ATARI VCS Theatrical ads

[Deleto]

Besides collecting anything connected with the ATARI 2600, Vectrex, Pac-Man, I also collect airsickness bags (I have spares to trade!) and trailers and ads on 35mm.

 

I'm putting together a reel with trailers of movies with videogames in the plot (TRON, CLOAK & DAGGER, LAST STARFIGHTER, JOYSTICKS, THE WIZARD, LAWNMOWER MAN), as well as ads. I currently have an ad for several Atari VCS games, named "The Fly", as well as an add for Parker Bros. I have yet to get the PB one transferred to tape ( I have the Atari one on a DigiBeta), but from what I've seenit features a kid, the firebrigade and a burning building (the sound on my Steenbeck doesn't work).

 

I also have some more modern ads for N64 Perfect dark, Looney Tunes, MechWarrior 3, a generic PlayStation 2 one, and Star Trek: DSP ad.

 

Can any of you remember other classic ads from around '83 (The ATARI one I have was screened before RETURN OF THE JEDI)? I've also heard there's a PB one with Popeye, and some Intellivision ones.

[Genki]

Yeah I remember the PB ad when I watched RotJ in theater years ago. As I recall, in the end of the ad, it was showing 4 smoking games and supposedly burned the film.

[Deleto]

Yup, that's the one. Once I have it telecined and on a DigiBeta I'll digitize it and make a nice QT with Sorenson of it. I have a great one of "The Fly", but it's 20 megs (hey, hi-band hi-quality, 2 minutes)..