I can’t even imagine what the budget was for this ad, or where it would have run – it’s two and a half minutes long! And completely bizarre, and makes Dig Dug seem like a prequel to Tremors or something. ![]() Also throw in the fact that dropping a rock on an enemy, an instantaneous move, had basically the same effect. I know most video games have bizarre premises, but as a kid I really liked the absurdity of taking the time and effort to inflate an enemy until it popped, in an underground cavern that was prone to cave-ins where space and time were at a premium. following the notoriously bad Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, customers grew more discerning. Dig Dug – I have really fond memories of Dig Dug, largely because of its bizarre premise. 70 Classics That Everyone Should Know and Play Melissa Brinks. She doesn’t quite have the legs of her arcade cabinet design, but still! Pretty provocative for a home console! And the ad’s got some good old nightmare fuel about 20 seconds in…ĥ. You can imagine why they wanted to make the release of Ms. The design is still great on the box-art, but in a way that didn’t really distinguish it from other offerings at the time. Pac Man – Pac Man’s presence on the 2600 was popular, but a little flat. What is with characters playing their own games? The Green Goblin is standing right in front of him, WITH A LIT BOMB, and he frustratedly plays his Atari to defeat him.Ĥ. (or whoever) be safely on the Green Planet by this point? I mean, I’m assuming it’s E.T., and not Botanicus or somebody else. Who then unwraps the presents underneath the tree, and proceeds to play his own game. himself to appear! Dressed as…Santa Claus. ![]() Obviously a high-profile game for Atari in 1982, they pulled out all the stops for the E.T. – This is the low hanging fruit of Atari jabs, but I’m not talking about the legendarily terrible gameplay here. The ad treats Atlantis (the game) like it is the document of a war that actually happened, with a news reporter interviewing an Atlantean – but there’s a twist at the end! This spot is so needlessly complicated:Ģ. Atlantis – Leading off with one more bizarre than lazy, Atlantis was a shooting game where you were the bases of the Atlantean colony, warding off an attack by the Gorgons. Some of these games are awesome, to be fair, it’s just that the ads themselves are such bizarre or lazy attempts to market them.ġ. ‘Tis the season for buying things, and I thought I’d take this opportunity to show some of my favorite examples of Atari’s weirdest/worst attempts to sell games for the 2600 system.
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