For our daily classic commercials post, we bring you this Coleco Electronic Games advert from the 70s. Who actually remembers watching this on TV? Video after the jump.

Rather than a general-purpose screen made up of a grid of small pixels, they usually have custom displays designed to play one game. This simplicity means they can be made as small as a digital watch, and sometimes are. The visual output of these games can range from a few small light bulbs or LED lights to calculator-like alphanumerical screens

For our daily classic commercials post, we bring you this Coleco Electronic Games advert from the 70s. Who actually remembers watching this on TV? Video after the jump.

Rather than a general-purpose screen made up of a grid of small pixels, they usually have custom displays designed to play one game. This simplicity means they can be made as small as a digital watch, and sometimes are. The visual output of these games can range from a few small light bulbs or LED lights to calculator-like alphanumerical screens

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