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What's your favorite tv commercial spots for old games and systems?

pic from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVQ1fP7dNEE

>> No.1513705

>>1513519
haaaaaaaahaaha wtf . amazing

>> No.1513724
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1513724

Obligatory.

http://youtu.be/GP-SS56q54g

>> No.1513736

No THIS is obligatory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEe04UwJ6Q

Also the US 80s equivalent Zelda commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI3rO3PbYOo

Personal favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuiEKm5dDrY

>> No.1513756

>>1513736
>Also the US 80s equivalent Zelda commercial

"The Nintedo Entertainment System! Your parents help you hook it up, the Legend of Zelda sold seperately."

Haha when I was 7 my parents were clueless about hooking up the Nintendo and I was the one who did it.

>> No.1513764

>>1513756
Thus the difference between US adults and Japanese adults (the Japanese commercial clearly being targeted at all ages)

>> No.1513802
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>>1513724
>abunai zelda
Fuck yeah, Arino-san on zelda commercial.

>>1513736
>segata sanshiro commercials
What is that doccer like RPG?

>> No.1513843
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>>1513736
That playstation ad sent shivers down my spine.

>> No.1513857

>>1513736
Fun fact: Segata Senshiro's actor also played Takeshi Hongo, the first Kamen Rider.

>> No.1513858

>>1513843
Pretty sure God has a z-buffer.

>> No.1513871

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZGoC_T-y4

I wish commercials for modern systems would be edgy this.

>> No.1513939

>>1513802
>What is that doccer like RPG?
Nippon Daihyou Chimu no Kantoku Ni Narou ! Sekaihatsu Soccer RPG

>> No.1513957

>>1513843
Yeah... I miss that time. Those PS4 commercials are good but the 3D revolution was... a revolution

>> No.1513965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB4Bfqrrw84
runner up is this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gykgQ6vfcgk

>> No.1513970

>>1513736
the first video made want to play an olympic sports game for the first time in my life.

>> No.1513972

More crazy Playstation ads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dpzhMMFk5U

>> No.1513978

Time 2 get spooked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgvH_cGnIa4

>> No.1513974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCd8QjxapXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn3EAVpOdro

though not quite retro, it is still before 2001.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGX5pIAiPY

>> No.1513980

Kunio Tachi no Banka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AylDir1CDmk

>> No.1513992

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYrYSWxDf7o

>> No.1513993

>>1513972
Didn't understand shit she said.

>> No.1514000

>>1513993
She's saying she doesn't understand the human endeavor and landing on the moon and basically that she'd much rather be self fulfilled and have "mental wealth"

>> No.1514004

most of these are wonderful and exciting.
jesus christ why are adds nowadays so damn horrible?
let me take the worst one; that call of duty one with that enimem refrain over and over again.

please keep posting guys

>> No.1514025

>>1513736
Segata Sanshiro is probably the biggest badass of all time. Tosses people and makes them FUCKING EXPLODE. He don't even give a FUCK.

>> No.1514034

>>1513736
>Burning Rangers
based

>> No.1514150
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1514150

This was my favorite growing up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg
Something about Nintendo characters in mascot costumes made me laugh my ass off

>> No.1514185

A couple of favorites from the past:

Star Fox (SNES):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkFHSVqjDmQ
Super Mario Land 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhB8XG9_5Rc

>> No.1514224

>>1514185
beat me too it...

DANGER. DANGER. DANGER. DANGER

>> No.1514267

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3L3VIHV_k

I don't care that these games are from 2001 and not technically /vr/ material. This commercial got me so psyched as a kid and served as my very first introduction to Zelda. Nothing I've seen since has done as much to encourage me to buy a specific game.

>> No.1514291

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

>> No.1514317

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

This is an ad for a PS1 game that was released in 1995, but it wasn't exported to the U.S. until 2003. Keep that in mind as you watch this ad.

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>>1513992
is that Stanley?

>> No.1514345

Based Sega reporting in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytistojxzn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNWdy4Mr7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDpTLY6dpXQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdoVjrhJn8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl8rrBaHW6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mEC8NDtMU

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http://youtu.be/qQUPE8SVv-8

>> No.1514856

>>1514491
>retro

>> No.1515120
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Based Castlevania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DqmaJJcp1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-TjOaohzdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVFBJQqvXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRgJ7rvZkcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKau6ly92U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovdyjpvteEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65vLOhSMLiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXBusP8M1fA

>> No.1515190

Pole Position for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuRNguzbu6I

>> No.1515323

>>1515190
This is amazing every time

also reminds me of Talk Radar too much

>> No.1515459

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0DcI25QPQ

RIP, Don LaFontaine.

>> No.1517446

I think this is the first commercial of any kind, video games or not, that I can remember.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAadfsJrmM

>> No.1517471

I like almost all PlayStation commercials had nothing to do with VIDEO GAMES. That explains why every other post on /v/ is off topic, they've become PlayStation boards.

>> No.1517835

>>1513519
>Mortal 2 and Sonic Cripple Trouble

>> No.1517845

>bashes his head to see colors
thats 90s as fuck
made my lunch break

>> No.1517856 [DELETED] 

http://de.mon.st/RyEq2/

>> No.1517873

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tOvkvCvwQ
David Lynch makes awesome commercials.

>> No.1517884

>>1513736
rip in piece Segata

he died for your sins ;_;

>> No.1517893

>>1513974
Will we ever get this PS9 experience?

>> No.1517961

personal favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZZBSmSlz9k

>> No.1519463

>>1517845
What really makes it great is that of -all things he can use to bash into his head, he chooses a freakin' dead squirrel.

>> No.1519471

It would be hard to pick a favorite, but I really like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FnXlcpG0LQ

I also really like the old "have you played Atari today" ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cuTMXdKaqQ

>> No.1519473

i hated all game ads, they're all creepy and bad

>> No.1519493

>>1513871
I miss when companies would dig at each other.

>> No.1519548

>>1519473
Even this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FybA0SaL0nI

>> No.1519960

obligatory

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

>> No.1519973

>>1519548
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FybA0SaL0nI


Huh. With ads like that no wonder the NES wasn't as big in britbong land as it was in the US.

>> No.1519993

>>1513519
Obsidian. Seriously look at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiztCIDlcYM

>> No.1520595

Didn't see one for Quake II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cakkSAhLclo

>> No.1520698

Not a game commercial, but a commercial featuring a game character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dnW8QJxHD0

>> No.1520726

>>1513857
Well, gee, no wonder he looks so familiar...

>> No.1520729
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In the UK they had a series of adverts starring comedian/actor Rik Mayall. They were... interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsON9PJRR4g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSQNaA1apc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnE_B6pXQdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx4ZOn5GViE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZAsCRIEaA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su3kMZ7sEm8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRYH4f0_oag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9sMJhUVGc

>> No.1521098

>>1520729
Is that Drop Dead Fred?

>> No.1521384

>>1520729
holy shit these are terrible. british humour is the worst

>> No.1521481

This is the greatest

Centipede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5yypRCrQQ

>> No.1521495

>>1517835
Mortal 2 is what we all called it back then.

Also why the fuck don't game companies shitsling at each other anymore? These were the days. Back then Sega literally showed a Game Boy, with Mario Land, WITH THE MUSIC AND SFX PLAYING and openly attacked it. I want those days back.

>> No.1521525

>>1521384
Clearly the difficulty of Lost Levels has unhinged your mind.

>> No.1521554

>>1519973
I have a strong feeling that the voices in that ad were deliberately trying to sound Dalek-like since it's an English ad and they're universally known in England.

>> No.1521607

>>1514185
Super Mario Land 1 Commercial

Watched this when I was 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REcti6JOSMU

>> No.1523201

>ctrl-F
>no Battletanx commercial
srs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brl9mzmgPY

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>>1520698
>In Kakoriko Village
>COMONCOMONCOMON
everytime

>> No.1523320

20+ years and this commercial, and more specifically, the song is still permanently engrained in my brain -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2veIeOHOD-0