Tidus79001 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Wow, this is cool! I never knew of this Star Raiders themed McDonald's game before. Did anyone here ever get these at game cards McDonald's back in 1982? I hope some lucky kid got the Atari computer that was the grand prize for this game. Were the other Atari titles that McDonald did a game for? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 They have those same scratch offs for Missile Command, Asteroids and I think Centipede. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAre Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 10 hours ago, cvga said: They have those same scratch offs for Missile Command, Asteroids and I think Centipede. You're right, CVGA. I've seen scratch-offs for Star Raiders, Missile Command, Asteroids and Centipede. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 http://www.atarimania.com/goodies-atari-2600-vcs-other_6_2.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 That was a fun summer they ran that promotion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 For the prizes, I'm wondering what they considered a "Giant Screen TV" in 1982? The back says it's a "General Electric Widescreen 4000", I can't find any information on that model, but I see info for a GE Widescreen 1000, which they claim is 3x larger than a 25" TV (does that mean 75" or would that be 9x larger?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, zzip said: For the prizes, I'm wondering what they considered a "Giant Screen TV" in 1982? The back says it's a "General Electric Widescreen 4000", I can't find any information on that model, but I see info for a GE Widescreen 1000, which they claim is 3x larger than a 25" TV (does that mean 75" or would that be 9x larger?) Closer to 8 times bigger than a 25” Tv 75” diag (16:9) = 65.4in x 36.8in = 2406 sq in Tv 25” diag (4:3) = 20in x 15in = 300 sq in https://www.mathway.com/Trigonometry http://screen-size.info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, CapitanClassic said: Closer to 8 times bigger than a 25” Tv 75” diag (16:9) = 65.4in x 36.8in = 2406 sq in Tv 25” diag (4:3) = 20in x 15in = 300 sq in https://www.mathway.com/Trigonometry http://screen-size.info So then a 43"-44" TV would have 900 sq in and be 3X the size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I remember that promotion and we scratched a few cards. Didn't win anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 McRib has been around a long time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Although I was a huge fan of both McDonalds and Atari in 1982...I unfortunately do not have one single memory of these outside of seeing them on ebay many many years later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Beans Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I scratched off quite a few of those tickets back when the contest was going. I had a Vic-20, but I really wanted an Atari 400 or 800. My grandmother would find chores for me every day, and I'd get to go buy a burger, fries and drink (I don't think they had meals at the time), and of course get a ticket...sometimes two if my cousin was working. I got a C-64 instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 3:10 PM, Tidus79001 said: Wow, this is cool! I never knew of this Star Raiders themed McDonald's game before. Did anyone here ever get these at game cards McDonald's back in 1982? I hope some lucky kid got the Atari computer that was the grand prize for this game. Were the other Atari titles that McDonald did a game for? As stated above there were 4 video game cards (Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, and Star Raiders). I was lucky enough to get a stack of Asteroids cards from my aunt and uncle that went to McD's on the last day of the contest and they gave them to me. I scratched all of them hoping to win, but didn't. So I have them in my collection today!....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 2:07 PM, zzip said: For the prizes, I'm wondering what they considered a "Giant Screen TV" in 1982? The back says it's a "General Electric Widescreen 4000", I can't find any information on that model, but I see info for a GE Widescreen 1000, which they claim is 3x larger than a 25" TV (does that mean 75" or would that be 9x larger?) A 75" CRT would have to weigh a literal ton lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowsson Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Do we know if anyone ended up winning the grand prize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 4:19 PM, mbd39 said: A 75" CRT would have to weigh a literal ton lol. True, even a 25" CR was a PITA to move around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I’ve managed to pick up all 4 unscratched as well as an original tray liner from the contest. My plan is to frame it all up into a nice piece. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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