Atari 5200 Commercial: Pole Position HQ

1982 computer videogames TV commercial. The player has to complete a lap in a certain amount of time in order to qualify for an F1 race at the Fuji Racetrack. After, the player has to face other cars in a championship race. In USA, Namco approached Bally Midway with a choice of two games. And chose Mappy while Atari was forced to go with Pole Position, which turned out to be the most popular game of 1983.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• computer
• 80s
• commercial
• comercial
• atari
• 5200
• pole
• position

[nahu090yt]

...Released in 1982 by Namco. Here, the player has to complete a lap in a certain amount of time in order to qualify for an F1 race at the Fuji Racetrack. After, the player has to face other cars in a championship race. In USA, Namco approached Bally Midway with a choice of two games. And chose Mappy while Atari was forced to go with Pole Position, which turned out to be the MOST POPULAR GAME OF 1983!!

enjoy the ORIGINAL 1982 commercial

[penpen989]

i had this game as a kid and spent so much time on it. It not only left a skidmark on my soul but on my report card too, then my mom left skidmarks on my ass.

[OmegaFuckingWeapon]

the fucking commercial was better then the game itself... how the FUCK is that possible

[edutorox]

cool

[bazfanv2]

Was that Annakin Skywalker at the end?.

[jcgamer107]

Absolutely the best commercial of all time bar none.

[MattTheSaiyan]

If only the Atari 7800 had advertising as good as this 5200 commercial.

[swordofgenesis]

Don't be sorry. it was no problem 

[penske13]

@swordofgenesis sorry bud.....it's been a long day. :)

[swordofgenesis]

I know you were being sarcastic i just chose to respond to you in a weird way. 

[penske13]

@swordofgenesis OH KNOW MAN ....I was being sarcastic. i know what you meant. no offense.

[swordofgenesis]

i was just making a joke of how much EXPLOSIONS! there are. Don't take it too seriously.

[penske13]

@swordofgenesis OBVIOUSLY..michael bay had nothing to do wth this commercial because the cars actually resemble the cars of the period. OH YEA.... no love story either.