Atari Television Ad, 1981
Added 2021-06-06 19:34:58 +0000 UTCMore nostalgia for your weekend - again from my archives - from the glorious summer of 1981 - the classic ad for the Atari 2600 console. The whole family loves it! Even the dog! Enjoy...
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You know there's plenty of non violent and simple games made today right? I mean there's even a popular Pac Man game that just came out. Tetris gets remade yearly and sells a ton.
2021-06-09 23:30:36 +0000 UTCWhere can I buy such a fantastically advanced piece of technology? It's science fiction I tell you!
David Peaker
2021-06-07 08:18:14 +0000 UTCI had friends that had those Atari systems. I remember Space Invaders as a galaxy of fuzzy, blurry video images on some black and white tube-filled TV. But back then, it was simple and fun! I don't think you can even buy a new monochrome TV any longer even if you wanted one. We didn't need gory high-resolution color depictions of zombies, soldiers or whatever, being disemboweled in a realistic 3D settings. There was nothing personal about Pac Man, Space Invaders, or Tetris. You didn't think of the images as human or intelligent. Good eye-hand coordination was the challenge. There were no school shootings blamed on playing Asteroids. Now everything is so graphically violent and the images are depitions of people. I just don't remember longing to see that kind of stuff back in 1982. Ignorance is bliss, I guess...
Matt Wietlispach
2021-06-07 03:45:18 +0000 UTCfunny
Santa Sir Glenn Dr Heald
2021-06-07 00:59:58 +0000 UTCOh heck yeah, gamer dog
Great Joe
2021-06-07 00:14:57 +0000 UTC
