Atari 2600 Frogger Commercial

[MrCorporalTunnel]

Almost 30 pounds for ESB and Frogger? That's high. Too high. I think these games were about 60 bucks each in the U.S. That's part of the reason for the 1983 video game crash. Parker Brothers didn't make bad games, though, they just charged too much for them.

[130Fahrenheit]

0:12 looks like a beavis and butthead cartoon

[doomfreezzer61]

gorgeous graphics

[RockBand971]

"Now bring the battle at home, were the battle never ends" -.-

[nitturo]

0:11 - what is that? :O - (i can't believe Parker did a so amateur and unrealistic animation mockup to this Frogger advertise...)

[macroevolve]

The frog talking looks a hell of a lot better than the game. lol 

[shairaptor]

the cartoon are is genious! I love frogger! Such a handsome froggie *murrs*

[shairaptor]

@shairaptor art not are

[h0nd4z]

@shairaptor sad kid

[shairaptor]

@h0nd4z maybe you, not me :)

[Poodleinacan]

THIS IS EPIC!!!!!!!!

There should be an 2011 version, for the next gen. consoles...

[liwowoli]

The cartoon art for Frogger was pretty cool. And the Empire Strikes Back game is awesome.

[orbitoverthesun]

i have both of these games

[regressing2apes]

i live in beverly mass. that was where parker designed the video games. we got to go test out the games like popeye etc.

[dustYCartridge]

i have both there both kick ass :D

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

ribbit

[nelsonr12]

wow, they got real lazy with the voice acting

[LordZacknafien]

ahh yes this brings back good times and memories.

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

just like the arcaDE GAME? rofl! stfu atari lmao

[bkboy1016]

I LOVED Frogger when I was a kid!

[cygon72]

LOL "where the challenge NEVER ends!" very true statement since most of those old games just kept going..and going...

[jugglingembalmer]

When Atari came out it was perfectly capable of doing Space Invaders and Asteroids. Atari simply lasted 15 years longer than it should've.

[SuperGuy344]

lol, i never knew games back then were so expensive

[katakisLives]

These are really good graphics by 2600 standards! I've played games on the 2600 that have such dire graphics you can hardly tell what you're supposed to be doing.

[TheDustpile]

£29.99? Equivilent Commodore games only cost £2 or £5 budget!

[TheDustpile]

Jeff Minter ripped off Empire Strikes Back to make his cult classic Attack Of The Mutant Camels.

It was good, the graphics were higher resolution and it was much cheaper than the Atari cartridges.

[adog262]

You know, some Arcade games should have NEVER been ported to the Atari VCS.

I could understand something simple like Space Invaders and Breakout, but why in the hell did they decide to port games like Moon Patrol or Frogger?

Folks, if you get an Atari VCS, leave Frogger out for the wolverines to feed on. It simply sucks.

[Neville6000]

That's why certain old games should only be played on your PC or game system (PS1, PS2, XBOX, Game Cube, Wii, etc.)

[NukeOTron]

"It's just like the arcade game" just not authorized by Konami, the original creators.

"You saw Luke Skywalker battle Imperial Walkers; now you can bring the battle home." Just don't let those AT-ATs ruin the furniture.

"Play The Empire Strikes Back where the battle never ends." I'd rather play Tetris where the stacking never ends.

[geffrod]

Damn. How can a home console make the arcade frogger look so shitty? Was it THAT hard back then to add a couple frames for the leaping animation?

[Raymiles2]

They did, this wasnt what the game actually looked like, they drew the game small scale to fit the TV in this ad. The real game looks much better.

A big advertising fuck up

[gjc82071]

Obviously you've never seen the Atari 2600 "Starpath RAM Expander" version of Frogger. Totally Amazing (given it's still and Atari 2600) and way better graphics then the Parker Brother's (regular Frogger) version. I'm thinking of uploading a comparison video of the 2. Let me know if you want to be informed about it, if I do that.

[Neville6000]

Those old systems just weren't able to handle arcade style graphics-that's partly why the video game industry crashed back in 1983-84

[BluntmanEXE]

@Neville6000

No, it's because the market got flooded with crappy shovelware.

[Neville6000]

Notice I said 'partly' in my previous post, not 'completely'.

[Mapleholic]

LOL

you gota think about it back then it was brand new.

so its like basically a ps3 game looks amazing by todays standards, most likely in 30 years itll look like shit. well you get it. good night!

[wookie72]

The irony is that most of the games from companies outside Atari were better than those made by Atari itself.

I never had an Atari, sigh.... parents bought me a Commodore instead because it was "educational."

[cybersalad]

I remember waiting in line for like a half hour at Musicland to play ESB on the demo 2600. That game was HOT when it came out.

[InsidahDevelopment]

shit, i remember this ad in the 80s!!! i still have over 350 cartridges at home... hehe

[whattheheck1000]

I only have about 50 Atari 2600 carts.

[copires]

wow haha!

Froger was my favorite game. Enduro and River Raid too!

Thx for the video.

[ccricers]

The frog is playing his own game. I wonder how it feels to play a game where I have to take the commute to work, and then commute back home to my lily pad, er, aparment.

[Grouncontrol]

I used to have both those games. man I miss those days. graphics and sound be damned!!

[ericberner]

check out that price! 30 pounds! thats what,like 50 bucks 80's conversion? So you could drive an 8 cylinder station wagon to Branson from anywhere and back or...or..play Frogger-? lol!

[LitterboxDiorama]

"Just like the arcade game" LOL...........Nope!

[wookie72]

It was better than the 2600 Pac-Man or Donkey Kong.

[wildsmiley]

@LitterboxDiorama gameplay-wise it's damn close. Frogger on 2600 is AWESOME!

[MrCorporalTunnel]

@wildsmiley

Indeed. A decent port given the A2600's hardware limitations. Much better than Pac-Man.

[777follower]

No ratings necessary. Sicko's weren't trying to sell violence to kids then. Anythng to make a buck, who cares who gets hurt.

[Neville6000]

Oh, like River Raid or Custer's Revenge

[DarkestFreedom01]

that frogger slighty scares me...

[horseboyken]

crack wasnt invented yet I was like 15 when that stuff was new

[mscrankyangel]

yeah back then people just freebased

[phreakindee]

i love how the "in-game footage" of the game is slightly modified to make it look better.. yeah, nothing like the arcade but still awesome

[pictures999]

I remember this game when I was a kid. it kicked ass.

[BURPGA3]

Weird, Frogger looked skinner in the game.

[countsmegula]

First, a quiet game of frogger then a battle on Hoth? What's going on here? I want awnsers!

[countsmegula]

First, a quiet game of frogger then a battle on Hoth? What's going on here? I want awnsers!

[Phykus]

dat frogs on crack

[HaloFreak100000]

yey

[xxvolkan]

frogger home video game, bring it back to your pad. sounds like a cheap tampon commercial.

[straightouttaboro]

RRRRRRRRRRRRIBBBEDD

[grandplans]

man I can remember when the frogger game in the stores for atari was 40 dollars!! I can remember begging dad over and over and over and over to buy the game. LOL!!

[spazquestt]

Do you know what year this commercial came out?

[grandplans]

sorry, the best I can remember is, ballpark guess, 1982??

[mrgranados]

Ah, yes.  Brings back good memories.

[bajsbullen1337]

Haha, that frogger commercial was the best ever.

"This is the new Frogger home video game ribbit it's just like the arcade game." My point is, he dosent wait before or after the "ribbit". :P

[paisleypower30]

I loved the starwars game, I played it for hours, there was no save game, but there was apause, but if someone turned off the console, you started ALL over!

[horseboyken]

or if the dog nicked it when he walked by

[paisleypower30]

Oh no! You poor thing!

[horseboyken]

i think I got over it since it happened 26 years ago hmm maybe i didn't. the dogs long gone I can take it out of the closet now

[thechocobro]

where did you find this video?

[zoidberg87]

I LIKE THIS FROGGER'S COMMERCIAL ! there are so many animations! nowadays there are no commercials with that cool , old-fashioned animations!

[sonsofthepatriots]

29.95? LMAO!

[mrceleb2006]

That's in UK pounds, not U.S., Canadian or Australian dollars.

[shairaptor]

@sonsofthepatriots it was 1982 idiot

[rdreal]

Both of these games were the shit back in the day.

[carnivalofsouls2047]

Fr0gg3R 4 LIFE!

[678BUMPERLOVER]

i beated this whole game and i was only a kid my dad was inpressed beacuse he thought that females were not good at video games

[rich1980]

£30 for Empire!!!

[videogameknowitall]

There were a few companies that tried to get in on Froggers sucsses, but very few companies dared becouse Atari could be pretty sue happy at times.

[videogameknowitall]

I don't think that playing Frogger on a lilly pad would help the game play any...Oh well it is still a nice video game!

[fuurious]

my atari "frogger" had chickens instead of frogs!!!!

[arenean]

That sounds like Activisions "Freeway"!

[fuurious]

it was.

[Brinah]

chickens!? lol

[TFAtv]

Where have all the good games gone now that this ol' world needs them the most?

[Toledo1837]

Heh, noticed this was the UK edition of the ad. The US version uses more of the animation of Frogger and doesnt' pair it off with the other game.