--- title: Nintendo's First-Ever TV Commercial in the United... description: The post discusses the discovery of what could be Nintendo's first-ever TV commercial in the United States. It promotes the Mego Time-Out handheld, a game from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-s-first-ever-tv-commercial-in-the-united-states-uncovered-and-revealed-5cfjhlqfv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nintendo's First-Ever TV Commercial in the United States: Uncovered and Revealed | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the discovery of what could be Nintendo's first-ever TV commercial in the United States. It promotes the Mego Time-Out handheld, a game from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-s-first-ever-tv-commercial-in-the-united-states-uncovered-and-revealed-5cfjhlqfv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5cFJhLQfv.png og:image:alt: Nintendo's First-Ever TV Commercial in the United States: Uncovered and Revealed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nintendo's First-Ever TV Commercial in the United States: Uncovered and Revealed **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the discovery of what could be Nintendo's first-ever TV commercial in the United States. It promotes the Mego Time-Out handheld, a game from the Game & Watch series. The commercial showcases the Toss-Up game and targets the younger, trendy market of the 80s. ## Content In a remarkable discovery, the Video Game History Foundation has unearthed what could potentially be Nintendo's first-ever TV commercial aired in the United States. The commercial, dating back to 1980, promotes the Mego Time-Out handheld, which was released under the Game & Watch series. Although the commercial does not explicitly mention Nintendo or Game & Watch, it showcases the Toss-Up game from the popular hand-held gaming lineup. Initially, the Game & Watch games were licensed to a company called Mego and marketed as Time-Out. The commercial primarily targets the younger, trendy market, emphasizing the rise of 'electronic sport' amongst the mobile yuppie generation of the 80s. The Game & Watch games, as depicted in the commercial, were available in various form factors. The recently discovered film underwent extensive restoration by Movette Film Transfer, rejuvenating its faded colors and preserving a significant piece of Nintendo's early marketing history. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#nintendo](https://daily.dev/tags/nintendo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-s-first-ever-tv-commercial-in-the-united-states-uncovered-and-revealed-5cfjhlqfv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nintendo's First-Ever TV Commercial in the United States: Uncovered and Revealed","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-s-first-ever-tv-commercial-in-the-united-states-uncovered-and-revealed-5cfjhlqfv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-s-first-ever-tv-commercial-in-the-united-states-uncovered-and-revealed-5cfjhlqfv"},"datePublished":"2024-06-15T15:00:29.418Z","dateModified":"2024-06-16T01:32:33.426Z","description":"The post discusses the discovery of what could be Nintendo's first-ever TV commercial in the United States. 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