Atari - Joust - Commercial - 80s

[dioxideuniversal]

take my money

[dioxideuniversal]

incredible

[rkmbob]

"Atari presents... Joust: The video game where buzzard men battle ostrich men" That is what everyone had a hankering for, buzzard men vs ostrich men! There was a huge demand for that genre and few games to fill it.

[mattgus40]

Terry Gilliam's Joust

[EastCoastDude99]

No wonder the Atari 5200 failed, they spent all their money on this commercial.

[TheBungle]

"THE GRAPHICS GO BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS"

[Zzyyxxyyxx]

Same thing happened to me when I played it, that's why I had to bury my 5200 and never speak of it again!

[DDA1220]

Why does he stuff that egg in his mouth? Why does he turn into a chicken as a result? What the fuck is going on?

[BARCACROSSESTHEALPS]

@DDA1220 Atari and the 1980's in America is what's going on,....and we loved it!

[jubjub444]

whats even going on?

[ylo121888]

is that 4D experience???

[Ultralism]

"Actual experience may vary."

[Tay5551]

"The graphics go beyond your wildest dreams." So they think we dream when were high,right?

[kumikychu]

WTF!!!

[dooWORKsuun]

this is why i stopped smoking,my mom was PISSED when she saw our living room...

[RJKILLEDU]

co za asy...

[MAdoubleTizzle19]

Thanks for this Yahoo News!

[AfgMW2]

LOL

"The Graphics go beyond your wildest dreams"

I love how comments just started coming in after 2 years.

[EazySPM]

@AfgMW2 Lol yeah fuckin yahoo

[Ramel34]

I'll explain for those who are confused...They have to get your attention away from the game itself because they can only give you 3 seconds of actual game footage before it gets repetitive. So they'll show you a kangaroo playing the flute to hide the fact that the game bites ass. Go look at other atari game commercials and you'll see what I'm saying.

[222LoneWolf]

Wow... *adds to favorites*

[docileprimate]

This must be the directors cut.

[oxxxhinatahyuugaxxxo]

....my house. nooo.... 8C

[jam5301]

the graphics. what graphics??

[G4eva420]

the ending gave me diarrhea soo bad, f""k!

[elpidi0526]

The finest display of seizure-inducing, stream-of-consciousness editing I've ever seen.

[DarkAnt0nio]

Quote from Yahoo comments: I think they must have been doing a lot more drugs in the 80s than has been previously suggested in history books...

[jph2000]

Ok, I won't be sleeping well tonight

[iDanceWithNoPants]

This is back when you rather be in the commercial rather than play the video game itself

[tfustudios]

That's one of the oddest ads Ive ever seen....

Why is it so long?

[Sherpaful]

The ending is like a scene from a cheap horror flick

[Fiki2k7]

What the fuck was that?

[aztigen1229]

1:40 "The graphics will go beyond your wildest dreams." LOL

[ForgottenMemoryLost]

@aztigen1229 amazing graphics for sure ;P

[jirojas5]

this high budget for back then

[kuraimen]

Are those chocobos they are riding?

I knew Final Fantasy wasn't original.

[12DMC81]

1:39 thats obviously a baloon

[kosk11348]

Is that Julian Lennon?

[southecko2172]

I bet that kid never expected all that shit to go down when he excitedly ran down the stairs to play Joust. He should have heeded that birds warning.

[AidenIsLove]

Remember. People had to audition for this.

[PunchSydeiron]

THE HELL??

[oldschooldamnawesome]

WTF man...haha!

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

Ah, the early 80's...

"Three's Company', 'The Terminator', the 'Trans-Am', 'Miami Vice', etc... heck, the best porn came from the late 70's to early 80's. We didn't have the World Wide Web, so kids like me had to steal 'Penthouse' from the corner liquor store... those were the days.

[maruf92communist]

graphics go beyond you dreams ......lol

[supertoastdemon]

Holy Shit video games from the 80's were SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!

[Hewhosmokeswomen]

I remember when I first got Joust. i was 12 years old and it was like 2001. I didn't know they were jousting. I always thought it was birds flying into each other.

[rebelpunk91]

LMAO at dis shit! Mofo turns into a crazy cluck half Chicken-Bird/half Velociraptor lookin' thang at da end! Hear him cluckin' an' shit wit' dat big-ass bird head like he's Pufnstuf's bird relative or sumthin'! Damn,dis made me crack up!!!

[IjUiCEl]

Now I see how video games got that "geek" stereotype.....

Commercials probably freaked everyone out

[Perk456]

This is beyond confusing.

[UNSCbullet25]

i dont even

[Marlfox70]

Just wonderin what point in that commercial they expected people at home to be like "Oh, Imma buy that shit, son!"

[anagennao]

Damn... I thought the centipede commercial was wack, but this is hella fucked up!

[ilovebeastboy28]

But even the Club Centipede can't hold a candle to this epic spot for the beloved Joust. First the poor gamer's house is demolished, then he eats a giant egg and turns into a nightmarish reject from H.R. Puffnstuff. Beyond our wildest dreams, indeed. ~Yahoo. com

[CasualGamesPlease]

whoa this some trippy shit right here..

[GlaciusNLV]

Yes, the thought of turning into a giant chicken lizard inspires me to buy this product. . .

[Floyd5642]

They used to have commercials that were this long?

[MegaDyneSystemsExe]

@Floyd5642 yep, and not only that, there were a helluva lot less commercial breaks than we have now. These days we're flooded with commercial breaks every f'ing 10 minutes or so, freaking non-stop.

[flamingaxelburn]

"what you think breaking down my wall is cool, yeah using the ******* door is cool too" Dane Cook

[moaiou]

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

[Zzyyxxyyxx]

Okay, play the game, turn into a bird, yeah gotta get me some of that.

[SecretTechniqueGuy]

I was on board until the egg part.

[HurricaneFaFniR]

what was the moral here

[smokyprogg]

I watch it and keep thinking "Could this get any weirder?"

The answer is continuously "yes" up through the end.

[hecatomb]

lol the bird in the birdcage is freaking the fuck out

[FlyingSofa28]

what the... i dont even...

[zuruzuruzuru]

I loved this game as a kid.

[RazorsEdgeStudios]

........the fuck?

[briar182]

Oh look a egg! Lets eat it!

Fail.

[um09dndam]

well, it did go beyond my wildest dreams, until bioshock came

[olsona]

This beats any "Gears of War" trailer.

[SuperJunky1]

somethings wrong, Is anybody there? this commercial is weird just weird?Fake?

fuck atari i hated his game then and after this commercial i really hate it now.

[SuperJunky1]

@SuperJunky1 oh no wait! nevermind this is just back when shit didn't have to make ANY since . but damn . .

[AoFparson]

lol i love those 80´s atari commercials ^^

[FS7001]

Atari 5200

[lilmiltjr]

If the show Mystery Science Theater 3000 made fun of commercials, this would be a classic for them!

I laughed the entire 2 minutes! asking myself, "what the hell is going on!"

[StudioFantasma]

This was more of a trailer than a regular commercial. And VEEEERY trippy one at that.

[FarangBalls]

commercials was 2 minutes long.

[ryanell666]

Looks like somthing Terry Gilliam would make.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Wouldn't be surprised if he did.

[heathervision]

William Dear was the director. He made a lot of classic commercials including Atari Pole Position

[Zepcono]

What the hell just happened?!?!?

[hecatomb]

tha was not funny, this is going to give me nightmares

[DGarcia879]

why did he turned himself to a bird at the end of the commercial? and its funny

[MagicEmperor]

This reminds me of my last family reunion.

[hecatomb]

i heard there going to make a movie about this game

[Procyonidae]

THE HORROR

[evilpup]

What the fuck just happened?

[looker999997]

This is why you should stay away from drugs, kids.

[Asalieri]

Joust; Get ready to trip some serious balls!

[riderjd83]

joust rules!!! God bless the old school

[classics86]

Why would I want a game that is going to fuck up my house?