Your favorite video game commercials.

[GuilewasNK]

Doesn't matter if the game is good or not, just if you like the commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG6C5hVgZEg

Never played the game, but the commercial is cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBymzJjYJIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BtX2hOUGrw

[evildeadjedi]

These Ratchet and Clank ones awesome games and the commercials were hilarious FTW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2dM_LLKJg

[OnyxPrimal]

Always loved the Bounty Hunter trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwZn9D-OTw

[Rei no Otaku]

Definitely the current Sony ones. They're hilarious.

[goatindaruffness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROb1vWNiig

Best video game commercial ever...
-Goatman

[crzyboy88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROb1vWNiig

Best video game commercial ever...
-Goatman

Oh man! I loved that commercial!

[GuilewasNK]

Halo 3 commercial is still awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsdPszJLNQ

[Friend of Sonic]

I love that Perfect Dark commercial. I'm pretty sure there's underboob in that.

[lokizz]

its a lame comercial but for some weird reason ive never forgotten it



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69_l1oZ2b2M


and i agree with whoever mentioned the ratchet and clank commercials those were always funny. sega genesis also had a ton of cool commercials.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35jGnZ-e3jc



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVPno1eYbVM

[Halo05]

That Streets of Rage 2 commercial is such a classic. Vintage Sega! I need to remember to buy the VC version before it goes back up in price. There's no such thing as too many copies of Streets of Rage 2.

[lokizz]

That Streets of Rage 2 commercial is such a classic. Vintage Sega! I need to remember to buy the VC version before it goes back up in price. There's no such thing as too many copies of Streets of Rage 2.

the first 2 sor games are amazing stuff especially the soundtracks. those were some of the first games that muscially blew me away. sor 1 and 2 are 2 games id love to see get a remake/upgrade for the current consoles even if it was just a dl game but itd have to have 2/3 player mp online . oh yeah and the choice of using either a classic or updated remixed soundtrack.

[FroMann]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0igZvpizU
Okay the last one is probably not an AD, but deserves worthy mention.

[Blackout]

:rofl: That Crash video is great. Those were the days.

[pacifickarma]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE

My all time favorite!

[Magus8472]

Halo 3 commercial is still awesome.

Even better this way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrgtsFty14

[swayz0r]

I really liked the gears of war 2 comercials when they were on the air.

[msdmoney]

Definitely the current Sony ones. They're hilarious.

I've only seen two so far, but they are hilarious.

[mykevermin]

^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPnb8YKcvE

The first one following the price drop was a well-done ad that took a stab at the internet rumormongers as well.

The Zelda ad above is what immediately comes to mind.

T-T-T-TEKTITES!!!

EDIT: I'd be totally remiss if I didn't include the Japanese ad for Chu Chu Rocket:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga62uiXbEjI

[Agrippan]

The Syphon Filter post reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gykgQ6vfcgk

[GamerLina]

halo commercial was awesome

[The Crotch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJyCdbC08c

And, with the voice actor...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuwe3xESHU4

[Fjordson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1zWeaVZpsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLR4WjJqIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz_7WWO8lXE

These are extended versions of the clips that they had for the TV spots, but still, I thought the whole live action ad campaign was absolutely amazing. Makes me want a Halo movie.

[dbrev42]

I really liked the gears of war 2 comercials when they were on the air.

This.

[GamerLina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgoXkQmlVOw

one of my all time great work less play more original xbox ad

[GuilewasNK]

Loved the Mercs 2 song!

Here is Ninja Gaiden, the end is what makes it funny, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5UoFz2smw

[GuilewasNK]

Can't forget this one! Your defense is offensive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_czp59tZs

[eastshore4]

This thread is really fun to view at work... just a bunch of blank boxes where youtube videos should be. Thanks alot internet security!

Does anyone remember the old commercial for Alien Vs. Predator on Jaguar? That commercial scared the crap out of me when I was little, I'm sure it's pretty lame these days though.

Lots of game commercials are fairly blaise, but there have been some great ones these past few years. The one for the original gears of war was great, as were the Halo 3 commercials. These Mass Effect 2 commercials I see online where they interview the various team members are great but the one they actually use on TV with shepard is kinda weak. I think more of these commercials should try a more intriguing approach like the ones I mentioned above... I could be wrong but I don't really think they're gaining much interest when they take the "this is CGI but it represents what you CAN do in the game!" route we see so much.

[Rodimus]

Not a video game commercial but the song was catchy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcayngErSMg

I watched these a few years back and I thought they were pretty cool if you're into 2D fighters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyTJ-IR5S3A

[Allnatural]

Japanese A Link to the Past:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kle0vau26xQ

Thank you internet!

[Irukandji]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHOP8h911I

[KaneRobot]

Loved the original XBox teaser ads but can't find them on Youtube. They ran for a few weeks before the console was released. It was mostly just a black screen with a voiceover saying something about life being boring or whatever, and always ended with the green X logo busting out of the black at the end. It was actually kind of vague if you didn't know it was coming out, but I guess that's part of why I liked it.

I couldn't find a lot of my favorites. Oh well. What I did find:

This ad actually worked on me at the time - fortunately by the time Christmas rolled around I had wised up and wanted a Genesis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_xaQ5d5gY

This made me want this game badly. Also, as a little kid I thought this was Tyson's actual voice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3NjlUja7Zo

The theme of the ad was nothing special, but the video of the actual gameplay made me want this badly. It also burned the Star Light Zone music into my head before the game even came out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIIagVIQEpg

[Larzze]

I liked this one a lot youtube.com/watch?v=WQMD4XudxoE

[TC]

Rockstar in general has great commercials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag87PwBxk8E

[Dead of Knight]

Why the fuck hasn't anyone posted this yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LfLk9lLEg

[Drizzt]

My most memorable ones was from Final Fantasy 6 and I didn't even like the FF games at the time! :)

EDIT: I'm a noob for youtube embedding :( How do I get it to show properly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15qmRzn

[multicoloredyoshi]

This one's great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg

If that's not enough watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxgcXEFFVDY

[The Crotch]

Why the fuck hasn't anyone posted this yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LfLk9lLEg
I like to think of that one as privileged information.

[The_Linux_Crew]

Here's one I think you will like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7ORHy2IxQ&feature=related

And the original version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaR2KLQ5YUg&feature=related

[kube00]

Nice finds