Still in the crass mode of marketing, a dead squirrel is a tool for the gameboy classic gamer wanting to see color...or he can just get a game gear instead.
Somewhat unusual in the fact it shows a fair bit of game footage footage in the ad, this ad for Shenmue tries to walk a more distinguished line compared to other video game ads of the time. Although Shenmue was a game that didn't fit any preset game category nor was it a game you could easily sum up in one sentence, so its not surprising that they might try a different selling approach with it
From a promotion tape sent out by pets.com's PR agency. Includes footage of the Pets.com ballon in the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. This is before the sock puppet fell on hard times and had to shill for a loan company.
One of the famous "neuro-transmission" ads that Sony used during the launch of the original playstation game system. The ads were designed to seem like they were direct transmissions to your brain, complete with a mish mash of split second images plus what look to be cheat codes embedded in the images. I have another video of this commercial slowed down 40%.
Commercial for Guitar Hero 2. Video game marketing on TV is hard, given the cost and time limitations of advertising, but this commercial does a good job of selling the fun of the game as well as intrinsic appeal of the game...being a guitar hero at home
Sega Saturn Last Bronx in Watch Mode, which has CPU controlled opponents fighting one another. It starts out with Kurasawa vs. Lisa and then switches to Joe vs. Zaimoku
Video of the opening screens and character menus for Loaded for the Sony Playstation. I play as Fwank for a little while and then switch to Cap'n Hands. Not one of the most cerebral games ever....just shoot and shoot and shoot with some key finding.
Last Bronx Gameplay in Arcade Mode with Yoko selected. Part two of two. Goes through to boss battle with Red Eye, the end credits and then shows off the "typeball" name entry screen.
