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

[DragonmasterDan]

So, am I safe if I note that this footage was shot in first half of 1991? I don't care when the training video was actually released...I just want to date the raw footage.

The fact that Sonic shows in a few places makes me think between May and August 1991.

[esteban]

So, am I safe if I note that this footage was shot in first half of 1991? I don't care when the training video was actually released...I just want to date the raw footage.

The fact that Sonic shows in a few places makes me think between May and August 1991.

Excellent, I will use that.

[esteban]

I want that big-ass TurboGrafx-16 sign.

Also, why are the screen caps tilted?

Just click on the "tilted" thumbnail for a huge, non-tilted raw screen capture.

And NightWolve is correct—I wanted to try something fun....print and web design, most often, seems to be "too flashy" or "too bland"...

Plus, you can always look at the non-adulterated originals.

[Groover]

WoW, I just watched that whole thing. I was looking for years on the Sports games but they hadn't started that till later. Sonic is a big one also the absence of an SNES seems to be May or June. Sonic came out on June 23rd 1991 in the US.

Also old video game signage would be cool.

[esteban]

WoW, I just watched that whole thing. I was looking for years on the Sports games but they hadn't started that till later. Sonic is a big one also the absence of an SNES seems to be May or June. Sonic came out on June 23rd 1991 in the US.

Also old video game signage would be cool.

I liked Lemmings, but would I want a huge lemming cardboard sign like the one on the video.

No.

Or am I saying that because I really would want it but afraid to admit it? Hmmmm....



UPDATE: If Aaron wasn't busy working on 80 different projects, he'd be able to tell us if his sign resembles the one in the video.

LINK TO AARON's sign: http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17082.msg385611#msg385611

[Joe Redifer]

OK I thought you were tilting them just for the forum, I didn't see that you created an entire web page dedicated to this amazing training video.

[Gentlegamer]

I would love to have these signs, I could build the most embarrassing nerd room ever

[ccovell]

Lemmings PC came out May 1991
MS-DOS 5.0, June 1991
Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge PC... 20 August 1991
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? PC... 15 Sept. 1991

Now, the last one might be a promotional box only, but all of the above were easy enough to see in the video.  So the filming date looks like it is August or September 1991.

(But where was the SNES?)

[DragonmasterDan]

Lemmings PC came out May 1991
MS-DOS 5.0, June 1991
Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge PC... 20 August 1991
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? PC... 15 Sept. 1991

Now, the last one might be a promotional box only, but all of the above were easy enough to see in the video.  So the filming date looks like it is August or September 1991.

(But where was the SNES?)

SNES came out August 22nd or so of 1991. Stores might have been a week or so late in actually stocking it. So August 1991 sounds right.

[Pcenginefx]

Yes, my sign IS the one in the video.

Crazy how the sign and the video have just now popped up!

[Bernie]

Yes, my sign IS the one in the video.

Crazy how the sign and the video have just now popped up!

He lives!    Good to see ya active there Aaron. 

[esteban]

Yes, my sign IS the one in the video.

Crazy how the sign and the video have just now popped up!

Hahahahahshashs! I know, right?

And, I wasn't even looking for TG-16 stuff on YouTube when that video popped up. AND, I wasn't going to even watch it, but I said, "Just a few minutes..."

Thanks for confirming.

[Joe Redifer]

Like, the exact literal sign in the video? As in your sign, the one you have in your possession right now watched this video be made? Or do you have a sign exactly like it.

[esteban]

Like, the exact literal sign in the video? As in your sign, the one you have in your possession right now watched this video be made? Or do you have a sign exactly like it.

Via PM, we confirmed that it is actually the exact same sign. 5 pieces of evidence confirm it:

(1) on the back of the sign, a short note is written in a silver gray marker ("Keith wiz here '89")

(2) dried flan (visible in the video at 3:33) on the "G" of "Grafx"

(3) Undisclosed.

(4) Undisclosed.

(5) several threads of colorful silk were caught on the mounting bracket (behind the sign), consistent with a genie costume.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

After watching this video I am now sure that I am fully prepared to manage a 1990s Software Etc. installed in one of the many Middle American malls. I shall now construct a time machine, and prepare myself for my new venture into the world of 1990s retail.