+rbairos Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I was looking for some footage around the Atari release date, and funnily enough, I found an Atari commercial captured in the middle of this CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite from Monday Sept 12 1977. Thought was kinda funny. Time: 24:12 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Advertised on TV the day after release, awesome! !Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Pretty clearly taken from videotape; I'm guessing possibly U-Matic from the look. Interesting that it's B&W but with the programme name and broadcast time (which only updates every 10 seconds) overlaid. Trying to figure out where in the broadcast process this may have been used, or if it was archival material given the text overlay. Either way, good find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Beans Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I've seen threads/websites dedicated to label variations, box variations, ROM variations etc... Does anyone know if there's a depository of printed ads or commercials for the Atari 2600 or other systems? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailGator Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Billy Beans said: I've seen threads/websites dedicated to label variations, box variations, ROM variations etc... Does anyone know if there's a depository of printed ads or commercials for the Atari 2600 or other systems? Check out http://www.atarimania.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Beans Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 39 minutes ago, tailGator said: Check out http://www.atarimania.com/ Thanks! I had forgotten that they have ads and commercials on the site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Was that the guy that played Dr. Bombay (Bewitched) in the Atari ad? Looks like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 10 hours ago, roadrunner said: Was that the guy that played Dr. Bombay (Bewitched) in the Atari ad? Looks like it. Yep, Bernard Fox. He had quite the on-screen history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rbairos Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 17 hours ago, tailGator said: Check out http://www.atarimania.com/ The video in the original posting in on that site, in full color, if anyone's interested. Had to search Advertisements, in the US, by Atari US 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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