This internal Nintendo VHS tape contains a 39 minute presentation debuting the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo Gamecube to Nintendo employees ahead of both systems' launch in the following year.
0:00 - Introduction by Shellie Saunders - Manager, Consumer Services
2:53 - Game Boy Advance demo and feature explanation by Steve Okimoto - Manager, Developer Support
13:00 - Steve Okimoto continues to explain features while Melody Morgan passes out GBA systems for employees to preview. F-Zero and Mario Kart live gameplay demos by Steve Rabin - Software Engineer
18:10 - Shellie Saunders introduces members of Nintendo Technology Development (NTD)
20:02 - NTD Software Engineers John Cho and Tian Lim introduce the Nintendo Gamecube and explain its hardware features
25:15 - John Cho shows off Gamecube graphics capabilities and compares them to the Sony Playstation 2
29:32 - John Cho demos the Mix Core Rebirth demo running in real time
31:55 - Silicon Knights Too Human full motion video clip
34:30 - Factor 5 Star Wars Preview and feature explanation
Captured using a JVC SR-VS20U VCR fed through a Panasonic DMR-ES10, and digitized as ProRes 422 with a Black Magic Intensity 4K capture card.
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