TurboGrafx-16 @Software Etc. (Stills from training video)

[esteban]

http://tg-16.com/TurboGrafx-16_Software_Etc.htm

I think Aaron might have recently acquired the TG-16 sign featured so prominently in the video.





HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY:



Enigmatic TG-16 Sign



Watch the video.



AARON's sign:

[DragonmasterDan]

http://tg-16.com/TurboGrafx-16_Software_Etc.htm

I think Aaron might have recently acquired the TG-16 sign featured so prominently in the video.





HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY:



Enigmatic TG-16 Sign



Watch the video.

Nice video, I haven't seen the old school Software Etc. logo in years.

[NightWolve]

Great work putting all that together so fast from that video! It was kind of boring at parts and I tried many times to close it down, but I couldn't resist some of the charm.

[HailingTheThings]

Esty = besty. Visited the site, downloaded Dragon Spirit ost. Because Le Turbo Doodle episode put me in the mood. Also, I played the game.

:3

[cjameslv]

Wow i can't believe i watched that whole thing, it was so cheesy yet could't stop myself. 

[Necromancer]

I couldn't handle more than 30 seconds of the video, but the screen caps are nice. 

It's crazy what companies will spend on making such training materials.

[DragonmasterDan]

I couldn't handle more than 30 seconds of the video, but the screen caps are nice. 

It's crazy what companies will spend on making such training materials.

I know right.
It's almost like they hired real non-union actors out of a classified ad in a local newspaper and used an actual software etc store location with a real video camera to record it outside of normal business hours!

[Necromancer]

As cheesy as it is, I'm sure they spent at least $10,000 on that piece of crap, plus the cost of distributing it to each store and paying people to watch it.  And for what, so they can teach entry level employees what their manager should've been able to tell them in five minutes?

[DragonmasterDan]

As cheesy as it is, I'm sure they spent at least $10,000 on that piece of crap, plus the cost of distributing it to each store and paying people to watch it.  And for what, so they can teach entry level employees what their manager should've been able to tell them in five minutes?

I'd say counting the cost of distributing tapes and paying people to watch it sure. In the early 90s when I was old enough to do so with parental consent I started taking classes and producing cable access shows. Seriously just renting that equipment and getting free/dirt cheap actors out of a classified ad would be all that would be needed to produce that.

I'd imagine the actual production of the video context could have been done for well under 1,000.00. But yeah, actually distributing the tapes and paying people to watch that ridiculousness rather than handing out a pamphlet that says "Follow the Plan-O-Gram" obviously drove the total cost of it up.

[BlueBMW]

Man... that logo!  Takes me back for sure!

[Sarumaru]

So what's the mystery? What that sign reads? Simple, it says "Turbografx 16 system - Now Only $99.99". Now where's my hug and points??

[esteban]

So what's the mystery? What that sign reads? Simple, it says "Turbografx 16 system - Now Only $99.99". Now where's my hug and points??

I wish that it were that easy! Half a hug.

[Punch]

Why the Turbo never had these "cool" training videos...

[clackattack]

I studied anceint hierogliphics while I was getting my PhD at Harvard... pretty sure the lower portion of the sign is in sandscrit... Looks to read "Now Only" and I would assume the rest of it, i.e. the part we cant see, prolly is advertising a price drop.

[Sarumaru]

And what could possible come after that? THE PRICE OF 99.99 - still waiting for hugs.