3 references to the Atari 2600 on TV just this week

[Atari2600Lives]

I could not help but notice 3 seperate references or images of the Atari 2600 in the last 7 days or so. I took pictures of my television screen .

 

This was today on "America Live" on Foxnews during the day. They were talking about the 30th anniversary of Pac Man and they showed the arcade version. When they spoke about Ms. Pacman they showed the Atari 2600 version.

 

 

I saw an Everybody Hates Chris episode (I had recorded this one so not sure how far back it aired by but I saw it last night so it could not have been that long ago)the entire episode revolved around the new Atari that his friend had purchased. The Atari was shown in two seperate scenes and Missle command was shown on the TV screen as well as the actual cartirdge in the slot. The second scene showed a different cartridge but the same missle command game, so they got it half right.

 

 

The last one was a game tap commercial (I believe as I did not write it down and forgot what the commercial was but 99% sure it was game tap).

 

 

 

Talk about something iconic. 3 times in just a week or so on major TV networks.

Edited May 20, 2010 by Atari2600Lives

[VectorGamer]

I think the timing of Pac-Man's birthday is off by one month. I thought I read in Ultimate History that June, 1980 was when Pac-Man was released in Japan.

[A.J. Franzman]

Is there a Pong for the 2600 that actually looks like the screen in the 3rd photo above, yet?

[DickNixonArisen]

I read in the dedicated thread about shows and movies using the wrong cartridge for the game onscreen or the wrong sounds with a screen and cart that match.. I wonder if this is all intentional or why it happened?

 

I guess it's related to when they show 'HACKING' as bright color graphics instead of monochrome text in windows

[flammingcowz]

On adult swim theres a GameFly commercial with a kid playing an atari at the beginning. Been seein it for a few days and not on any other channel

[Atari2600Lives]

On adult swim theres a GameFly commercial with a kid playing an atari at the beginning. Been seein it for a few days and not on any other channel

 

 

Hhhmm, maybe the commercial was gamefly and not gametap.......