CompuServe Thread

#CD32 Stuff

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#129223From: Tim LloydJan 24, 1994 11:21 AM
The bit below is part of a post I did on the Amiga Echo, but I thought you'd like this bit :^) The one thing that I found most interesting was the bit about Commodore's advertising in the UK (YES they are doing it)! One of the things they have been doing is plastering large Hoarding signs all over the place – get this – they placed a LARGE advert on the hoarding right outside the main entrance of Sega's headquarters in London !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laugh – I nearly died :^) There is a picture in AF showing the main building with Sega in large letters on the side of the buliding – and the hoarding. The advert says "To be this good will take Sega ages" on the right hand side is a picture of the CD32 console, with the words under it, "Amiga CD32". It's placed so that the Sega employee's would see it every day they went to work 🙂 Now if that's not Commodore's way of saying "Spin on this" I don't know what is. Finally news of the Amiga CD only magazine, apparently the original issue never got into print (it was supposed to have started last year) – but all is not lost, the new CD magazine will be going on sale in April, it has no title at the moment, but is being published by the same people who do Amiga Format (and Amiga Shopper, Amiga Power). It will have a cover mounted CD with the latest game demo's and public domain games. The magazine will also cover things relating to the FMV module as well. Tim Ying Tong Ying Tong Ying Tong Tiddle I Po….. On Autopilot Over Hong Kong
#129229From: Dale LarsonJan 24, 1994 12:39 PM
Of course, on the other hand, Commodore had sublet much of it's West Chester manufacturing/warehouse floorspace to Software Etc., and many employees walked by dozens of palettes of Sega Genesis systems on the way through the building each day for months. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing — INTERNET:dale@iam.com
#129233From: Steve Bennett/SYSOPJan 24, 1994 2:06 PM
>>…it's placed so that the Sega employee's would see it every day…<< Gee, now if they'd only take those same advertising $$ and place ads where they might actually attract a new customer… like, say, in the US? <g>
#129251From: Peter WadeJan 24, 1994 4:56 PM
If I remember rightly, this is not the publisher who had their advert put into the CD32 box. Presumably this means that I have lost the money I sent to them for a subscription. Peter Wade Autopiloting from London, England
#129258From: Jim SteeleJan 24, 1994 6:40 PM
Tim, Interesting news. 🙂 BTW, What's "Hoarding"? I figure that's one of those UK terms that cause so much fun for us USA English speakers… Jim