GoldLeader

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Cheyenne, WY
Interests
Atari, ColecoVision, Vectrex, NES, SNES, Genesis, Turbografx, GBA, Famicom, Super Famicom, Mega Drive, PC Engine, DC, PS1/2/3 and more. Also love movies/TV and the Stock Market. And for what it's worth, back in the Good ol Daze, I used to do some vocals in some Grindcore/Metal/Punk bands: Desecrator, Anarchy Dragon, Monastat 7, and Monastat 2600. Lately I'm working on some recordings in my basement of the cosmic noize/dark ambient variety.
Currently Playing
A 7800 game on the Dragonfly SD
Playing Next
Oh...Maybe Circus Convoy...Been meaning to fire that one up.

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I was thinking how BITD, when Atari and ColecoVision were king, you almost never heard them mentioned or advertised on TV, give or take a few Saturday morning ads, or good 80's movies that knew how to sprinkle in pop culture references...Back then it was almost as rare as hearing a real heavy metal song on the radio.
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1. simbalion
  
  This is the reason why I didn't get excited for a game system until the NES and then the Gameboy came out. Mom has always said she wondered why I didn't get into console gaming a bit earlier, but being that I got into arcade and handheld games right after the crash, there was no real advertising or word of mouth until Nintendo hit the market.
  
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2. GoldLeader
  
  I tend to think of it as 95% word of mouth and video game magazines back then...I think someone could get the wrong idea by say, watching YouTube ads from the old days. I remember them being quite rare actually...On the other hand, at school my friends and I talked video games (home and arcade) quite a bit.
  
  January 3
3. frankodragon
  
  The same reason goes for computer games back in the 80's. They were usually advertised late at night during a movie. (Goto 1:46)
  
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