Nintendo 1989 - Beyond Video Games

Nintendo 1989 - Beyond Video Games

Author: Brian - Drink the Movies March 4, 2026 Duration: 24:38

This month were firing up the good old Nintendo and taking a look at their very big 1989!! The cereal, the tv shows, The Wizard! Nintendo put it all out there in 1989 to blow away the competition, and we'll take a look at the year of Mario. Plus, Michaela from Drink the Movies drops in to mix up a Princess Margarita to celebrate!!


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The Gaming Historian Super Mario Brothers 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxT6IwUtLSUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxT6IwUtLSU

 

Wrestling with Gaming Powerglove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFgm4DAHw-o&t=28s

 

Sources:

 

1-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz1uHCxWxMw

The Wizard Trailer

 

2-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOCV_FiBTT4

The Wiard – Short Trailer

 

3-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXmRXZiHKqQ

ET Flashback – The Wizard

 

4-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4OTyVefD5A

Power Glove – A Better Link Commercial

 

5-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIk4cRx5D4

Power Glove Commercial w/ Wizard Tie-In

 

6-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bH9ugSStghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bH9ugSStg

Power Glove Game Players Tape Feature

 

7-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBz_-naQK0U

PAX Power Glove Commercial – Japan

 

8-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHMlHOS2x8

1989 Nintendo Pepsi Commercial

 

9-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CClLVbJHZZU

McDonalds Super Mario Bros 3 1990

 

10-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-91fLiEqB1c

Nintendo Cereal System

 

11- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6iV8PPjQ68

Toys ’r’ Us Commercial – 1989

 

12– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhN-zjxf0KU

World of Nintendo Retailer Campaign 1988

 

13- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt4KG9ib8S4

Nuts for Nintendo 20/20 1988

 

14-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBK_gQxgPc

Super Mario Brothers Super Show Ad

 

15-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXfMBt7_7Ck

Captain N. Ad

 

16-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ClD8FIbq_g

Wizard SM3 Intro

 

 

 

https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20002%20%28July-August%201989%29/page/44/mode/2up

 

https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-1-may-1989-600dpi/GamePro%20-%20Issue%201%20May%201989%20%28Compressed%29/page/40/mode/2up

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20161114201836/http://www.goombastomp.com/features/how-the-wizard-failed-nintendo/

 

https://dn721901.ca.archive.org/0/items/Retro_Magazines-Books/Retro_Gamer/1.%20Retro%20Gamer%20%28UK%29%20%282004-Present%29/Retro%20Gamer%20-%20Issue%20049%20-%20Let%27s%20Fight%21%20Beat%27em-up%20Special.pdf

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/video-games/losing-their-grip-oral-history-nintendos-power-glove

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/flashback-the-wizard-unveils-nintendos-power-glove-70404/

 

https://www.nintendoplayer.com/art/happy-meal/

 

https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/8/18536769/super-mario-bros-power-hour-metroid-castlevania-cartoons-dic/

 

https://www.polygon.com/zelda/23540526/legend-of-zelda-cartoon-oral-history-zeldathon/

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/12/us/shortage-of-memory-chips-has-industry-scrambling.html

 

https://gamingreinvented.com/news/newly-unearthed-dic-concept-art-shows-interesting-video-game-adaptation-ideas/

 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=254

 

https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/nintendo-cereal-system/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUNR7QxtAOU

 

https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_N:_The_Game_Master

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/the-making-of-the-wizard-an-oral-history-of-nintendos-hollywood-debut

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnrRjRP871Y&t=72s

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZ3jCD4ve4



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