Comments on: 20 Awesome Vintage Video Game Ads

By: tth

tth — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:49:15 +0000

And where is Maria ?

http://spong.com/pack/b/a/barbariani277622.jpg

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:47:32 +0000

What mario brothers on atari? that is crazy never heard of that. Too bad it looks just like a redone donkey kong though.

By: Bob Bobson

Bob Bobson — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:48:15 +0000

Oh, so *that’s* what the objects in Megamania are supposed to be: tires, dice, etc. o.O I always wondered what they were. (It’s still one of my favorite Atari games!)

You’ve got to love the violence as advertised in the Texas Chainsaw ad, yikes! scary: http://www.atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_TexasChainsawMassacre_4.png

@hard-to-read, it is indeed Sears and ghosts, but the third blank is “four mazes”, so no, it doesn’t start with an ‘f’.

Here’s another, much sexier, ad for Ms. Pac-Man: http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ms-pac-man.jpg

@marc, which ad were the fighter and flying saucer from?

By: Dian regizter

Dian regizter — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:00:02 +0000

Seriously, links to high res versions please! I want to know which player is eating twice as much!!

By: J-Dub

J-Dub — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:35:51 +0000

Holy Cripes I remember the Mario Brothers ad and the Montezuma’s Revenge ad. Talk about nostalgia.

By: marc

marc — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:27:10 +0000

I had collected all the Atari ads and kept them in a folder. I LOVED quizzing myself on the different games. That ad campaign came out when Atari was trying to update its image. They changed the boxes from different colors to a uniform silver, the artwork was less like a montage and represented the elements of the game.

To answer each question, eat the apple, shoot the diving gold Galaxian, stab the ‘gator with the open mouth, punch the falling apple and ALWAYS shoot the fighter before the flying saucer.

By: Eagle0600

Eagle0600 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:31:44 +0000

Actually, I could certainly be considered part of the newer gaming generation, but I have played at least two of those.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:26:07 +0000

Maybe it’s melons?

By: MS PAC-MAN. Its hard to read...but heres what i got!

MS PAC-MAN. Its hard to read...but heres what i got! — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:30:47 +0000

the first blank might be…Sears?

four gh___ = as we all knew, but i didnt want to jump to conclusions: four GHOSTS.
i can see it now

and upon further inspection, i dont know if the next blank after ghosts even starts with a f…im totally lost on that one!

By: MS PAC-MAN. Its hard to read...but heres what i got!

MS PAC-MAN. Its hard to read...but heres what i got! — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:20:42 +0000

Ms Pacman
“meet the new home version of MS. PAC-MAN. She looks and plays so much like the arcade, she’s unlike any home video game you’ve ever played before. And she’s only from Atari for use with the ATARI 2600, and the S___ Video Arvade systems.

You get four gho___. Four f__. Escape tunnels. And lots of floating munchims. Pears to pretzels, apples to oranges. To get the top bananna, worth 5000 points, you have to know ::next page:: your little lady backward and forward. The way the player on the left does. He gets 1000 point for the apple. While the player on the right gets only half as much for the orange. But plenty of indigestion.
So escort MS. PAC-MAN out of the arcade.
Because this woman’s place is in the house.”

Yes, you read the last part correctly. hilarity!