Legend of Zelda (NES) TV ad 1987

[BrianErzen]

Holy shit I was looking for the awesome Zelda rap commercial and I found this, this is beyond terrible That actor also sucks, like sucks a lot.

[zanesdarkroom]

Never knew link was some crazy schizophrenic from the A team tv show from the 80's. lol

[starfoxlightspeed]

That was...

[jjawsomegamers]

this is what drugs do to you

[BallNuts]

I remember seeing this as a kid and wondering "What the fuck is this game even about?" After finally playing this awesome game I realized that it had the worst commercial ever on TV. The commercial made it seem like some stupid game where you run around killing weird shapes and didn't even touch on the fact that it was an RPG.

[kimico17]

Okay..this will sound bad..But It looked like "Tektits" to me at first! xD Until I pulled it all back, played it again, and I was like. Ooooh..My bad! XD

[ericgillette]

Wow this was the first Zelda commercial I ever saw as a kid, and it made me want to play the game! =0)

[Minecrafter42]

This must be the Link from the Zelda TV show.

[chull2k7]

that just shows how much zelda sucks total ballsack

[utuber2500]

@chull2k7 fagggoooootttt i hope you die

[FeygeleGoy]

@mattrichanderson No, I suspect coke also helped.

[Hmmfomtgal]

haha link looks retarded XD

[ClipCollector]

Gotta love "Spongebob" running from Leevers xD

[jackwearing]

This is actually genius.

[bezurkerness]

some mental guy looking for zelda and killing enemies that arent there, I should visit him in the asylum

[billkkk]

what the fuck was that?

[lokalllize]

this is ingenus

[ValisHD]

he's in the asylum thats for sure.

[IIIBennyLavaIII]

this man is OBVIOUSLY high

[Xboxlivecenter]

Which... way... TO GOOO

[ConceptGalaxy]

what. were. they. SMOKING!? With these commercials?! lol.

[CrossoverGameReviews]

I read in wikipedia that Nintendo spent $5 million dollars on their commercials.

>_>

[fullmetalu]

he's having a seizure! stay back im a Doctor!

[yaoman100]

PENGASHATS!

[loui001]

Somehow... this makes the rap awesome in comparison.

[foolintherain100]

PEAPEAPEAHATS!

[MrInsanity25]

WHAT...

the hell.

[CrashingThunder]

wtf

[zebrajazz]

I remember this one.

[wberdan]

I remember this from when I was a kid. Great commercial!!!!!!

[HaX0Rmedia]

what a retarded ad

127 people are retards.

[xbox50000]

i never knew the mental asylum had days off?

[SDslayertallica7]

What the fuck.

[redrum4222]

That the crypt keeper

[SEGAClownboss]

Cocaine is one hell of a drug.

[brokedickbarney]

Happy 25th Zelda!

[TyrantGames]

Damn ain't that creepy!!

[jece1986]

what. the. fuck.

[CartoonGuy14]

Is that insane guy Tom Kenny?

[acceptthis01]

@CartoonGuy14 I think it's Charles Flesicher, the voice of Roger Rabbit.

[TheGreatestCommenter]

Zelda!

[LegendOfZelda63]

C..C..C CRACK

[nadrojeggel]

P..P..P PENIS!!!

[timcarlsondo]

I'm really glad I never saw that as a kid, definately would of ruined my zelda experience

[FeygeleGoy]

@timcarlsondo Yeah, I suspect Nintendo would have won more Zelda fans if that commercial were never created.

[monkeybash3000]

@timcarlsondo I saw that commercial when I was in the 4th grade...LOL.

[WKreveiws]

thats what happens if you do drugs

[shaolinlueb]

holy shit, they don't make em like they used too.

[DrNo0Entertainment1]

I like the zelda rap better

[Jipisiman]

"Zelda" must be some new drug they sellin...

[GmanDevelopment]

uhhh.....

[wackypino]

wtf man

[hypnodance]

@wackypino Yeah, really...you ever notice how you see something and think it's cool, and years later you look back on how weird it was?

[djgiljr]

This is actually John Kassir, the voice of the Cryptkeeper from TotC. He's also voiced a ton of games in the past 10 years.

[Arrostudios888]

...

[trev0115]

Jelda?

[simplequestions95]

Is that Ralphie from Fame?! :)

[coooliox27]

If i'm not mistaken, this is from the same era as all those anti-drug PSA's.

I'm just saying.

[swinabc]

Must....Kill....The.....Presid­ent....

[Flaremouse]

Maybe this commercial would be considered normal in Japan, but in the US... Just no. Nobody who sees this would think " Hey, that man makes me want to buy the game". I mean, seriously.

[lukeman527]

it kinda looks like the guys in an asylum....

[nobody24601]

Well, at least they got "never-ending" right...

[Reiki151]

OCTOROKZ!!!!!! o-O that deserves a meme

[Coveselic]

Apparently LSD was mandatory in the late 80's.

[residentevilross]

Got to love the old 80's commercials! Although, I think this guy is a crackhead.

[kevinmmmk]

I must be crazy; this commercial made me want to buy this game :).

[GialloHorror]

OMG LMAO! I remember this commercial HAHAH! I used to walk around going "Puhpuh peehats" LMAO!

Zelda GREATEST GAME EVER!!! I gotta by me an NES system, dam do I miss that

[indieskywalker]

@GialloHorror Actually, you can buy it in the wii shop channel to if you have a wii.

[GialloHorror]

@indieskywalker Yeah, I got it a while ago

[kdj997]

this commercial = fail cue price is right loser music

[aeaglex7]

WTF? is this real or some cracked out film school garbage?

[REDTEAM22003]

WTF....

...can someone kick this guy in the nutts for me

[603840]

0:15 sounds like he said penis

[Ringworm1281]

Shigeru Miyamoto: Employe help me think of the 2nd last boss for MM. Employe: cant to busy. Shigeru Miyamoto doing what? Employe: whatching US nintendo ads. Shigeru Miyamoto watches ad. Shigeru Miyamoto: Bingo!

[hellodarkness84]

Zelda!!!!

[KyleKatarn789]

I could sware (every dam day) that is the actor that played Brett in Tom Hanks's,"Bachelor Party," lol. The guy is so out of his mind.

[Dimmuskater]

Rofl The guy in this ad is John Kassir. He plays the voice for the Crypt Keeper on Tales of the crypt and also Ray Rocket on Rocket Power.

[sychofaerie]

You gotta remember everyone was doing cocaine in these days. Of course this commercial made you wanna go out and buy the new Zelda game.

[paulmako]

Man, that is made of cringe.

[thefartmachinelives]

and this game made money?

[ChristBurner]

ok ..im wanna go on record and say I FUCKING LOVE NINTENDO...but i was born in 1985 so i really dont remember a lot of these commercials.....i can remember shit from about '88, '89 and on..i didnt watch tv, i was playing my dad and his friends nintendo....but seriously...what the fuck..i dont watch tv even now do commercials still look like this?

[retrolinkx]

This is crap, they should've got Bill Cosby.

[TrdFurgy]

yikes

[penutsonfire]

only one question remains... what kind of DRUGS was this guy smoking???

[AllenGrant99]

this is the wiredist comshal iv ever sean

[MajkaTVboi]

check out my remake of the old zelda ads

[mayta1000]

hmmm if i saw this before i got the game (well it came free with my game cube ) i wouldn't of got it

[DasMirkoLP]

Peahats = Penis?! O_O

[tetlow476]

were thay triying to sell this or prove it couses lunicy

[redrabbit65]

I remember this commercial. I went to art school with this guy, He used to pay better artists to do his homework for him. He later died when the quad runner he was riding on tumbled end over end and he was impaled on a peahat. True story.

[EXRPGER]

Man this takes me back. This 1987 original Legend Of Zelda is my top favorite out of the series. I still have my gold version of this game I got back in '87.

[gggu]

... why did the producers think that this was a suitable way to market a game like LoZ??

[m00ph00]

man i hated this commercial when i was a kid. it had nothing to do with link, zelda, or hyrule

[Riverman112]

Maybe the guys on acid...that's what this might be about...lol!

[hankseptember]

i wanna say this is charles fliesher,the voice of Rogger Rabbit,but im not 100% sure.

[Digifan23]

to be frank the zelda 2 ad is better then zelda 1 ad this guy is crazy LOL

[theabyscalls]

ok...woah

[NerdGuy64]

This man is my hero, also this guy is in an insane asylum

[MixedUpMeows]

adverts back in the 1980-1990's were just retarded

[cloudu7]

@MixedUpMeows no, just the 80's commercials were retarded , 90's commercials are way better than the shitty ones they air now

[agmagicman59]

stay off the crack man

[VelLucio]

Looks like that guy got some issues.

[Sairin13]

Wow

[bluesuncompanyman]

I remember this ad on TV when I was in grade school. Zelda certainly did not become a legendary game as a result of this marketing effort. When I saw friends with a *gold* cartridge I HAD to own it. That's the reason kids wanted it in 1987.

[19LivetoDrive80]

Now youre playing with power! yeah all 8 bits... but it was awesome at the time. Octorocks!!!! lol

[jerrod24]

With this incredible marketing genius, it a miracle that the 1st Zelda sold any copies at all.

I swear. I could've put together a better marketing scheme, during the period, in which I was 7 yrs old!!!

[hornetpalooza]

And I would have been smart enough to give you the job at the age of 8.

[BenHutchinson1]

@jerrod24

Sometimes it seems that official ads are crappier than the worst fan-made parodies I could ever imagine. It's like they had a contest of Zelda fans and had them make a bunch of amateur fan stuff, then picked the worst of the fan-works and used it for their official ad. LAME!

[Down10]

The first edition of Zelda came in a shiny gold cartridge. It looked so fresh*, I wanted it for that alone.

(Yes, we said "fresh" back then.)

[bubblesishot46853]

...that guy is weird

p.s. the game DOES end

[zeldafreak71]

oh ya have some crazy guy locked in a cell looking for zelda, that's a good way to sell your game.

[Down10]

It worked, didn't it?

[talkitiveperson22]

did you know that gameinformer is considering this the best game of all time??? im seious you can look it up on the internet since your already on the internet

[crittgamer11]

no, ffvii is the best game ever created >=O

[IAMNGIN]

@crittgamer11 more like the worst game ever created

[Nintendostar123]

PE-PE-PE-PENIS!

[DoctorFistenstein]

PEAHATS!

[vampirelestatx]

zeldaaaaa!!!!

Xd

[BlueKnightNight]

This guy seem to have some issues.

[stephalopod]

Wait, he was the voice actor for Roger Rabbit. The guy is certifiably insane. Watch the bonus material on the DVD, he's batshit.

[Imakemoviesthatrule]

Don't let the ad fool you!

[amandarandom89]

waaait... this made people want to go out and buy it?

[JDJeffery]

@amandarandom89 It was the 80's.

[DivineSlayer1]

@amandarandom89 well it was the 80's, what seems lame now was awesome back then.

[Imperativism]

@DivineSlayer1 Dude. I remember this commercial. And no. It was never awesome. It was just as farking weird then as it is now.

[DivineSlayer1]

@Imperativism your opinion

[AshehKitteh]

wow.. that was corny, amazing and stupid. XD

[SpookyHelder]

I remember when this commercial came out! I also remember how excited I was to finally own this game!

[adamgnome2]

I can't believe Zelda did so well with this commercial compared to earthbound.

[mohabiraq1]

what the hell??

[captainhero2]

Is that the voice of the Eggplant wizard from Captain N?

[DreaminofBananas]

Totally sounds like it.

[BlackDragonBE]

WTF

[kleash]

what is this i dont even

[isnotsparta]

You think this video is weird now? Your mind will be blown when you realize it's none other than John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper from HBO's Tales from the Crypt.. XD

[Jumanza]

???

[FightTheJoker]

Play Zelda it's like taking meth!!!! lmfao

[thismonicker]

@FightTheJoker AHahahaha, LOL.

[HipHopSamurai84]

@FightTheJoker AND HOW

[xIegionx]

@FightTheJoker Zelda is better than meth!

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Remember, kids. Take your ritalin.

[mcog2006]

I took that stuff when I was young, makes you feel nervous sometimes.

[BizzarreProductions]

How dare they make a mockery of one of the greatest game series of all time!?

This is ALMOST as bad as the first one. ALMOST. At least this one makes the game seem... interesting.

[Dandruffshampoo]

The Nintendo Entertainment System. Your parents help you hook it up.

[adamgnome2]

LOL it's just a commercial for a video game dude.

[IamGamerman]

I saw this game in a classic gaming shop for 8 bucks!!!!!

[VolcanoQueen93]

P-P-PEAHATS.

[23rdpsalm]

Looks like the guy is in a mental institute cell. Obviously for being stoned out of his mind.

[talshiarr]

Seeing this ad killed my parents' willingness to get an NES for Christmas. I remain scarred to this day by this flaming moron and the dullards at Nintendo who approved this for TV.

[Skitchtehwolf]

That dude is so freakin random, i HAVE to fave it.

[PBL187]

shit advert. the ad for the 2nd game was alrite tho it had someone who actually looked like link lol

[RobofScorpio]

"We need an Ad for this Nintendo game."

"What's it called?"

*reads cover* "The Legend of Zelda"

"Hey! Why don't you just have a guy running around yelling random shit and occasionally throw in a 'Zelda'."

"Johnson, that's dumb...*whispers* Get to work on it!"

[kevinerosa]

To this day I always say " which way to go" people look at me like I'm crazy thanks nintendo

[TrippyScarecrow]

This comercial makes me want to kill someone. Maybe I'll kill the people involved in the production of the add. This makes Zelda look bad

[MattTheSushi]

It's R.O.B but from the 8's and has Grey Arms.

[comgeek24]

Nintendo could have produced a WAY better ad for the U.S. The Japanese commercial is on YouTube and is way better, more imaginative. Seems like it's that way with all the U.S. commercials that the Japanese make...

[NoahesFrio]

A never ending adventure? I remember beating it.

[NeoShadow8]

That's kinda how thoes games are.

[FinalSmashProduction]

sigh..... what a shame

[Ramagamma]

It boggles your mind what was going through the heads of the people who designed this advert. Literally no effort.

[draxatrim]

at 0:26 is that R.O.B. From SSBB???

[AnthoFlex]

nah, thats R.O.B from the 80's

[NoahesFrio]

Yes its R.O.B. but not from SSBB.

[Sejr]

God, 80's gaming commercials were so fucking drugged out.

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

the only good 80's gaming commercials is the MOTHER commercial.

[UltiMario1337]

It's a secret to everybody.

[MysticalAvocado]

zeeellddaaaaa!!! lol this is so stupid it's funny XD

[iovandrake]

I can't believe they paid someone to make that commercial. How much you want to bet those who made the commercial had no idea about anything in the game other than the enemy names and "Zeeelda!", the director and producer probably sat around the studio snorting cocaine paid for with half the commercial's budget.

[Copeydude101]

~▲~

▲ ▲ Now your playing with power lols

[dementedstickfigure]

Wtf I was totally expecting a "I can't wait to bomb some Dodongos!". Seriously. What the hell was that?

[NintendoFreak29]

WHICH WAY TO GO?

[phoenixicarus]

man, they don't make 'em like this anymore.

[KizulEmeraldfire]

And I'm glad. o_o

[Toadfanatic]

Harhar, after seeing this the first time I really thought they could've pulled this off for a Luigi's Mansion commercial. This is too funny. :D

[nurbSoldier]

For some reason, this is one of the few commericals that i remember

[raggajones12]

best game ever

[aleckermit]

LMAO....

P-P-P-P-PEAHATS!

[umbillicalnoose]

this is why you dont let spazzy crackheads act in your commercials

[Fatality0217]

I downloaded this on my Wii and its freaking hard!