Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) This thread is to document video game commercials. I guess we should start with possibly the first video game commercial. Who's Pre-ordering this? Edited December 24, 2019 by Magmavision2000 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here's one from 1982 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Luthor destroys the Gond! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) Here's a Coleco Telstar commercial. Notice how the narrator says "you're watching the most exciting game you will ever see on your TV" Edited December 24, 2019 by Magmavision2000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I liked the controller quite a bit to this. Had it at my mom's house for me to play when I visited her on weekends in Vancouver, WA. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 2 hours ago, retrorussell said: Luthor destroys the Gond! That's one of the few commercials I remember for some reason. Why did the big dumb guy have to beat the boss??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empsolo Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Game Genie commercial! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluejay Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Probably the wierdest commercial of them all- The Hyundai Super Comboy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, Magmavision2000 said: This thread is to document video game commercials. I guess we should start with possibly the first video game commercial. Who's Pre-ordering this? That's one helluva long commercial. Just get to the point, Magnavox! No need to tell everyone how to attach the controllers! Just write the instructions on the manual, goddammit. One question: are computer commercials allowed? Edited December 24, 2019 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, bluejay said: One question: are computer commercials allowed? Sure! They're technically game systems now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Just now, Magmavision2000 said: Sure! They're technically game systems now. In that case: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, bluejay said: That's one helluva long commercial. Just get to the point, Magnavox! No need to tell everyone how to attach the controllers! Just write the instructions on the manual, goddammit. One question: are computer commercials allowed? Obviously not a TV commercial but a film that would have been shown to customers in the store. Looks like it might have answered some common questions. Remember the only thing people connected to their tv at the time was an antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here's a Pong commercial from the mid 70s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here's the classic NES commercial from the mid 80s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here's a game and watch commercial from 1980 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Atari would like to wish you a merry Christmas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I collected a few Game Boy game ads from my VHS tapes of TV from the '90s when I was a kid and put them here: http://www.atari2600land.com/gameboy/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 The rarest Atari 2600 commercial and it's on my own channel! No one else has that either. Another from my own collection... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empsolo Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) And here is Atari Corp's desperation at its nadir: Edited December 27, 2019 by empsolo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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retrorussell Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Colecovision! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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