Sega Mega CD - UK TV Advert

[stantz]

Oh yes, £270. I remember taking out a whole new credit agreement to get that bugger, then again a few years later for the 32X

And now you can get them all for free on coolrom - damn you, technological advancements!

[games4356]

I think i liked the US version than this one.

[kmp3000]

Spud gun from Bottom. I remember this ad.

[nohaironheed]

I remember these ads. But Jesus Christ, no wonder my folks never bought me one, £269.99 in 1993 is equivalent to £428.93 according to the Bank Of England inflation calculator!!! Plus the cost of a Mega Drive at £190 in 1990, which is now £336.80! And if you got the 32x (which again, I didn't) at £169.99 in 1994, thats £263.70 today. A whopping £1029.43 over 4 years for a console in todays money!! I wonder why the CD and 32x failed to catch on??

[TheGamingEntity]

Trollface kinda reminded me of the part at 0:05 for some reason.

[snuhr]

that was one bad comercial...

console was good, liked Sonic CD and Mortal Combat 1

[NETGURU2525]

Hehe I love bottom, the one where spudguns mum accuses him of stealing her handbag so they can all get their £7 lineup fee is too funny.

[Kargaroc286]

was this ad banned? if i ran the whoever it is who controls the airwaves then i would of

[richardmaudsley77]

@Kargaroc286 Err why?

[1990chrism]

@Kargaroc286 Probably because that guy behaved like a pedo towards the end of the advert

[brmanuk]

@Eagle5 doesnt look much like her.

[FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0]

the crazy weatherman was

chris adamson from judge dredd

and rasor blade smile but what a

freakingley good advert.

frankie smales

(retro tv ad fan)

[MyGodMyCarIsBurning]

Whoooaaaahhh...

£269, with games for £40 :O

[davewollacott]

It's Spudgun from Bottom!

Didn't know he knew my mate Billy from Romford.

[DragONheart27X]

this and the PSX commercials defines the Generation X!!

[Glumglufs]

The Sega pirate <3

[PopcornCoolie]

Sega CD was a rape. Current games systems never costed as muchas the sega CD. It only had a few good games. The rest was a bunch of junk made by difital pictures and Sony. Such as Double Switch and Night Trap and so on. OOH, you can toggle between low resolution full motion video. It's crap.

[4methyst]

I own one of these bad boys. lol

[PopcornCoolie]

I don't have the SegaCD anymore but for some reason I still have Night Trap 32x, Double Switch CD and Jurassic Park CD.

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

the real question here is: Do you have Sonic CD for it?

[4methyst]

Oh yes ;) I wanna upload a video.

[scaramouch11]

fuck me thats wot u pay now for a console thats well expesive for 15 years ago

[rudeboy399]

Wouldn't you like to be a mega

CD

star

eheheheheh

[polkamusicjoe]

youve just been invaded by... SEGA TV!!!!

[Habuji221]

you have been invaded by.. SEGA TV!

[viperxeon]

AHH I've been fucking invaded by a shitty commercial, a cockney fat bastard, and a kid from romford.

[4methyst]

Lol pwnt

[RabidRaccoonUK]

And I've just remembered... I paid £60 for Microcosm in 1993. It's probably the worst game I've ever played in my life. According to an inflation calculator, that'd be like paying £85 in todays money... For a single game! O_o You can almsot get a CONSOLE for that now!

[RabidRaccoonUK]

Is that the same bloke thats doing the Nationwide adverts now?

[RabidRaccoonUK]

There where a handful of very good games on the Mega CD, such as Sonic CD, an Arcade port of Final Fight, and a cool version of Earthworm Jim with extended and extra levels. But there where also some truly awful games as well, mostly the video ones where you basically just made one move at a time to a horribly grainy picture. There where also too many ports of Mega Drive games just with CD quality music thrown in. Not really worth an extra £250 when you've already paid £150 for the Mega Drive.

[themangodess]

I honestly don't get why they even released this. Video game consoles interact with TV, but nobody wants to literally interact with bullshit like that. What were they THINKING?

[Bergmansan]

Mega cd raped the mega drive.

[Kargaroc286]

recorded from uk gold between 1993 and 1995

[normantheadventurer]

sonic cd is cool game in sega mega cd

[taylorrocks444]

damn they were on crack when they made that ad

[TheMarioManiac]

Damn, Sega's ads were fucked up.

[miiwii93]

lol, Sonic at 0:44!

[deepshadows86]

as a kid, everyone i knew owned a mega drive but i only knew one person who owned a mega-cd lol

[coolstuff2003ad]

£269... (shakes head in dissaproval) the advert looks better than da fookin' mega CD preformed...

[welshuser]

Wasn't there a longer version of this? I remember being an Apocalypse Now spoof at the end of it.

[golfball]

I had one, they were crap!

[BarryParis198]

this advert gives me headache and im not quite sure whats happening XD

[NesSimepolys1234]

Bullshit thats megan lol . the real megan is much more annoying

[Wyraachur]

This console wasnt bad.

But seriously, £270?!

[FatAgnes]

Which is a whopping £384.55 in today's money according to an inflation calculator. Which is on top of the price of the Megadrive itself, how much were they at the time? Maybe the PS3 isn't such a ripoff after all...

[Wyraachur]

XD you can find Mega Cds in shops now between £20-£40, with the games between 50p and £10

[flakelorenz02]

I saw one in cash converters for £10. i down own a mega drive so i didn't buy it

[ExuNavarinIdara]

@FatAgnes Yeah but it comes with seven games.

[cdbils001]

@FatAgnes guess they thought everybody would be sucked in by the fmv, sega will always have a part in my life but the way they managed there business was a shocker

[coolstuff2003ad]

yeah man, WTF? dat wuz like £585 in 1994!!!

[Wyraachur]

*nods* When i had the MCD, i had very few games for it. Sonic CD was the best of the lot of all i had.

[coolstuff2003ad]

Pretty funny the amount of crap sega released- the 32x console... i remember hearing it mentioned at school. They released Virtua Fighter 2 on the 32x, and it was like 16 MB graphics. Why would yu buy that when you could have it in 3D on the Saturn?

[Wyraachur]

heh. i didnt know VF2 was released on the 32X. i got the MD version on the PSP version of Mega Drive Collection (Although my copy is USA, so its Genesis Collection)

[mcpartridgeboy]

@Wyraachur i was saving up im so glad i only managed 150 pounds hahaha i bpouht a supernes instead phew !

[Gent82]

Huge thanks for this one! This ad wasn't shown that much if I remember correctly, which just made me want to find it again all the more!

[thekiwimaddog]

Thanks for uploading this. I loved these ads when I was a kid. Does anyone have any more??

[E1k1ch1On1zuka]

People CANNOT complain about prices today about consoles! Look at the prices back then!

[impactBREAKER]

brilliant. it's been years since i'd seen this -- forgotten how great is was!