Zap! Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 I dunno, I kind of liked some of Sega's "silly" ads, especially the one with Joe Montana. "GO DEEP, JOE!!" You should have warned me about the hot dog at the end. I was actually gonna say it wasn't that bad until a talking hot dog screamed Sega! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 The first time I've heard the phrase " unslightly poop" in an ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYmfqyupxco Game Boys for sunblock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) The first time I've heard the phrase " unslightly poop" in an ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYmfqyupxco Game Boys for sunblock. That ad made Sega look like douche bags! Edited October 1, 2016 by Zap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) In general the American Sega Ads were cringe worthy, especially the shit they came out with during the Mega CD and Saturn period. The best series of ads would be the Japanese Segata-san Shiro however special mention must go to the excellent European Sega ads of the Mega Drive days. They were pure class. Edited October 2, 2016 by Yakumo1975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I don't deny it took a lot of talent to write that, it's just not my cup of humor. What style of humor is that even considered? It's not sarcastic, and not even close to slapstick. It seems on the dry side. It's like a Dada version of this old Woody Allen sketch. I like absurdist stuff like that. Video games need more psychedelia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 The mask has finally been removed. Look who's back and never left lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 That kid looks thrilled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Then there's this one from India: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Sega in the 90's was really three companies; Sega of Japan, Sega of America and Sega of Europe. They were pretty autonomous companies. Most of the actual games and of course the consoles came from SOJ, although many of the sports titles were regionally developed and there were definitely some American and European first and second-party games beyond that. But SOJ and SOA were famously at each others' throats a lot of the time - they didn't agree on much of anything, and that's how we got stuff like the bungled US launch of the Saturn. Obviously most of the marketing we're talking about here is SOA marketing. But when I think of "Sega" as a whole, I think of SOJ because it's the Japanese games (including Sonic) that really define the company for me. So I don't break it up into pre- and post-anything, because it's all a matter of where you lived anyway. If you were living in Japan, you'd be playing the same games but you'd have a whole different set of ads. I don't think they even had the Sega scream (though I could very well be wrong about that). Anyway it's all just marketing. I tend to forget about it once I start playing any game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Don't get me started on Action Fighter though. I always thought Action Fighter was really cool.. until I actually learned how to play it, then I realized it was a piece of garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Anyway it's all just marketing. I tend to forget about it once I start playing any game. No, they didn't and thank God for that. Europe didn't have it either from what I remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulletino Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 This is the era of advertising I remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXJyeS3Gi78 Although the tagline there was "To be this good takes ages, Sega" which I remember eventually became "To be this good takes Sega" Then Commodore having a dig with this for the CD32: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 No, they didn't and thank God for that. Europe didn't have it either from what I remember. If you mean the Sega scream at boot, it was at least on Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island. But before that, I think it was just the Sega "choir" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 If you mean the Sega scream at boot, it was at least on Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island. But before that, I think it was just the Sega "choir" I didn't mind the Sega choir at all, I actually liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 For some reason, when I heard the SEGA scream at first, I thought it was the voice of Taz of the Warner Bros. cartoons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I didn't mind the Sega choir at all, I actually liked it. I like it too. It sounded classy. Only Rare's Nintendo logo on Donkey Kong country II beat it in the "classy" department : And it wasn't a Nintendo opening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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