El Destructo Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Finally got around to posting some relatively high-quality footage of vintage Atari commercials: Atari 2600 - "Only Atari Makes The World's Most Popular Home Videogames" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJe4tTMZOE Atari 2600 - Yar's Revenge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQHA7ygOKbw Atari 400 - Conversational French / Missile Command http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYUVDD6upc Atari 800 - Stock Analysis / Space Invaders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRo7C4zGk4 Atari 400 - States and Capitals / Basketball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pyNC07_pnA Atari "Prism" ad - Discover Atari http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2zrEw-wJa8 Source is a VHS recording of an over-the-air broadcast. These ads were shown during "Computers Are People Too," a TV special that aired in 1982. You die-hard Atari fans may remember seeing these on the BRiTiSH Atari 8-bit site (Remember that one?) where I originally posted them as blocky QuickTime movies in 1995 or so. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Very nice. Thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanhq Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) Totally rad commercials Thanks for sharing. I love seeing these old TV commercials. I remember seeing them as a kid. Edited November 10, 2009 by seanhq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Funny.......I wish they were still making them like that....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks for the higher quality videos. People better grab these commercials before they get yanked by YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the higher quality videos. People better grab these commercials before they get yanked by YouTube. Yeah, get 'em while they're hot. Here's my YouTube channel for anyone who wants to subscribe, comment, or see the videos in full 640x480 glory. I plan to post installments of the full "Computers Are People Too" TV special, eventually. It's too cheese-tastic not to share. Edited November 10, 2009 by El Destructo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Nice to be able to watch these in top quality! Thanks a ton! Funny.......I wish they were still making them like that....... You know, considering the skills all of us seem to have, there seems to me no reason why we could not as a fun project create top-quality commercials for homebrews or for our favourite classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks for sharing. I'll compare these with the ones already in our database: http://www.atarimania.com/list_videos_atari___2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_envy Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Wow, I remember a couple of those commercials..... Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I had a really crappy day, and these really gave me a much needed smile Thank you very much for sharing these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Source is a VHS recording of an over-the-air broadcast.Wow, my VHS recordings from 10 years ago don't look nearly as clean! Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? I second that! I'd love to burn a DVD of an 80s show and dub these in as commercials where the breaks happen. I'd suggest mediafire.com since it is free and people don't need accounts to download lots of data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjak Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 You know, considering the skills all of us seem to have, there seems to me no reason why we could not as a fun project create top-quality commercials for homebrews or for our favourite classics. Dang; Great minds think alike! Not long ago, I had an idea for a commercial for Seawolf! That would indeed be a fun project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjak Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Sorry about the double post, but I just realized: AtariAge should have a commercial archive! That way, these classic pieces of advertising will not be lost and forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Sorry about the double post, but I just realized: AtariAge should have a commercial archive! That way, these classic pieces of advertising will not be lost and forgotten. Already done: http://www.atarimania.com/list_videos_atari-2600-vcs-___2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) HAHAHAHAHAHAH! That prism ad features a wonderful, wonderful narrator known as Robert Stack! HUZZAH FOR ROBERT STACK! Edited November 22, 2009 by CebusCapucinis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiki Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Any time I see those 2600 Pac-Man games I have to think about it. WHY on Earth the sprites have to flicker so horrible.... It's not only Pac-man, the same applies to Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man... probably all 3 running on similar kernel. I mean when there can be games like Alien and many Activion games that have no flicker; why this shit... Nobody forces the programmers to use HW sprites.. this is so cheap to alter the sprites.. and it sucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 HAHAHAHAHAHAH! That prism ad features a wonderful, wonderful narrator known as Robert Stack! HUZZAH FOR ROBERT STACK! Who are you making fun of? I don't see where somebody said that Jack Palance was Robert Stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) HAHAHAHAHAHAH! That prism ad features a wonderful, wonderful narrator known as Robert Stack! HUZZAH FOR ROBERT STACK! Who are you making fun of? I don't see where somebody said that Jack Palance was Robert Stack. DAMNIT! You're right.....they sound similar! So sue me! Maybe I was just subconsciously hoping for Robert Stack. He's much cooler. Edited November 23, 2009 by CebusCapucinis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? bump ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? Original material? None. Uncompressed DV files are just too large. DVD-suitable MPEG2 files, on the other hand... Edited December 4, 2009 by El Destructo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 any chance that the original material gets uploaded on rapidshare? Original material? None. Uncompressed DV files are just too large. DVD-suitable MPEG2 files, on the other hand... H264 compression is fine too ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey911 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I second that! I'd love to burn a DVD of an 80s show and dub these in as commercials where the breaks happen. I'd suggest mediafire.com since it is free and people don't need accounts to download lots of data. It's funny because people always remove commercials from shows.... I LOVE all the 80's commercials and really wish people didn't remove them from the old shows.. Saturday morning was the best with all the cartoons and commercials.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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