Gaming VIdeo Tapes

Some retro heads will remember that back in the 90's gaming magazines would often give away VHS tapes of gaming videos. The idea of gaming videos has been around long before YouTube and Twitch.

GamesMaster Christmas Special VHS tape

This was actually my favorite and brings back some high volume nostalgia. The focus was on the main game companies at the time; Sony, Ubi soft, Nintendo, Konami and Acclaim.

A complication gaming video of all the games you would want at the time complied with dance music, this was like a music video for gamers.

 At the time one may have been disappointed with GamesMaster not distributing this as a show presented by Dom, but looking back this was a clever and cool compilation video for those who watched game videos.






Nintendo 64 VHS

Much like the GamesMaster video, this was another game compilation with cool electro music. This may have come from the Nintendo Magazine but i can't remember to be honest, it may have been a freebie in a shop.

The video had some of the best launch titles for the N64 and banged on about the console being "The Fastest Most Powerful Games Console On Earth!" which technically it was but not the best.

 This was a entertaining video which had some fantastic titles, please see the left picture.










Donkey Kong Country VHS from Nintendo Magazine

A free video that came with the official Nintendo Magazine to support the launch of Donkey Kong Country, for the SNES.

This video focused on the making and marketing of the game in the US. This was presented by some Skater dude in a cool hat and him badgering all the Nintendo staff.

One other interesting thing on this tape was a collection of SNES and Game Boy trailers at the end.