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Atari - "Test Facility" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2020

Here's a commercial from Atari, depicting a test facility for games from the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System).

Features Kareem Abdul-Jabaar going up against Atari's basketball game, race car legend Mario Andretti testing their Night Driver game, and soccer great Pele testing their Pele's Championship Soccer game - and the games beating them all.

Voiceover by Danny Dark?

"We take our games seriously so you have more fun."

WGN Radio 720 - "Bob Collins' Low Budget" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1240

Here's a commercial for WGN Radio 720 AM in which their afternoon drive personality, Bob Collins, complains about the threadbare props he's being forced to use for this commercial (with an RCA 77DX microphone thrown in for good measure), while bemoaning how the station's other personalities (such as Wally Phillips, Roy Leonard and Bill Berg) get better setups for theirs. (Collins moved into the 2pm-6pm slot in June 1981.) Features the animated "We've Got Chicago Talking" at the end.
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Activision - River Raid (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2135

Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "River Raid" for the Atari 2600 with a WarGames vibe. River Raid designed by Carol Shaw.

Available at:

Digital Den
Schaak Electronics
Service Merchandise

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, January 15th 1983.

Activision - Spider Fighter (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1342

Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "Spider Fighter" for the Atari 2600. Game designed by Larry Miller.

Voiceover by William Woodson.

Available at:

Osco Drugs
Center Video
Minnesota Fats

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 14th 1983.

Vectrex (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2789

Here's a commercial for the short-lived gaming system - Vectrex, featuring all vector graphics and color overlays you put over the screen. Also notable for being portable, in that it came with it's own specialized display unit, and for a controller that slightly resembled the later Nintendo Entertainment System controller.

"(C) 1983 by Milton Bradley Company"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 21st 1983.

Michael Bakalis - Democrat For Governor (Political Ad #2, 1978)

Views: 1285

Here's another political ad for Michael J. Bakalis - Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois against the re-election of "Big Jim" Thompson.

Where are they now: Mike Bakalis currently teaches on the faculty of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Paid for by Citizens for Bakalis.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 5th 1978.

Apollo Games - Space Cavern (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1187

Here's a rare commercial for a cheezy Atari 2600 game called Space Cavern by Apollo Games.

"For Atari and Sears Video Systems"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 2nd 1982.

Bubblicious Gum - "Video Game" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1919

Here's an animated commercial for Bubblicious bubble gum featuring a video game theme.

"The Ultimate Bubble has the Ultimate Flavors."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 31st 1982.

Parker Brothers - Reactor (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1466

Here's a commercial for the Parker Brothers video game "Reactor" for the Atari 2600 VCS.

"Parker Brothers - The Ones To Beat"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 15th 1983. (The Ides of March!)