The crowning achievement though for Activision has to be that they kept the same logo for over 25 years. What you should really pay attention to is what Activision president Jim Levy says in the last 30 seconds of the video -- maybe we should call him Prophet Levy. Behold Prophet Levy bestowing his wisdom to the masses of 1981.
The crowning achievement though for Activision has to be that they kept the same logo for over 25 years. What you should really pay attention to is what Activision president Jim Levy says in the last 30 seconds of the video -- maybe we should call him Prophet Levy. Behold Prophet Levy bestowing his wisdom to the masses of 1981.
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Posted: Jul 24th 2007 4:52PM (Unverified) said
Is that... Phil Hartman? Whoa
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:02PM Negativecool said
Phil....my Phil...He was so good in Jingle All the Way. Troy McLure anyone?
The Simpsons would still be worth watching today.
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The Simpsons would still be worth watching today.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:03PM (Unverified) said
Man, I loved to play stampede.
Activision did have a team of award winning pasty game designers.
Activision did have a team of award winning pasty game designers.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:16PM (Unverified) said
I didn't know Triple H designed Barnstorming. Sweet.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:18PM kinshadow said
I love the one designer/programmer/artist per game. I bet each game's dev time could be counted in weeks.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:28PM hvnlysoldr said
We put you in the game!
Not to be confused with EA's "It's in the game."
Not to be confused with EA's "It's in the game."
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:42PM (Unverified) said
Jack Black also did a Pitfall commercial for ATVI as well. Now that's prophetic.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 5:51PM (Unverified) said
The sad about this video is that it beated Nintendo 2007 E3 conference by a Mile.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 6:14PM ummhello said
amazingly, I somehow missed all those "wonderful" and exciting commercials in the 80's...back then I never looked at who developed/published a game--it was all word of mouth or the description of the game on the box. And back then there WEREN't many developers/publishers. Nowadays, I almost always check the game's publisher and /or developer. There are definitely some names I steer very clear of (HudsonSoft/THQ) unless it receives high reviews, and others that are practically a "must buy" (Squeenix, Bungie, and Nintendo).
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 7:02PM (Unverified) said
lol, notice how the costumed players get as close to the TV as possible in each ad to maximize the seizure inducing effects of 1982 gaming.
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 7:07PM (Unverified) said
Yup, it's Phil Hartman. Ice Hockey commercial is listed on his IMDB profile
Posted: Jul 24th 2007 7:36PM RudyHuxtable said
To say that haven't changed the logo isn't entirely accurate: they lost the pretty rainbow. I'm okay with that.
Posted: Jul 25th 2007 4:27AM Vay1en said
Good idea for them to drop the rainbow coming off the left side of their logo.
How awesome is it that they had to tell people how to insert an Activision cartridge into their Atari 2600? I almost fell over when the announcer said that.
How awesome is it that they had to tell people how to insert an Activision cartridge into their Atari 2600? I almost fell over when the announcer said that.
Posted: Jul 25th 2007 8:26AM (Unverified) said
I'd suggest a little more research in future...the fact that Activision changed their logo *completely* in the mid-to-late 80s, before reverting back to the original (sans rainbow) seems to have passed you by...
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