Berzerk (Atari 2600 Commercial)

[bernyqueen]

that grandma is dead like the berzerkrs

[robisallbyhimself]

I loved playing this XD i used to play my mums Atari which i had in my shed and a little black and white TV, spent hours and hours on it. brilliant.

[Hotshotter3000]

They need to make a movie about Berzerk, seriously, it isn't that hard. You have a humanoid who's thrown into this perilous world populated by deadly robots who want to kill him, and they send a super robot called Evil Otto to get him. He must find a way to destroy Otto and get off the planet. Seriously, it would be a great old-timey adventure that would get a shit-ton of money easily.

[Darkprinny]

Needs more "FUCK YEAH GRANDMA!"

[ninjapivotman1]

Take that, turdheap!

[MrNeoshredder]

No voice synthesis on Atari, total shit :D

[superduperluigi676]

I love how the grandma says Atari likes she's just found a long lost relative.

[VaughnTheSheep]

Is that venture?

[GigaPepsiMan]

Berzerk on Atari actually looks pretty good. Very close to the arcade.

[CthulhuSnack]

This is one of the most hilarious clips on the entire interweb-online-thing-a-ma-jig­. Imagine the lulz they'll have from our gimmicks in 30 years.

[MichaelBrookham]

Seriously, I haven't played Atari in years.

[zocazoey]

my grandma wont play berzerk with me ; (

shes in croatia...

[TheTacoJoe1]

@zocazoey Don't be sad, the Atari 2600 just came out there!

[UberMan5000]

This ad is so jolly and upbeat about a game where you shoot robots until you have a heart attack. :D

[Morphicc]

that's a hip ass grandma.

[teejaynumber13]

This sounds more like an M&Ms Christmas commercial then trying to sell a video game about blasting shit with lasers.

[bleedingxxaurora]

This commercial is actually much more depressing than it lets on.

It's a story about a boy and his grandmother who is losing her memory at an increasing rate.

The Atari system in her home that she seemingly didn't know about was actually a gift, from her to her grandson for his 12th birthday.

He didn't correct her because he understands she doesn't have much time left, and it's not like there would have been a point anyways.

[TrueDarkNesa]

6 people didn't play Atari today.

[CptNeeda]

I wish I still had a grandma.

[clintontt]

HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY?!

[TheLakabanzaichrg]

press1 for bad touch

press 2 repeatedly for akward dance

press3 for Hump

hold 4 for creepy grandma

press 5 for ballshut (bullshit)

press 6 for turkey song

[chupathingy99]

@TheLakabanzaichrg press 8 for CAN YOU FAP?

[AdventureJones]

Classic. Thanks for uploading.

[flowertrue]

whats really, really, REALLY sad is that I remember this ad and I desperately wanted an Atari but all I had was a freakin Pong and a Commodore 64. *sighs*

[tomhas10]

i love the womens reaction when the kid shows the game, "Atari!"

[MrCorporalTunnel]

Don't touch my thigh, Grandma.

[bitchasshoeism]

GILF

[SanityBreached]

Coolest. Granma. Ever.

[Watcher3223]

Because of this commercial, I will never look at the task of roasting a Butterball the same way again....

[Ninjazap1]

Turkey?

[iammadrightnow]

i'm pretty sure 2 people died playing this game

[maestromalmsteen]

@iammadrightnow actually I just read the wikipedia and it happened in the 80's after two boys (?) achieved high scores. One of them died of a heart attack.

[iammadrightnow]

@maestromalmsteen both of them died of a heart attack

[boitahaki]

lol this is awesome

[ultimatebman]

I wish my gramma played video games!

[joshuaandrewdavies]

I love how she slaps him right in the dick before she leaves the porch.

[OhjainHangeriGP]

@joshuaandrewdavies No offence, but your dick is in a REALLY strange place.

[BrighterThunder]

TURKEYIST!

[TechUnadept]

No, I haven't played Atari today, but I would like to...

[BBsgalore]

*Insert useless Cracked.com reference so i can get thumbs up*

[gamerguy0903]

Wow. You know, I sort of wish I could go back in time and appreciate the fun times like this. Except, my grandmother isn't psycho.

[SuperNESFreak]

Creepiest. Grandma. Ever.

[DinosaurPirateX]

That's one badass old lady.



[Spazmify]

i love the old atari 2600 commercials, oh and by the way, can you pre-order this?

[NotForHire42]

Ack! I'm think I'm going to have a heart attack just from watching this!

[misterclownface]

I've never seen an old lady get so excited about something before.

[Timic83tgwtg]

6 turkeys disliked this video

[SyriusBelsferg]

Grandma wanted to go to the arcade? Awesome.

I wish mine had been that cool.

[poshko41]

Lol at 0:10. Where does he pull the game from so fast? Now ya can! Dad sided the house with Atari 2600 games!

[NukeOTron]

*gasp* ATARI!!

[Zer0Funk]

She touched his dong.

[SODEMO2007]

0:23

Forever alone :"(

[OBEYWEEGEE]

THE VIDYA ARCHADE!!

[digioverlord]

hey granma wana play manhunt?

[soisyourface1234]

on systems only for atari my ass

[getfunky79]

HEY GRANDMA WANNA PLAY LIKE MUMMY AND DADDY? MUHUHAHAHAHA

[bagnumberthree]

That commercial is stupid, even by early '80s standards. You'd think they would make a much cooler and spookier ad to go with the awesomeness of the game.

[jammanist]

@bagnumberthree I got an atari back in 77 and I can tell you that "have you played your atari today?" looking back was almost border line brain washing, you come from school your watching cartoons and this theme song is playing every commercial, every fucking one, so you ask yourself "know no I haven't, better get on it," it was like the TV was always saying shut me off and play atari now

[Starpilot17]

Hey grandma, wanna play God of War?

You bet!

(Happy music while stabbing a cyclops in the eye)

Take that, turkey!

[TalkinXbox]

Wow, the gameplay is shockingly a lot like the arcade version. Too bad they couldn't handle Frenzy.

[revpgesq]

truth is that whenever you play a first person shooter game, this is all you are really doing.

[stanleykubrick98]

Pause

Play

Press 6

[HerrGubba]

its the first time i see a grandma that wants to play a shooting game

[Xinn2000]

This is my favorite 2600 game

[MrSQUETCH]

i think grandma just wanted to play atari to hold that joystick.

[stanleykubrick98]

0:11 she basically just shat her pants.

[Daviticus042]

@stanleykubrick98 "Atari? Holy fuck!" ;)

[stanleykubrick98]

@Daviticus042 Like she has no idea what it is. "Mayonnaise? What the fuck!"

[stanleykubrick98]

I bet the kid is a gay porn star now.

[CBETelevisionNetwork]

When the gran says ' Atari!' it looks like she shat herself.

[Virus71193]

two teenagers died playing this game

[GamerPrinceMXZ]

@Virus71193 Now thats hardcore.

[SugarCookietarian]

LMAO! That was amazing!!!!

[KilleRotom]

And only for Systems from atari?

O RLY?*shows Berzerk for the Vectrex*

[EastCoastDude99]

This song is the fucking best.......its dedicated to Berzerk from Atari for Godsakes. Plus its better then any modern music by far.

[EastCoastDude99]

This commercial is priceless. I used to play Kaboom with my Grandmom when I was just 5. She's still alive and well at the age of 90. And Berzerk was great too. Damn I want to go back to the day this commercial was made. haha.

[Zzyyxxyyxx]

One of the rare Atari commercials where the game was better than the commercial.

[thebleedingjeans]

@Zzyyxxyyxx definitely the case with Pitfall. Berzerk was my favorite game ever.

I had an extensive colletion of the generic games that were sold for about 1/4 the price of real atari games. Some of them were really good knock-offs.

[Mitchell00]

Best grandma ever.

[katt157]

@TheDiddlysquat Metal institution? Is that some kind of Metal production plant?

[theultrapixel]

that has to be both the best and most embarrasing grandma EVER

[Coytis19]

Best fuckin' song in the world!

[pardyhardly]

It's too bad that the Grandma died in that horrible car accident two months later.

[A1D64FVIK7]

@pardyhardly :(

[SouthwesternEagle]

@pardyhardly I can't find any sources to back that up.

[MelanieLouM]

I'm 47 and I still play Pacman! Not as often as I used to, though! ^_^

[TheGanstaben]

@MelanieLouM ur never too old for video games,dude.



[yoodledoodle14]

i cant stop watching!

[zombiebros779]

I wish my grama played bezerk

[Blackboxreviews]

Grandma is dead now.

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

i can't wait for this one to come out!

[mahoromaticfan15]

Berzerk is one of my favorite games on the 2600

[TheKshow101]

stop at 0:04 the face of the kid... idiot

[Zambaku]

Grandmas who play videogames rocks =) My granny actually played the NES and beat Zelda \m/

[TorxT3D]

Funny how she slaps his pre-pubescent pecker, then he looks down like.. "uh, wow".

[elmalacopa]

TAKE THAT TURKEY!!!!

[TBTabby]

I love the way they use this whimsical tune for game like Berzerk and Yar's Revenge. Imagine it they did that for games like Gears of War or MadWorld.

[MerkinMuffly]

life is like a box a chocalates

[TheLoadingScreenz]

that grandma's more into it than the kid.

[ader541]

Hell yeah I've played atari, but you don't wanna know what I was playing

[lordurias]

@ader541 Custer's Revenge?

[PalkiaLegends]

I cant beleve that grandma plays videogames.

[IsThisSumBattleToads]

Fucking win! 

[GreekGuy9999]

He's beating his meat!

[koffypr]

wow ...just like games today huh?! :P

[rejectofsoul24]

ATARI! haha so funny

[cybersalad]

Hah, all these commercials showed the whole family playing video games. Back then I had to BEG my parents to play something. I always wondered who had these magical relatives that would play Berzerk with them on a sunny afternoon. My parents forced me to play outside! :)

[cogedorDEargentinas]

Love this piece of game!!!!

Many thanks, I didn't know that this wonder ever existed!!!

[TheGaucheSuede]

this is deadly 2 teenage gamers died from this game cuz they played to long roflmao

[Blogapult]

TAKE THAT TURKEY!

[tom11zz884]

@Blogapult That old lady was getting into that game

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

take that, turkey!!! dont fuck with granny..she'll blast your ass in berzerk lmao

[Bittergamer1886]

FIGHT LIKE A GRANDMA!

[TheDutchGame]

Pause at 0:13 that grandma looks like: IMMA FIRIN MA LAZOR!!

[kiyotewolf]

You're gonna get zapped.. doo waa.. doo waa..

You're gonna die.. doo waa doo waa......

~Kiyote!

[powerpup97]

That's gotta be the most unfitting music to advertise a game like this.

[Ammit5]

No, but I might tomorrow

[DJKhrome]

"ALL INTRUDERS MUST NOT ESCAPE!!"

[DJKhrome]

Man THAT was my game!! "ATTACK ALL HUMANOIDS!!"

[Lashanachar]

God I remember that game.... I feel ancient

[Yaokun]

TAKE THAT TURKEY!

[southplnk]

@Yaokun HEY  SCREW YOU

[mubd1234]

Time to fire up MAME right now...

[haminthecloset]

and on the 6th day bezerk was made for the atari 2600

[ilania95]

In 2030, when children are having granparents born in the '70s, scenes like this will be usual.

I'm going to do thid with my future grand children.

[Cavillier1970]

OMG! I had Berzerk back then. When I got it for Christmas I played it so long I thought I was fight pigs on the screen. I couldnt see straight for two hrs. Good memories. I loved the game, but even more the song/ballad Bezerk from the record Pac Man Fever.

[mikechicago]

God dammit, Grandma, stop wasting your allowance at the arcade and sit down with me on the couch.

[mordong]

anyway, this commercial is awesome. personally, i think everybody should react to videogames just like grandma does at 0:11

[JackSpazNG]

ATARI!

[ninelivecat]

Berzerk was quite impressive on the 2600 at the time One of the better conversions

[johnrock882]

wish my grandma played grand theft auto with me lol

[Kanna172003]

Ugh, i couldn't even imagine playing something as primitive as an Atari. I'm used to things like X-Boxes and Playstations and such.

[campervan25]

@Kanna172003 Well back then it wasn't primitive, and do graphics really matter?

[mordong]

she says "take that, Turkeys!" while playing?

[ninelivecat]

@mordong The Arcade Berzerk had speech synthesis and when you ran out of a level leaving enemy robots behind it would say "Chicken Fight Like A Robot" so I think it's a play on that.

[ThrilloVanHouten]

@mordong Gotta love outdated slang :)

[jimbox114]

There were several versions of the Atari 2600 released. They were all the same console just some had Radio Shack, Sears, etc on them.

[MattTheSushi]

My reaction of that would be "Yeah you can,Retard."

[TomQuoVadis]

This is such an awesome example of vintage game commercials.

[ldbboosha]

he kinda looked like he was trying to hit on his grandma at the beginning. Like, in that 11 year old kind of way.

[Quarzintle]

1981: Jeff Dailey, a 19-year-old gamer, became the first known person to die while playing video games. After achieving a score of 16,660 in the arcade game Berzerk, he succumbed to a massive heart attack. A year later, an 18-year-old gamer died after achieving high scores in the same game.

[SuperHoboPirateNinja]

0:11

HOLY SHIT ATARI!

[nibelung34343]

have you played atarti today HELL YEAH!!!!!! son as he proudly displays his atari 7800 with joust

[priestrules]

This was a great game that never got old. High replay value on this one.

[Oplaganda]

You cant play berzerk at home.Ya you can. ATARI! lol

[legofans452]

"...and only for systems from Atari." I have that game on the Vectrex, which is not from Atari.

[Moshaniquitae]

It came out before the Vectrex.

[bong264]

Berzerk is AWSOME!!!

[1993gandy]

why did he have a game in his pocket :L

[eandatoo]

That was such a bad-ass game!

[FirebirdDude]

TAKE THAT TURKEY!!!

[ihavesexforhappymeal]

I wasted so many hours playing this game when the cool kids were playing Zelda :(

[Multigameboy1]

wanna play beerzzzurk?

How he sais thad is lol!

[andoc]

You know, the Atari jingle in this classic commercials, it ain't so bad.

[ransman413]

ding ding we have a winner

[DragonUltraMaster]

xD

I almost wish that my grandmother was like that xD

[hoques1432]

Imagine today : a teenager goes into the arcade with his at least 80 years old grandmother, and she kicks his ASS at House of the Dead....

...strange

[MrAnxion]

actually, this happened to me. my grandma used to be insane about video games because she could never really leave the house, but instead of just like, solitaire, she got into pretty much hardcore gaming. if she was around now I could see her literally killing it in MW2 haha.

[nibelung34343]

or dance dance revolution

[Skyrift]

@hoques1432 Have you seen the movie "The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters"? It's the documentary about the Donkey Kong world record that came out a few years back. One of the people in it was the former Q-Bert champion, who held the world record at (I think) age 55.

It is strange to see retirement-age people gaming, but it does happen sometimes.

[Multigameboy1]

I tryd to let my grandma play with the game bud it already went wrong when she tryd tho play pong!

Shy forgot tho twist the liddle button on the controler for her paddle every time!

What will it happen when I let her play call of duty 6? ; )

Sorry for my bad English.. I live in Europe

[poopcap99]

Atleast they used actual footage as opposed to an animation (CBS).

[WindowsErrorGuy]

This commercial is so cute.

[cookie123456789012]

Shame that there wernt voices on the atari version

[dreamcastII]

This 2600 version of Bezerk is very good actually

[AmusedChild]

Ah, the good old days, before senior citizens had to go out and buy Old Glory robot attack insurance!

[primemover17]

Grandma pwns on Berserk

[staticks]

Oh god, I got such the douche chills right now

[dogeymon83]

I can't imagine why ATARI failed. LMAO!!!!

That was probably as gay, corny, and retarded as a commercial can get.

[reannamator]

Oh yeah. Complete failure.

It isn't as if the Atari 2600 has had the longest commercial success of any video game console.

Hope you sensed the sarcasm there.

[AllPro777]

@dogeymon83

Kids say the darndest things...

[kenny582]

14 years.

[JPhands]

Every commercial from the 80's was about as gay, corny, and retarded as you could get.

[NordicOten]

@JPhands Like your comments on old Atari commercials?

[Hodenkat]

and now they have more sophisticated games on your cell phone!!! Back then, though...Atari was the ultimate.

[Nintendavin]

That Grandma is fucking AWESOME.

[dogeymon83]

YOU have to go to the ARCADE!

NO YOU DON'T

ATARI!!!!!!

[EconomyShark]

@Nintendavin I wish my grandma would play Berzerk with me.

[carsonky]

Stop the humanoid ☺ ♀

Stop the intruder !!! ☺ ♀

[kurisux]

CHICKEN! FIGHT LIKE A ROBOT!