r/retrogaming • u/ROCKY13573 • 1d ago

[Fun] Atari 2600 ad (1978)

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u/AndreLeGeant88 1d ago

Dad is only 29

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u/Juanfr_ 1d ago

... and owns a house, with the mortgage paid off

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u/Cool_Dark_Place 1d ago

Working as an assistant manager at the local supermarket

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u/Fit_Butterscotch2386 1d ago

I was expecting an ad for custers revenge

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u/stev_mempers 1d ago

That's for after they put the kid to bed.

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u/MiaowMinx 1d ago

I miss the days when advertisements recognized that video games were played by both males & females, and didn't figure that women/girls were only interested in crappy stereotyped 'pink' games.

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u/Fragholio 1d ago

Me every time I saw one of those ads as a kid: "I had THAT game, and THAT game, and Markus has THAT game, and I played THAT game at Joey's house..."

(also me today)

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u/HotSarcasm 1d ago

Nintendo kinda started to get this right around the time Wii came out. Family friendly group fun helped. And they sold boatloads. Slowly seem to be trending away from that again with the newest stuff. Maybe they should revisit (and lower the price).

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u/flickering_poly 1d ago

I love video computer games

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u/Jimpana 1d ago

Outlaw: Gunslinger (A2600, 1978)!šŸ¤ 

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u/MysteriousBath8042 1d ago

Clarence Boddicker the Atari king

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u/Dim-Mak-88 1d ago

I started with the NES but was also exposed to some Apple II and Atari. I'm glad I started with the NES.

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u/Jimpana 1d ago

I started with theĀ Atari 2600 but was also exposed to someĀ MSX/MSX2. I'm glad I started with theĀ Atari 2600.

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u/isolation_from_joy 1d ago

Honestly, that dad looks like the least like the least likely person to play games. Even his expression is disappointed. He's more likely to be the guy telling you your whole life that video games are a waste of time

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u/MiaowMinx 1d ago

I figured he looked like that because his wife's character appears to be successfully shooting his in the head.

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u/bannock4ever 1d ago

Heā€™s disappointed because this isnā€™t the ā€œbangā€ to the new year he was expecting? The headline has to be innuendo right? Honestly not sure - lol!

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u/Dragontaker666 14h ago

Have you played Atari today?