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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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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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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January 28, 2007 21:47:26
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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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January 28, 2007 21:06:52
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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
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The inception of Genesis brought this: their very first commercial series, labeled "Genesis Does...You Can't Do This On Nintendo," and "Nintendon't." This aggressive phrase at...
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One of the earliest Nintendo commercials...this one pondered what was in store for the future of the Nintendo Entertainment system, and used a popular cyberpunk theme to get the excitement levels...
