moycon Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Anyone remember the promotion Atari did back in the 80's with Atari. You had like scratch off cards of Asteroids, Centipede.... I cant remember the others... Missle Command maybe? I thought of how cool these cards seemed to me as a kid. My aunt actually won an Atari 2600. I can still remember my mom telling me that when my aunt went to cash in the card they told her how lucky she was and that on the bigger winning cards you HAD to guess the winning 2 or 3 exactly, That seemed odd to me now. I mean if they (McDonalds) had a certain # of Ataris they knew they would give out, you would think they would print out x amount of sure winners. Of course the big prizes were the actual arcade games !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Yep...I sure remember those. Didn't win squat! BTW the fourth one was Star Raiders. This'll bring back memories... http://www.atari-history.com/archives/mcdo...alds_atari.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 I got sick of rooting around in the packaging of the games I won trying to fish the gherkin out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 I think I saw some of those scratch cards for-sale online. (Un-Scratched)!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 Where?? Maybe I can still win a brand new Atari 2600 today. Did these cards have any explict expiration date or can it be assumed they are still good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 i know that mcdonalds wont value a winning scratch ticket for an atari 2600VCS the contest expired. i am positive on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 A little off the subject but for those of you who did not know, Parker Brothers was going to make a game for the 2600 about Mcdonald's, but what about I have no Idea., Maybe you have to make a burger and fries before you die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 19, 2001 Author Share Posted November 19, 2001 Maybe you have to eat their crappy food and try NOT to get sick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Telesys already came out with that one. It was called The Impossible Game. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 hmm MCDONALDS do you want atari with that. yes please supersize it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 For those who haven't seen it, here is the page from the Parker Brothers catalog containing the information about the McDonalds game that was never to be. Besides McDonalds, this catalog was full of games that were never released, such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars: Ewok Adventure, and The Incredible Hulk. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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