True Crime had a huge marketing campaign and plenty of trailers to match, but this one seems to have been unique to Xbox promotional sources, as I could only find versions of it on certain Xbox Exhibition and Official Xbox Magazine promo discs.

The title card calls it the opening montage, but the montage in the final game is much different...perhaps this was an earlier version?

This tape also featured this delightful 30 second trailer of nonstop dog ninja action! There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't be a stealthy ninja warrior!

Trailer 1 is the full 1:12 trailer for the game's special Xbox Live features. Tenchu: Return From Darkness is a port of the PS2's Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, and featured enhanced graphics and added content in addition to the special online features.

Happy 18th birthday to Nights: Journey of Dreams! Legendary Sega game designer Takashi Iizuka's sequel to the 1996 Sega Saturn hit has a cult following today, but at launch in 2007 it faced some serious holiday competition in the form of Super Mario Galaxy! Which do you prefer, and why?

Origin Systems' Wing Commander III turns 31 years old today! The third game in the series took advantage of CD storage space by going all-in on full motion video, and featured a blockbuster cast including @markhamillofficial.bsky.social himself!

Happy Giving Tuesday! If you're looking to be generous to a scrappy little nonprofit working to help preserve video game history, we'd appreciate the support! 🥰 hitsave.org/support-us/

Happy 37th birthday to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link! We don't have much related to Zelda II in our archive (yet) but here's a cool fact: Did you know that there's a 16-bit version of the Zelda II title theme on certain versions of the SNES Burn-in Test Cartridge? We'd love to know who made it!

Happy 15th birthday to Epic Mickey! Industry legend Warren Spector and his team at Junction Point Studios were acquired by Disney Interactive Studios in 2007 and tasked with giving Mickey Mouse a fresh coat of paint. In doing so, they also reintroduced Oswald The Lucky Rabbit to the world at large!

Today we'd like to express our gratitude to the game preservation community! Whether you're scanning, dumping, researching, maintaining, programming, interviewing, donating, or any of the other innumerable tasks involved, it's because of your passion that game preservation persists. Thank you! ❤️