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This arrived over the weekend...

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

You know, Atari (the current Atari) still have a chance to do this!  They need to choose a mascot and run with it! 

Fascinating.

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

It's always cool looking at these old ads!

It's always cool looking at these old ads!

Fascinating.

It's always cool looking at these old ads!

This arrived over the weekend...

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

Just watched this video.  It asks an interesting question.  For me, Bentley Bear would have been a great mascot for the company...
 

You know, Atari (the current Atari) still have a chance to do this!  They need to choose a mascot and run with it! 

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

Fascinating.

One thing I loved about classic video is all the great advertising, you know wacky and weird stuff by Sega to hard edge "Exteeeeeme" type of advertising you got from Turbo graphics and Neo Geo and even the family-friendly Nintendo stuff or all the advertising Atari 2600 that helped you visualize all the fantastic adventures, characters and scenario's that maybe didn't translate completely with the stick figured pixels in the games, but we still loved them all. They were a work of art in themselves and you just don't see as much of that in modern-day coverage of Video games with most being on STEAM or DLC on consoles. But they always fired up my imagination or made me laugh but either way they enticed me and made me think of the possibilities seeing those print ads in Video games Magazines like Electronic gaming or even ads in my favourite comic books. Let's use this thread to share the memories of video games and Computer tech that grabbed our attention from the 70's through to the 2000's. I'll kick off with a few examples. PLEASE NO PARODY OF FAKE ADS, keep it real with Ads that actually appeared in publications (Magazines /Comics / Newspapers etc) 




 
 
 
 

Definitely Bentley Bear.  He has all of the right qualifications.
1: He is an original character created by Atari themselves.
2: He has been in multiple games across multiple platforms.
3: He is cute and cuddly (in a pixelated sort of way).
I think it's very clear that Bentley Bear should be the Atari mascot.

Not part of canon.  Just for the fun of it.  Here is the first episode...
 

You know, Atari (the current Atari) still have a chance to do this!  They need to choose a mascot and run with it! 

Yep, that makes sense.  Then Atari missed on the opportunity to really make the Pac their mascot.  One of many missed opportunities.

Wow, people actually think Pac-Man was Atari's mascot?  Interesting considering the arcade game was not theirs.  It would have been interesting had Atari gotten al rights and made it their mascot.  Bentley Bear could have used in more games.  Cyrstal Quest is a homebrew title that shows that more could have been done with the character.  He does show up in Atari Karts too but can you imagine if he had been used to theme pinball games, puzzle games, and other types of games? 

Just watched this video.  It asks an interesting question.  For me, Bentley Bear would have been a great mascot for the company...