My favourite advert was for the Amiga CD32, but it wasn't the t.v one. When it came out it was competing with Sega, Nintendo and the PSOne and they took out a billboard advert outside Sega UK headquarters which had a picture of a CD32 and written above it:
"To be this good would take SEGA AGES"
With the 'AGES' in Sega's font and colours. It was a play on Sega's own slogan too, so they had to take it down by lunchtime. So the story goes...
@jacksawild I remember it well and Im glad there others who remember it too. I think I saw it in a magazine probably amiga power or format...that was a classic idea. Pity the CD32 didnt deliver what it was capable of....
@Retr0Rewind The CD32 was a last ditch attempt. It amounted to a cut down A1200 which itself was a cut down A4000. It's strange because the CD32 was basically what the XBox is now, a console packaged PC. It had a 32bit CPU but they kept the 8bit AGA graphics, limited by 2MB of graphics mem. An 040 and 24bit graphics would have shaken the world to pieces. Damn you Commodore....
Does anyone remember an advert for the Acorn Electron with Dick Emery in it? I cant even find a reference for it anywhere!
uprightkanga 1 year ago
My favourite advert was for the Amiga CD32, but it wasn't the t.v one. When it came out it was competing with Sega, Nintendo and the PSOne and they took out a billboard advert outside Sega UK headquarters which had a picture of a CD32 and written above it:
"To be this good would take SEGA AGES"
With the 'AGES' in Sega's font and colours. It was a play on Sega's own slogan too, so they had to take it down by lunchtime. So the story goes...
jacksawild 1 year ago
@jacksawild I remember it well and Im glad there others who remember it too. I think I saw it in a magazine probably amiga power or format...that was a classic idea. Pity the CD32 didnt deliver what it was capable of....
Retr0Rewind 1 year ago
@Retr0Rewind The CD32 was a last ditch attempt. It amounted to a cut down A1200 which itself was a cut down A4000. It's strange because the CD32 was basically what the XBox is now, a console packaged PC. It had a 32bit CPU but they kept the 8bit AGA graphics, limited by 2MB of graphics mem. An 040 and 24bit graphics would have shaken the world to pieces. Damn you Commodore....
jacksawild 1 year ago
these are really cool, thanks for posting. shame they dont make game ads like these anymore...
TheFatalHybrid 1 year ago
@TheFatalHybrid Glad you enjoyed them. Takes me back to my teen years..lol
Retr0Rewind 1 year ago