11th March 2014, 7:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 11th March 2014, 7:53 PM by A Black Falcon.)
Oh, late '80s? I was thinking it was '90s... there is some clear continuity though, between that stuff and the later mid '90s "Play It Loud" campaign -- that was kind of like an amped-up, slightly older-audience version of earlier advertising like that.
And yeah, that (Atari 5200) Pole Position ad is pretty amazing.
Also, ads!
MK1's is a classic.
[video=youtube_share;R8V7TwlYCt0]http://youtu.be/R8V7TwlYCt0[/video]
Mario 3's ad has zero gameplay shown. Great ad for sure though!
[video=youtube_share;pQO2VtV1PNg]http://youtu.be/pQO2VtV1PNg[/video]
And of course the Japanese LttP commercial is kind of crazy... crazy bad, that is. Dancing rap, Zelda ad? Yeah. (Also no gameplay, but that's okay.)
[video=youtube_share;cjpHzLYHkwA]http://youtu.be/cjpHzLYHkwA[/video]
Finally, here's that N64 video I was talking about. Yeah, I still have my VHS copy.
[video=youtube_share;UxUmSyZ7Ylo]http://youtu.be/UxUmSyZ7Ylo[/video]
And yeah, that (Atari 5200) Pole Position ad is pretty amazing.
etoven Wrote:Notice how little they show the game. HaHa.. The game is nothing like that. That ad clearly wins the award for most untrue BS insinuated about a product. It was kind of fun though. :)Eh, ads are like that -- most videogame ads show very little of the actual game, in fact. They showed a few seconds of 5200 Pole Position in that ad, which is more than you'll find of gameplay footage in some videogame ads...
Sacred Jellybean Wrote:You mean it didn't LEAVE SKIDMARKS ON YOUR SOUL?I've never been a big Rad Racer fan... it's probably better than the first Pole Position, I guess, but I'd honestly rather play Pole Position II for the 7800 than Rad Racer...
Rad Racer was better anyway :colbert:
90s ads are weird. I'm reminded of the Calvin and Hobbes strip where he complains that television commercials are just a weird barrage of loosely related images. I didn't remember it being that bad :psyduck: but I guess I wasn't the most observant child. Or adult for that matter.
[video=youtube_share;rSTGOyDFPrU]http://youtu.be/rSTGOyDFPrU[/video]
Also, ads!
MK1's is a classic.
[video=youtube_share;R8V7TwlYCt0]http://youtu.be/R8V7TwlYCt0[/video]
Mario 3's ad has zero gameplay shown. Great ad for sure though!
[video=youtube_share;pQO2VtV1PNg]http://youtu.be/pQO2VtV1PNg[/video]
And of course the Japanese LttP commercial is kind of crazy... crazy bad, that is. Dancing rap, Zelda ad? Yeah. (Also no gameplay, but that's okay.)
[video=youtube_share;cjpHzLYHkwA]http://youtu.be/cjpHzLYHkwA[/video]
Finally, here's that N64 video I was talking about. Yeah, I still have my VHS copy.
[video=youtube_share;UxUmSyZ7Ylo]http://youtu.be/UxUmSyZ7Ylo[/video]