NEC Turbografx Laserdisc...anyone seen this before?

[jelloslug]

Sweet!  Thanks for sharing.  Is that all that's on the disc?

P.S. - the bastards used an apostrophe...   

Yep, it's on there 4 times on one side of the disc and the other side is blank.

[jelloslug]

lol why did they sneak in Pacland with the other chooter games 

I though that was odd also....

[jelloslug]

If anyone wants the .AVI file I can upload it this evening.

Dude, that's awesome. ( :  Thanks so much for ripping this!  And I'd love a copy of the .AVI file!  Let me know if you need a place to host it and I'll set you up with an FTP account @ DoxPhile.

Thanks, I have plenty of hosting space at jelloslug.com but if you want to rehost it feel free.

[jelloslug]

So now that some of you guys have seen it does anyone remember seeing this in a store?

[xelement5x]

After watching through part of it I still think it was probably for use in trade show like CES or something back in the day.  I honestly don't remember ever seeing videos in stores, it was normally just a console hooked up with a demo game to hammer on. 

[galam]

I would like the avi too

[jeffhlewis]

So now that some of you guys have seen it does anyone remember seeing this in a store?

I think I remember seeing this or something damn close to it at Toys R' Us back in the day. I distinctly remember seeing the Valis 2 and Y's clips. Could have been VHS though, not sure (it was in a kiosk box/cabinet)

[SuperPlay]

Thanks for sharing this :-)

[Arjak]

Thank you so much for going through all that effort, Jelloslug! It's so wonderful to see another piece of Turbo history saved, archived, and displayed for all to see.

[jelloslug]

I would really like to find out what the disc actually goes to.

[MotherGunner]

Yes I would like an AVI also!  Dude!

This brought back so many memories.  They used to showcase this video a lot back in the day at the Turbo Zone retail island store in the mall.

Very nice.

[esteban]

So now that some of you guys have seen it does anyone remember seeing this in a store?

I don't remember seeing this specific one. I must have seen an earlier one that emphasized Blazing Lazers, China Warrior, Vigilante, Legendary Axe and the other launch titles.

So, not that we can treat this as gospel (Dan! Where are you?), but we have some tentative release dates that may corroborate DragonMasterDan's release timeline:

CHEW MAN FU — July 1990
DEVIL'S CRUSH — August 1990
PSYCHOSIS — August 1990
TIMEBALL — July 1990
SUPER VOLLEYBALL — September 1990
VALIS II — July 1990

[jelloslug]

Here is the video file:

http://jelloslug.com/TG-16/Turbografx%20laserdisc.mpg

I have a higher res version but to be honest it looks just about the same.

[TheClash603]

lol why did they sneak in Pacland with the other chooter games 

This didn't make any sense at all!  I was cracking up at that and when the guys were jumping on the couch at the beginning.

I know Esteban would be posting about release dates too...  lol

The song that starts to play when they put the CD in is awesome.  The kid drumming almost ruined it though.

I am glad I didn't win this, as you have done a much better hosting job that I ever would have.  Thanks jelloslug.

[esteban]

Jelloslug: I don't think I thank you yet for ripping and posting this so swiftly—THANK YOU.

lol why did they sneak in Pacland with the other chooter games 

This didn't make any sense at all!  I was cracking up at that and when the guys were jumping on the couch at the beginning.

I know Esteban would be posting about release dates too...  lol

The song that starts to play when they put the CD in is awesome.  The kid drumming almost ruined it though.

I am glad I didn't win this, as you have done a much better hosting job that I ever would have.  Thanks jelloslug.

Yes! The kid drumming and then doing some lame air guitar is painful, but thankfully brief.

The other kid, on the left, really looks constipated + shaky leg syndrome most of the time.

"Have a ball with Timeball..."

Anyway, this was a nice little video. Overall, given the time period, I can't really fault it. I especially liked the use of the "TG-16" font for nearly all the large text in the video.

QUESTION (might be incredibly boring for most folks): Does anyone know of other videos that feature that TG-16 font primarily (I'm assuming promos for launch would have it)? Anyone want to identify when the font was no longer used?

I think it would be fun to track the evolution of TG-16 marketing and after watching the video I realized that the TG-16 font was certainly an element of branding, but it wasn't used too much in print advertisements/videos.