Parker Bros. Archive
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Video Game Ad of the Day: Frogger
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsFrogger is on every goddamn system ever, but it’s still pretty damn neat. This particular ad is for the VCS/2600 release. -
Video Game Ad of the Day: Amidar
Posted on January 16, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s a little bit of a disservice to call Konami’s Amidar a Pac-Man clone, given its basis in the Japanese drawing game Amikaduji, but that never stopped anyone. -
![Astro Chase has an interesting story behind it – originally developed as part of the Atari Program Exchange initiative, it was later picked up by Parker Bros. for release on […]](https://retrogamingaus.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Astro-Chase-115x115.jpg "Video Game Ad of the Day: Astro Chase")
Video Game Ad of the Day: Astro Chase
Posted on January 1, 2013 | No CommentsAstro Chase has an interesting story behind it – originally developed as part of the Atari Program Exchange initiative, it was later picked up by Parker Bros. for release on […] -
![G.I. Joe has been one of the most successful toy lines Hasbro has produced, so it was inevitable that it would get the video game treatment in the early 80s […]](https://retrogamingaus.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/GI-Joe-2600-115x115.jpg "Video Game Ad of the Day: G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes")
Video Game Ad of the Day: G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes
Posted on August 8, 2012 | No CommentsG.I. Joe has been one of the most successful toy lines Hasbro has produced, so it was inevitable that it would get the video game treatment in the early 80s […] -
![Like many popular games of the day, Konami’s 1981 classic Frogger was released on every damn system imaginable. This particular ad was for the Intellivision version, which was published by […]](https://retrogamingaus.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Frogger-C-115x115.jpg "Video Game Ad of the Day: Frogger")
Video Game Ad of the Day: Frogger
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsLike many popular games of the day, Konami’s 1981 classic Frogger was released on every damn system imaginable. This particular ad was for the Intellivision version, which was published by […] -
![I will surely pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today. Popeye was developed by Nintendo for the arcades in 1982. They had originally tried to score the rights to […]](https://retrogamingaus.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Popeye-2-115x115.png "Video Game Ad of the Day: Popeye")
Video Game Ad of the Day: Popeye
Posted on March 4, 2012 | No CommentsI will surely pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today. Popeye was developed by Nintendo for the arcades in 1982. They had originally tried to score the rights to […] -
![A little insight into what might have caused the 1983 crash in North America. Q*Bert was a smash hit in the arcades, so it was only a matter of time […]](https://retrogamingaus.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Q-Bert-2.jpg "Video Game Ad of the Day: Q*Bert")
Video Game Ad of the Day: Q*Bert
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsA little insight into what might have caused the 1983 crash in North America. Q*Bert was a smash hit in the arcades, so it was only a matter of time […]
