NES Tecmo give away?? Anyone??

[Stewie]

I was looking at the instruction book to the Tecmo game Rygar, and I totally forgot about this from years ago..

Supposedly if you collected 5 proofs of purchases by buying Tecmo NES games, you would get some sort or prize...

Anyone actually do this? Or know what you got?

[Emily]

That IS cool.I hope someone here has more info :D

[joshnickerson]

I wonder if Temco would still honor the deal. :D

[rbudrick]

Great question...I remember that!

Did anybody ever actually own 5 Tecmo games as a kid?

The few that did likely didn't send in their proofs of purchase.

I'd bet Tecmo sent out a max of 2 of that prize!

I'd love to know what it was though...

-Rob

[imanerd0011]

I've always wondered what you got when you sent in 5 Tecmo manuals as well. That would be sweet as hell if they still honored it. LOL

[Stewie]

I can tell you that it said you needed 5 games, but at the time, there were still only 4 available... Rygar, Mighty Bomb Jack, Star Force, and Solomon's Key, it said "More coming soon", so Tecmo Bowl and Ninja Gaiden weren't out yet

[imanerd0011]

Well... I believe that all Tecmo games released for the NES had one of these on the back cover. My copy of Tecmo Bowl and my copy of Ninja Gaiden 2 both have them. I should really call the number and ask them if they still offer it, or what it was.

[postulio]

i myself have not sent it in, but i remember talk in school (we're talking years back) that you get a coupon for some cash off on your next purchase. couldve been something else but im fairly certain.

[classicb]

As a Tecmo collector I've always wondered what it was. I do searches on Ebay for Tecmo stuff all the time and have never seen anything that was described as any sort of free gift from Tecmo. I gave the number a call and big surprise it doesn't work anymore. I guess we could always try to email Tecmo. It still seems like someone on these boards should know.

[classicb]

the secret is revealed and I think you'll see why nobody did it. I found this in a complet copy of Ninja Gaiden 8-) that I just got. I was a little disapointed to see what Tecmo's free prize was. Here it is on a little two sided mailer.

http://pickledvellum.com/tecmoidtag.jpghttp://pickledvellum.com/tecmoidtagback.jpg

[Big Papa Husker]

Wow.. that thing is trendy! I want one!

[SoulBlazer]

Just a watch? Good luck finding one that still work. LOL

[classicb]

Just a watch? Good luck finding one that still work. LOL

i might actually care if it was a Tecmo watch or ninja gainden watch but its just a stupid regular watch. well actually maybe that was cutting edge back then. I remember really wanting some stupid Huffy bike you could win through a box of cereal so who know maybe that was a great prized back then but certainly not very collectible.

[Bratwurst]

250$ worth of software for a 10-20$ watch. You know what? That watch wasn't even an exclusive, I had that very same design as a kid. Note the fine print in the bottom that says this though:

You might receive a superb watch like pictured in the photo.

So the actual item sent out probably differed. I bet it was whatever watch a Tecmo employee could scrounge whenever 5 UPCs were sent back.

[Ed Oscuro]

I bet it was whatever watch a Tecmo employee could scrounge whenever 5 UPCs were sent back. LOL
Yeah, your standard 1980s sports watch there, complete with nasty, nasty rubber wristband.

I suppose somebody could laser etch a little Ryu Hayabusa into it? :P