1981 Atari Computer Ad: Stock Analysis / Space Invaders

Dad checks the stock market from home and plays arcade-quality video games (and suffers insults from smart-ass offspring) thanks to his Atari 800 home computer in this 1981 ad. Aired during a TV special called "Computers Are People Too."

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Entertainment

Tags:

• atari
• 800
• computer
• commercial
• stock
• analysis
• space
• invaders
• 80s
• advertisement

[Brachio12898]

Oh my God, that was hilarious.

[fjccommish]

@MattTheSaiyan Go to a store when the new iPhones release. There is still the same excitement.

[fjccommish]

You can work at home with a computer? I have to get one of those.

[Anakin44441]

We had one of these. I was five at the time and remember playing "Space Invaders" and learning to program in Basic. Now--just a "few" years later--I teach at a University in Indianapolis where I sometimes find myself trying to explain to my students what it was like back then. Thanks for the memories!

[MattTheSaiyan]

I love how excited people were over computers back then. I wish that excitement would come back.