Classic TV videogaming commercials - much better than now!

In my opinion tv commercials for videogames and consoles were way better back in the 80s and 90s, a time when companies were inventive and creative in their ads, as opposed to the same old commercials churned out now, so I’ve scoured YouTube for some of the best…..enjoy!

S.A.P.S (Society Against PlayStation) https://youtu.be/HbwvnaNJVZ4

Sony’s highly inventive campaign to promote the launch of their debut console, the PlayStation 1, almost has the opposite aim of what they were hoping to achieve which was to get people to BUY it!

S.A.P.S (Society Against PlayStation) Christmas Ad https://youtu.be/tfrhfpO2WjE

Without any shadow of a doubt my favourite videogames commercial ever! Just brilliant and very funny, the look on the kids’ faces is priceless and it has an annoyingly catchy jingle that’ll get stuck in your head for days!

Genesis Does What Nintendon’t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECDgA3gu8I

Sega of America’s commercial promoting the launch of Sega Genesis (MegaDrive in the UK), showing the power of the machine and containing a not very subtle dig at Nintendo and it’s upcoming SNES……

Mortal Kombat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8V7TwlYCt0

Promoting the 16-bit launch of Mortal Kombat, one of the most iconic gaming ads ever, featuring hundreds of people excitedly running and screaming ‘Mortal Kombat!!’

GameBoy https://youtu.be/E-ej_8XBwmI

Nintendo of America’s advert promoting the launch of the GameBoy, still one of the most well-known and iconic handhelds of all time, now you’re playing with portable power!

Sega Saturn https://youtu.be/cyv6ZehQyTQ

An epic 8 and a half minute long advert for the launch of the Sega Saturn, a console which really didn’t do well for Sega but it does have one of my all-time favourite games, Nights Into Dreams (review coming in a future post) so it wasn’t all bad!

Sega Genesis 30th Anniversary https://youtu.be/8_-ZICg5elg

A re-creation by Sega of America of their previously mentioned ‘Genesis Does What Nintendon’t’ campaign to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the Sega Genesis and to promote the release of the Genesis Mini, a shrunk down version of the machine with about 40 or so games built-in and a controller.

SNES https://youtu.be/eSBFw93V3Rg

Nintendo of America’s effort for the launch of the SNES.

SNES (UK advert) https://youtu.be/ynV40PtX6p8

Nintendo UK’s effort for the launch of the SNES.

I hope you enjoy watching these as much as I did and agree with me that videogames commercials were far more entertaining in the 80s and 90s than they are now!