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Just in case you went down the rabbit hole and looked up the Atari Shock mentioned in this article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983

and just in case you looked up some of the bad video games...

and just in case you read more about "Lost Luggage":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Luggage_(video_game)

... and just in case you wanted to know if the --4 minute jingle-- mentioned was ever found. yes it has:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcC_am2I8W8



Thanks:

there is a podcast called the "Ted Dabney Experience" which talks to a lot of game developers of the time from Atari and such. I like the old business stories kind of interesting.

https://www.teddabneyexperience.com/episodes




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