March 29, 2013 For Steve the Web Guy, here's the latest WFGR Retrovision installment-Computer Ads from the 70's and 80's! Remember when NO ONE had a computer? Or if the rich family down the block had one, it cost thousands of dollars, or it was a Commodore 64 and the kid was a nerd? Of course EVERYONE has a computer--or a small computer called a smart phone--these days.
On November 29th, 1972 a game was released that would change the world of video games forever. It was first released by Atari Incorporated as a multiplayer arcade game. The game became wildly popular and is now recognized as the first commercially successful video game.
June 21, 2012 Wow, here's a blast from the past! Not only was the Atari all the rage back in the late 1970's and early 1980's but I have never seen this commercial. Do you remember this one? Don Knotts and Pete Rose doing a commercial for Atari
February 21, 2012 Yep, the big grey mouse is 35! Happy Birthday, Mr. Cheese! Wonder if he celebrates with tokens, pizza, his animatronic friends and tickets? ;) The guy who founded Atari (remember that?) Nolan Bushnell, started Chuck E. Cheese back in 1977. And long after Atari is just a memory to us who played video games back in the 70's, CEC is still around and going strong!
Wow! can you believe that at one time this was state of the art?
Check out this retro TV commercial for Atari. The sad thing is that I remember this.
