After a relaxing summer break, the Hit Save! team is back to work digitizing and preserving video content for your viewing pleasure! We've got a lot of really cool stuff in the pipeline, and we can't wait to get it all out there for the world to see. From here on we'll be adding new content to the stream twice a month or so, with special releases coinciding with game history anniversaries, launches, birthdays, and the like.
We're kicking things off on a delightfully campy note: a Nintendo of America DVD called Who Are You? 9-25-03. That's right, this disc is old enough to drink! As best we can tell, Nintendo employees received a disc containing an explanation of Nintendo's legendary Who Are You? ad campaign 21 years ago today. This disc is a burned DVD-R, which leads us to believe it was only distributed internally in small quantities, and was likely never meant to be subjected to the prying eyes of the public.
These effects were too powerful to be seen by the public in 2003. We weren't ready.
As interesting as this presentation is to watch, the DVD comes with another major bonus: the full 60 second School's Out commercial, produced by Leo Burnett USA. Getting to see this live action ad in high quality is a sight to behold, and we're thrilled to be able to add it to our archives.
Be sure to keep an eye out for this segment on our livestream, which is running 24/7 on both Twitch and YouTube. It's in the rotation as of today! And don't worry, we still plan on getting this and all of our livestream content into our archive for you to browse and enjoy á la carte. Keep an eye out on this blog, social media, and our Discord server to stay up to date on our progress!
Next, we're delighted to announce that we're going to be uploading our internet premiere watch party segments from the livestream to our YouTube channel! While the content is of course going to remain in the stream rotation, we decided that Andrew's video segments providing some history and context were worth repeat viewings, and so they will be joining the ranks of Jonas's interviews on the channel! Our first segment, Nintendo Händlervideo IFA '95, is live today, and we'll be uploading our Star Wars Day segment in the next few weeks. We've got more of these watch party premieres in the works as well, so keep an eye out! Check below for a sneak preview of what's to come!
A sneak preview of what's to come!
As always, we couldn't do any of this without your continued support! Thank you for helping us preserve video game history for everyone to enjoy!
