Atari 2600 TV Ads

I stumbled across a Digital Press CD-ROM and on CD 2, I found a fun collection of old-school TV ads. There are ads for a variety of systems, but I though it would be fun to show off the Atari 2600 ads.

These videos were all in an older AVI format that didn’t play nicely on my Mac, at least using QuickTime. They did work with VLC. I’m sure all of these are already on YouTube somewhere, but I decided to convert them to mp4 with ffmpeg and post them here in one place for your enjoyment.

These ads are all pretty cheesy and some even have cringy jingles. I hope you enjoy these low-resolution ads from the past!

Atari 2600 “amazing” Graphics

🎶The fun is back, oh Yessiree, it’s the 2600 from A-tar-e! 🎶

Dear Atari Anonymous

Only Atari

Atlantis from Imagic

Chopper Command by Activision

Demon Attack from Imagic

E.T., the Extra Terrestrial

Ice Hockey by Activision

Mario, where are you?

Megamania by Activision

Woman of the Year: Ms. Pac-Man

Pitfall! by Activision

Billy Martin touts RealSports Baseball

Vanguard

Watch out, Yar

What Atari 2600 ads do you remember?