PIXEL PORN: THE BRILLIANTLY HONEST YAR’S REVENGE, ASTEROIDS, STAR RAIDERS AD

The most amazing thing about this Atari 2600 ad which purportedly ran in theaters in 1982 is that it doesn’t try to upsell any of the action you’d end up getting at home: no 8×8 sprites turned magically into full-color cartoons or live-action heroes, it simply demonstrates and sexes up the gameplay in all its low-bit glory.

That, and it’s sinister as hell.

Atari 2600 commercial – The Fly (Yars’ Revenge, Asteroids, etc., 1982) [YouTube, thanks, Alex!]