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Retro Ads: The Top 15 Craziest Sega Genesis Commercials
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Friday, August 06, 2010

This edition of Craziest Commercials focuses on the ill-advised edginess Sega injected into each and every one of their Genesis ads. From mosquitoes used to show how Nintendo bleeds you dry to the completely inappropriate tactics used to market the 32X, we trudge through it all and remember what happens when raditude and rivalry gets out of hand.


1) "Genesis Does!"

I miss ridiculous theme songs for consoles....

 

2) Streets of Rage

Since when is the Genesis a "fighting system"?

3) Blast Processing

Blast Processing is the early '90s version of Percepto -- and just as real.

4) Sonic the Hedgehog

Perhaps if the camera wasn't focused on the Genesis screen, the kid might have changed his mind....

5) Sonic & Knuckles

Wow, Santa sure hates fun.

6) Street Fighter 2

It's official: Blanka can sooo crush Mortal Kombat.

7) Disney's Aladdin

Not only does this completely misrepresent this version of Aladdin, Capcom didn't even make the Genesis edition, and therefore, it's inferior. 

8) Sega 32X

And here begins the sad story of edginess taking over good marketing sense....

9) Toe Jam and Earl

Do you think this commercial would air this way today?

10) JVC X'eye

The only Sega CD/ Genesis combo that's worse than the original front-loader model.

11) Comix Zone

No words can describe how wrong this commercial is about everything but Comix Zone.

12) T2: The Arcade Game & Sega Menacer 

I will not stand for further misrepresentation of aunts!

13) Burn It!

Do not burn your SNES because some creepy coroner says so.

14) Nintendo Will Suck You Dry

I always saw Nintendo's price as a mark of quality.

15) Return of the 32X

Yes, two 32X commercials. It is just that good. 


Want more crazy commercial action? Check out the past installments: NES, and Atari 2600.

Join us next week as we examine Nintendo's warring ad campaign. 

 
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Comments (4)
Default_picture
August 06, 2010


So many of these captions seem lifted right off of usenet circa 1993 :)


100media_imag0065
August 06, 2010


I love how Sega thought at the time that a good marketing campaign for things like the 32X and the Sega CD was just to chop cut and slice random clips together with no apparent meaning, show about 3 seconds of actual footage, and usually have some non living being scream "SEGA!". That is even worse than Sony's weird baby commercials.



Funny thing is, these commercials worked back in the day because I sure as hell bought a Sega CD and 32X.


Lance_darnell
August 06, 2010


Thanks for the great trip down memory lane!


Default_picture
August 06, 2010


I miss the old 'In Your Face' ads.


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