There’s hardly any other kind of crime to report.

All this “S” and “X” nomenclature nonsense goes way back in marketing circles. At least the 70s when cars started being named XS, SX, XLS, LX. It’s all branched out from there: electronics, cameras, video game consoles, you name it. The reason is pretty simple: subliminal messaging for an action you wouldn’t normally…

Not only was the box art great, but this was one of the rare games that actually featured a decent advert to go along with it. Please check out the beautiful high res file of the original 1993 material on my blog—> http://www.retrogamingart.com/2015/02/secret-of-mana-for-snes-print-ad-1993.html

I agree that losing retro video game advertisements takes its toll on video game culture as a whole. Here’s my blog documenting precisely this subject, if you guys are interested—-> http://retrogamingart.blogspot.mx