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TurboGrafx 16 & Saturn Commercials

10:29 PM on 05.04.2006   |   Niero


So I'm feeling a little retro tonight, shoot me! Here's a classic case of 80's video game advertising complete with the Saved By The Bell looking dork rocking out in his parent-free unregulated dark surroundings. I think ad agencies didn't know what to do with gamers at the time; who were these kids who never saw the sun? I thought the NEC people had a pretty damn solid system that tanked only due to bad 3rd party support - their original games were not that bad. Bonus - I found a Sega Saturn commercial that attemps to trash Sony. I think we know how that story ended! Follow the magic green button...







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