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advergames

Early Advergames, part III

Here's another example of weird early advergames from my collection. These aren't rare like the last ones I mentioned, but they offer an interesting historical case for other reasons.

Remember the Kool-Aid Man character and ad campaign from the 70s and 80s? Oh, Yeeeaaahh. By the early 80s, General Foods had started spreading the character beyond their own advertising, first into comic books. In 1983, Mattel's M-Network software division created videogame versions of Kool-Aid Man for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. This was a more complex process than the Johnson & Johnson and Purina games I mentioned earlier.

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10:00 AM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By bogost
2,512 views, 35 comments

collecting

Jack LaLanne's Physical Conditioning

I find collecting to be a very weird activity. Why amass expensive, arcane objects that just get stored away? So my own videogame collecting has been motivated mostly by my research and design interests. One of the things I thought I would do this week is share a few weird items from my personal videogame collection. Here's the first: Jack LaLanne's Physical Conditioning for the Intellivision.

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10:00 AM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By bogost
3,912 views, 33 comments

guess you had to be there

Intellivision Programmer Home Movies

Who says game programmers don't have a sense of humor? Well, you might after watching this little clip circa 1983 made by Intellivision programmers for their own amusement. Well, thanks to YouTube, now we can all enjoy this little gem from years gone by that includes a naked guy, a guy in drag, a guy in a fairy outfit, smoking jokes, a shockingly realistic representation of a marketing person and lots and lots of large glasses.

6:00 PM on Sat Aug 11 2007
By fdemarco
3,238 views, 44 comments

the same but different

Clip: Mr. Intellivision Ad 2

As a follow up to last week's Intellivision ad featuring George Plimpton and E.T.'s Henry Thomas I bring you this little clip. Featuring the same two actors, this commercial was obviously from the same ad campaign as the last one with Henry Thomas calling Mr. Plimpton "Mr. Intellivision" and babbling about random games he loves while Mr. Plimpton agrees. At the end we get another take on the joke of Mr. Plimpton not recognizing the arguably more famous at the time Henry Thomas. So, essentially this is the same commercial as last week. The same only different... and blurrier. But certainly worth a watch if you're an old game commercial aficionado. Flynn De Marco

6:00 PM on Sat Jun 23 2007
By fdemarco
878 views, 15 comments

Latest by onikuwagata: I actually have Nightstalker and an Intellivision. It was sort of fun, but the invisible robots sort of pissed me off since I was a wee lad. more »

intellivision

Clip: Mr. Intellivision Ad

Back in the day, I didn't realize that George Plimpton, author, actor and humorist was the guy in all the Intellivision commercials. I will qualify that by saying it wasn't so much not knowing as not really caring, being a youngster and all. Well, it seems Henry Thomas (E.T.) didn't know who Mr. Plimpton was either according to this 80's Intellivision ad in which he refers to him as "Mr. Intellivision." This is essentially an ad for Lock n Chase but it's certainly different from other video game commercials of this era in it's strange presentation. And the ending is nothing short of bizarre... "My name?" Flynn De Marco More »

3:00 PM on Sat Jun 16 2007
By fdemarco
1,436 views, 25 comments

Latest by Starcade: This ad came out after ET was released. more »

ps3

How Many Bits *Is* The PS3?

Brandon from Insert Credit finally asked the question schoolyard fanboys have asked of eachother since the three current gen consoles all hit store shelves, one that when answered will put an end to the console power wars once and for all. The question: How many bits is the PLAYSTATION 3 anyway? More »

2:40 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Michael McWhertor
6,286 views, 57 comments

burger time

Clips: Vintage Burger Time Commercials

Here's a great little pair of Intellivison Burger Time commercials from 1983. This first one is a live action affair complete with people dressed in wiener and pickle costumes. The second uses a slightly different voiceover script, and animated sequences replace the live action ones. Thankfully it retains that catchy Burger Time theme remix music from the fist commercial. I don't particularly remember seeing these commercials when they were on, but I do remember plugging ridiculous amounts of quarters into this game as a kid and it's still one of my favorite classic arcade games. Note the great list of systems it's available for at the end. More »

2:00 PM on Sat Feb 24 2007
By fdemarco
2,278 views, 24 comments

Latest by TigerGD: I remember these commercials. I was about 4 or 5 then and my brother had it for Intellivision. That game used to fill me with anxiety, probably because of the commercials. Those hot dogs were the stuff more »

commercial

Clips: Intellivision Lock n' Chase Commercial

Here's a little throw back to 1982 with a commercial from Mattel promoting the Intellivision game Lock n' Chase. The kid in the commercial is none other than E.T.'s best buddy, Henry Thomas. Not too sure if this came before of after E.T., but my guess would be before. You notice you didn't see Henry promoting the E.T. video game... Flynn De Marco More »

12:00 PM on Sun Dec 31 2006
By fdemarco
478 views, 19 comments

intellivision

1982 Intellivision Commercial

Now this is what I call a commercial. No weird baby dolls crying, no nonsensical images that don't make any sense to my muddled mind. When you see this ad for the awesome Intellivision Game System, you know exactly what you're getting, even down to the shining sparkle on the ultra modern controller buttons! And I think we can all agree that that football game really puts Madden to shame. All this fancy gadgetry is available for you to purchase at Hills. I love shopping at Hills because I know when I buy that Intellivision, I'm helping to fight our nation's terrible inflation problem. Flynn De Marco

3:20 PM on Sat Nov 4 2006
By fdemarco
304 views, 30 comments

Latest by Unamerican: B-17 Bomber was good, but I also remember Beauty and the Beast, and the one where you were a microscopic surgeon robot, and you had to save the sickest pateints in the world. And, of course, Burgertime. I still more »

mattel

A Console for Pre-Pubescent Players

Mattel, the folks behind Nintendo's Power Glove and the Intellivision game console of yore, is back in the gaming saddle. The company is releasing a new game console called the Hyper Scan, which aimed at the "tween" (between 8 and 12 years old) market. Apparently, this bracket isn't quite ready for real hardware and needs training consoles. Um, okay. Sure. More »

4:22 AM on Tue Aug 1 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,080 views, 15 comments

intellivision

New Intellivision, Activision PNPs Coming

Holy! Unheard of gadgety toy maker Techno Source just announced that they're going to start selling two new retro plug-and-play systems. Btoth the Intellivision 10 2nd Edition and Activision 10 will sell for $15 and sport, you guess it, ten games. More »

2:00 PM on Mon Jul 24 2006
By Brian Crecente
261 views, 3 comments

rakka deer

Rakka Deer Bakes Intellivision Cake

Reader DBW wrote us in response to our More Retro Baking post, Kotakuite DBW pointed out that Rakka Deer — that sweetly-scented exotic blossom who baked the Centipede string of cupcakes and opium-like entranced us — did him the favor of baking him an Intellivision cake to help promote his book >Lucky Wander Boy... which is also frostily edible. More »

1:40 PM on Thu May 18 2006
By brownlee
173 views, 5 comments

humor

Intellivision, Still Good for a Laugh

Academic Gamers linked to an I-Mockery review of White Water! for the Intellivision. Great screens and gifs and some wit make the piece pretty funny. I suppose this is what people feel like when they go back and look at retro Playboy? "Man, we used to think this was awesome!" More »

11:37 AM on Thu Dec 1 2005
By lsmith
60 views, Comment