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mamonohunter

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« on: November 10, 2005, 09:00:07 PM »
These are two american comic ads, I should have been scanned them but my scanner isnt working for some reasons.

 

esteban

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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2005, 04:48:45 AM »
Awesome! I wish I owned those beauties :)

Scans for both ads are available here:
http://www.vgmuseum.com/ads/tg16/

But I would certainly be interested in seeing much cleaner scans of these two ads. Fix that scanner :)

NOTE: How many folks here think that the Splatterhouse ad looks like it was drawn by the same fellow who did the Keith Courage comic? Anyone have any info on who made the Splatterhouse and Bonk comics?

The third ad, linked above, must be from a comic book as well, because I have yet to see it in a glossy multi-platform gaming magazine (not that I've done an exhaustive search, but I've looked through a lot of old mags over the past few months).

Help :)
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2005, 07:41:25 AM »
I remember seeing those back in the day.  Honestly?  Those two comics are what convinced me to buy a Turbografx-16.  How funny is that?
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2005, 12:00:22 PM »
Don't they have full scans of these on that Turbo Grafx 16 site?

Yep, just checked. Go here http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/propaganda.htm and look at the bottom ;) .
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

mamonohunter

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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2005, 01:51:02 AM »
Nice! Now my scanner can be left alone ;). To get these ads of Splatter House and Bonk is very easy by the way, they are in lots of Daredevil comics and other marvel comics from early 90s. I think I will sacrifice my comics and frame the ads ^^.

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2005, 07:13:59 AM »
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Don't they have full scans of these on that Turbo Grafx 16 site?

Yep, just checked. Go here http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/propaganda.htm and look at the bottom ;) .
Unfortunately, those are the same quality scans as the ones I linked to -- the contrast and color levels were adjusted to make it easier to read -- but the scans themselves are the same.

I want a larger image at a better resolution :)
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esteban

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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2005, 07:15:15 AM »
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Nice! Now my scanner can be left alone ;). To get these ads of Splatter House and Bonk is very easy by the way, they are in lots of Daredevil comics and other marvel comics from early 90s. I think I will sacrifice my comics and frame the ads ^^.
OK, looks like I'll be getting some of these comics :) Do you recall the specific issues you found these in? That would be super helpful :)
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2005, 05:57:38 PM »
Whoops! I didn't check your link Steve or notice that my link was still unreadable!
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2005, 11:04:27 PM »
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OK, looks like I'll be getting some of these comics  Do you recall the specific issues you found these in? That would be super helpful


I found the Bonk ads in :

Daredevil Vol.1 No 284, September, 1990

Also Included these "non turbografx" ads : Code Name : Viper (Nes), Wrath Of The Black Manta (Nes), Marc (Nes), Snakes Revenge (Nes)

Daredevil Vol.1 No 285, October, 1990

Also Included : Mission Impossible (Nes), Wrath Of The Black Manta (Nes), Total Recall (Nes), Fortress Of Fear & Amazing Spiderman (Gameboy)

I found the Splatterhouse ad in this issue :

Daredevil Vol.1 No 286, November 1990

Also included : Wrath Of The Black Manta (Nes), Gargoyes Quest (Gameboy), Video Game Master Books, Back To The Future part 1 & 2 (Nes)

They seem to be up all time on ebay for nice prices so no problems finding them :)

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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2005, 09:25:20 AM »
I got some Turbo related scans myself.

PC Engine arcade Card Article, EGM September 1993

Johnny Turbo ad/comic book





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Keranu

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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2005, 12:39:52 PM »
Hey great scans, man! I love them! Thanks!
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2005, 11:58:29 PM »
Kinda wish I never threw away my early EGMs.  I had issue #4 all the way up to Playstation days.  My friend had back to issue #2.  But in our infinite wisdom, we just threw them out because they were old. :(  If I remember correctly issue #2 had the cover of TG16 vs Genesis with a bunch of random character graphics from the launch titles on a blue background and issue #4 was Batman for NES.  Man, those were the days! :)

Fortunately for me, I never tossed my PCE mags.

Edit:
Just did some quick research and my issue numbers were off.  Batman cover is issue #6.  Not sure about the other one though.

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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2005, 02:50:20 AM »
A big thank you for the interesting material Ninja Spirit! If you got more please show us!  :)

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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2005, 04:44:57 AM »
No probs mamonohunter i still got my old magazines from the early 90's stashed. Later on in the Misc forum, I'll post a thread cuz I got wayyyy more scans than these and they're for other systems.

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esteban

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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2005, 04:52:39 AM »
Awesome scans Ninja!  AWESOME :)
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