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Title: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: handygrafx on December 03, 2006, 12:50:41 PM
similar in theme to one of the earilest TG16 commercials, bashing the boring old NES games, although without ever mentioning Nintendo. you just see bored to death-kids at stone TVs playing NES
this has got to be the first Genesis commercial for the U.S., before the dozens "Sega Scream" ads of years later, and even before the 'Genesis Does What Nintendon't' commercials of 1990
The introduction to the Genesis, 1989:
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Kakizaki on December 03, 2006, 02:24:51 PM
Thanks for the link. That really brings back memories.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: T2KFreeker on December 03, 2006, 03:12:57 PM
Damn, I feel old man. I remember that commercial from WAAAAAYYYYYYY back. Crazy. Now I need to find some old Master System commercails. ](*,)
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: TR0N on December 03, 2006, 03:20:05 PM
Seems like a lot of ppl these days are down loading, adds from gamepressure and putting them on youtube.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 03, 2006, 04:17:34 PM
Am I the only one who finds the audio almost completely muffled and overly quite? Or is that considered acceptable? Dude should have at least made an attempt to fix it before he uploaded it to Youtube.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Dark Fact on December 03, 2006, 05:37:57 PM
I think the muffled audio had more to do with the age of the material and the tapes it was recorded off of back then. Most 80's ads I found online had this similar problem. I even saw plenty of it happening at X-Entertainment.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Keranu on December 03, 2006, 07:01:21 PM
Nice commericial, thanks!
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: handygrafx on December 04, 2006, 07:39:06 AM
Am I the only one who finds the audio almost completely muffled and overly quite? Or is that considered acceptable? Dude should have at least made an attempt to fix it before he uploaded it to Youtube.
he said it was a 2nd generation VHS tape. very understandable given the times, before digital recordings were possible for the masses.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Bonknuts on December 04, 2006, 11:40:39 AM
WTH? Why do the games in the commercial look like they're in wide screen!?
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 04, 2006, 12:50:02 PM
Because they cropped them that way.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: FM-77 on December 05, 2006, 04:20:22 AM
Damn! That's really good advertising! That scene where he played some flying simulator actually impressed me! A lot! Too bad it wasn't that cool in reality. :wink:
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: esteban on December 05, 2006, 05:11:18 AM
I don't remember the beginning of that commercial being so long. They must have aired a shortened version that quickly cut to the action-packed gameplay footage. Either way, it really makes the games look impressive. Also, I wish Tommy Lasorda had endorsed a TG-16 baseball game!
Since we're on the topic, . I especially love when the kid with the standard genesis controller gets frustrated because pressing a button on a pad isn't as fast as flapping your arms over an infrared beam! Genesis does what Wiidon't. Anyway, those of you who were paying attention might have noticed that Best of the Best was shown in some of the footage. It was the "sequel" (of sorts) to Andre Panza's Kickboxing! That alone is reason to get the Activator, which I will get one of these days. I already own Best of the Best :) (or whatever the heck that game was called).
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Keranu on December 05, 2006, 05:55:26 AM
Since we're on the topic, I love this instructional video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMW9HSrljhA&NR). I especially love when the kid with the standard genesis controller gets frustrated because pressing a button on a pad isn't as fast as flapping your arms over an infrared beam! Genesis does what Wiidon't.
I've only watched some seconds of this ad so far, but it looks very cool :D . Just for the record, the Activator is one of the most annoying ways to play games! Though I think it is possible to beat a game like Sonic with it if you trained hard enough; this is a feat that I wouldn't mind accomplishing some day.
Also about "finding your thumbs" and using them on your controller. I typically don't push buttons on a Genesis pad with my thumb, I usually use my three middle fingers. Usually for games like Sonic that only have one button I will use my thumb but for anything else, especially tapping shooters and fighting games, I use my three fingers at once. It's easier to access the buttons for me and it's also a helluva lot faster to tap ;) .
Quote from: Steve
Anyway, those of you who were paying attention might have noticed that Best of the Best was shown in some of the footage. It was the "sequel" (of sorts) to Andre Panza's Kickboxing! That alone is reason to get the Activator, which I will get one of these days. I already own Best of the Best :) (or whatever the heck that game was called).
Does that Best of the Best game have anything to do with that sweet 80's movie starring Chris Penn?
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 05, 2006, 01:18:31 PM
I want to see someone play through the following games with an Activator:
Super Hang-On Thunder Force IV Marble Madness Phantasy Star (via the Power Base Converter)
I usually use my thumbs unless the buttons need to be pressed in an extremely rapid motion, then the fingers come up and they tap so fast that the earth starts to spin backwards and time reverses!
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: esteban on December 07, 2006, 09:01:43 AM
Does that Best of the Best game have anything to do with that sweet 80's movie starring Chris Penn?
I know! That is the first thing that crossed my mind as well. No, the movie and the game are unrelated. Unlike the video game, though, I enjoyed the movie :).
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Keranu on December 07, 2006, 10:32:12 AM
Does that Best of the Best game have anything to do with that sweet 80's movie starring Chris Penn?
I know! That is the first thing that crossed my mind as well. No, the movie and the game are unrelated. Unlike the video game, though, I enjoyed the movie :).
Ahh, too bad!
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: esteban on December 07, 2006, 03:05:12 PM
I want to see someone play through the following games with an Activator:
Super Hang-On Thunder Force IV Marble Madness Phantasy Star (via the Power Base Converter)
I usually use my thumbs unless the buttons need to be pressed in an extremely rapid motion, then the fingers come up and they tap so fast that the earth starts to spin backwards and time reverses!
Seriously, I'd love to see folks play any game with the Activator :). I always use my thumbs on controllers / pads... but if I need to hit the button rapidly (i.e. shooters), I use the base of my thumb. I'm sure other folks do this as well, but I've never met anyone who did it.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Black Tiger on December 08, 2006, 10:24:32 AM
I always wondered how thumby's managed to play Super Mario Bros games. I mean, do you like roll your sideways thumb back and forth to run and jump or do you guys just walk through button combo games? :P
I normally use two fingers to play challenging games, so I can hold down the run button in SMB and then jump whenever I feel like it or time perfect head slams in Bonk without moving my thumb all over the pad.
But when I'm sleepy or lazy I just use my thumb.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: esteban on December 10, 2006, 01:46:28 AM
I always wondered how thumby's managed to play Super Mario Bros games. I mean, do you like roll your sideways thumb back and forth to run and jump or do you guys just walk through button combo games? :P
I normally use two fingers to play challenging games, so I can hold down the run button in SMB and then jump whenever I feel like it or time perfect head slams in Bonk without moving my thumb all over the pad.
But when I'm sleepy or lazy I just use my thumb.
You're referring to SMB / Adventure Island / Wonderboy 1 / JJ & Jeff platformers? :) I should take a picture (maybe I will!), but the top-half of my thumb rests on the B / II button. Whenever I need to hit A/I, I use the middle of my thumb (where the crease is on the underside). It is incredibly comfortable and I don't find it awkward like the multi-finger method. Sometimes my thumb is nearly horizontal, but it shifts depending on the gameplay.
I love Wonderboy 1 & company, and now that I think about it, my method for holding the controller was borne from playing them. :)
Also: We've discussed our preferences for controllers in other threads, yet it never occurred to me that the manner in which we hold the controllers was such an important consideration.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 10, 2006, 11:41:49 AM
I've never really understood why games like this require you to hold a button down for speed. When playing these games, at no time do I ever NOT press the button and run slow, thus rendering the speed button useless if the game just ran that fast on its own. My guess is that the developers are retards.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: TribbleOutcast on December 10, 2006, 12:24:34 PM
I remember this commercial from back in the day: http://tinyurl.com/yh5u3w
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: Keranu on December 10, 2006, 12:33:46 PM
I've never really understood why games like this require you to hold a button down for speed. When playing these games, at no time do I ever NOT press the button and run slow, thus rendering the speed button useless if the game just ran that fast on its own. My guess is that the developers are retards.
From my experience I have learned that can't keep running in Super Mario Bros. because certain points of levels require special jumps and if you go too fast, you're gonna fall and die. It is very wise to make sure you know when to slow down in a game like Mario.
Title: Re: First Sega Genesis TV commercial
Post by: esteban on December 10, 2006, 01:28:04 PM
I've never really understood why games like this require you to hold a button down for speed. When playing these games, at no time do I ever NOT press the button and run slow, thus rendering the speed button useless if the game just ran that fast on its own. My guess is that the developers are retards.
From my experience I have learned that can't keep running in Super Mario Bros. because certain points of levels require special jumps and if you go too fast, you're gonna fall and die. It is very wise to make sure you know when to slow down in a game like Mario.
Yeah, sometimes, to get on those eeensie-weeeensie platforms, you've got to slow down. And b+a = super-jump, which you don't always want. That said, I've seen awesome videos where folks rarely slow down (i.e. speed trials).