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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Arguably one of the most popular video games for the Sega Master System home console, this ninja/action series was a side-scroller featuring an array of attacks and levels.
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June 13, 2007 15:13:31
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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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The Colecovision home gaming console introduced this trackball-driven "Roller Controller," which was similar in fashion to the trackball used for arcade games such as Centipede.
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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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This extremely short-lived gaming system required the usage of an existing VCR (since it could not play tapes on its own), as well as the actual Actionmax system itself. Sensors had to be set up ...
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March 30, 2007 22:23:47
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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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Mike Tyson makes an appearance in this commercial for this widely popular NES classic.
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February 25, 2007 19:48:00
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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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This commercial advertises the gaming aspect of the Commodore 64 home computer.
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February 20, 2007 21:41:44
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Nintendo's premiere commercial for the iconic game, "Metroid."
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February 10, 2007 13:22:54
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Introduces Nintendo's Robotic Operating Buddy, and displays its interaction with Gyromite; as well as the light-sensing Zapper. The general theme is Nintendo's traditional "Now You're Playi...
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February 5, 2007 21:54:30
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The show opening of the arcade game gameshow, "Starcade."
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February 4, 2007 14:52:09
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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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