Advertainment 2: Taito's Dino-MIGHT!

Super Nintendo, NES & GameBoy tomfoolery;

Ready for Week 2 of December 2014's Advertainment Month? (I hope so, cuz that's what you're getting)

Last week we looked at FCI porting some Super Exciting, Outerspace Video games from the arcade to your ~~grocer's~~ NES system, and now its time for Taito to flex its might.

Or should that be, its "DINO-might?"

It should probably not be "dino-might"...but it is! WHAM!

And well, aside from their odd choice of invoking J.J. Walker's catchphrase from the show Good Times, you've got to hand it to Taito:

Some of their games deliver the goods:

Bubble Bobble is totally addiction ation. It's the Number One game in Europe for over 3 months. Scramble over 100 screens of laughs as your brontasaurus buddies, Bub and Bob, blow you away with endless action. If you're lookin' for fun, these dudes are the one.

FACT: Bubble Bobble is friggin' amazing.

Q.E.D.

Take the world's best arcade game home. Mind-blowing arcade quality graphics take you behind enemy lines to destroy [bad guys] and save helpless [good guys]. One play and you'll know why it's number 1.

And I legitimately remember Operation Wolf as a famous and popular arcade game...

Though I'm not sure I'd qualify these as "Mind-blowing arcade quality graphics..."

But their ad copy may be a LITTLE optimistic for some of these games...

Take the arcade's meanest air battle home for keeps. Strap in for explosive high-flying action. Hold on for your life as you soar through incredible graphics and spellbinding sound. You'll never want to land.

I'd never actually played this game before...

But consider me spellbound!

This is the original arcade hit. One of the hottest games in Europe. Thrill to the arcade-quality graphics of this fast-paced street-style Karate brawl. Scream through Renegade's multiple levels of play and see what real action is all about.

and I've always found Renegade is good for a laugh (even when you're NOT looking at its alternate cover art)

Honestly, what's not to like?

So I think I'll sign off this week by saying...

Good Taito, Good Times...Dyno-MITE! Tune in next week for more Advertainment!

— carlmarksguy, 2014-12-12

Tags: Cover Art Theatre

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Bubble Bobble, Operation Wolf, Renegade, Sky Shark

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SensitivePriest

I know 2am is not time to be alone in the subway...because... subway trains stop at 1 am. Which leads me to suspect our Mr K character is a homeless guy probably kicked out by a girlfriend who never tolerated his cross dressing habits. Jus my opinion

CarlMarksGuy

Yeah, it was a poorly-timed subway trip. Though perhaps he was just trying to get to the dry cleaner to pick up the shirt that goes with his brown vest/brown pants outfit?

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