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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The show opening of the arcade game gameshow, "Starcade."
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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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Activision advertises its "Skiing," "Tennis," and "Dragster" home console games for Atari.
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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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February 4, 2007 01:06:40
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This is a very early commercial for the Nintendo Entertainment System's "Legend of Zelda." Due to its poor condition, a more suitable version will replace this video when it is found.
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February 4, 2007 00:45:25
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This joystick controlled 16-bit home console allowed you to draw directly on your TV.
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Toys 'R Us advertises the new Super Nintendo home console to those who "Eat, Drink and Sleep Nintendo."
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Toys 'R Us continued on with their "I wanna be a Toys 'R Us Kid" slogan into the 90s, and advertised the new Sega Genesis at a $149.99
