Favorite NES TV or Print Ad

[Drexel923]

There were some great ads back in the day for the NES...though there were some cheesy ones too. My favorite is definitely one of the funniest ads I have ever seen...one of the original Legend of Zelda TV spots. Check it out here:

http://www.njminteractive.com/LoZ_com.mpeg

*wicky wicky wick*

So whats your favorite? (pics or clips most definitely welcome).

[digitalpress]

I have to ponder this one, but here's a whole bunch of print ads to jog yoru memory:

http://www.videogamearchive.com/dpsi.../nes/index.htm

[Drexel923]

I have to ponder this one, but here's a whole bunch of print ads to jog yoru memory:

http://www.videogamearchive.com/dpsi.../nes/index.htm

Nice!

I have to spend some time going through that link.

[Kilik Kurosawa]

don't know if its the links or my browser but I cant see the video link, and when i click on the print ads it opens a blank window

[tholly]

There were some great ads back in the day for the NES...though there were some cheesy ones too. My favorite is definitely one of the funniest ads I have ever seen...one of the original Legend of Zelda TV spots. Check it out here:

http://www.njminteractive.com/LoZ_com.mpeg

*wicky wicky wick*

So whats your favorite? (pics or clips most definitely welcome).

im with you on this one

gotta love that commerical

[Drexel923]

don't know if its the links or my browser but I cant see the video link, and when i click on the print ads it opens a blank window

Try right clicking my link and doing a "save as". As for the other one, not sure why it doesn't work as it works for me (using Mozilla).

[Kilik Kurosawa]

wicky wicky wick my parents helped me re-boot and I'm all good

[Lady Jaye]

Definitely the Legend of Zelda asylum ad (Zelda? Zelda? Zeldaaaa!)

Also memorable: the SMB 3 TV ad (Mario! Mario! Mario!)

[Kroogah]

Zelda rap, no doubt. So hilariously awful.

[gamergary]

I liked the Zelda Commercials/print ads the best.

[Kilik Kurosawa]

something i just noticed about this commercial.... why are the power and reset buttons black? mine are grey.

[Lady Jaye]

That was discussed before...

They probably used a mock-up (or a dev) NES.

[NESVIDIOT]

Looking for classic commercials
check out this link
http://www.majkel.mds.pl/html/reklama/indexENG.html

go to page 2 or 3
cool stuff!!!

[YoshiM]

TV Wise:

The original Legend of Zelda commercial-it gave juuussst enough screen shots to get your interest. At the time I saw the commercial I did not have a NES and it definitely got me curious.

The "Playing with Power" corridor commercial- I think three people dressed in "futuristic" clothing are walking down a corridor when suddenly monitors burst out from the walls along with controllers. The people start playing away at the various games, giving the audience a glance at what games were coming out for this "Nintendo" thing. Basically a commercial I showed my parents after I had seen a NES in action to try and get them interested in buying it.

Mike Tyson's Punch Out- watching Iron Mike sit down in front of that huge multimonitor display and then seeing these huge cartoonish characters appear was a thrill. Didn't he laugh at the end of it and wasn't it deep? Must've been a dub.

Print Ads:

Nintendo Power-can't deny that Nintendo Power was one big advertisement. Even though in the early years no developer could do no wrong (or at least average) in the ratings, these mags were still the best place to find info on the NES with tips, tricks and walkthroughs. Plus the posters were really cool.

Tengen cartridge ads-the ads that had shown a NES deck along with a few Tengen carts. Very classy and makes for a great desktop wallpaper.

The Immortal "many faces of death" ad-Now I can't recall if this ad came out FOR the NES along with the Genesis version but I'll mention it anyway: it was a two page ad (maybe three?) that had pictures of various skulls with different types of damage to them. Each skull had a blurb under them that said things like "Slimed", "Smashed", "Hacked", "Burned", etc. Hilarious.

[Kepone]

I have to ponder this one, but here's a whole bunch of print ads to jog yoru memory:

http://www.videogamearchive.com/dpsi.../nes/index.htm

Excellent gallery, Joe!

I remember seeing MOST of those print ads when I was younger. They were just as cool as the games themselves.

[Dr. Morbis]

Favourite print add- the TMNT one where you could see an open manhole in the floor and the turtles were just coming out of it. I was a huge TMNT fan back then and I wanted that game so bad.

Favourite TV add- the SMB3 "There's power in numbers" add where everyone is chanting "MARIO! MARIO! MARIO!" then it zooms out and Mario's face is covering North America. I think this add really captures the state of videogaming in that era. Nintendo absolutely owned.

[Cobra Commander]

Have a look at these commercials!
http://www.planetnes.com/ads_movies.html

[Dangerboy]

Two words:

[Qixmaster]

that is a sweet ad dangerboy.

[NintendoMan]

Have a look at these commercials!
http://www.planetnes.com/ads_movies.html

I think this might be the site I was looking for. About 2-3 issues ago in EGM, in the part where it lists online sites to look at, there was one of there for NES commercials. Anyone know what site EGM was saying to go to.
(I accidently threw my EGM that had that info in it)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!