Oh yeah I never heard of a video game until 89 when I was 8 and my brother (RIP) got our NES with Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt after seeing commercials and our new school friends talks and shown us the Nintendo games
Oh man, TWO AM&A's Xmas commercials from that year but neither was the one I wanted to see, which was to the tune of "Carol Of The Bells" that went "AM&A's, AM&A's...". In December 1989 they used to show that ad on Channel 4 in the mornings because I used to record something every weekday morning and watch it when I got home from school. Lots of good stuff there though, from one of the more memorable times in my life.
Does anybody have the Taco Time (Seattle) commercial for Christmas in 1989? International Jewelers used it too. I wish I knew the name of the Christmas jingle!