Atari Commercial - The Fly (1982)

The thin line between the past and the future in a 2 minute commercial form Atari. Comercial made by Robert Abel and Associates, pioneers of motion graphics.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

One of, if not *the* coolest, Atari commercials.

[@Naminski1a]

This Atari theatrical commercial was only in movie theaters right in front of movie trailers before Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi in 1983.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

1:20 Star Trek sound effect.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I thought this was an advert for a computer game I had never heard of called 'The Fly'.

[@okaru353]

0:57

[@kascnef]

This trailer at the movies included a title tease for ET, which went on to become the worst video game of all time and caused the video game crash of 1983, which is quite the opposite of now with the pandemic causing increased sales in games and activity with ps5 and xbox series x and s.

[@PiroKUSS]

How was ET the worst game of all time? It didn't even cause the crash, it sold well, albeit not as expected.

[@roomika4753]

My mom saw this before ROTJ. I wonder what's better: this or the Star Wars ad with the screaming guy?

[@subseeker]

Hahaha, ridicilous visions! No wonder it didn't work so well :-D

[@ArcadeGames]

Tie Fighters...square ones.

[@srcoolguy]

and so a culture of bad video games started... and is still well alive today