What SNES-Era videogame was in this magazine ad?
September 10, 2023 10:04 PM
I’m haunted by memories of an old magazine ad for a video game. I’d like to know what game it was. Description of my memory of the ad inside. It's a silly question, but it's been itching my brain.
The body of the ad is a sequence of four (more?) head-on pictures of a man sitting in an armchair, playing the game, with a caption beneath in which he’s commenting on how much progress he’s made.
The body of the ad is a sequence of four (more?) head-on pictures of a man sitting in an armchair, playing the game, with a caption beneath in which he’s commenting on how much progress he’s made.
- In the first, he’s young.
- In the second, he's somewhere in mid-life
- In the third, he’s old.
- In the final, he’s been replaced by his son (grandson?) who has just defeated the final boss and thinks his deceased ancestor would be proud.
- I believe this ad was in either a comic book or issue of GamePro
- I believe the ad was for a Super Nintendo game, though it’s possible it was also available for the Genesis.
- I believe the game was a third-quarter degree Metroidvania, possibly a combination metroidvania and platformer (more extreme than a Zelda)
- I believe the protagonist had a turban, and the entire game had an Arabian or desert theme
- I believe the final boss was some kind of evil queen. Slime queen?
Your stray notes are pointing toward Equinox, and I think that ad clinches it.
posted by wanderingmind at 10:51 PM on September 10, 2023
posted by wanderingmind at 10:51 PM on September 10, 2023
Yes! Equinox! Absolutely.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:44 PM on September 10, 2023
posted by Going To Maine at 11:44 PM on September 10, 2023
Holy. It was a thousand years ago and I have no way to confirm it but I think I wrote that ad.
posted by Mchelly at 11:53 AM on September 11, 2023
posted by Mchelly at 11:53 AM on September 11, 2023
I'd love to know more about that!
posted by the antecedent of that pronoun at 2:00 PM on September 11, 2023
posted by the antecedent of that pronoun at 2:00 PM on September 11, 2023
Oh wow, I recognize that ad! What a trip down memory lane to the era of gaming magazines.
posted by allegedly at 9:58 AM on September 12, 2023
posted by allegedly at 9:58 AM on September 12, 2023
Holy. It was a thousand years ago and I have no way to confirm it but I think I wrote that ad.
Dang, this is such a tease!
posted by Going To Maine at 5:31 PM on September 12, 2023
Dang, this is such a tease!
posted by Going To Maine at 5:31 PM on September 12, 2023
I worked at the advertising agency at the time as the copywriter on that account, and seeing it gave me immediate Proustian flashbacks. I do remember working on it. But it was so long ago that I’m not 100% sure another writer wasn’t also involved. For what it’s worth, I definitely wrote this one.
Thanks for the memory jog!
posted by Mchelly at 5:58 PM on September 12, 2023
Thanks for the memory jog!
posted by Mchelly at 5:58 PM on September 12, 2023
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I want to say StarTropics (which is NES) just on vibes but I have nothing to corroborate that.
posted by juv3nal at 10:27 PM on September 10, 2023