Promotional materials

Marvel 2099 sell sheet, 1996

Item

Identifier: FLITMAN-MINDSCAPE-PRODUCTION-2099.17

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes scanned documents, digital images, disc images, and audiovisual recordings of material collected during the career of game producer Mark Flitman. The collection includes internal business and development documents, guidelines and research for licensed properties, production assets, personal correspondences, and related memorabilia and newsclippings.The materials in this collection have been arranged based on the companies Mark Flitman worked at during his...

Dates: Copyright: 1996

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Mark Flitman papers / Mindscape / Game production / Marvel 2099

Matchbox "Accelerated Video Games" publicity kit, distributed October 31, 1990

Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits

Identifier: PROMO-KITS.MATCHBOX.1

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.

Dates: Issued: distributed October 31, 1990

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game publisher publicity kits, brochures, and catalogs, assorted

Maxis, SimTower: The Vertical Empire sell sheet, December 1994

Item — Location Video game flyers, assorted

Identifier: PROMO-FLYERSMISC.MAXIS.1

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an unorganized collection of miscellanous video game flyers, likely sourced from trade show events. These items may be reorganized in the future as this collection grows.

Dates: Publication: December 1994

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Video game flyers, assorted

Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial

Collection

Identifier: PROMO-COMMERCIALS-001

Abstract

In 1980, the Mego toy company licensed the Game & Watch handheld games by Nintendo for North American release under the name "Time-Out." This commercial is believed to be the second revision of the commercial for the "Time-Out" Toss-Up, better known by its original title, Game & Watch: Ball.

Dates: Issued: June 25, 1980

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial, film and container photo, June 25, 1980

Item

Identifier: PROMO-COMMERCIALS-001.3

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains two digital copies of the 30-second commercial for the Mego "Time-Out," one with restored colors and one pre-restoration. These videos were digitized from a 16mm film produced by DuRona Productions.

Dates: Issued: June 25, 1980

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial

Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial, partial color restoration, June 25, 1980

Item

Identifier: PROMO-COMMERCIALS-001.2

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains two digital copies of the 30-second commercial for the Mego "Time-Out," one with restored colors and one pre-restoration. These videos were digitized from a 16mm film produced by DuRona Productions.

Dates: Issued: June 25, 1980

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial

Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial, unrestored transfer, June 25, 1980

Item

Identifier: PROMO-COMMERCIALS-001.1

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains two digital copies of the 30-second commercial for the Mego "Time-Out," one with restored colors and one pre-restoration. These videos were digitized from a 16mm film produced by DuRona Productions.

Dates: Issued: June 25, 1980

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up commercial

Metal Wolf Chaos, 2004

Series

Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT-MWC

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes promotional materials, press kits, flyers, magazine clippings, memorabilia, game demo discs and press builds, and other ephemera from the history of game developer FromSoftware, primarily from Japan, spanning thirty years of company history from the first King's Field game from 1994 through Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree from 2024. The vast majority of the material in this collection was digitized in advance by the donor and uploaded to the Internet Archive, with...

Dates: 2004

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / FromSoftware promotional material collection