Vintage Video Game and Console Commercials

[@Nightweaver1]

That time when two giant pixels on screen under a plastic mylar sheet was literally the most exciting thing you'd ever seen on your TV.

[@aVeryBmovie]

LMAO!

[@aunteggmaniac]

True... because all of these commercials were aired during the 80s or 90s. I mean... Nintendo were making handhelds and consoles during this time and they were best sellers past all the others.. Like the Gameboy, SNES, NES, Game and Watch, and the Virtual Boy... In which was Nintendo's Worst Seller.

[@Nightweaver1]

@@aunteggmaniac Pretty sure a lot of these pre-date Nintendo... this is stuff from the 1970s and early 1980s, like the Odyssey, Intellivision, Atari and Vectrex. Only really old guys like me remember those coming out.

[@MadameSomnambule]

@@Nightweaver1 Technically they don't predate Nintendo as that company formed in the 1880s as a playing card company. Nintendo also made home video games in the 70s with the Color TV Games pong consoles but those were Japanese only. Though I guess you could say more accurately that these predated Nintendo's global presence in gaming.

[@cauldron938]

Well, you can have Fun watching a tv Channel though...

[@redline1916]

The Magnavox Odyssey sure had some good flute tunes to it, lol.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

That was a recorder

[@dub2536]

This is such a great flashback video for me. In particular the "Under 50 buck's, 50 bucks?! It's the 2600 from Atari" that song has never left my head since my early teens in the 1980's. I held on to my fifty $ plus another 40 bucks to get my NES by late 1987 instead. Great video flashback. Thank you.

[@SacVideo]

Right there with you. I took my 8th grade graduation money and bought that Atari!

[@SacVideo]

Quite possibly the worst rap song ever written!

[@Amberleen_the_Light_Eevee]

"Odyssey: the electronic game of the future."

[@MayoAnimations]

Nearly 50 years later: Are you sure about that?

[@YourLocalGunEnthusiast.44]

Nearly 50 years later and we don't use overlays. Huh...

[@Lekingogames]

Nearly 50 years later: “oh a ps5 who knows it could have more games or Maybe it has color!”

[@aunteggmaniac]

The commercial was years ago, stop comparing it to now.

[@Nightweaver1]

@@Lekingogames I'm willing to bet you could find an Odyssey today easier than you could find a PS5, though.

[@seanmyster6]

"ColecoVision: The only system you'll ever need!" That tagline is absolutely hilarious in hindsight.

[@luisreyes1963]

I came close to getting one for Christmas back in '86, but wound up getting an Atari 2600.

[@KarlMartell732]

Pong: "you´re watching the most exciting game you´ll ever see on your tv set" 🤣🤣🤣

[@prokitkat9256]

its true back then...

[@Shinobi33]

Hey the mini arcade Donkey Kong was ahead of its time.

[@jnnx]

No, it was very much of its time.

[@lookabomba32]

I still have my vectrex in working order...I just played it yesterday and my kids were telling me how old I was...told em to stfu and "get out of my room I'm playing solar quest"

[@frostyhighway9011]

Yeah really that's what I would have said too.

[@fernandosalas8589]

lookabomba32 if it wasn't for us 80s generation there wouldn't be modern games.

[@lausonic11]

lookabomba32 Is still a good system to play casually??

[@BrokeNerfing]

You can buy a multi cartridge that has like 20 games on it. They arent official but at least you can get all the games.

[@pauljohn6546]

lookabomba32 , you are an abusive dad. Have you taken any counseling or anger management classes?..

[@digitaldobbie]

If it was not for these pioneering consoles you would not have the games systems today!

[@vexb637]

Man we sure have come a loooong way in video gaming.

[@luisreyes1963]

I highly doubt you could play Dark Souls or HALO on a Magnavox Odyssey. 😆

[@nateh145]

@@luisreyes1963 you couldn't even play atari 2600 games on the magnavox odyssey

[@Mito383]

In a single lifetime we’ve gone from needing to put an overlay on your tv and moving a light dot around the screen to games like Ghost of Tsushima and and Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@aVeryBmovie]

"The most exciting game you'll ever see on your TV set!" Dying laughing!!!

[@canalplaybox]

I remember the Polivox, one game black and white but amazing in 1983

[@tomarnold7284]

I had a great laugh reading all the brand names they thought up!

[@ZimVader-0017]

I'm thinking, if they got so excited with those consoles, imagine what would happen if someone somehow traveled back in time and showed them the PS4, the Wii, or the Xbox, they would go absolutely insane XD

[@sanicyouth6540]

+Genesis Calderón (ZimVader0017) Well that is till they find out about the horrors of DLC, micro transactions, and OH MY GOD PLAYSTATION NETWORK IS DOWN!!! lol. However they might find the controllers more comfortable though. Not to mention ports of arcade games being exactly like their arcade counterparts. Zaxxon on the PS3 or Pole Position on the PS2. Show them good PS3 titles like Motorstorm, Dead Rising 2, Burnout Paradise, Fallout New Vegas, Dark Souls, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Minecraft, and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (1980's people accustomed to the Atari 2600, Celecovision, and Intellivision would be blown away by Sega Genesis games).

[@max-dy3vs]

0:36: That looks *much older than it is.

[@AllGamingStarred]

pole position: the fridge horror comes in when you realize, they all died.

[@eriksojka8358]

That was great ! Going down memory lane. Had almost all of those systems

[@brandonowen3777]

Just wait until your grand kids watch commercials for the Xbox one, PS4, even more amusing!

[@ChescoYT]

LMAO @ "He's a corporate executive, he stops exciting things from happening!" Some things never change...

[@Tanloclifestyle]

😂

[@TheSultan1470]

Yeah yeah sure

[@lynchie137]

Love that Pole Position commercial.

[@onemorebonktonight]

I just saw it. That was an experience I never want to forget.

[@TableTennisBuca]

It'll bust your crank!

[@DrWho2008t101]

now this is really vintage, even the video seemed vintage.thanks for the video.

[@aliceponder]

i used to have a vectrex as a kid, i looked it up on ebay to get one, is sure wish i hadnt sold mine now!

[@GameplaysBrChrono]

"Magnavox Odyssey" The grandfather of the videogames

[@McLovin_2007]

"The most exciting thing you'll ever see on TV" - Coleco Telstar

[@elchippe]

Is like seeing cave paintings made in the prehistoric age and the commercial at the end is like entering the bronze age.

[@pizzaparker133]

"only Atari can make the most popular video games" Nintendo: let me introduce myself

[@James-lp5]

I didn't have any of those systems in the 80's, I had the mighty Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2, oh the fun I had with that thing!

[@SacVideo]

Yeah, my buddy had the Trash-80. We used to program space invaders type games on in until Nofriendo came out.

[@RonaldoGazel]

Pole Position´s commercial is the most complex of them.

[@turnsoffpain]

My first console was the Odyssey 2... Sadly I was born in '89 hahaha! I felt like the most badass in the world when I got mine, than realized with tragedy at the Super NES and other consoles my friends owned... I learned alot with that experience, first and foremost that not everything purchased at an antique auction and called vintage meant (technology wise) you got your money worth *sigh*. For some reason that was the first attempt at a easter with a present, it didn't become a tradition. =)

[@MadameSomnambule]

My first console was the Super Nintendo but I used to play on my grandma's Atari 2600 a lot whenever I went to her house as a kid. Shortly after, I was introduced to the arcade originals half the games were based on and could play them on the pc!

[@PippinBeutlin]

you can all say the vectrex was very advanced for the time it came out

[@aliceponder]

i had one, it was very cool for the time.

[@BigAL68xyz]

4:44 same background music as the Intellivision game Snafu. I always liked the music from that game.

[@thejohns-lv6ub]

Excellent comercials

[@pouyopouyo9817]

"With revolutionary ROB the robot batteries *not included"*

[@jaflischannel]

You culd have added the fairchild channel f on that list. It was the first in the second generation and also the first to use cartriges, it competed with the arari 2600 but ultimatly lost. Fairchild channel f ''tHe oNe wItH AlL tHe fUn''

[@ldchappell1]

I didn't need video game consoles in the 80s. I was an arcade manager. I used to invite my friends to the store after closing time and let them play whatever they wanted for free. Our store was pretty big. We had about 75 pinball machines and 100 video games. Our most successful games were Asteroids, Galaxian, Pac Man and Missle Command. Our least successful game was 3D Tank. It was too complicated for the average kid. My favorite was Missle Command. Back in 2003 I downloaded the original arcade Missle Command rom to play on my computer. I was all excited. I had MAME which was an arcade emulator. I turned it on and indicated "Missle Command." and I forgot something. Can you guess? As soon I turned it on I got the message: "Insert Quarter." 😆

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

Running an arcade with all the best games, that you could play endlessly for free once you're off-the-clock, would probably be the dream job of many children in the 80s.

[@xGeneralRex]

Wait, Don Knotts was in a video game commercial?

[@thebuckfan1441]

Magnox Odyssey! Soccer that looks like Pong. Tennis that looks like Pong. Football that looks like Pong.

[@jamesborlan2850]

Interesting collection of commercials from odyssey to Nintendo

[@LSweet2007]

Atari had a rap commercial? LOL! And under $50.00? The NES rules!

[@circedge]

oh atari... you were the chosen one

[@BrokeNerfing]

If the Telstar was the most exciting game I would ever see on my TV set then the world would be a sad place.

[@MrTree1779]

1:20 - Telstar announcer: "Oops, a goal!" So, that's NOT the point of the game...?

[@SuperBoomshack]

He had money on the game

[@GizmoRob176]

Hit it in his own goal. oops.

[@Ithinkiwill66]

My God...Activision has been going on for like ..forever!

[@Fox8ball.]

4:23 laser sharp video effects 😂😂😂 is like nowadays they still bs to get you to buy

[@mariocesarbaldessarmoro5418]

This reminds me of the commercial for the "degenatron" console in GTA Vice City.

[@Andres5045]

technology and marketing rising and evolving

[@vicious-pi3rd]

That was some deal with that last Nintendo infomercial wow it came with all that.

[@bkm250]

It's 2018 and I'm still wondering if Doreen ever came back home...lol!

[@SuperBoomshack]

She did, but she's 400 pounds and has 9 kids

[@johnpeterson3384]

@@SuperBoomshack Nice one

[@unlazinessboyo]

I want that table top Arcade

[@alanadame1653]

A classic memories

[@DrWho2008t101]

pong was my first system.

[@TechHowden]

Which brand?

[@Dumezil357]

nice up load man thanks. Saw someones on there I have never seen.

[@ikagura]

Now we can say PS2 commercials as vintage

[@GreyGooTheory]

Handball - A game you play yourself.

[@Shylohim]

2:40 Amadeus amadeus! Rock rock me amadeus!

[@SacVideo]

White nerd rap!

[@nepoleon92]

“He’s listed in the yellow pages” Oof, who’s gonna tell him?

[@darleneshuler2388]

My first concle game boy advance

[@Larsbl923]

Thank you for this video.

[@beyondobscure]

I don't think I've ever cringed harder than when the "Atari Rap" played.

[@KonElKent]

I've read that the original Odyssey's sales were somewhat hampered by the belief that it would only work with Magnavox TVs. Anyone from those days willing to confirm or refute that story?

[@efrainmunoz6138]

In the 90s I asked for a nintendo... My mom asked do I want a nintendo or Atari? Confused I said it did not matter, I want to play video games. Looking back I know getting my uncle's Atari saved my single mom alot of money and stress..but man I wish I'd gotten a Nintendo..lol

[@Fox8ball.]

The 7800 life like 😂😂😂

[@tommlinger3234]

Loool, wie geil ist das denn!

[@JohnLII]

Was the Telstar in fact the he most exciting game we would ever see on our TV set?

[@AcornElectron]

Never really saw the American versions of any computer adverts/commercials. Interesting to hear the hyperbole. UK adverts were definitely more ‘tech’ focused.

[@SacVideo]

Hyperbole sells.

[@lindaeasley5606]

Magnavox Odyssey and Coleco were basically the Pong game with different screens to play it with

[@AnAltWindows7User]

My childhood

[@flashygamingmc4486]

N O S T A L G I A

[@xaViox1422]

I'm honestly curious how these have been preserved over the years and on youtube.

[@SacVideo]

VCR

[@lothepro]

Pov the atari pong commercials audio : řţûį'ć:;ģķřţûį'ć:;ģķ_

[@beyondobscure]

People really got riled up over the simplest shit back then.

[@matthewlane518]

What's a cobra rattler? Think that's two different snakes there Atari

[@dennisneo8253]

I got that Donkey Kong handheld for Christmas 1984. Don't know what I did with it :(

[@Travsticles88]

haha i didnt think id ever say this but i think id rather play outside haha

[@cassiellightman]

wow! I'm from those times!

[@SacVideo]

The best sports video game of all time was TECMO SUPER BOWL for the Nintendo Entertainment System, 1991! I dare you to disagree.

[@SacVideo]

@@matthewklahn7523 very good also.

[@BrokeNerfing]

My favorite was Faxanadu. I did play Tecmo Super Bowl like crazy tho.

[@SacVideo]

@@BrokeNerfing thanks I'll have to check it out. It's a sports game?

[@SacVideo]

@koolkid15 Son, with 29 years of TSB experience I will absolutely WRECK you with my RAIDERS! Anytime, anyplace. What team will you try to go at me with?

[@Gwoblesto189]

50 dollars back then was like 399 dollars today

[@borrisg4972]

Didn't notice the year they were talking about, but $50 in 1978 is $212 in 2021

[@Kr0nicDragon]

That pole position was the most extreme thing I’ve ever seen, every advertisement made in the history of humanity sucks compared to it.

[@AllGamingStarred]

if CGR is to be believed, the children threw the controllers against the wall after the 7800 commercial stopped and demanded their money back.

[@tbb033]

Children only got a 7800 if they had parents too dumb to buy an NES.

[@AllGamingStarred]

ikr?

[@GoodBoyFun]

Cool!

[@antonioocanas491]

Would any body believe in the very begging de NES system didnt know Mario....

[@brandonowen3777]

Pole Position, Best ad!

[@darleneshuler2388]

Still have it playing pokemon ruby

[@TheSimsBrothers]

The description says Nintendo NES system, Nintendo nintendo entertainment system system?

[@MrTree1779]

Department of Redundancy Department tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment

[@tbb033]

Yeah you buy it after you take money outta the ATM machine.

[@SacVideo]

Yep, yes.i saved all my money in 6th grade to buy Atari 2600 with an Activision Laser Attack cartridge. I joined Activision Club in 1979 because I had the highest score in the country. I had to screenshot my score with my archaic Kodak 110 camera and mail it to them!

[@autobface]

Just skip to 6:30 and the best commercial ever made

[@HYPNOGLANCE87]

Dorene,its ok now the abusive husband is in his grave,lets play some atari.

[@Gigidag77]

OH NO YOU AIN'T!...

[@janfranciscastillo9323]

Ironic Telstar saying pong games is the most exciting game you'll ever play.

[@Droid5767]

make you think, what would happen if we showed them crysis 2?

[@man-yp1gb]

Can't believe back then I thought this was the apex of game technology.

[@thenewstuff3377]

We all did!!! I was there, too.

[@PippinBeutlin]

its funny how they pride the atari7800 and the system couldn't stand against nes

[@almaandres1058]

Now showing sa KBO!

[@claypf4795]

Am I the only person that could immediately recall all the lyrics to the Atairi 2600 rap song?

[@FYCY]

The Odyssey is such a sad system

[@robaxl3088]

This was high tech for the time lol

[@aunteggmaniac]

It sure was buddy... It sure was.

[@Shuckle846]

The telstar is just a better home pong

[@jdplaystuba]

Imagine people back from the 70s got games like today. They’ll shit their pants.

[@Nightweaver1]

Considering most people from that era are now elderly, they probably ARE shitting their pants.

[@SacVideo]

@@Nightweaver1 Correction, we're pissing our pants. You will too soon. Life.

[@theghostofcottonmather8621]

Electronic arts was once a normal video game company like Namco or Atari before the microtransactions started

[@TheSultan1470]

Stupid comment

[@193819441974]

A l'époque, nous n'étions pas dupes du fait que les consoles et ordinateurs offraient des graphismes assez limités par rapport à la réalité, mais on faisait avec. Si vous testez des jeux des années 80 sur des enfants sans à priori sur les jeux, ils trouveront autant de plaisir que sur des dernières consoles sorties. En effet, la jouabilité, le type de jeu et le concept sont largement plus importants que les graphismes. Quant au commentaire sur les acteurs morts avant d'avoir connu notre époque, les plus vieux auront connu le Commodore 64. Ils auront donc pu mourir en paix :D

[@jptang1701]

Thumbs down for speaking French. Don't you have a Mosque to attend?