Sega's Absolutely Rose Street 1994 Infomercial

[Greg2600]

Saw this on Sega-16 but it should be making the Net rounds. Gotta love bad 90's infomercials! The acting, so bad it's good.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFIngV3rMpo#t=1629

[spman]

I'm no marketing wizard or anything, but as far as Infomercials go, this one is terrible. Not in a bad acting sort of terrible, but in a this is incredibly boring and I have no idea what is being advertised here terrible. If I didn't know this was for Sega, and I flipped this on the TV, I wouldn't have a clue.

[SparTonberry]

It might be bad acting, but at least it was coherant. I remember in 1994 NoA's marketers were probably on some of those drugs the PSAs told you to avoid. :P (remember "Play it Loud!"?)

[Greg2600]

There was also Atari's "The Cave" infomercial for the Jaguar. Equally atrocious yet hilarious. Neither did much showcasing of the actual products!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqJa6q6gc8g

[SparTonberry]

From the Sega video, I remember reading about the "morgue" commercial in EGM back then. First time I actually see it.
I wonder what the "other" console under the cloth was? The most obvious choice would be SNES, but it looks like it could be 3DO, NeoGeo or maybe even a PCE (even though that wouldn't really make sense). But what are the smaller boxes?