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Promotional materials

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 470 Collections and/or Records:

Retailer catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: PROMO-RETAILER
Abstract

This is a collection of catalogs, flyers, and brochures from video game retailers that advertise upcoming products and promotions. These are distinct from retailer-produced magazines, such as Game Informer and Walmart GameCenter.

Dates: Publication: 1973–2009

"Revolution" concept video [miniDV], circa 1999 or 2000

 Item
Identifier: CYAN-URU-CONCEPT.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes over 200 videotapes and audio recordings from the history of Cyan and the Myst series. The videos are primarily from the production of Riven: The Sequel to Myst, including raw camera footage and composite tests from the filming of the live-action portions of the game, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage used in "The Making of Riven" documentary. The tapes also include footage from other Myst-related projects, along with footage from general Cyan...
Dates: circa 1999 or 2000

Riddick Bowe Boxing SCES 1993 ephemera, June 1993

 Item
Identifier: FLITMAN-MISC.6
Scope and Contents

This collection of promotional ephemera for Riddick Bowe Boxing at SCES 1993 includes a poster advertisement for Extreme Entertainment's booth at the show. The poster is printed on the back of page 20 of the June 5, 1993 issue of CES Trade Daily News, which was also scanned and included in this collection.

Dates: June 1993

Rune II demo disc [GameCube miniDVD], 2003

 Item
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT-RUNE.2
Abstract

Demo disc for Rune II by FromSoftware for GameCube, aka Lost Kingdoms II in North America and Europe. Included with Nintendo DREAM magazine, Volume 90. DL-DOL-DR2J-DIS

Dates: 2003

Rune print advertisement, 2002

 Item
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT-RUNE.1
Abstract

"Magazine advertisement for Rune by FromSoftware for GameCube."

Dates: 2002

Rune series [Lost Kingdoms], 2002–2003

 Series
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT-RUNE
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: 2002–2003

Sega by Tiger Electronic Toys brochure, 1996

 Item
Identifier: FLITMAN-MISC.12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Objects in this series are not directly related to the bulk of Mark Flitman's work but are still relevant to the history of video games. This includes assorted flyers, correspondence, industry reports, press materials from other companies for which Flitman was not employed, and other game-related documents that fall outside the bulk of Flitman's career.

Dates: 1996

Sega Third Party Licensees 1992 catalog, 1992

 Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits
Identifier: PROMO-KITS.SEGA.01
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: Copyright: 1992

Sega, "We'd Like You To See Things Our Way" clipped advertisement, Winter CES 1987, January 8–11, 1987

 Item — Location CES clipped flyers
Identifier: PROMO-CESFLYERS.SEGA.87WCES.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is a collection of CES flyers published in various trade magazines. The flyers in this collection had already been clipped out of their magazines at the time they were cataloged (all appear to have been cut from issues of TWICE), and they are organized as their own collection. When possible, the flyers were dated based on publication information listed on the opposite side of their pages.Generally, the library tries to collect complete issues of trade magazines, but given...
Dates: Publication: January 8–11, 1987

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, 2018–2020

 Series
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT-SEKIRO
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: 2018–2020