PICTURES of Activision's presentation at the 1981 Winter CES

[JayAre]

I just received these pictures of Activision's presentation at the January, 1981 Winter CES in Las Vegas.  Activision released its first games in July, 1980, so I'm assuming the company made its very first presentation at the 1980 Summer CES.  Which would make the pictures below its second CES presentation.  Enjoy!

 

 

Larry Kaplan & David Crane

 

 

I think that might be David Crane (in the light shirt) playing a game

 

 

Jim Levy looking on as two Activision employees hold up a Swedish Erotica poster featuring pictures of porn stars Seka & Lisa De Leeuw

 

 

Picture's blurry, but here we have David Crane

 

 

Larry Kaplan.  And I think that might be Bob Whitehead behind the lady

[cvga]

4 hours ago, JayAre said:

 

 

Looks like there are 6 different games on the standee between them. Boxing on the left and Skiing in the middle. I can't make out the others but I'd guess maybe Bridge in the middle behind Skiing, Checkers in the upper right corner andFishing Derby in the upper left corner. The game in the front on the right is a mystery to me which is odd since we can see the front of the (blurry) box. Based on the artwork, I would think it's Laser Blast but Laser Blast was released in an orangish box. Maybe the color of the box was changed or it's a different game.

[Atari_Bill]

It looks like Dragster to me maybe.

[cvga]

4 hours ago, Atari_Bill said:

It looks like Dragster to me maybe.

Agreed! I didn't even think of Dragster somehow. Thanks!!

[JayAre]

I'm trying to find an image of that standee online, but I'm not having any luck.  With those items that are a bit older (around 1980), it's sometimes more difficult to find them.  But I think you guys are right; it certainly looks like Dragster.