Computer game adverts from 1980s

[RetroGamingScot]

Big League Soccer, endorsed by Sean Connery

[eclectica1]

Hmmm...wasn't that Gyroscope just a Marble Madness rip-off?

And "Ariola Soft"?????????? Well, I suppose that name would have gone over the heads of the kids playing any of their games at the time I suppose...

[wilki31]

@eclectica1 No idea but it drove me round the bend! 20 levels, I bet I never got past number 4!

[godofthedevil]

"hi res graphics.. lol" well it was then..

[CaptainOvious123]

haha, Utd losing 2-0 to Tranmere in the fourth diviion

[CaptainOvious123]

@CaptainOvious123 division*

[motherflange]

Hilarious voice acting:

* 00:05 - A garden shed scientist

* 00:55 - Rusky stereotype

* 01:22 - A dour, no nonsense Scottish footy manager

* 02:45 - More Zippy than a Dalek

* 03:47 - Hollywood space captain

* 05:17 - Barney Rubble with a cold

* 06:24 - Fonejacker's automated flat line

* 07:25 - A very ropey Vincent Price

* 08:29 - Bond villain.

[DaMaul]

250 room FUCKtory

[poa9s]

Is that a soccer game or a spreadsheet app?

[sctsmxms]

"Furiously Gyrating" ^_^

[Ferdie28]

Panzadrome= EXTERMINATE..EXTERMINATE..EXTE­RMINATE!!



[Realitybites85]

And that's David Mitchell at 6.22 "Fleet St Editor"

No no no, this doesn't add up at all!!

[SuperFunnyman001]

@Realitybites85 ahahahahahahh IT IS ;_;

[torquesport]

@Realitybites85 He'd have been about 10 when those ads were made!!

[Realitybites85]

eh? Is that Michael McIntyre doing the voiceover for Gyroscope?!??!

[Grentanksmog]

yeaa.. Goo old time, when games were written on assembler programming language...

[08joejoi]

High resolution graphics :D

[bazfanv2]

gyroscope is marble madness ripoff

[sherrikeller]

Well, Panzadrome certainly blew my mind.

[h3akalee]

Wonder if he sniffed a fat line of coke before recording all these.

[h3akalee]

It's the same fucking guy just changing his voice lol !!

[PhilipLMilne]

The word you're all think of is actually arEola... and even that doesn't *just* mean the bit around the nipple.

[daystilljersey]

Not only have we lost the match, we've lost £3,000 as well.

[bravotwozero007]

high resolution graphics lol

[theRubbishanimations]

compare these 'brilliant' graphics to uncharted

then compare it to big rigs

[mark771977]

Those classic Speccy sounds . . . i'm 10 years old again!!!

[BRAKESUK80]

5.51 manic tortoise lmao

[BRAKESUK80]

its a shame they thought they had to put on sappy voiceovers to sell a game lol. wicked upload mate, never seen anything like this before :)

[BluHorizonProduction]

These games too FUCKING HARD!

[R33Racer]

Hmm Skyfox, so that's the game that changed the Euro release of the SNES game of the same name.

[38Squid]

gyroscope looks an aweful lot like marble madness.

[R33Racer]

@38Squid, It was pretty much, a shameless rip-off.

[darthspeaks]

Do a barrel roll!

[nzoomed]

high resolution graphics! lol

[jordannw2010]

5:48 minecraft of the 1980's? 

[dentunes]

Someone would actually call their company ariola?????

[alanporic]

Shoot the fella that does the 'impressions'. If they ARE impressions; it's hard to tell unfortunately :-(

[XxmcdxX]

lol 2:30 kenny danglish =) Liverpool YNWA

[Flamzorz]

I wish games were still only a tenner.

[MegaOmen2010]

i guess this is where marble madness for the nes came from

[devilzzzzzzzzzz]

The flintstones, The voice actor sounds like sylvester stallone

[ProjectKBI]

high resolution graphics... my ass. i play starcraft 2... i literally compare those to real life graphics... this... ehEHH EHHHHHHHHHHHHH I FEEL OLDDDD

[masterblaster40699]

Fucking GREAT. i can not remember seeing ever a commercial on tv.could be... cause i used 2 play instead watch silly tv ;)

[MrAlexriga]

5:00 I like this game!

[TheGanstaben]

the panzadrome guy sounds like a dalek!

[masterblaster40699]

@TheGanstaben yeah. 80´s maniac powered by sam/receiver or something else.muhahaha

[louthesz]

These were in-store videos that used to be on a continuous loop in Boots in the 1980's, early 1990's. The sound always used to be turned down; hearing this cretin now, I can understand way.

[CoolConejo]

I feel embarrassed that Actual people had to live in times with such primitive entertainment devices. Yes i know, I know that even today's Technology is still at an infant stage and merely a step up from Yesterday's hype. But Seriously, This video is the icing on the cake. I can't wait how far we will have come 75-100 years from now.

[masterman3178]

1:01 virgin games lol thats what the poeple who played these still are.

[TheGanstaben]

Swindon town showesd up on the second game! i live thhere!

[TheGanstaben]

0:34 to 0:36 HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS!? they cant be serious

[geekymarianne]

@TheGanstaben, for the time, that was definitely high resolution. Just like how 1940s black and white television was called "High definition", because a 400ish line system was a major improvement over 100-180 line earlier systems.

[halowraith1]

@TheGanstaben go back then and youll see why he said that. graphics dont matter

[22greg48]

These cant be tv  adverts, they're too long

[cosine303]

@22greg48 they are instore adverts shown on tv's in shops.. maybe wh-smith / john menzie's or boots etc =)

[achillesian]

4:08 ariolasoft, really? REALLY?

[SNK038]

I'm sorry, is this supposed to be a joke or are these the original advertisments? Who is this fantastic voice actor?

[ans280897]

funny!

[cosine303]

no it's not.. it's the same kinda game though ;-) . marble madness was out in the arcade.. and well this game hhmm "borrowed" the idea.. much like the many space invader / kong / galaxians clones.. go look up World of Spectum and you can download it =)

[1meanieface1]

gyroscope? i don't remember it ever being called that, even way back then it was always marble madness on the old 1.4 floppys

[cosine303]

it was released in 1985.. much before 1.4 floppies.. you got it on tape.. I still have the tape here.

different game / different company.. it was in the arcade when melborne house made gyroscope

[handofsutekh]

7.95 - bargain

[0neofthem]

im glad i wasnt a kid when this came out

[cosine303]

but the joke is the games were more playable then as apposed to now.. if you judge a game solely on it's sound / graphics you don't have the full picture.. also a lot of the games companies now, where you think they started? "Rare" was originally Ultimate back in 1983 for instance

[woofdawgg69]

high resoulution graphics!?!?!? lol

[thelyniezian]

For the 1980s, come on! Compare to, say, the ZX81...

[DingKong]

Why did they use someone with a moronic voice for Gyroscope?

[turewarrior0]

yeah

[DannyEddy187]

This is funny