Ep of the original cartoon with the Turtles playing Pong

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Jephael

It was probably a lot cheaper to reference than say Donkey Kong Jr. or Legend of Zelda.

Yes, back in the 80s and the 90s, companies didn't pay TV shows to advertise their products yet. Shows had to pay the company of said product to mention it/advertise it on their show.

Originally Posted by frank_one

Of course no adult person was seriously playing with them after like 1985 but you have to consider that after their golden days pong machines kept having some life as little kids toys. If you had a child back then you would bring your pong back from the attic and give it to him. Also, I'm speaking as an European. In Italy we got the NES only in late 1987.

We only got the NES in 1990 here in Portugal. The 80s were dominated by the ZX Spectrum. The early 90s by the Mega Drive.