MaximumRD Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Just spotted on youtube and thought it was really cool - Uploaded on Jul 30, 2007 A two minute advertisement for Atari 2600 video games (Yars' Revenge, Asteroids, and Star Raiders) that was supposedly shown in movie theaters circa 1982. It features impressive 3D graphics and special effects. http://youtu.be/whF8Il0DCUE I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Awesome Rob! I have a recent article over at the Retroist about this! Intellivision and Atari both had commercials at the movies in those days. It was really the dawn of the console wars. You can find the article here at the Retroist: http://www.retroist.com/2015/03/21/how-atari-intellivision-commercials-fought-the-first-console-wars-at-the-movies/ And this is the Intellivision commercial: http://youtu.be/8KvlBGmyyb0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Uploaded on Jul 30, 2007 A two minute advertisement for Atari 2600 video games (Yars' Revenge, Asteroids, and Star Raiders) that was supposedly shown in movie theaters circa 1982. It features impressive 3D graphics and special effects. I thought it was aired in the theaters before one of the Star Wars movies??? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted May 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 I thought it was aired in the theaters before one of the Star Wars movies??? Maybe it was for all I know, not my video, nor is the description, just thought it looked cool. UPDATE: After checking Justin's article it seems it was shown before Return of the Jedi. @arenafoot: You really need to take YouTube video descriptions with a grain of salt Anyway, two really cool commercials from those days, I don't recall seeing them initially in theaters, that would have been damn cool. I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I thought it was aired in the theaters before one of the Star Wars movies??? That's old news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 These are awesome. "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Question: What is the DigDug commercial I saw mention of? "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Adventure Square Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Question: What is the DigDug commercial I saw mention of? I believe this is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt6Y5scFC74 During my local fantastic movie fest there were running ads from the game company which was co-sponsoring it. Was fun to see VG on the big-big-big screen, although I woulda been thrilled at the site of low-bit retro gaming in such a way, instead of today's neo-realistic movie simile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Dig Dug is one of those games that has a premise so out there, but is still a blast to play. "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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