perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (09/30/83)
I have recently seen a number of advertisments for Atari 2600 cassettes.
The first time I encountered these was while watching "Video Singles", a
production out of Toronto that tries to be "The Music Channel - MTV" using
a higher than average Canadian Content. (By the way, it works and you get
to see some incredible avant-garde video singles.) The second time was
during Good Morning America.
Some of the ads are better-than-average media hype. (The Galaxians ad is
really good - let's hear it for Quid, "a credit to his cassette"). But
there are some really far out ads. Particularly the Centipede II ad.
Starts with a shot of a row of legs&feet upside down at the bottom of the
screen. The feet are all wearing blue&white striped socks. The camera
pans back to a shot of someone pushing a dolly of dummy's feet. Suddenly
a pincer taps him on the shoulder and ...
Let's hear it for Atari! Good games, but great ads!!!
P.S. Any hints about the first Swords cassette would be appreciated. I have
been to each of the Zodiac rooms and still haven't gotten past the first
(give-away) level!!!
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Stephen Perelgut Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
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