Disturbing Centipede Commercial

[pocketmego]

Here is a creepy ass centipede commercial I found...

 

 

 

I'm not sure it makes the game seem all that appealing and any kid watching this at the time, probably wouldn't have been too compfortable with it.

 

-Ray

[ATARIPITBULL]

That is one of the better commercials Atari ever came out with.

 

[+Omegamatrix]

That is one of the better commercials Atari ever came out with.

 

I agree. I laughed my ass off when I watched it.

[2600lover]

I thougth it was kind of stupid! But like Chef Ramsey from Hells Kitchen said, "If they scare you, your not going to forget". Maybe thats why Atari did that commercial, trying to scare the kids a little so they wouldnt forget the title of the new game Atari put out!

Edited August 25, 2006 by 2600lover

[JacobZu7zu7]

I thougth it was kind of stupid! But like Chef Ramsey from Hells Kitchen said, "If they scare you, your not going to forget". Maybe thats why Atari did that commercial, trying to scare the kids a little so they wouldnt forget the title of the new game Atari put out!

 

Interesting, that quote is, Yes Chef !

YouTube has a whole truckload of atari commericals.

Centipede is the usual "80s go through the TV supernatural...happening"

Seen many things like that before hehe. Just not in real life

[Gregory DG]

If that's the Centipede commercial I'm thinking about... It makes me ill to watch it! That thing is just nasty ugly!

[jbanes]

At least the commerical's Centipede World War premise is a sight better than the actual "plot" behind the game. I mean, would you rather have a commerical with Fairy Gnomes waving their "magic wands" to turn the garden invaders (the Centipede segments) into mushrooms?

 

[gamme]

Just fantastic. The whispering of "Centipede" in the background gives it that much more too.

[Atariboy2600]

Here is a creepy ass centipede commercial I found...

 

 

 

I'm not sure it makes the game seem all that appealing and any kid watching this at the time, probably wouldn't have been too compfortable with it.

 

-Ray

 

Nope this is even more disturbing -

[jboypacman]

Dude.The lady in that commercial was sleeping with a giant Centipede!lol.That was one the better commercials i had seen from Atari.Ranks up there with the Pole Position one.

[+kisrael]

Weird, that music sounds so much like "Phantom of the Opera"...which came first?

[Foxsolo2000]

Man that Centipede Advert was frickin awesome, it made me want to go out and buy the game. Why oh why cant they do something like that for ALL adverts and make them interesting?

[pocketmego]

Here is a creepy ass centipede commercial I found...

 

 

 

I'm not sure it makes the game seem all that appealing and any kid watching this at the time, probably wouldn't have been too compfortable with it.

 

-Ray

 

Nope this is even more disturbing -

 

I want whatever the producer of this commerical was on.

 

-Ray

[2600lover]

I like that Give Me Everything commercial, move over to the left and then scroll down in the little window and click on it!

[NovaXpress]

The Centipede ad is brilliant. Fun and a great sales message.

[pocketmego]

The Centipede ad is brilliant. Fun and a great sales message.

 

Buy our game and impress your friends by turning into a hideous mutant.

 

also available on the 5200.

 

-Ray

[Feralstorm]

I don't remember any commercials as freaky as the Centipede and Joust ads. My child-brain of the 80s must've suppressed them to avoid mental trauma.

[Dusk2600]

1 of the best commercials i have seen to date

[jaybird3rd]

Well, I never thought I'd say it, but my opinion of Atari marketing has actually improved somewhat after seeing this (and that freaky Joust ad, too). Brilliant!

 

We really need more commercials like this today, or at least more of whatever hallucinogenic drugs inspired them.

[pocketmego]

Well, I never thought I'd say it, but my opinion of Atari marketing has actually improved somewhat after seeing this (and that freaky Joust ad, too). Brilliant!

 

We really need more commercials like this today, or at least more of whatever hallucinogenic drugs inspired them.

 

I'm pretty sure the Joust ad was like that Big Budget Computer animated "What Wil We Thinkof Next" ad. Meaning it aired on movie screens before it ever aired (if it ever aired) on TV. It's a bit to long to have been a regular commercial. Unless it aired durring the Superbowl or something.

 

-Ray

[+doctorclu]

Just saw the Pole Position Commercial...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om84Zc4-KcQ...ted&search=

 

 

Holy cow man, that was funny!

[keilbaca]

Just saw the Pole Position Commercial...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om84Zc4-KcQ...ted&search=

 

 

Holy cow man, that was funny!

 

That has to be a theatre commercial, that's too long to be a regular commercial.

 

Still great nonetheless.

[godzillajoe]

As someone who has actual centipedes in their apartment, that commercial gave me the heebies and the jeebies.

 

Aren't they wonderful?

 

[elviticus]

That's great! I don't remember that one - it does make me want to play Centipede though.

 

I remember the radio spot when Centipede came out.... "Centipede is from Atari, and it's the one to get!!"

 

I went and got it.

[pocketmego]

At least the commerical's Centipede World War premise is a sight better than the actual "plot" behind the game. I mean, would you rather have a commerical with Fairy Gnomes waving their "magic wands" to turn the garden invaders (the Centipede segments) into mushrooms?

 

 

I tend to ignore that comic that came with the game. I don't buy into the idea behind it because of the arcade game. In the arcade version it's clearly some kind of vehicle or cannon you are piloting. I don't think Ed Logg was all about Fairey Gnomes and te like...

 

 

-Ray