Riffing the Turbografx Demo Video

[DarkKobold]

My favorite game! Nuetopia[sic]!

[toymachine78]

This is maybe a little less known but its totally great:

That was a great commercial. But why didn't they just stick with the Gunhed  title? And create better box art? I'm telling you, the NEC/Hudson/TTI marketing team needs its ass kicked!!

[toymachine78]

The first Zelda advert was bizarre. Some dude running through a dark hallway or something going tek - tek !

This is the Zelda commercial I remember. And I specifically remember thinking the game was crap based on this commercial, by when I saw it at a friends house it was instant love:-) Goes to show that Nintendo had its marketing failures too!

[pulstar]

That was a great commercial. But why didn't they just stick with the Gunhed  title? And create better box art? I'm telling you, the NEC/Hudson/TTI marketing team needs its ass kicked!!

Gunhed was a tie-in with a manga/anime (don't remember which) and I suppose it would have meant licensing fees etc. I'm sure a few gfx were changed to take any references to the Gunhed manga/anime out. Box art is a different story though...I can't excuse that.

[toymachine78]

I see there is a lot of new folks here.... y'all need some avatar pics!!!

[Punch]

I like this Spatterhouse ad... NEC didn't do so bad in the marketing department, their mistake was to advertise only on big metropolitan areas... fail on a country of the size of US.

[toymachine78]

^^^Holy shit!!! That was an awesome commercial!

[technozombie]

I like this Spatterhouse ad... NEC didn't do so bad in the marketing department, their mistake was to advertise only on big metropolitan areas... fail on a country of the size of US.

This is a great commercial.  Although gaming in general is more popular than ever it seems like there is fewer TV commercials.

[toymachine78]

Yeah... the only commercials I see are for some COD  bullshit

[Bonknuts]

I'm not a big fan of this type of stuff but it has a couple of funny parts.

 I laughed at a few parts. Reminds me of MST3k. It's supposed to, I guess?

[Mzo]

Yeah, either that or the eventual spinoff RiffTrax.

It wasn't bad!  I laughed at a few parts.

[Joe Redifer]

I was surprised to find that this was fellow forum member Pat the NES Punk and two of his friends. I don't know who they are. I agree with most people here, this style of video just isn't that funny. In fact it's something that 8-year-old me would create (to show to my 8-year-old peers). We'd all definitely laugh hard but then again we'd be 8 years old. If you want to pick apart a cheesy video, there are better ways. Do a parody of it, for example.

[jeffhlewis]

I actually remember that Secret of Mana ad airing in the U.S...literally only saw it 2-3 times though. There was also some kind of claymation ad for Final Fantasy 6 also around the same time...

This one!

[technozombie]

I actually remember that Secret of Mana ad airing in the U.S...literally only saw it 2-3 times though. There was also some kind of claymation ad for Final Fantasy 6 also around the same time...

This one!

Holy crap, I totally forgot about that commercial. Too bad Square(Enix)'s advertising isn't the only thing that was better back then.

[YANDMAN]

That was a great commercial. But why didn't they just stick with the Gunhed  title? And create better box art? I'm telling you, the NEC/Hudson/TTI marketing team needs its ass kicked!!

Gunhed was a tie-in with a manga/anime (don't remember which) and I suppose it would have meant licensing fees etc. I'm sure a few gfx were changed to take any references to the Gunhed manga/anime out. Box art is a different story though...I can't excuse that.

Uhhhhhhhhh 'Gunhed'