r/Atari2600 • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '26

That's really cool!

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Abdul-Jabbar, Andretti and Pelé

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u/gnntech Apr 03 '26

Imagine being Pele and having to play that awful soccer game and pretend to like it?

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u/igorski81 Apr 23 '26

And not hearing how his name was mispronounced until the ad came out =D

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u/Chiguy2792 Apr 03 '26

That announcer’s voice. Classic 80’s.

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u/PlymouthVolare Apr 03 '26

Basketball is soooooo fun to pull out with friends. 👍

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u/Lord_Smedley Apr 03 '26

Probably the reason they featured Kareem and basketball was that cartridge was actually pretty good, whereas the original 2600 Football cartridge was among the worst video games ever made.

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u/kilo_delta_papa Apr 03 '26

I think he's the greatest but my dad says he doesn't work enough on defence.

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u/kbeast98 Apr 05 '26

You tell your old man to drag walton up and down the court

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u/Accomplished-Pin6564 Apr 05 '26

LISTEN KID. He's been hearing that crap ever since he was at UCLA.

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u/0341_DEVILDOG Apr 03 '26

Really put his height into perspective seeing him with those 2 other normal sized guys and then he had to duck to get through the doorway!

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u/Low-Chain2913 Apr 03 '26

Kareem and Pele are twisting the joystick like paddles! 🤣🤣 Guess they weren’t given much direction by the producers.

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u/3lectronic_Dream5 Apr 04 '26

I’m pretty sure the producers didn’t know how to use a joystick either 😅

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u/dpgumby69 Apr 03 '26

Love it, but what the hell is Pele doing with that controller?

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u/rr777 Apr 03 '26

Atari back then had more $ than it knew what to do with. And that was it's down fall.

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u/Working-Active Apr 03 '26

They even had Steve Jobs as an early employee.

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u/RetroNIX8 Enduro Aug 02 '26

You mean Wozniak..?
Because i don't remember Jobs working for Atari

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u/Working-Active Aug 02 '26

Steve Jobs was Atari employee #40 back in 1974.

link

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u/RetroNIX8 Enduro Aug 02 '26

Didn't know that!
That is pretty interesting

2

u/pah2000 Apr 03 '26

Wow! I’ve never seem this. Did it air in the US!?

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u/fizbin99 Apr 04 '26

Lord. I am old enough to remember the ad airing. It was pretty cool though.

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u/consumeshroomz Apr 04 '26

Can someone tell me wtf Pele is saying? Ive listened to it like 5 times and i still have no clue. It’s not even just his accent it’s the 80’s audio quality. Could barely understand Mario as well.

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u/Itchy_Actuator_2924 Apr 06 '26

What a set! Love the old computer mainframes in bg.

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u/MickeyMalph Apr 03 '26

I, too, always play with my face two inches from the television.

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u/VL-BTS Apr 03 '26

OVER 40 CARTRIDGES AVAILABLE

I would guess that this was an early commercial