The decade of excess, the "Me" decade: no matter what you called it, the 80s was a peculiar decade packed with flavor and originality. Cranking out more icons and memories than you can shake a stick at, revisit the 80s here with tons of 80s TV commercials and show intros, from a time when imagination had no limits.
The decade that introduced a whole new generation of slackers and lazy Gen-X'ers: the 90s had attitude; breaking free from New Wave to embrace grunge, hip-hop and techno. See the progression of pop culture and values in the many commercials and TV shows displayed in this section.
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A commercial featuring a live-action appearance of Mario, for the original Mario Brothers Atari video game.
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May 12, 2007 14:03:30
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Atari's Megaforce game is based off the 1982 movie of the same name, starring Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta, Edward Mulhare and Jerrold Immel. It is a side-scrolling adventure wh...
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April 26, 2007 21:24:11
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This is the commercial for one of the strangest Atari games, which had one of the biggest love/hate relationship with Atari owners for years. Some called it a rushed effort to capitalize on the ...
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March 31, 2007 20:02:58
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Atari introduced this fast-paced shooter as "one of the new games of the century" from 20th Century Fox.
Be sure not to miss the cheesy joke: "Tanks" ... "...
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March 30, 2007 22:18:24
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Perhaps one of the strangest epic commercials of its day - this commercial shows a teenager innocently playing Atari's "Joust" home console game, as ostrich-mounted knights burst throug...
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February 22, 2007 23:12:07
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A truly strange commercial from the early 80's, depicting a family whose faces slowly morph into Q*Bert heads as they play the home console game from Atari.
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February 22, 2007 23:06:07
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A couple parents have no problems getting calls for babysitters after having bought their kids an Atari home console.
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February 21, 2007 21:09:14
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A Martian mother narrates her plea to "Atari Anonymous" about her family's sudden addiction to the Earth game, "Asteroids."
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February 4, 2007 01:53:30
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Activision advertises its "Skiing," "Tennis," and "Dragster" home console games for Atari.
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February 4, 2007 01:48:11
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Named "woman of the year," this commercial introduced the release of Ms. Pac Man for the Atari system, along with their slogan, "Reach for Atari."
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February 4, 2007 01:26:59
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This commercial announced the upcoming release of the Donkey Kong console port for Colecovision, Atari VCS or Intellivision. It showed what appear to be Mario and Pauline sitting on the sofa.
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