old video game commercials

extrarice · Post by **extrarice** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:29 am

I've been pulling my hair out trying to find a copy of the Super C commercial. None of the "retro commercial" sites I've found seem to have it. Any pointers?

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:35 am

I'm in the same boat trying to find the SMB 2 U.S. NES ad, can't really explain the ad itself, it seems like a trippy dream sequence (perhaps since SMB2 is considered a dream of Mario).

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:39 pm

There's many old commercials here. They've got the Mario 1 and 3 US commercials but not 2 it seems.

extrarice · Post by **extrarice** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:47 pm

Good site, bookmarked. No Super C, though. My quest continues...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:56 pm

extrarice wrote:Good site, bookmarked. No Super C, though. My quest continues...

Well, please let us know about any other sites with video game commercials that you come accross, and good luck!

That site is fantastic, although, IMO, they're devoting way too much space for current-gen games, which you can download footage of, and trailers for, from plenty of sites like IGN, www.gametrailers.com , etc, etc.

Although they certainly have some gems-I was elated to find the first NES Legend of Zelda ad on there, which I remembered seeing on TV, back in 1987!

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:06 pm

I just wish I could get a recording or mp3 of the song they used for that Tetris commercial with the animated talking russian bears and their kids.

extrarice · Post by **extrarice** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:48 pm

dave4shmups wrote:Well, please let us know about any other sites with video game commercials that you come accross, and good luck!

There's this one that has a lot of the wackier Japanese commercials.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:55 pm

No Super C, but retrojunk.com is a great site for old commercials, including a lot of videogame ads.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:21 am

extrarice wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:Well, please let us know about any other sites with video game commercials that you come accross, and good luck!
There's this one that has a lot of the wackier Japanese commercials.

How do you download the commercials from that site? I right click, but it only saves the ads as .asp files.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:44 am

The Japan Link to the Past ad cracks me up.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:47 pm

Ok, this is just a radio ad, but it's radical!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChQM0639Uw Totally bodacious!!

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:34 pm

Battle Tanx's commercial with the teddy bear is hilarious.

Phil ver0 · Post by **Phil ver0** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:24 am

The Final Fantasy commercials for SNES will always be a classic in my book.

EinhanderZwei · Post by **EinhanderZwei** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:26 am

Not the best (obviously), but most memorable is...

- Could you please repeat the question?
- Jaguar, Jaguar, JAGUAR!!!!!!
(c)

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:47 am

Even the ol' GCE tv commericals of touting the Vectrex was cool for it's time...all using real-time video camera footage with some fast-paced shots for maximum effect. All this retro Vectrex advertising hails from 1983-1984.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:52 pm

The commercial for NES classic Crystalis is pretty awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGWDIV6PSyM

And of course by awesome I mean completely terrible. Ah well, still one of the best games ever imo.

EPS21 · Post by **EPS21** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:06 pm

dave4shmups wrote:Ok, this is just a radio ad, but it's radical!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChQM0639Uw Totally bodacious!!

I think nowadays MAME needs this as their themesong

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:46 am

EinhanderZwei wrote:Not the best (obviously), but most memorable is...

- Could you please repeat the question?
- Jaguar, Jaguar, JAGUAR!!!!!!
(c)

Hah! I remember those! They remind me of some of the commercials for the Game Gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cieXjddm ... re=related , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP04XzC-GkA

There's one I couldn't find with this guy on an airplane with a game system on his tray table, and this stewardess walks up and says "Would you like anything to drink? Coffee? Tea? SEGA!!!"

Remember when companies like Sega and Nintendo used to make fun of each other via commercials? It was so much nicer, and funnier, then reading fanboy rants on gaming forums.

EinhanderZwei · Post by **EinhanderZwei** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:33 am

Video game ads are usually hilarious, but what about the video game ad campaigns? Back in the old days in Russia and Ukraine we had Dendy - the Famiclone that brought the console gaming to these two countries that Nintendo wasn't giving a hell about. Believe it or not, this totally unlicensed hardware clone had its commercials, a gaming magazine and even a series of TV shows! Their host, Sergei Suponev, was a legend among first Russian/Ukrainian console gamers. In the end, 95% of Russian-speaking world's population do not know what is NES, but Dendy - that's what will never be forgotten. How 'bout that, Atari?

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