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Cowboys acquire Joey Porter Jr. in deal with Steelers
In exchange for Porter, the Cowboys will send the Steelers a second-round selection as well as a conditional…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NCAAFootball #Football #NCAA #Sports
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Trump could target three Fed governors. Removing them may be hard
President Donald Trump has new ammunition he can use in his campaign against his perceived opponents at the…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #BreakingNews:Politics #businessnews #Courtdecisions #donaldjtrump #DonaldTrump #JeromePowell #KevinWarsh #Lawsuits #LisaCook #Politics #trump
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Stable Growth Forecast for Australia’s CT Systems Market
As Australia modernizes healthcare and imaging, pulmonary d…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #4DMedical #AsiaPacific #Australia #chroniclungdisease #Computedtomography #CT #CT-VQ #GlobalData #Headlines #Imaging #lung #non-contrast #nuclearmedicine #pulmonary #radiotracers #Respiratory #Topstories #TopStories #ventilation-perfusion #ventilation-perfusionimaging
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Kylie Kelce issues apology to Kate Middleton for ‘offensive’ comment
Kylie Kelce apologized for referring to Kate Middleton as “Princess Kate” on her podcast. “I love learning, so…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #celebrityapologies #KateMiddleton #KylieKelce #Podcasts #royalfamily
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Michigan Football predicted to land commitments from 2 ELITE recruits
Welcome to the Recruiting Roundup, our twice-a-week series breaking down the latest developments on the recruiting trail for…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NCAAFootball #Football #MichiganFootballRecruiting #Michiganfootballrecruitingnews #NCAA #Sports
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If you watched Monday Night #Football from Soldier Field in #Chicago this week, you saw a great #NFL game that started rather unusually. The National Anthem of the #UnitedStates of #America was played energetically and beautifully by a #GRAMMY nominate #Mariachi band based in the Windy City. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/nfl/article-16168111/nfl-mariachi-band-national-anthem-controversy.html
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If you watched Monday Night #Football from Soldier Field in #Chicago this week, you saw a great #NFL game that started rather unusually. The National Anthem of the #UnitedStates of #America was played energetically and beautifully by a #GRAMMY nominate #Mariachi band based in the Windy City. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/nfl/article-16168111/nfl-mariachi-band-national-anthem-controversy.html
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If you watched Monday Night #Football from Soldier Field in #Chicago this week, you saw a great #NFL game that started rather unusually. The National Anthem of the #UnitedStates of #America was played energetically and beautifully by a #GRAMMY nominate #Mariachi band based in the Windy City. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/nfl/article-16168111/nfl-mariachi-band-national-anthem-controversy.html
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If you watched Monday Night #Football from Soldier Field in #Chicago this week, you saw a great #NFL game that started rather unusually. The National Anthem of the #UnitedStates of #America was played energetically and beautifully by a #GRAMMY nominate #Mariachi band based in the Windy City. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/nfl/article-16168111/nfl-mariachi-band-national-anthem-controversy.html
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/6937/ Leon Black sues House Oversight over Epstein probe subpoenas #ApolloGlobalManagementInc #BreakingNews:Politics #BusinessNews #CivilRightsViolations #Collusion #Corruption #CourtDecisions #Crime #GovernmentAndPolitics #JeffreyEpstein #Laws #PoliticalInvestigations #Politics #SocialIssues #UnitedStates
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Virginia Adds Final Non-Conference Foe for 2027
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – As part of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s agreement with Notre Dame, Virginia will host the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NCAAFootball #Football #NCAA #Sports
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Sia Sells 50% of Music Catalog to Pophouse in $180 Million Deal
Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based entertainment and music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, has acquired a 50%…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Music #Entertainment #Pophouse
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https://www.europesays.com/people/250534/ What does it mean for the global market if the US replaces legal regulation of AI with corporate self-regulation? #ArtificialIntelligence #EstadosUnidos #ÉtatsUnis #InteligenciaArtificial #IntelligenceArtificielle #MarkZuckerberg #NewTechnologies #NouvellesTechnologies #NuevasTecnologías #Politics #politique #Portada #UnitedStates
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Boulder Overflight
A jet carves a contrail over the Boulder Theater and the rest of Downtown Boulder, Colorado.
#photo #photooftheday #aviation #bluesky #bouldercolorado #buildings #clouds #color #colorado #contrails #downtownbouldercolorado #pearlstreetmall #sky #themountainwest #theatres #unitedstates #urban
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Boulder Overflight
A jet carves a contrail over the Boulder Theater and the rest of Downtown Boulder, Colorado.
#photo #photooftheday #aviation #bluesky #bouldercolorado #buildings #clouds #color #colorado #contrails #downtownbouldercolorado #pearlstreetmall #sky #themountainwest #theatres #unitedstates #urban
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Gears of War: E-Day Performance Benchmark Review – 35 GPUs Tested
IntroductionGears of War has been one of Xbox’s biggest series for twenty years with over 40 million games…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Technology
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SpaceX Crew-13 NASA launch live updates: Touchdown! Crew Dragon astronauts reach orbit, Falcon 9 lands
2026-10-01T15:17:38.807Z Touchdown! SpaceX Crew-13 reaches orbit, Falcon 9 lands (Image credit: NASA) Touchdown! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first stage…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science
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Rick Ross arrested after woman accuses rapper of strangling, hitting her at Miami Beach home
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday in connection with a domestic violence incident at his Star Island mansion,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #Miami #miamibeach #MiamiBeachPolice
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People who walk more or walk faster live longer, study finds
Walking is an easy, accessible way to meet your exercise goals. To reap longevity benef…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #HarvardHealth #HarvardHealthLetter #HarvardHealthPublications #HarvardHealthPublishing #HarvardHeartLetter #HarvardWomen #healthinformation #healthnews #healthnewsletter #healthnewsletters #healthreport #health.harvard.edu #medicalinformation
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Man City appeal: Club will argue sponsorship deals came from Abu Dhabi government
Manchester City will claim that key sponsorship deals were funded by the Abu Dhabi government, rather than the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Sports
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Americans are still spending. Friday’s jobs report will show if that can last
Americans have kept spending despite more than five years of higher prices. But the paychecks that have powered…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #Business
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3D Rendering Market Size and Growth Analysis Study 2026 to 2035
What is 3D Rendering Market Size? Global 3D Rendering Market Size i…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Markets #3DRendering #3DRenderingGrowth #3DRenderingIndustry #3DRenderingMarket #3DRenderingMarketAnalysis #3DRenderingMarketForecast #3DRenderingMarketReport #3DRenderingMarketShare #3DRenderingMarketSize #3DRenderingSubscriptionBusiness #3DRenderingTrends #Business
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Employment at record highs but slowing down. Here’s what’s happening in the labour market
Employment in August remained at record levels (24,352,000 people in work), but slowed compared with July (-5,000): for…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Jobs #Business
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FPA Debuts PlannerSearch 2.0 With Snappy Kraken, The Smyth Group
The Financial Planning Association has launched the latest iteration of its PlannerSearch tool, aiming to transform the venerable…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #PersonalFinance
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Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 47
Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!
In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.
For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.
With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…
1. Atari Console and Games Print Ad
Back in the 1980s, this was simple and yet exciting to look at.Back in the 1980s, the styles of video game advertising were very different. Back then, Atari was the market leader on console gaming with the Atari 2600 and they had a lot of video games made for it. As such, the above print ad showing the console and the video games (with the front covers of the game boxes) was typical of the era and it was captivating to look at. By today’s standards, the ad looks simple but it still has the appeal to lure gamers.
2. Shark Attack North American Arcade Flyer
The front. The rear.Remember long ago when Steven Spielberg’s Jaws made some people afraid of sharks and the sea? Jaws was a massive blockbuster, and it was influential to the public. A few years later, Universal Pictures pushed through with Jaws 2 without Spielberg, and it also was a huge commercial hit. By the start of the 1980s, creature feature films inspired by Jaws were released and pop culture itself was influenced. In 1981, the obscure arcade outfit Pacific Novelty Manufacturing released their game Shark Attack in arcades. To promote the game, the company came up with an arcade flyer that had a comedic touch on the text descriptions while featuring a pretty blonde fashion model posing as the diver. The front of the flyer had the arcade cabinet, the model and an exaggerated artwork of a shark holding a knife and a fork. On the rear, the sexiness was ramped up with a shot of the model’s behind (plus more pictures of the model herself). This is indeed an amusing and funny arcade flyer.
3. Centipede North American Arcade Flyer
This was designed with arcade operators in mind.When Atari released Centipede in arcades in 1981, it attracted a lot of gamers and became a huge commercial hit. Part of its success is linked with the strategic promotions Atari committed, and the above arcade flyer is one of the variants of Centipede flyers. The one above shows an illustrated centipede carrying a coin in its mouth and in the background are two different arcade cabinets plus a cocktail table machine (for those who want to play Centipede while sitting down). This particular arcade flyer of Centipede emphasizes the popularity of the game and there are different types of machines that arcade operators can choose from. At the same time, this old flyer remains amusing to look at.
4. Rambo Famicom Japanese Print Ad
Using this iconic imagery of Sylvester Stallone as Rambo was a very smart move.When it comes to Hollywood action movies of the 1980s, Sylvester Stallone was highly successful, and he impacted American pop culture with the Rocky and Rambo films. By 1985, Stallone struck gold with Rambo: First Blood Part II which made over $300 million worldwide. Considering the Cold War theme and ambitious action scenes of the movie, it was clear for Japanese game developer Pack-In-Video to make an official video game adaptation of Rambo: First Blood Part II for the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) in the form of a 2D side-scrolling adventure game. The said game was simply titled Rambo and to promote it, the company came up with the above Japanese print ad that had the iconic Rambo image of Stallone holding the rocket launcher, and a few screenshots of the game itself. If you look closely at the lower-right corner, you will see a cartoonish hand-drawn art of the Rambo character with a bow and arrow. Considering how very popular Stallone, his character and the movie were, it made a lot of sense to promote the Rambo Famicom game like this in Japan.
5. Gyruss Family Computer Disk System Japanese Print Ad
Gyruss was Konami’s first-ever game developed for the Famicom Disk System of Nintendo.In 1983, Konami released Gyruss, a science fiction tube shooter designed by Yoshiko Okamoto. The game was a huge arcade hit and it really attracted a lot of players who enjoyed the unique game design and spaceship shooting. Konami licensed the game to a few companies which resulted in the creation and release of Gyruss ports for different consoles and home computer systems. In 1988, Konami released an enhanced Gyruss port for the Family Computer Disk System of Nintendo. To promote the Famicom Disk System port, Konami came up with a print ad that had a nicely detailed painted artwork of a spaceship (representing the player) about to hit incoming enemies deep in space, 3 screenshots and the official price and release date displayed. The artwork is still captivating to look at and the port itself features major overhauls that arguably made it better than the arcade original. Konami really went the extra mile for this Gyruss port.
6. Operation Thunderbolt Japanese Arcade Flyer
Great looking artwork on the front. The rear.Following the huge success of Operation Wolf, Taito went on to make the sequel military shooter Operation Thunderbolt which was named after the 1977 movie that itself was based on the real-life Entebbe raid of 1976. To promote the game, the company came up with a pretty compelling arcade flyer for the Japanese market. The front has a detailed painted artwork that emphasizes the conflict between soldiers and Islamic terrorists in the Middle East. The rear has technical details of the arcade cabinet, several phone numbers and hand-drawn art of the terrorists (they easily remind me of Palestinian terrorists) clearly called the enemies. While the listing of phone numbers on the rear was very unusual, this old arcade flyer still looks great. Operation Thunderbolt went on to achieve huge commercial success in the arcades and later on consoles. It was one of the highest grossing arcade games in Japan in 1989.
7. Batman Returns North American Print Ad
Sega’s clever print ad promoting the Sega CD game of Batman Returns.Batman Returns was a big hit in cinemas in 1992 although it never came close to matching the success of its 1989 predecessor. When it comes to video games, Batman Returns was even more ambitious as there were different game adaptations on different platforms. For the Sega CD Batman Returns game, Sega came up with the above ad that strongly featured photos of Michael Keaton as Batman, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and Danny DeVito as the Penguin with a stylish dark background and four screenshots of the game. The line “Batman Returns…on Sega CD” was really catchy and ultimately the game itself was very notably an expanded version of the Sega Genesis version with selected video footage from the film. As Sega had the license to make Batman Returns games for its platforms, this print ad is absolutely an attention-grabber.
8. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi North American Print Ad
The Force is with the handheld gamers.If there is anything notable about Star Wars in the 1990s, it is the fact that there is a lot of merchandise, comic books, video games, books and other licensed products released long after 1983’s Return of the Jedi which itself was perceived to be the last of the film franchise. In the mid-1990s, ports of Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi were released on the competing handheld platforms Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Game Gear. This particular single-page ad has a nice visual design that captured the vibe of the movie (which I saw as a young boy in 1983) and it made handheld gaming look cool.
9. Elevator Action Returns Japanese Print Ad
Did you play Elevator Action Returns on the Sega Saturn?In 1994, Taito struck gold with the release of Elevator Action Returns in Japanese arcades. The sequel was a big hit for the company and they eventually released a console port on the Sega Saturn only in Japan. For promotion, a print ad was made using the official painted artwork while also showing the screenshots and other details about it running on the Saturn (which itself was a powerful 2D sprite machine). Just looking at this old ad brings back the excitement of Elevator Action Returns and I now have a digital copy of it on my Xbox Series X.
10. Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu North American Print Ad
A very ambitious print ad promoting Jade Cocoon in North America.By the late 1990s, Japanese role-playing games (JRPG) really became popular on gaming consoles in America which arguably was the result of the massive global success of Final Fantasy VII. In 1999, there were a lot of JRPGs that got released on PlayStation and publisher Crave Entertainment literally pounced on American gamers’ interest on JRPGs by releasing Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu. Crave aggressively promoted the game and the result was this 2-page print ad that emphasized the game concept (developed by Genki), showed screenshots of the game, and displayed artworks that fans of Studio Ghibli anime productions can recognize. While Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu never became a massive commercial hit because of the low print run, there is no denying that its print ad was one of the most visually appealing ads of 1999. The ad alone made it look very ambitious.
11. Konami LaserScope North American print ad
Did you get excited after seeing this Konami LaserScope print ad? Do you know anyone who bought the peripheral?In 1990, this print ad of Konami’s LaserScope appeared in comic books and several other publications. The LaserScope was a gaming peripheral designed for use on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) complete with compatibility with existing games that were made to support the NES Zapper. The ad even boasted a voice-activated firing feature and a hands-free approach on playing NES games. While the ad boasted that players will have the most powerful voice in video games, the LaserScope itself was a very flawed and badly optimized device. Apart from having a built-in microphone that was oversensitive, tracking targets was a chore requiring constant head-turning which in turn made the gameplay experience very tiring and frustrating. This old ad promised a lot and the LaserScope was a catastrophe. When was the last time you bought hardware from Konami?
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Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 47
Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!
In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.
For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.
With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…
1. Atari Console and Games Print Ad
Back in the 1980s, this was simple and yet exciting to look at.Back in the 1980s, the styles of video game advertising were very different. Back then, Atari was the market leader on console gaming with the Atari 2600 and they had a lot of video games made for it. As such, the above print ad showing the console and the video games (with the front covers of the game boxes) was typical of the era and it was captivating to look at. By today’s standards, the ad looks simple but it still has the appeal to lure gamers.
2. Shark Attack North American Arcade Flyer
The front. The rear.Remember long ago when Steven Spielberg’s Jaws made some people afraid of sharks and the sea? Jaws was a massive blockbuster, and it was influential to the public. A few years later, Universal Pictures pushed through with Jaws 2 without Spielberg, and it also was a huge commercial hit. By the start of the 1980s, creature feature films inspired by Jaws were released and pop culture itself was influenced. In 1981, the obscure arcade outfit Pacific Novelty Manufacturing released their game Shark Attack in arcades. To promote the game, the company came up with an arcade flyer that had a comedic touch on the text descriptions while featuring a pretty blonde fashion model posing as the diver. The front of the flyer had the arcade cabinet, the model and an exaggerated artwork of a shark holding a knife and a fork. On the rear, the sexiness was ramped up with a shot of the model’s behind (plus more pictures of the model herself). This is indeed an amusing and funny arcade flyer.
3. Centipede North American Arcade Flyer
This was designed with arcade operators in mind.When Atari released Centipede in arcades in 1981, it attracted a lot of gamers and became a huge commercial hit. Part of its success is linked with the strategic promotions Atari committed, and the above arcade flyer is one of the variants of Centipede flyers. The one above shows an illustrated centipede carrying a coin in its mouth and in the background are two different arcade cabinets plus a cocktail table machine (for those who want to play Centipede while sitting down). This particular arcade flyer of Centipede emphasizes the popularity of the game and there are different types of machines that arcade operators can choose from. At the same time, this old flyer remains amusing to look at.
4. Rambo Famicom Japanese Print Ad
Using this iconic imagery of Sylvester Stallone as Rambo was a very smart move.When it comes to Hollywood action movies of the 1980s, Sylvester Stallone was highly successful, and he impacted American pop culture with the Rocky and Rambo films. By 1985, Stallone struck gold with Rambo: First Blood Part II which made over $300 million worldwide. Considering the Cold War theme and ambitious action scenes of the movie, it was clear for Japanese game developer Pack-In-Video to make an official video game adaptation of Rambo: First Blood Part II for the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) in the form of a 2D side-scrolling adventure game. The said game was simply titled Rambo and to promote it, the company came up with the above Japanese print ad that had the iconic Rambo image of Stallone holding the rocket launcher, and a few screenshots of the game itself. If you look closely at the lower-right corner, you will see a cartoonish hand-drawn art of the Rambo character with a bow and arrow. Considering how very popular Stallone, his character and the movie were, it made a lot of sense to promote the Rambo Famicom game like this in Japan.
5. Gyruss Family Computer Disk System Japanese Print Ad
Gyruss was Konami’s first-ever game developed for the Famicom Disk System of Nintendo.In 1983, Konami released Gyruss, a science fiction tube shooter designed by Yoshiko Okamoto. The game was a huge arcade hit and it really attracted a lot of players who enjoyed the unique game design and spaceship shooting. Konami licensed the game to a few companies which resulted in the creation and release of Gyruss ports for different consoles and home computer systems. In 1988, Konami released an enhanced Gyruss port for the Family Computer Disk System of Nintendo. To promote the Famicom Disk System port, Konami came up with a print ad that had a nicely detailed painted artwork of a spaceship (representing the player) about to hit incoming enemies deep in space, 3 screenshots and the official price and release date displayed. The artwork is still captivating to look at and the port itself features major overhauls that arguably made it better than the arcade original. Konami really went the extra mile for this Gyruss port.
6. Operation Thunderbolt Japanese Arcade Flyer
Great looking artwork on the front. The rear.Following the huge success of Operation Wolf, Taito went on to make the sequel military shooter Operation Thunderbolt which was named after the 1977 movie that itself was based on the real-life Entebbe raid of 1976. To promote the game, the company came up with a pretty compelling arcade flyer for the Japanese market. The front has a detailed painted artwork that emphasizes the conflict between soldiers and Islamic terrorists in the Middle East. The rear has technical details of the arcade cabinet, several phone numbers and hand-drawn art of the terrorists (they easily remind me of Palestinian terrorists) clearly called the enemies. While the listing of phone numbers on the rear was very unusual, this old arcade flyer still looks great. Operation Thunderbolt went on to achieve huge commercial success in the arcades and later on consoles. It was one of the highest grossing arcade games in Japan in 1989.
7. Batman Returns North American Print Ad
Sega’s clever print ad promoting the Sega CD game of Batman Returns.Batman Returns was a big hit in cinemas in 1992 although it never came close to matching the success of its 1989 predecessor. When it comes to video games, Batman Returns was even more ambitious as there were different game adaptations on different platforms. For the Sega CD Batman Returns game, Sega came up with the above ad that strongly featured photos of Michael Keaton as Batman, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and Danny DeVito as the Penguin with a stylish dark background and four screenshots of the game. The line “Batman Returns…on Sega CD” was really catchy and ultimately the game itself was very notably an expanded version of the Sega Genesis version with selected video footage from the film. As Sega had the license to make Batman Returns games for its platforms, this print ad is absolutely an attention-grabber.
8. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi North American Print Ad
The Force is with the handheld gamers.If there is anything notable about Star Wars in the 1990s, it is the fact that there is a lot of merchandise, comic books, video games, books and other licensed products released long after 1983’s Return of the Jedi which itself was perceived to be the last of the film franchise. In the mid-1990s, ports of Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi were released on the competing handheld platforms Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Game Gear. This particular single-page ad has a nice visual design that captured the vibe of the movie (which I saw as a young boy in 1983) and it made handheld gaming look cool.
9. Elevator Action Returns Japanese Print Ad
Did you play Elevator Action Returns on the Sega Saturn?In 1994, Taito struck gold with the release of Elevator Action Returns in Japanese arcades. The sequel was a big hit for the company and they eventually released a console port on the Sega Saturn only in Japan. For promotion, a print ad was made using the official painted artwork while also showing the screenshots and other details about it running on the Saturn (which itself was a powerful 2D sprite machine). Just looking at this old ad brings back the excitement of Elevator Action Returns and I now have a digital copy of it on my Xbox Series X.
10. Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu North American Print Ad
A very ambitious print ad promoting Jade Cocoon in North America.By the late 1990s, Japanese role-playing games (JRPG) really became popular on gaming consoles in America which arguably was the result of the massive global success of Final Fantasy VII. In 1999, there were a lot of JRPGs that got released on PlayStation and publisher Crave Entertainment literally pounced on American gamers’ interest on JRPGs by releasing Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu. Crave aggressively promoted the game and the result was this 2-page print ad that emphasized the game concept (developed by Genki), showed screenshots of the game, and displayed artworks that fans of Studio Ghibli anime productions can recognize. While Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu never became a massive commercial hit because of the low print run, there is no denying that its print ad was one of the most visually appealing ads of 1999. The ad alone made it look very ambitious.
11. Konami LaserScope North American print ad
Did you get excited after seeing this Konami LaserScope print ad? Do you know anyone who bought the peripheral?In 1990, this print ad of Konami’s LaserScope appeared in comic books and several other publications. The LaserScope was a gaming peripheral designed for use on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) complete with compatibility with existing games that were made to support the NES Zapper. The ad even boasted a voice-activated firing feature and a hands-free approach on playing NES games. While the ad boasted that players will have the most powerful voice in video games, the LaserScope itself was a very flawed and badly optimized device. Apart from having a built-in microphone that was oversensitive, tracking targets was a chore requiring constant head-turning which in turn made the gameplay experience very tiring and frustrating. This old ad promised a lot and the LaserScope was a catastrophe. When was the last time you bought hardware from Konami?
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