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The Weird World of Retro Game Media

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An account that looks at bizarre ads, commercials and media from classic video game eras. Run by ThatRetro

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · 10h

Ad: Mario & Wario (1993)

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Jul 28

Original ad with actual Randy Savage voice

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Jul 28

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge

If you wanted Mario to reference Randy Savage, here you go.

Footage is actually reused from the Wrestlemania NES ad.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Jun 24

"They stole Aikman's brain"

Troy Aikman Football commercial

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Early development pitch for NBA Jam. A lot of concept ideas that never made it past early development.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 20

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 21

Here's some GamePro VHS clips with JD Roth.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 20

Some more on the game dev of MK1 and the Genesis cheat code.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Feb 28

The development of the home console ports of Mortal Kombat (via 1993's GamePro Power Up)

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Feb 28

Beta footage of Mega Man X (from GamePro Power Up)

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Feb 28

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 20

The development of Disney's Aladdin for Sega Genesis (from GamePro Power Up)

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · May 20

Mario is a 76ers fan.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 20

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · May 20

SimGraphics' video actor footage of the CG Mario head also featuring brief footage of Charles Martinet at work.

Full video via the VideoGameEphemera YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaUG...

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · May 6

"will make a new, third game"

This is Ecco Jr. erasure

Game box for the Sega Genesis game Ecco Jr.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Apr 23

A series of bizarre ads for Ghostwriter, which was sponsored by Sega.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Apr 23

A series of bizarre ads for Ghostwriter, which was sponsored by Sega.

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Apr 23

Video preview for M.C. Kids. Features an early build of the game and footage from the Treasure Island movie.

The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy 30th anniversary to Mortal Kombat 3

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Apr 7

I think things would have been a little better if we all had played this on NES

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · Mar 25

After playing Sonic 3 for the first time in 1994

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The Weird World of Retro Game Media @weirdgamemedia.bsky.social · Mar 10

almost three minutes of SNES trailers from Nintendo Power Previews.

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · Mar 10

Videos are longer now, so an excuse to post the Rikidozan entrance from All Star Pro Wrestling

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