Video Game Demonstration/Room/Review Videos

[Bloodreign]

I was like that when I got my copy of SMB 3 for my NES, giddy as all hell. While I didn't have that kind of childhood (making up for it now when I find games I want for the old consoles), the excitement level in your face, and I knew you were genuinely excited for each and every game you ever received.

A feel good topic for sure, even though there is a tinge of sadness within it (my dad passed in 06, never could get him to play video games with me, but we watched a lot of sports events together).

[Emperor Megas]

This video is amazing; your family seems amazing. My family was sort of broken and dysfunctional, and I never had the opportunity to have holiday moments like these with my own daughter. It feels really good to see some of what I missed, and I hope no one ever takes moments with these for granted. I know you and your family didn't, and I think that we're all lucky that you shared some of these intimate moments with us.

[sloan]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

Doing the math though, and at $50 - $60 a pop, are you sure your family was middle class? We would have probably had 3-4 games each, not a tower of 16 or so.

[ShinobiMan]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

Doing the math though, and at $50 - $60 a pop, are you sure your family was middle class? We would have probably had 3-4 games each, not a tower of 16 or so.

Thanks! Yeah, we were. My parents went all out on Christmas. My Dad always looked for good deals, and I think a lot of the games in that one insane year from the video were used. Prior to that one year where I got all those games, it was like 3-4 games as you said.

[dchristie74]

So I followed the youtube regulations and this is what I got!! GTA long play!!

http://youtu.be/a68X9OudqjA

[GamerTheGreek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NBUKnr9INc

[ShinobiMan]

http://segamastersystem.com/2013/12/...liday-tv-spot/

"This is an amazing retrogaming find! We’ve come into possession of a lost SEGA commercial that has never seen the light of day… until today! We can’t exactly reveal our source, but my goodness is this ever cool. This unaired commercial for Phantasy Star must have been commissioned to air during the 1988 holiday season. For whatever reason, the project got shelved and was never released. We are happy to share. "

[FrankSerpico]

Made me chuckle, good work.

[bb_hood]

Should give her Guardian Heroes instead

[Satoshi_Matrix]

haha that was great. In fact, I'd say it's 1000x better than Sega's actual advertising for anything on the Master System.

[sloan]

It seems suspiciously modern. No degradation in the video quality for a clip of that age either. Hmmm...

[GREEN00]

It seems suspiciously modern. No degradation in the video quality for a clip of that age either. Hmmm...

This is obviously a newly recorded fan video.

[Superman]

I think ShinobiMan is working on another cinematography project!

[bigbacon]

anyone else bothered by the label wear on the cart?

[MetalFRO]

Funny video, and obviously played for as many laughs as possible. I love that the wife is practically in hysterics the whole time while playing

[Emperor Megas]

anyone else bothered by the label wear on the cart?

Yes. It's all I could focus on in the end.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

anyone else bothered by the label wear on the cart?

Master System labels reflect light, that's probably just a reflection rather than label wear. and either way, who cares? This was still an amazing video.

[sloan]

While it is a fairly professionally put together piece, I guess my humor is lost on this one and I fail to understand the accolades being given. The least that should have been done would have been to state that it is a parody video in the OP and/or thread title. To attempt to lead viewers into believing it was a genuine ad is more than a bit misleading, is it not?

[ShinobiMan]

Heh seems some folks are divided. Yes, we made this as an homage to the classic Sega commercials from the 90's. It may not have VHS degrading or be full frame, but I hope we captured the spirit of those classic commercials.

A question to those who didn't care for the piece... would you have liked it if we hadn't played up the Lost Commercial angle? Honestly we were just having a bit of fun with that.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

[Jorpho]

A question to those who didn't care for the piece... would you have liked it if we hadn't played up the Lost Commercial angle? Honestly we were just having a bit of fun with that.

Eh, the Lost Commercial angle is the only thing it has going for it, really, and I'm afraid that's not much. Commercials back then were way, way more incoherent than this. I guess it's an interesting idea, at least?

I remember watching some really great 80's-style video parodies about the Internet; I wish I could find them.