Pinball Promo Videos

Captain B. Zarre · Aug 4, 2013

francis247uk · Aug 4, 2013

I cannot believe the cheese of the Theatre Of Magic one, such a great pin, with such a bad promo video, probably hurt sales rather then encouraging them!

ER777 · Aug 4, 2013

Wow you're right, that ToM video was super cheesy. Now we know why she said it was a dubious introduction at the end of the NGG video.

Getting Elvira to do the Scared Stiff video herself makes that one the best for me. Steve Ritchie doing the T2 video and really explain the ruleset was good too though. Some of the others were decent as well.

netizen · Aug 4, 2013

What about the other stuff that Williams made?

LanceBoyle · Aug 4, 2013

It would be a good idea but it might take up plenty of space, unless it's implemented into the videos menu and is available for streaming (hopefully for free, doubt they'd charge for promo videos). I also don't know if WMS has those promos in a higher quality so that they could use it here.

ER777 said:
Getting Elvira to do the Scared Stiff video herself makes that one the best for me.

Especially since it's filled with the usual innuendo and intentional cheesiness.

The Monster Bash one is goofy too, and I like it.

jaredmorgs · Aug 4, 2013

As an aside, these promo videos were handed out by the pinball distributor just before a game was about to be released. I have seen a couple of them when they were first released back in the 90's. Judge Dredd (obviously, because WMS were heavily promoting DCS as a feature), and Black Rose.

The Judge Dredd video is great because they go into a little detail about DCS, and you get to see some sound engineers performing the music with guitars.

Because services such as YouTube didn't exist back in the 90's, this was the most reliable way of informing customers about how a game worked and why an operator should purchase it.

The Jack*Bot video is a classic example of WMS putting some marketing spin on the fact they thought a rehashed playfield design with a DMD and new ruleset was "what customers wanted".

sotie · Aug 7, 2013

Thanks for the links.

Lucipher28 · Aug 7, 2013

Very neat, thanks.

TomL · Aug 7, 2013

jaredmorgs said:
As an aside, these promo videos were handed out by the pinball distributor just before a game was about to be released. [snip]

Because services such as YouTube didn't exist back in the 90's, this was the most reliable way of informing customers about how a game worked and why an operator should purchase it.

The Jack*Bot video is a classic example of WMS putting some marketing spin on the fact they thought a rehashed playfield design with a DMD and new ruleset was "what customers wanted".

It's so fascinating to see the business to business side of the pinball industry. I love how all the pinball flyers are written in terms of Return on Investment and Attracting New Customers and Keeping Existing Customers.

Captain B. Zarre · Dec 7, 2013

Just added the one for FT, because it is coming.

bluenose79 · Dec 7, 2013

Great share, thanks

gypsyshred · Dec 7, 2013

I had no idea these existed. If FS can get the rights, it'd be a great sales tool. Can you imagine if it autoplayed the video on the buy screen? If it can sell a $3k pinball table, I'm sure it can sell a $5 DLC pack.

francis247uk · Aug 23, 2014

Black Rose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6wTc1RoVpA

Hopefully also get Bram Stokers Dracula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4doA6X7Bzg

This is a great thread, how about removing the blue "request" from the title and change it to "Links to Promo Videos" and stickying it?

Or even better, how about the links are added to a new column at the end of the gjarnling's "Links to Tutorial Videos and Rulesheets" (http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1244-Links-to-Tutorial-Videos-and-Rulesheets)

Captain B. Zarre · Oct 21, 2014

Added promo videos for Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Party Zone, and Addams Family.

Reagan Dow · Oct 22, 2014

netizen said:
What about the other stuff that Williams made?

Holy cheesy videos batman!!!

Dedpop · Oct 22, 2014

Great videos.
Great thread.

Captain B. Zarre · Feb 2, 2015

Added promo video for The Getaway: High Speed II.

Captain B. Zarre · Apr 19, 2015

Added promo video for Jack*Bot. The video discusses how the game was made for people and pinball fans wishing to return to a simpler time of Playfield design but I personally think it was just made for a cheap buck. It also discusses the Vortex toy, the Keno mode & card, the poker card feature, and a large amount of emphasis on Casino Run - it deserves that emphasis though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH3FKdQB1-A

Captain B. Zarre · Jul 14, 2015

Added the promo video for Road Show. Judging by the promo, it sounds like they were really pushing the buy-in feature around this time. It worked really well on this game, but not too well on others. I think Data East implemented buy-ins the best as they would often give you Multiball if you haven't activated it yet.

shutyertrap · Jul 15, 2015

I watched a couple of these, and wow. These are commonly known as 'industrial videos', as they were never meant for the general public. These were usually developed in house by whatever company was wanting to get their product into dealer's hands. Goes to show you the difference between what an ad company would put together and what the bean counters think passes for quality. Can you imagine being a distributor and getting excited by seeing one of these come in the mail? I wanna party with that guy!

I'll have to watch the rest of these in small doses, as they are awesomely terrible. I did watch the NGG one, and had to laugh at the complete lack of enthusiasm for the dude on stage. Then again, he didn't exactly seem to want to be there either.

Of course, this all reminds me of the greatest industrial video of all time...Winnebago Man!! (very NSFW language)

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