@weirdgamemedia.bsky.social
An account that looks at bizarre ads, commercials and media from classic video game eras. Run by ThatRetro
NES Ad (1996)
18.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happy 40th Anniversary to the NES
18.10.2025 18:09 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1Ad: Mario & Wario (1993)
09.10.2025 01:44 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Original ad with actual Randy Savage voice
28.07.2025 01:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
If you wanted Mario to reference Randy Savage, here you go.
Footage is actually reused from the Wrestlemania NES ad.
"They stole Aikman's brain"
Troy Aikman Football commercial
Early development pitch for NBA Jam. A lot of concept ideas that never made it past early development.
11.06.2025 23:04 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Here's some GamePro VHS clips with JD Roth.
21.05.2025 00:07 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 6Some more on the game dev of MK1 and the Genesis cheat code.
20.05.2025 23:41 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0The development of the home console ports of Mortal Kombat (via 1993's GamePro Power Up)
28.02.2025 02:04 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Beta footage of Mega Man X (from GamePro Power Up)
28.02.2025 02:09 — 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0The development of Disney's Aladdin for Sega Genesis (from GamePro Power Up)
20.05.2025 23:27 — 👍 33 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1Mario is a 76ers fan.
20.05.2025 00:34 — 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0SimGraphics' video actor footage of the CG Mario head also featuring brief footage of Charles Martinet at work.
Full video via the VideoGameEphemera YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaUG...
"will make a new, third game"
This is Ecco Jr. erasure
A series of bizarre ads for Ghostwriter, which was sponsored by Sega.
23.04.2025 23:40 — 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0A series of bizarre ads for Ghostwriter, which was sponsored by Sega.
23.04.2025 23:40 — 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0Video preview for M.C. Kids. Features an early build of the game and footage from the Treasure Island movie.
23.04.2025 23:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Happy 30th anniversary to Mortal Kombat 3
15.04.2025 16:38 — 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2
Wall Street Kid for NES
I think things would have been a little better if we all had played this on NES
07.04.2025 13:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1After playing Sonic 3 for the first time in 1994
25.03.2025 02:08 — 👍 16 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0almost three minutes of SNES trailers from Nintendo Power Previews.
10.03.2025 23:17 — 👍 15 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1Videos are longer now, so an excuse to post the Rikidozan entrance from All Star Pro Wrestling
10.03.2025 19:48 — 👍 95 🔁 43 💬 4 📌 6Mortal Kombat II SNES preview featuring the voice of Jeff Bennett
02.03.2025 22:55 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Super Nintendo ad featuring Paul Rudd (1991)
02.03.2025 22:51 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1It's also a lie because Genesis did come with a pack-in game. Hell, around that time, they'd have 6-Pak be the title, which means 6 free games.
02.03.2025 22:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
