[GagaMan]

So seems appropriate for there to be a thread here for links to unusual Sega promo videos here, kind of like the rare Sonic art trend, sorry if there already was one.

I've been working on backing up any adverts and promo videos I see on Youtube, just started really. Found some interesting ones just today:

Japanese Dynamite Headdy commercial. I love when they do these clay animations for ads.

Sega Video Magazine Volume 8(?) Part one and Part two
Has some interesting little animations (done on a computer by the looks of it) of Sonic based on the old concept art, as well as I think early Sonic Cd footage. Only thing that makes me think it's early is it's using the unused title screen music and for the time travel bit it's using that first track on the CD instead of the sound effect they went with.

Virtua Racing UK commercial. Been looking for this one for ages. I love the batshit UK Pirate Sega ones, seeing as I grew up on those.

The whole account has some British, Spanish and more Japanese promo videos, including a Saturn one that uses Arcade footage, tut tut!

There was an excellent long video on Youtube some time back that was some kind of educational video about 'the power of advertising' that focused on Sega that had commercials, merchandise, the tour buses, even radio show competitions with Sonic CD music in the background. It really showed just how hard Sega blew their money on advertising back then. Sadly it got pulled and I haven't seen it re-uploaded anywhere.

[JaxTH]

Hmm...

Does anyone know where I can find the UK NiGHTS Into Dreams commercial?

[Scarred Sun]

GagaMan, on 27 July 2011 - 05:59 AM, said:

Sega Video Magazine Volume 8(?) Part one and Part two
Has some interesting little animations (done on a computer by the looks of it) of Sonic based on the old concept art, as well as I think early Sonic Cd footage. Only thing that makes me think it's early is it's using the unused title screen music and for the time travel bit it's using that first track on the CD instead of the sound effect they went with.

Haha, I didn't realize these were on YouTube—I have about two years' worth of these VHSes that I should put up sometime on Sega Retro. I wouldn't invest too much in the music being used, though: there's a lot of post used in these videos over time.

[GagaMan]

That's true. Oddly enough this video that also shows a bit of Sonic CD uses the '6290' remix that I thought was made for Sonic Gems collection. Was it hidden in the game or on an album somewhere before Gems? That or the uploader somehow edited that in with the voice over intact.

[ICEknight]

It might have been made precisely for those videos, since they were official and all.

[Black Squirrel]

Sonic CD's soundtrack used to advertise a completely different game.

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

Here's every unique Sega Channel/related ad I could recall Youtubing up. (Ones without watermarks where possible.)
The Sega Channel ads are classic "Sega 90's Radical Hardcore".

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Mega Man: The Wily Wars trailer. It actually appears to be prepared for a cart release. It also has obvious prototype moments.

A long one. - an 8-minute one.

I also found these while looking and am not sure of their origin;

"Off-Hours" music set 1

"Off-Hours" music set 2

[Tanks]

Dat jump animation...