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Atari - Dig Dug (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2178

Here's a commercial for the video game Dig Dug by Atari. For the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 29th 1983.

Parker Brothers - Frogger (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2364

Here's an animated commercial for the Parker Brothers video game "Frogger" for the Atari 2600 VCS.

"Parker Brothers - The Ones To Beat"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 5th 1983.

Activision For Intellivision (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2312

Here's a commercial promoting the new Activision games for Intellivision - Stampede and Pitfall!

Features Kevin Seal - an early MTV VJ - as one of the clerks behind the counter.

"We Put You In The Game."

Available at:

Video Variety
Video Dynamics
Peaches Records

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 11th 1982.

The Star Wars Collection by Kenner (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2501

Here is a cool commercial for The Star Wars Collection by Kenner. Shows off a lot of the neat toys.

(small glitch at the beginning which is on the original tape recording)

This aired on local Chicago TV in October of 1978.

Activision - "Action Games" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2194

Here's a commercial for Activision highlighting three action games for the Atari 2600 - Skiing, Tennis, and Dragster.

Available at:

Video Concepts - All Stores
Osco Drugs - All Stores

"We put you in the game."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 1st 1982.

Epson HX-20 Notebook Computer (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3278

Here's another commercial which shows how far we've come in computers - for the Epson HX-20 notebook computer - the first "laptop".

If you ever want to print out a receipt for something, you're set.

Features actor Stephen Furst of "Animal House" fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 18th 1982.

Donkey Kong Jr. - "Help Save Papa!" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2246

Here's a commercial for Donkey Kong Jr. - the video game available on Colecovision and coming soon for Atari 2600 VCS and Intellivision.

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

Doorways to Horror by Pressman (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 901

Here's a commercial for the video cassette game Doorways to Horror by Pressman, with the Werewolf explaining how you can play at home with famous Hollywood film monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, etc.). Also features a small blurb for Doorways to Adventure at the end.

"It's the VCR game you can really sink your teeth into."

This aired on local Chicago TV Wednesday, December 10th 1986 during the 11:30pm to 12 midnight timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Joker's Wild (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 1811

Here's a quick bumper promo for The Joker's Wild on WFLD Channel 32 - weeknights at 7pm.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.