[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Sega Saturn Manual Cover

Monday, June 9th, 2014

Sega Saturn Instruction Manual Cover - 1995The Saturn: No Connectors Required

Why am I showing you the cover of the Sega Saturn manual but not the manual itself? Because I can — ha ha ha!

Such power.

That, and I like the photo.

[ From Sega Saturn Instruction Manual, 1995, cover]

Discussion Topic of the Week: What’s the best Saturn-exclusive title?

[ Retro Scan of the Week ] This Scrape’s For You

Monday, August 20th, 2012

Sega Saturn World Series Baseball 98 1998 Advertisement - 1997World Series Baseball 98 for the Sega Saturn

I’ve written about gratuitous and graphic video game advertising of the 1990s more than a few times over the years, but I never get tired of revisiting this wildly bombastic era in consumer marketing.

Here we see a nice ad for World Series Baseball 98 for the Sega Saturn, complete with front-and-center forearm scrape. I don’t know about you, but this makes me want to play baseball. Injury sells.

See Also: Broken Tetrisphere Teeth (2010)
See Also: Super Mario World 2 (2009)

[ From GamePro, October 1997, rear cover ]

Discussion Topic of the Week: Would a graphic ad like this make you more or less likely to play a certain video game?