Have you noticed that some of those Target/Wal-Mart/etc. commercials that has someone playing a modern looking (or a model of the actual system) console and the sound coming out of it is from the VCS? I took notice yesterday during a Target commercial (in their funky cel-like red-o-vision) where the guy was on the floor playing and I recognized some of the sounds. "Was that the sound from Phoenix? Was that Pac-Man?" Sure there seem to be some made up sounds, but the others sounded so close to the originals.
Another commercial (while not Christmas related) was an SBC (I think it was SBC) Ameritech commercial where an African-American father and his two teen kids were sitting in front of the computer waiting to connect to their ISP. The son was obviously playing a Game Boy, but the sounds coming from it were pure VCS Pac-Man. As a side note, it seems the VCS Pac-Man sounds are used quite often in game related commercials.
Anyone else noticed this trend in advertisement? Or am I just more nuts than usual?