▲ 1067 ▼ I miss console ads being this weird (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) We had this in the UK for PS 1 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Love it. "Hey, you know what would be a good way to advertise our system? Let's just give children nightmares for about 40 seconds and then splash our logo on the screen at the end." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago It worked because I still remember it now ;) permalink fedilink source parent [–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago I think most ads for consoles in the early 2000s were like that, at least for ps1, ps2 and the original xbox. Not necessarily nightmare fuel, just "weird" stuff unrelated to the console or games. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sonymegadrive@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Watching this gave me Aphex Twin vibes. Then I discovered it was directed by Chris Cunningham. So yeah, that’s why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh wow, that explains a lot! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Love it. "Hey, you know what would be a good way to advertise our system? Let's just give children nightmares for about 40 seconds and then splash our logo on the screen at the end." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago It worked because I still remember it now ;) permalink fedilink source parent [–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago I think most ads for consoles in the early 2000s were like that, at least for ps1, ps2 and the original xbox. Not necessarily nightmare fuel, just "weird" stuff unrelated to the console or games. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago It worked because I still remember it now ;) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago I think most ads for consoles in the early 2000s were like that, at least for ps1, ps2 and the original xbox. Not necessarily nightmare fuel, just "weird" stuff unrelated to the console or games. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sonymegadrive@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Watching this gave me Aphex Twin vibes. Then I discovered it was directed by Chris Cunningham. So yeah, that’s why permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh wow, that explains a lot! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Oh wow, that explains a lot! permalink fedilink source parent
