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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. Cinematech on G4 by muel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In similar fashion, a new episode of Cinematech on G4TechTV (the "watch other people play games with bad techno music in the background" show) focused on old game commercials from the 2600/Intellivision days. their source was a terrible VHS but it was still amusing to watch.

    http://www.g4techtv.com/cinematech/episodes/3838 /T he_Power_of_Advertising.html - check this link for rerun dates.

  2. For those who remember... by pb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    (crowd chanting)

    Mario! Mario! Mario!

    (zoom out)

    Mario! Mario! Mario!

    (Mario!)

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  3. Karma whoring by tweder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's ugly, but it works. :)

    #!/bin/sh
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ 1stnescommercial_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ adventureisland2japan_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ adventureislandjapan_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ aladdin_genesis.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ backtothefuture_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ bayoubilly_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ caveman_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ donkeykong_gameboy.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ drmario_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ froggerstarwars_atari.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ kirby_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ macdonalds_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ marioandluigi_gba.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ metroid2_gameboy.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ metroidradracer_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ nintendodeluxe_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ northandsouth_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ pitfall_atari.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ punchout_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ sega_terradrive.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ sonic2_genesis.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ squirrel_gamegear.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ starsoldier_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ supermarioland2_gameboy.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ supermetroidjapanese_snes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ tetris_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ tomcatalley_segacd.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ warioblast_gameboy.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ yoshi_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ yoshiisland_gba.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ zelda2_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ adventureisland2_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ adventureisland3japan_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ adventureislandjapanalt_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ atari_atarilynx.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ bartsimpson_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ bonkjapan_pcengine.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ crystalis_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ doubledragon2_nes.wmv"
    wget "http://bezoar.org/downloads/videogamecommercials/ ff6japanes_snes.wmv"
    wg

  4. Re:ugh. by joeljkp · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I convert things to open formats on my website. I'll try to get to these tonight. Expect Theora/Vorbis.

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