Wow, 6 of the 7 games are “Somone ______”, (Tommy Lasorda Baseball, Michael Jackson’s Moon Walker, Buster Douglas Boxing, etc). With 5 of 7 being sports games. Intresting.
It’s weird to me how famous this slogan is, since I don’t remember seeing a single example of these ads from back then. Videogames were the biggest thing on my radar, and I have lots of vivid memories from the NES era onward (and even some less vivid Atari 2600 memories) so it’s not likely I saw them and just forgot.
Garsh. I remember only seeing a few of the print ads, mostly in Sega centric magazines, but it stuck in my head because of the commercial they ran. I cannot even tell you if they ran it a lot, because the slogan and the silly music was so memorable that it just lodged in my head (pushing out vital self grooming knowledge).
Garsh/Retroist – I remember the TV commercials more than the print ads as well. They were run heavily when I was young. I was a Sega kid – never owned a Nintendo unit of any sort. I had Master System after Atari then went straight to Genesis and Game Gear. Love vintage Sega ads!
So that jingle will be in head all day long. My favorite part? “Sixteen bit ARCADE graphics”.
Wow, 6 of the 7 games are “Somone ______”, (Tommy Lasorda Baseball, Michael Jackson’s Moon Walker, Buster Douglas Boxing, etc). With 5 of 7 being sports games. Intresting.
It’s weird to me how famous this slogan is, since I don’t remember seeing a single example of these ads from back then. Videogames were the biggest thing on my radar, and I have lots of vivid memories from the NES era onward (and even some less vivid Atari 2600 memories) so it’s not likely I saw them and just forgot.
Garsh. I remember only seeing a few of the print ads, mostly in Sega centric magazines, but it stuck in my head because of the commercial they ran. I cannot even tell you if they ran it a lot, because the slogan and the silly music was so memorable that it just lodged in my head (pushing out vital self grooming knowledge).
It still haunts me:
http://www.retroist.com/2009/08/22/this-weeks-top-retro-commercials/
Garsh/Retroist – I remember the TV commercials more than the print ads as well. They were run heavily when I was young. I was a Sega kid – never owned a Nintendo unit of any sort. I had Master System after Atari then went straight to Genesis and Game Gear. Love vintage Sega ads!