DracIsBack Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 As many of you know, the way Atari marketing the Atari 7800 bugged the hell out of me. You see the impact of their inept marketing today whenever people that aren't Atarians leave comments about the system. I was fiddling around with iMovie and made the type of commercial I thought Atari should have created for the 7800 back in the day - something that showed what it could do, that it wasn't just a "slightly improved 2600" and that there were some cool games. But alas, Atari gave up without even fighting that much. Please feel free to download it here! http://homepage.mac.com/markrathwell/7800C...Commercial.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Great work! Maybe you could create another version with voiceover too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 WOW!! Great commercial and everything fits perfectly Nintendo didnt have these commercials, not for the NES that is but yes you snooze you loose! thats the sad part but KUDOS on the great commercial!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 very nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 The ending cracked me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Mark, That was really good!!! Nicely done. Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Awesome commercial!!! I can only remember 2 7800 commercials from when I was little and they both stunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 I'm having trouble trying to get the commercial to download. The link only leads me to a blank page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Awesome commercial!!! I can only remember 2 7800 commercials from when I was little and they both stunk. yeah probably the only 2 that came out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchfynde Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Wow, that kicks butt, you rock! The tune was good too, it went through my head for an hour or two after having downloaded it. Nice to see Jinks and Tower Toppler get their due, and yeah, the ending was funny. However--and don't you guys hate me for this, I don't own, much less have played every 7800 game out there, ok?--what's the game not long after it starts with the giant vampire dude filling up most of the screen, is that from Midnight Mutants? Nice to see some games I'm not familiar with (yet ), and the ad shows some really good elements/action from all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Great stuff, was the Equalizer music chosen because you were wanting to correct the past?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusjake Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 great! can you do a list of the games in the order as they appear in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 That was awesome, man! Wow! I don't think I've seen a commercial like that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigferret Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Great work! Excellent editing and good choice of music. Now you should work on something for the Jag! The only decent commercial I can remember for it was the for AVP. The rest were pretty sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Now it's working. Pretty good commercial. Excellent music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zloch Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Great job! I agree! You snooze, you lose. That ad would have worked great in 1988. Atari really did have a mediocre advertising division, didn't it? Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted May 26, 2003 Author Share Posted May 26, 2003 Thanks for the nice words, guys - I appreciate it. Yes - the Equalizer was chosen because of the era it aired (1985-9) - it fit with the 7800 and I've always dug that theme. The game shots, in order are: Graphics: TOWER TOPPLER NINJA GOLF ALIEN BRIGADE MIDNIGHT MUTANTS Animation: TOWER TOPPLER DESERT FALCON IMPOSSIBLE MISSION BALLBLAZER Arcade Hits: DOUBLE DRAGON RAMPAGE IKARI WARRIORS XENOPHOBE KLAX COMMANDO Classics: XEVIOUS DONKEY KONG JOUST POLE POSITION 2 ROBOTRON 2084 MARIO BROTHERS MS PACMAN CROSSBOW ASTEROIDS Adventures: SCRAPYARD DOG PLANET SMASHERS DARK CHAMBERS NINJA GOLF FATAL RUN MIDNIGHT MUTANTS ALIEN BRIGADE COMMANDO sports: PETE ROSE BASEBALL BASKETBRAWL FIGHT NIGHT MEAN 18 ULTIMATE GOLF MAT MANIA CHALLENGE Computer: WINTER GAMES KARATEKA F-18 HORNET SUMMER GAMES Strategy: MELTDOWN SUPER SKATEBOARDIN' BARNYARD BLASTER CRACK'ED JINKS The idea again was to show a bunch of the 7800's titles, in their best light (as any commercial should) and show that it wasn't just a 2600 with a new name. I did originally have some clips from some of my other games, but some of them didn't work well (ex. TOUCHDOWN FOOTBALL) while others were too close to the types of games I already had (ex. ACE OF ACES). I made a bit of a shocking discovery when putting this together. As some of you know, I sold my original 7800 in 1994 when I was a broke student. At the time, I ended up selling some games that are now harder to find - KUNG FU MASTER, TITLE MATCH WRESTLING, F-14 TOMCAT, and MOTOR PSYCHO all went with the 7800. I ended up buying another 7800 in 1999, and have been re-building my collection. I thought I had all the 7800 titles except for the four listed above. Anyway, as I was putting together the clips for the "ARCADE CLASSICS" portion of the commercial, I wanted to show FOOD FIGHT - and discovered that I don't have it! I was positive I did and was shocked. I was also shocked to learn I had two SCRAPYARD DOG carts. Chuckle. Things start to blur together. I like the idea of doing a Jaguar commercial. Maybe that will be my next project. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Great commercial. Really nice done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcade Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Nice work man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 About the best darn thing I have seen in my life! Makes me want to whip out Ninja Golf right now, and made Jinks and Karateka look good. Woo woo! Kudos! CV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ussexplorer Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 That was just great. Also a great bit for a info comerical too. Now if they did that in 84. I bet it would have people killed for it. Beat themselves with sticks at Sears for the system. Need I go on. Laters, Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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