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Vintage Videogame Commercials

Posted by Zonk on from the old-skool dept.

Ant writes "Bezoar has a collection of old video game commercials ranging from Atari 2600 to SNES. These WMV files (1-2 MB each) can be downloaded for nostalgia flashbacks or if you are curious (you young kids!)."

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  1. Yet more crappy lo-res WMV video by LocalH · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why don't these sites archive this video at 720x480? Sure, it may be old VHS captures, but still, when you resize to half-resolution, you lose HALF of the available resolution immediately?

    This type stuff should be archived in standard MPEG-2 format, and offered in lower resolutions for streaming purposes only.

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    1. Re:Yet more crappy lo-res WMV video by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 3, Insightful
      These guys aren't exactly archivists, and seeing as their site just got dropped on Slashdot, well, can you blame them for cutting out 75% of the frame?

      This site is there for the authors' amusement, not to preserve the history of the human race. Give 'em a break.

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  2. Saves money by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "The Crystalis one shows a guy running around in a really bad warrior costume"

    It keeps the budget very low. You don't need to hire any actors or stage anything. Just sneak a camcorder into any typical sci fi con.

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