Here's a selection from a tape of video games promos from 1986, replete with accents and impersonations that have to be heard to be believed! The Young Ones clip is jaw-droppingly awful.
These tapes were distributed for playback in the games stores. Titles in this clip include :
Christmas Card (Virgin Games)
Wild West (Ariolasoft)
Rasputin (Firebird)
Superman (Beyond Software)
Spitfire 40 (Mirrorsoft)
Arc Of Yesod (Thor)
Who Dares Wins II (Alligata)
The Young Ones (Orpheus)
part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6kd6M9VC0
The second installation of bits from a promo tape from a UK computer gaming store circa 1986. Now with even more dodgy accents and dated, expensive software. Yes, 'Fleet Street' sure does look like something you'd pay FORTY QUID for. Also noted for the previously unknown Quake prequel - 'Quake Minus 1'!
Special mentions - 'Yabba Dabba Doo' for worst voiceover and 'Fleet Street Editor' for making MSPAINT.EXE look like Photoshop.
Titles included :
Gyroscope (C64/BBC B/Amstrad - Melbourne House)
Strangeloop (C64/Amstrad/Spectrum - Virgin Games)
Big League Soccer (Amstrad 464 - Viper)
Panzadrome (Spectrum 48k - Ariolasoft)
Skyfox (Amstrad, Spectrum 48k - Ariolasoft)
Yabba Dabba Doo (C64, Amstrad, Spectrum 48k - Quicksilver)
Fleet Street Editor (BBC Micro - Mirrorsoft)
Gerry the Germ Goes Bodypoppin' (C64 - Firebird)
Quake Minus 1 (C64/128 - Beyond)
part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TuwjiaGowo
Here's part 3, with more dodgy accents and also rans. Note the voiceover artist seems to have a moment of clarity and just give up halfway through the promo for 'Elite'. Games featured :
Strikeforce Harrier (Mirrorsoft)
Zyto (Rabbit)
Highrise Horror (Rabbit)
Scarabaeus (Ariolasoft)
Scalextric (Leisure Genius)
Doriath (Rabbit)
The Great Fire of London (Rabbit)
Willow Pattern (Firebird)
Chimera (Firebird)
Elite (Firebird)
Wizardry (The Edge)
part3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31ScR3WDoQ
