Selling DVD copies of CD-I commercial!! TAPE FOUND!!!

[Captain J]

well its finally over and i am so freakin excited i dont know what to do. the tape came early than expected and as soon as i popped it in, the gentlemen walks up to a room i described and says those magic words "i want to know the meaning of life!!" i only watched the first 5 minutes because i want to take it home and savor it! i want to thank everyone who helped in this quest and escpecially deputy moniker, the man who found the tape for me!! deputy i am pming you to discuss your reward as promised! also i am going to be transferring this to dvd tonight and selling copies of it so anyone that is interested in purchasing one, please PM with offers. mods, you can lock this if you want, or you can leave it since i am technically selling something here! again i cant thank everyone enough and this 10 year journey has finally come to an end! (thats a happy crying not a sad one!)

[Drexel923]

You already posted this in Video Gaming so I'm locking this one.

[Drexel923]

Sorry...I misread the other post as being the same thing. Re-opened.

[Captain J]

bump it up!

[Captain J]

bumpy bump bump

[Captain J]

bump and if anyone just has some really good info that could lead to me getting this i would be willing to pay for that as well (depending on the information!)

[Captain J]

week later bump!

[Trevor Belmont]

Hey World of Games,

I'm sorry I don't have a clue as to how you can get this infomercial, but there's a very small chance the guy over at x-entertainment.com might have an idea of where to get it or might even have it. I think his name's Matt (haven't been to the site in awhile) and he thrives on collecting stuff like this and writing about it; not all gaming related, but 80s commercials and hard-to-find stuff and the like. Might wanna shoot him an e-mail and see if he would know. I know it's a longshot, but I suppose it won't hurt to ask.

[nate1749]

Do you remember what network it played on? Have you tried contacting Phillips directly?

[Captain J]

Hey World of Games,

I'm sorry I don't have a clue as to how you can get this infomercial, but there's a very small chance the guy over at x-entertainment.com might have an idea of where to get it or might even have it. I think his name's Matt (haven't been to the site in awhile) and he thrives on collecting stuff like this and writing about it; not all gaming related, but 80s commercials and hard-to-find stuff and the like. Might wanna shoot him an e-mail and see if he would know. I know it's a longshot, but I suppose it won't hurt to ask.

thanks for your help! i will do that right away!

[Captain J]

Do you remember what network it played on? Have you tried contacting Phillips directly?

i cant really remember, it was one of those things where every station was playing an infomercial at 3 in the morning in the early 90's! and yes i have been in contact with philips, i have actually made friends on the inside searching for this over the past few years! no luck either!

[Captain J]

Hey World of Games,

I'm sorry I don't have a clue as to how you can get this infomercial, but there's a very small chance the guy over at x-entertainment.com might have an idea of where to get it or might even have it. I think his name's Matt (haven't been to the site in awhile) and he thrives on collecting stuff like this and writing about it; not all gaming related, but 80s commercials and hard-to-find stuff and the like. Might wanna shoot him an e-mail and see if he would know. I know it's a longshot, but I suppose it won't hurt to ask.

trevor, i emailed him about a week ago but with no reply. do you know this guy personally? i was just thinking maybe if you did you could ask him to take another look at the email i sent!

[Captain J]

Hey World of Games,

I'm sorry I don't have a clue as to how you can get this infomercial, but there's a very small chance the guy over at x-entertainment.com might have an idea of where to get it or might even have it. I think his name's Matt (haven't been to the site in awhile) and he thrives on collecting stuff like this and writing about it; not all gaming related, but 80s commercials and hard-to-find stuff and the like. Might wanna shoot him an e-mail and see if he would know. I know it's a longshot, but I suppose it won't hurt to ask.

trevor, i emailed him about a week ago but with no reply. do you know this guy personally? i was just thinking maybe if you did you could ask him to take another look at the email i sent!

[Trevor Belmont]

Hey World of Games,

No, I'm sorry, I don't know him at all. I just remember going to his web site quite a bit in the past and seeing him review some off-the-wall stuff, and reading about how he likes to collect all sorts of things on eBay and places like that that other people wouldn't even think of. Based off of that, I figured I would shoot you a reply in the very slight chance he would have it. I'm guessing he's either impossible to get a hold of or just not replying for whatever reason.

At any rate, I'm sorry that he didn't write back. That really sucks! :angry: I wish I could be more helpful.

[Trevor Belmont]

A few more suggestions ...

I don't know if this is possible, but would TV stations that this informercial was run on still possibly have some sort of copy? I'm sure this is a far-fetched idea, but hey, you never know?

And I'm assuming you've done this ... but I'm sure there are some CD-I fansites out there. Maybe one of the webmasters might have it?

[Captain J]

yeah ive covered all options. i have been looking for this for 10 years now, and have checked internet, tv stations, philips themselves, and just about every medium possible. i have never looked for anything harder in my life! there have been times where i have been so close, like one time a few years back i had a former philips employee who had an original tape of it and was going to give it to me for free, when he went home to look for it he found out his wife had thown in out with a box of stuff a month before! :( but ive pretty much came to the point where the only way i am going to find it is if someone had recorded it for themselves back in the day or recorded another show late at night and maybe picked that up as well. i cant express any harder how much i want this, as i would be willing to pay a couple hundred dollars for just a simple copy of this!!

[Captain J]

OK DPers lets get serious about this. 3 hundred beautiful dollars to the person you finds this commercial on any format! i am so exhausted about looking for this for so long that im willing to pay big. you dont even have to give me the original if you own this. JUST A COPY! thats all i ask for. if i had this i feel i would complete my long journey in having it all for the cd-i. a copy on any format is all i ask and just think about all the things you could buy with the cash! a turbo duo with games? yours! a brand new ps2 AND xbox? yours! a leather outfit complete with whips and chains?........ :embarrassed: sorry! get me that commercial! ready.....break!

[gopro]

Wow I kinda feel sorry for you. Bump for you. Doubt u will ever get this.

[machine.slave]

I've found myself suddenly looking very hard for this commercial... LOL

[dbiersdorf]

Can I ask why you want this so badly?

[drwily008]

Can I ask why you want this so badly?

Well knowing Joe (worldofgames) very well I will answer your question.

Joe is insane, we had him committed from 1992 to 1997 when he was finally released for good behavior. J/K

Joe IS a fanatic collector though, he owns more stuff than many of us could ever hope to have. If it is something he really wants...well he's going to get it. I've seen his collection first hand and his CD-I stuff alone is worth it's weight in gold. Who else has 100 sealed copies of "Muzzy: Teaching kids to speak french" for the CD-I?

Seriously though, help him find this and be WELL REWARDED! He is no joke and you'll see your money. Good luck Joe!

[tynstar]

Who else has 100 sealed copies of "Muzzy: Teaching kids to speak french" for the CD-I?



Who would want that many? ;)

[mindlesspunk77]

hey from what the other guy says im sure you have one but do you have any interest in a cd-i store display? its a weird looking thing but i have one for my store i use it for my nintendo display but id be willing to sell or trade it let me know!

[Captain J]

Who else has 100 sealed copies of "Muzzy: Teaching kids to speak french" for the CD-I?



Who would want that many? ;)

j'aime cd-i!

(see muzzy comes in handy! ;) )

[Captain J]

hey from what the other guy says im sure you have one but do you have any interest in a cd-i store display? its a weird looking thing but i have one for my store i use it for my nintendo display but id be willing to sell or trade it let me know!

I do but would be VERY interested in another, PM sent!

[Captain J]

Can I ask why you want this so badly?

Well knowing Joe (worldofgames) very well I will answer your question.

Joe is insane, we had him committed from 1992 to 1997 when he was finally released for good behavior. J/K

Joe IS a fanatic collector though, he owns more stuff than many of us could ever hope to have. If it is something he really wants...well he's going to get it. I've seen his collection first hand and his CD-I stuff alone is worth it's weight in gold. Who else has 100 sealed copies of "Muzzy: Teaching kids to speak french" for the CD-I?

Seriously though, help him find this and be WELL REWARDED! He is no joke and you'll see your money. Good luck Joe!

thank you for your tribute ken, i am weeping as we speak! and by the way....its 500 sealed copies of muzzy!

[Captain J]

Can I ask why you want this so badly?

Well knowing Joe (worldofgames) very well I will answer your question.

Joe is insane, we had him committed from 1992 to 1997 when he was finally released for good behavior. J/K

Joe IS a fanatic collector though, he owns more stuff than many of us could ever hope to have. If it is something he really wants...well he's going to get it. I've seen his collection first hand and his CD-I stuff alone is worth it's weight in gold. Who else has 100 sealed copies of "Muzzy: Teaching kids to speak french" for the CD-I?

Seriously though, help him find this and be WELL REWARDED! He is no joke and you'll see your money. Good luck Joe!

and might i also say that if my collection is the largest ken (drwily008) has ever seen, his is the largest ive ever seen (collection, that is LOL )

[The_EniGma]

I'll have a look around in my *underground* sources but i can't promise anything...

The hunt is on!

[Captain J]

I'll have a look around in my *underground* sources but i can't promise anything...

The hunt is on!

thanks for your help! hope to be dealing you out 3 big ones!

[Roi]

Looking for ya x_x

[Captain J]

thanks im actually really glad of the help i have been getting, thanks for all the PMs and info you guys have been sending, i should have done this a long time ago!

[SuperNES]

first, you are insane.

second, what year(s) was this on? I've got a bunch of old tapes of recorded stuff but i don't want to go through them all. i'll try to find this commercial! i want money! i am broke! :(

[machine.slave]

phew! Ok, well.. I'm giving up. I've spent quite a few hours searching for this without much luck. I've found out that it was aired in 1994, and that it was actually a pretty successful campaign for Philips, helping them sell quite a few units (400,000+ if I can recall)

I also found a few resumes of people who worked on it. LOL

[pragmatic insanester]

wow. i remember muzzy. i've been eyeing this thread for a while now, but since the poster has obviously exhausted the internet - i have no clue. any spare copies of bodyslam: mutant rampage, by the way?

[tylerwillis]

Holy crap. A whole decade spent looking for one commercial. I wish I had it. Not even for the $300, just so you could have closure.

The best I can do is offer a free bump. And see if you and machine.slave have looked up the people on those resumes? Some of them might have kept a copy as a demo of their work.

[Captain J]

yes closure is what i need, i think i will start crying the day i get it! oh and for the free bump, i clicked on your opera link!

[Captain J]

wow. i remember muzzy. i've been eyeing this thread for a while now, but since the poster has obviously exhausted the internet - i have no clue. any spare copies of bodyslam: mutant rampage, by the way?

i dont have a spare copy but if you email my buddy denise who works for pmpro (an old cd-i company that still has an existing warehouse) at cust01@pmpro.com and ask her for the $5 cd-i list, she will send you a long list of brand new factory sealed cd-i games for only $5 each and shipping is like $5-6 on about 10 titles! bodyslam might be on the list. I finished a large part of my collection that way! and they take paypal as well so no one has any excuse not to pick up a bunch of cheap cd-i games for your collection! :)

[Captain J]

first, you are insane.

second, what year(s) was this on? I've got a bunch of old tapes of recorded stuff but i don't want to go through them all. i'll try to find this commercial! i want money! i am broke! :(

first, i know that! :D

second, i would have to say that i saw it in 1993-1994, i really think i saw it in the summer of 1994

[Captain J]

phew! Ok, well.. I'm giving up. I've spent quite a few hours searching for this without much luck. I've found out that it was aired in 1994, and that it was actually a pretty successful campaign for Philips, helping them sell quite a few units (400,000+ if I can recall)

I also found a few resumes of people who worked on it. LOL

send those resumes over to me and i will throw you a freakin bonus!

[digitalpress]

I'd imagine you've already gone down this path but have you tried our experts, Devin Shockwell and the gang at Black Moon Project? I've never met someone with such an extensive knowledge of CD-i here and abroad. Devin and company put together the CD-i section of our book and the online database.

http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/listing.cmf?system=12

Just a thought.

[ClassicGameTrader]

I have been looking for a certain item for the last 10 years and the person who can find it for me will be greatly rewarded with rare games or cash!! in the early 1990's when the philips cd-i came out there was an infomercial that they used to play (remember those middle of the night informercials at 3 in the morning when nothing was on?) late at night for the cd-i. it was about a half hour to an hour and it was just a man sitting in a dark room with a cd-i and a "god" voice talking about the "meaning of life" being the cd-i (which is what insiders call the infomercial). it basically shows him various cd-i titles and convinces him to buy one. if anyone has this on tape, dvd, cdi, media file or any other format (maybe you recorded a show one night and it was on there) let me know right away and i will more than make it worth your while!!

Bump It was very late at night and judging by the style and context of the comercial I have come to the conclusion you were either A. Dreaming or B. On some sort of hallucinogenic drugs LOL

Seriously though I hope you find it, I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!

[SuperShark]

Holy crap. A whole decade spent looking for one commercial. I wish I had it. Not even for the $300, just so you could have closure.

The best I can do is offer a free bump....

YES. This is exactly how I fell. I read this topic a while back and this is exactly how I felt for you WorldOfGames. I just couldn't put it into words. At first, yes, I too thought...Knew you were crazy, but I still understand where you are coming from, this is the one thing you want and need to complete your colection that has always seemed just out of reach! Yes I understand.

WorldOfGames, listin, You NEED this video - and because I know he is not the only one that is going to read this I will also say it this way, HE NEEDS this video - so you can finnaly calm down, relax, and have closure.

The real reward to me, and hopefuly to all of you, unless you are a bunch of selfish jerks, for finding this video and giving even a copy to WorldOfGames is not the money (even though I will admit, that could be a nice BIG bonus to the side) but rather the joy of knowing you have helped a fellow collector out in his quest, apparently near life-long quest, in finding the one little thing left that he needs to complete his prized section of his prized video-game collection!

I would like to let you know, WorldOfGames, that I have done a little bit of serching on the web for this video and I am always keeping my eyes and ears open for it until the day you find it from someone elese, and if that doesn't happen, until the day I find it and can give it to you!

I am also giving you a free bump with this post now but forst, there is one more thing I want to quote and one more thought I would like to add!


Bump It was very late at night and judging by the style and context of the comercial I have come to the conclusion you were either A. Dreaming or B. On some sort of hallucinogenic drugs Laughing

Seriously though I hope you find it, I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!

You said, ClassicGameTrader,

"I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!"

Well, if you really want to help, don't just wish him luck, TELL HIM WHERE HE CAN CONTACT THESE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE A COPY OF THIS VIDEO!!!

Don't just wish and hope that WorldOfGames will one day find this video, Help him look for it and tell him where to find it, and, in other words, ACT and MAKE WorldOfGames long quest come to a great and glourious end!!!

[Roi]

Looking for ya x_x

Sorry, Philips Netherlands couldn't help me :(

[c2000]

Where ya from? Im asking because I want to know if the commercial was universal and dubbed or just made in the U.S(?)

Incidentally, someone offered me a bunch of cdi stuff yesterday, anything youre looking for?

[Garry Silljo]

What about a CDI infomercial that warns parents that if they dont buy a CDI their kids will watch Gun toting Clowns wrecking cars on TV. Is this the same or even close? I've seen that one. As a matter of fact, I dont know if he still has it but that was sent directly to our house on VHS by Radionshack. Weird. I'll have to see if he still has that. THere was a VHS he got for Turbo Duo as well. But I hope I dont get your hopes up too much,.... because I dont know the chances of him still owning them.

[vulcanjedi]

Hey

Have you tried writing up a web page about it? Over the years I have learned that if you can't find something you are looking for on the net you need to try and make it find you. Let me give you an example.

In the summer of 1973 I was 12 and had a blast hanging out at the swim club and when I wasn't listening to the Archies on the jukebox or playing the new fangled video game called pong, I was noticing a girl for the first time. The following spring as summer was approaching I found myself anticipating more and more seeing that girl again. Only took me a year to realize I had a crush on her. Finally it came time to head back to the swim club.

And she wasn't there and her family had not renewed their membership. :(

All I knew about her was her name. And her last name was not an easy one to spell and not in the phone book. Over the years I found myself thinking about her and wondered if she liked me or even remembered me. A few years back I took a course in search engine technology and learned how to find anything on the net. So after a while of non productive searching the only closer I got was what I thought was the exact spelling of her name. Based on what I was finding I thought it would be a great idea to create a webpage with this story. Basically, everybody googles their name once in a while.

So I wrote the story on a search optimized page with search engine links and I had nothing to do but wait and go to the page avery few days and start my search from there. And about a year later I get surprised by an email. She said a friend of hers ran across the page. And remembered me!

So 30 years after the event I was finally able to let my first crush know :)

Not sure how this compares to a game related obsession :) I did spend 2 years trying to find a Demon Attack cart for the PCjr. So I guess with the right persistance you might be able to find anything..

VJ

[Captain J]

I'd imagine you've already gone down this path but have you tried our experts, Devin Shockwell and the gang at Black Moon Project? I've never met someone with such an extensive knowledge of CD-i here and abroad. Devin and company put together the CD-i section of our book and the online database.

http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/listing.cmf?system=12

Just a thought.

thanks for the tip joe, but i have been talking to devin for a few years and he could not find it either. he told me if i find it though, to pass it along to him and he will post it at blackmoon!

[Captain J]

I have been looking for a certain item for the last 10 years and the person who can find it for me will be greatly rewarded with rare games or cash!! in the early 1990's when the philips cd-i came out there was an infomercial that they used to play (remember those middle of the night informercials at 3 in the morning when nothing was on?) late at night for the cd-i. it was about a half hour to an hour and it was just a man sitting in a dark room with a cd-i and a "god" voice talking about the "meaning of life" being the cd-i (which is what insiders call the infomercial). it basically shows him various cd-i titles and convinces him to buy one. if anyone has this on tape, dvd, cdi, media file or any other format (maybe you recorded a show one night and it was on there) let me know right away and i will more than make it worth your while!!

Bump It was very late at night and judging by the style and context of the comercial I have come to the conclusion you were either A. Dreaming or B. On some sort of hallucinogenic drugs LOL

Seriously though I hope you find it, I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!

i wish i was dreaming, but too many people over the years have all known about the commercial as well so we are all dreaming or all on the same sort of hallucinogenic drug! :D
anyways any contact info you would have on this museum would be great, even just an email address! thanks for your help though!

[Captain J]

Holy crap. A whole decade spent looking for one commercial. I wish I had it. Not even for the $300, just so you could have closure.

The best I can do is offer a free bump....

YES. This is exactly how I fell. I read this topic a while back and this is exactly how I felt for you WorldOfGames. I just couldn't put it into words. At first, yes, I too thought...Knew you were crazy, but I still understand where you are coming from, this is the one thing you want and need to complete your colection that has always seemed just out of reach! Yes I understand.

WorldOfGames, listin, You NEED this video - and because I know he is not the only one that is going to read this I will also say it this way, HE NEEDS this video - so you can finnaly calm down, relax, and have closure.

The real reward to me, and hopefuly to all of you, unless you are a bunch of selfish jerks, for finding this video and giving even a copy to WorldOfGames is not the money (even though I will admit, that could be a nice BIG bonus to the side) but rather the joy of knowing you have helped a fellow collector out in his quest, apparently near life-long quest, in finding the one little thing left that he needs to complete his prized section of his prized video-game collection!

I would like to let you know, WorldOfGames, that I have done a little bit of serching on the web for this video and I am always keeping my eyes and ears open for it until the day you find it from someone elese, and if that doesn't happen, until the day I find it and can give it to you!

I am also giving you a free bump with this post now but forst, there is one more thing I want to quote and one more thought I would like to add!


Bump It was very late at night and judging by the style and context of the comercial I have come to the conclusion you were either A. Dreaming or B. On some sort of hallucinogenic drugs Laughing

Seriously though I hope you find it, I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!

You said, ClassicGameTrader,

"I don't know if this helps but there is a television museum in NYC that has pretty much everything. I don't know if they have commercials but they might be able to dig it up in the archives. Good luck on your hunt, you'll find it one day!!!"

Well, if you really want to help, don't just wish him luck, TELL HIM WHERE HE CAN CONTACT THESE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE A COPY OF THIS VIDEO!!!

Don't just wish and hope that WorldOfGames will one day find this video, Help him look for it and tell him where to find it, and, in other words, ACT and MAKE WorldOfGames long quest come to a great and glourious end!!!

thank you for those words, im hoping its people like you that help me in my quest, the person who finds it, i will forever be in their debt! when i started this a long time ago when i was 17 it was just one of those things that i just wanted to see it again, but now that i am 27, it has become an obsession @_@ and i will not ever quit until i find it. i would like to have it before i am 30 though! :)

[Captain J]

Looking for ya x_x

Sorry, Philips Netherlands couldn't help me :(

yeah i have talked to them too and with no luck either!

[Captain J]

Where ya from? Im asking because I want to know if the commercial was universal and dubbed or just made in the U.S(?)

Incidentally, someone offered me a bunch of cdi stuff yesterday, anything youre looking for?

i am from ohio in the us, so i dont know about the other coutries. and as for needing stuff i pretty much only need this one thing. i had needed the super mario wacky worlds proto but i finally aquired it about a year ago. awesome game by the way (the parts you can play that is :) )

[Captain J]

What about a CDI infomercial that warns parents that if they dont buy a CDI their kids will watch Gun toting Clowns wrecking cars on TV. Is this the same or even close? I've seen that one. As a matter of fact, I dont know if he still has it but that was sent directly to our house on VHS by Radionshack. Weird. I'll have to see if he still has that. THere was a VHS he got for Turbo Duo as well. But I hope I dont get your hopes up too much,.... because I dont know the chances of him still owning them.

that isnt the one im looking for and i actually would be interested that and the turbo duo tape as well. if you get them please PM me to arrange something. there is also an infomercial where a family calls a tv repairman and he comes over and hooks up a cdi. i would also like that but none as important as the "meaning of life" one im looking for. again if you have any media at all, PM me!

[Captain J]

Hey

Have you tried writing up a web page about it? Over the years I have learned that if you can't find something you are looking for on the net you need to try and make it find you. Let me give you an example.

In the summer of 1973 I was 12 and had a blast hanging out at the swim club and when I wasn't listening to the Archies on the jukebox or playing the new fangled video game called pong, I was noticing a girl for the first time. The following spring as summer was approaching I found myself anticipating more and more seeing that girl again. Only took me a year to realize I had a crush on her. Finally it came time to head back to the swim club.

And she wasn't there and her family had not renewed their membership. :(

All I knew about her was her name. And her last name was not an easy one to spell and not in the phone book. Over the years I found myself thinking about her and wondered if she liked me or even remembered me. A few years back I took a course in search engine technology and learned how to find anything on the net. So after a while of non productive searching the only closer I got was what I thought was the exact spelling of her name. Based on what I was finding I thought it would be a great idea to create a webpage with this story. Basically, everybody googles their name once in a while.

So I wrote the story on a search optimized page with search engine links and I had nothing to do but wait and go to the page avery few days and start my search from there. And about a year later I get surprised by an email. She said a friend of hers ran across the page. And remembered me!

So 30 years after the event I was finally able to let my first crush know :)

Not sure how this compares to a game related obsession :) I did spend 2 years trying to find a Demon Attack cart for the PCjr. So I guess with the right persistance you might be able to find anything..

VJ

thanks for the advice, i may have to put it on my video game stores website!, www.worldofgamesonline.com (sorry, cheap plug :embarrassed: )

[DeputyMoniker]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

[Captain J]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

PM replied!

[daikaiju]

as someone who has been following the progress of this thread - I hope this is the break you've been hoping for WOG!

Possible congratulations in order? Please let us all know, we're DYING here!!

[Emily]

If the you aquire these tapes, you should post some pics of their cover art( if they arent just loose)
I would kill to find some old game commercial VHS at the flea market....

[Bronty-2]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

[Bronty-2]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

PM replied!

fingers are crossed for WOG

[Captain J]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

what link are you talking about?

[Bronty-2]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

what link are you talking about?

the hot chick link on moniker's signature line.

[SuperNES]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

what link are you talking about?

the hot chick link on moniker's signature line.

wow, thanks. i'm gonna go update my virusscan RIGHT NOW! i wouldn't want my Precious computer catching a virus! :P

[Bronty-2]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

what link are you talking about?

the hot chick link on moniker's signature line.

wow, thanks. i'm gonna go update my virusscan RIGHT NOW! i wouldn't want my Precious computer catching a virus! :P

Huh? Are you being serious or trying to be funny? Cleaning trojans off your pc sucks - I just spent 5 hours doing it the other night and I'm still not done.

[DeputyMoniker]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

Whoa...not cool.
I was wondering where that thing came from. My Symantech was crying about it this morning.

[Trevor Belmont]

Damn World Of Games, I'm hoping this is the break you've needed too. I haven't been too much help in you locating this CD-I informercial, but I hope you get it.

You say you're from Ohio? I think there used to be a department store that's since gone under called Service Merchandise, or something like that, here in Columbus. I remember they used to sell CD-I's and they would have this demo running on the machine every time I passed by it. I doubt it's the same infomercial you're looking for, probably just a simple demo CD or something like that.

Anyway, free bump I guess. Good luck!

[DeputyMoniker]

Damn World Of Games, I'm hoping this is the break you've needed too. I haven't been too much help in you locating this CD-I informercial, but I hope you get it.

You say you're from Ohio? I think there used to be a department store that's since gone under called Service Merchandise, or something like that, here in Columbus. I remember they used to sell CD-I's and they would have this demo running on the machine every time I passed by it. I doubt it's the same infomercial you're looking for, probably just a simple demo CD or something like that.

Anyway, free bump I guess. Good luck!

Service Merchandise!! That place was awesome! We had them down in Oklahoma. One of the few places in my area where the NES demo unit wouldnt reset every three minutes.

[SuperNES]

I got an interesting email today. Here is a little of what it said...
"We have two versions, one from December 1993 and one from
November 1994. VHS copies are $60 each plus shipping."

:D

PM sent.

hey deputy moniker - there's a trojan virus on that mercedes terrell site :/ Good thing my virus scan caught it, but to anyone thinking of clicking on that link - don't.

what link are you talking about?

the hot chick link on moniker's signature line.

wow, thanks. i'm gonna go update my virusscan RIGHT NOW! i wouldn't want my Precious computer catching a virus! :P

Huh? Are you being serious or trying to be funny? Cleaning trojans off your pc sucks - I just spent 5 hours doing it the other night and I'm still not done.

no, i was serious. the tounge-sticking-out smiley was there because i called it "my precious" an i was going to post a picture or a link to a picture of my computer, but decided against it.

my preciousssss...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Nuhvok-2000/Computers/compy.jpg

[Bronty-2]

LOL muuch clearer now :)

[Captain J]

If the you aquire these tapes, you should post some pics of their cover art( if they arent just loose)
I would kill to find some old game commercial VHS at the flea market....

im thinking they are just going to be loose but i would post if they had art!

[Captain J]

Damn World Of Games, I'm hoping this is the break you've needed too. I haven't been too much help in you locating this CD-I informercial, but I hope you get it.

You say you're from Ohio? I think there used to be a department store that's since gone under called Service Merchandise, or something like that, here in Columbus. I remember they used to sell CD-I's and they would have this demo running on the machine every time I passed by it. I doubt it's the same infomercial you're looking for, probably just a simple demo CD or something like that.

Anyway, free bump I guess. Good luck!

yeah i have the disc you are refering to, i actually got it from them a while back. its more of a disc that lets you preview all kinds of games and movies for the cdi and has a small video about how the cdi works. they made a few different versions and i got one from them and the rest from sears, who was also a huge cd-i carrier! thanks for the advice though!

[Captain J]

HUGE UPDATE!!!!!

deputy moniker has directed me to a company who deals in old infomercials! i spoke to the manager today and he believes they have the infomercial! they have 2 different tapes and he is watching them both as we speak but he is going to call me when he is done and let me know if it is it! he said if it is i can purchase the vhs for $60 plus tax and shipping, which is crazy for a vhs, but im so crazy for this tape i dont even care! LOL i will update as i get info, but please everyone do not give up because this could just as easily not be it. thanks again for everyones help so far!

[DeputyMoniker]

This has really become a community effort! Kinda like searching for a lost puppy. LOL
Were gonna get you that infomercial if it kills us! :texaschain:

[Captain J]

well here is the update. the guy said that he cant actually watch the tape and he has 3 different ones with dates of 1993, 1994, 1995 so the 95 is out because i know i watched it in at least 94. since he cant watch it i have to take a chance and buy the first tape and see if it is it for $60 and if it is not, buy the second one for $60 also. i just ordered the first one for $65 shipped and it will be here next week so i will let everyone know whats going on with that!

[Trevor Belmont]

I think this is it ... one of these tapes has to be it. *fingers crossed*

DeputyMoniker said:

Service Merchandise!! That place was awesome! We had them down in Oklahoma. One of the few places in my area where the NES demo unit wouldnt reset every three minutes.
LOL I can't believe someone else remembers this place! I was sad to see it go when it closed its doors around here.

[Captain J]

actually if you watch old game shows, usually at the end they would say that their products were supplied from service merchandise! and yes...i hope this is it!