Giants fans – I need your help tracking down a piece of history.

I'm researching Nintendo's 1985 NES test-market launch in NY/NJ. An ex-Nintendo employee claims a commercial for the console aired locally during the Giants vs. Washington Monday Night Football game on November 18, 1985 (the Joe Theismann injury game).

What I'm looking for: Original WABC-TV broadcast footage with commercials intact – ideally a VHS recording someone made that night.

If verified, this would be significant in understanding how Nintendo built awareness for the NES that holiday season. The commercial likely would have been this 60-second spot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbijYdtApRg)
or a 30-second variant.

If you have a recording or know someone who might, please reach out. Thanks for helping preserve this intersection of Giants and video game history.

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