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Classic Console TV Ads

Posted by chrisd on from the intellivision-sees-all dept.

superpenguin writes "Here is a site with some TV ads for classic computers/games systems like the Atari and Intellivision, as well as games for those systems. Find out whether Atari basketball or Intellivision basketball plays more like real basketball. Some real gems here. These ads are in Real Media format."

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  1. Time! by saveth · · Score: 3, Funny

    A lot of these ads and technologies came about before I was old enough to do anything about them, but I still remember a fair bit.

    I lived in England when the first Nintendo hit the market, and I begged and begged my parents to buy me one. They finally did, on my first birthday in the United States, in 1989.

    What's interesting about this, though, is that I didn't quite understand the concept of a console game system. I even asked my mother where the coin slot on the Nintendo was, as embarassing as that seems, now. I guess I was quite a confused child. :P

  2. Let me tell you... by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

    That Intellivision Poker and BlackJack dealer was one pompous prick-hole. Primitive virtual emotions --- he'd get pissed when he'd lose and his eyebrows would turn like \/. I believe that was one of the first interactive "people" in games that I had ever experienced.

  3. NES? Try Xeons... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 3, Funny
    Remember when dual Xeon 2.8Ghz chips came out? I was like "Wow this must be the coolest thing ever." Those were the good old days, my friend...

  4. Thinly disguised advertising by back_pages · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sure, I'll just develop some computer games, wait 20 years, and post to Slashdot about how "retro" or "cool" they suddenly are, and watch my sales go through the roof!

    I never considered Slashdot to be some pinnacle of jounalistic integrity, but come on, this is nothing more than a ploy to boost Atari's cartridge sales and edge out up-start Nintendo. That is so not rad, guys.

  5. Baseball by Graemee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Find out whether Atari basketball or Intellivision basketball plays more like real basketball....

    In which version do they go on strike?

  6. With Realplayer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...it's hard to tell the difference between the games and real life. Amazing!

  7. Re:Computers used to be exciting... by Angron · · Score: 3, Funny
    I miss the days of waiting for the Next Big Thing or the next Duke Nukem

    What's to miss? We're still waiting for the next Duke Nukem ; )

    -A