Despite having watched more than my fair share of television in the 1980s, I somehow missed out on these over-the-top commercials (except the Mario Bros. one). Milo assembled 8 of the craziest video game spots from the era where marketers learned the best way to reach young people: shout at them and crank the bad music.
via Digg, where commenter kevro points to other examples starring a young Tobey Maguire and Jack Black.