This game might look simplistic now, but back in the 1980s this was the greatest thing you could get video-game wise from the D&D license. Still, it is only loosely based on D&D and lacks RPG elements. Still a great commercial and it has Henry Thomas in it.

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I was a happy Atari 2600 owner until I saw this commercial in my youth. It seemed like the most intricate game ever made.
I always thought I was the unlucky one, owning an Intellivision instead of an Atari, until stuff like this started to come out. Another game that wouldn’t have been the same without the unique controller, too!