r/SEGA

Shenmue 2 View: https://youtu.be/hXxnbmm7OmQ

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Need a moment? Enjoy stepping back to the 80's relaxing by the dock and enjoying a simple sunset.

Enjoy the new Shenmue 2 View my friends :) and thanks for letting me share :)

Old artwork i did maybe a year back, still think its cool.

If so, I’d appreciate if someone would give a link to that list.

This Game Gear ad saying “Game Gear separates the men from the boys” makes me cringe. Imagine a 12-years-old boy thinking they are the biggest macho of all because they own a Sega system. It’s really funny. How can a console dictates how “macho” you are?

There is also another Game Gear ad that is extremely ableist, it says “if you are color blind and have an IQ less than 12, then you wouldn’t care which portable do you have”.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3mr0uOYmMOQ?si=UGyKXqpFOTbNDwWH

If you imagine an ad campaign like that would only be consider problematic today, you would be surprised to find out it had some controversy at that time. Nintendo said Sega was shaming disabled people.

It’s a huge contrast between the Sega’s Japanese commercials that had none of that.

I know it’s anachronistic to judge 30+ year old commercial with modern day values, but my intention here is not to cancel Sega over those things. It’s the past, it doesn’t reflect who they are now. I just saw this promotional flyer that used to came in the box of some Genesis games and I thought to myself “wow, the 90s were a crazy period”