stated that that´s not what he did Correct, these come from VHS recorded off the air back in the 70's and 80's and look WAY better than the crappy, overcompressed youtube streams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProperRogue Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Just out of curiosity, what method did you use for capturing? Also, since these were VHS tapes, did you use a TBC to eliminate lost frames & sync issues commonly found on VHS/dvd transfers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshilime Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 you said trade is a way of payment. trade for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Just out of curiosity, what method did you use for capturing? Also, since these were VHS tapes, did you use a TBC to eliminate lost frames & sync issues commonly found on VHS/dvd transfers? I've got an actual dedicated video capture card for my computer, and while I dont have a TBC, the capture/editing program I use (Studio pro) is pretty good about displaying dropped frames and the like. And ever since I got my second, bigger, faster hard drive, any dropped frame issues have cleared up. you said trade is a way of payment. trade for what? Well, I'm always looking for more 70's and 80's commercials, plus old TV shows of that vintage that haven't shown up on commercial release DVD yet. As far as games go, I'm a 2600 man m'self, but I'm not in the market for anything specific. That's just a long winded way of saying I'm open to offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Tony, just got your dvds they are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Tony, just got your dvdsthey are great Oh good, I was a bit worried that they wouldnt work on the PAL equipment. Glad to hear everythings great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Well, I'm always looking for more 70's and 80's commercials, plus old TV shows of that vintage that haven't shown up on commercial release DVD yet. As far as games go, I'm a 2600 man m'self, but I'm not in the market for anything specific. That's just a long winded way of saying I'm open to offers.I suppose you have these already:http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...n_sauver=Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) I suppose you have these already:http://www.atarimania.com/lst_video.php?PA...n_sauver=Search Some of them yes - but surpsingly a lot of them I dont. Did you grab those from off the internet, or did they come from your own collection? (if it's the latter, perhaps we can work something out. . . .) Oh yeah, I'm back in town so I'll be catching up on some back orders and getting my ducks in a row again. If you havent heard from me in a bit, you should soon. Edited January 12, 2009 by Tony J Case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 (edited) Shipping to Canada is how much? I want to add this to my birthday wishlist great work by the way, I like the size of the list Edited January 12, 2009 by MrAtari2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Shipping to Canada is how much? I want to add this to my birthday wishlist great work by the way, I like the size of the list I dont know for sure, but I would guess probably only a couple of bucks more. To send to Europe runs about 8 or 9 dollars, so certanly less than that for sure. I have to stop at the post office tonight, so I'll ask what the ballpark price would be and get back to you in the morrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennascomet Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Shipping to Canada is how much? I want to add this to my birthday wishlist great work by the way, I like the size of the list I dont know for sure, but I would guess probably only a couple of bucks more. To send to Europe runs about 8 or 9 dollars, so certanly less than that for sure. I have to stop at the post office tonight, so I'll ask what the ballpark price would be and get back to you in the morrow. I would like to buy this set! PLEASE let me know how i can pay you and i'll order them right away! Thanks a bunch! Jenna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 same here....more info please. how much how much with shipping to canada. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony J Case Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hey - sorry about not responding. Life got busy and somehow I wound up putting off checking here tome and again (in other words, if you want, send a PM - that drops me an email and reminds me to get my lazy butt here!) Shipping to canada, as I suspected, isnt all that much more. It's only like 3 bucks or thereabouts to ship north of the border. So lets call it 18 for a set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megabyte52 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I know this thread is crazy old but is there any way I can get a set? I run a retro gaming convention and we are doing a history exhibit this year and I am trying to find commercials to run on displays around the machines of that era. Anyone still have one? It looks like Tony has been offline for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I'm into one two. I thought this was a new thread until I got a few posts down. Anyone with a copy, I'd really appreciate if you contacted me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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