From the weird to the wonderful – watch the best of our TV spots
As you may know, this week we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of PlayStation (stay tuned to our Twitter feed from 1.00pm GMT today for 20 hours of rolling celebrations), and as part of the festivities we’ve been digging through the vaults, clearing out the cupboards and generally having a bit of a stock take.
As part of that, we revisited 20 years of European PlayStation television adverts – and what an entertaining stroll down memory lane it proved to be, offering a fascinating perspective on how the PlayStation brand has evolved over the past two decades.
So, for your viewing pleasure, take a look at a few of our favourites. There are some really memorable clips in there – including David Lynch’s brilliantly weird ‘The Third Place‘ ad, complete with talking duck; the startling ‘Mental Wealth‘; and PS4’s lovely ‘#4ThePlayers Since 1995‘ nostalgia trip.
Let us know which one is your favourite…
PS One
‘Society Against PlayStation (SAPS)’ (1995)
‘Double Life’ (1998)
‘Shapes’ (1997)
‘Mental Wealth’ (1999)
PS2
‘Welcome to the Third Place’ (2000)
‘Bambi’ (2001)
‘Overload’ (2001)
‘Wolfman’ (2002)
‘Laughing Mouth’ (2003)
‘Mountain’ (2003)
‘Athletes’ (2004)
‘Traders’ (2004)
‘Kids’
‘Multispeed’
PSP
‘A Day in a Life’ (2005)
PS3
‘This is Living’ (2007)
PS Vita
‘The World is in Play’ (2012)
PS4
‘#4ThePlayers Since 1995’ (2013)
‘This is for the Players’ (2013)
‘Welcome to the Future of Play’ (2014)
I do remember a good chunk of these. Particularly being freaked out by the creepy Third Place ad. *shudder*
Podcast Beyond samples the Society Against PlayStation ad for their intro, which is a really cool little easter egg.
Nice little trip down memory lane. Thanks. :D
Double Life. Always Double Life.
Probably not possible but that could go back on TV today.
My god, forgot how completely weird and out there some of the older PS1/PS2 ads were, most of them are like ‘what the hell is this advertising?!?!?!’
Damn, It’s like i saw these in another life.
For me it’s ‘Mountain’ (2003). It is the first one I remember seeing on TV.
Also ‘#4ThePlayers Since 1995′ (2013) is really great – brings back all the memories
Yeah, I love Mountain – very World War Z!