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Title
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Hot Newz 64
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Description
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Nintendo Promotional VHS Tape distributed by Toys R Us stores in mid-late 1999. Contains a ~17 min video primarily promoting Jet Force Gemini and Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64.
In the video, actor Steve Sobel hosts a staged news segment, which includes game tips, interviews, game footage, a promo for the Donkey Kong Country Legend of the Crystal Coconut movie, and an N64 montage.
People Featured:
Steve Sobel
Travis Williams - 5:40, 7:45
Brian Hartman - 10:45
Dan Owsen (unconfirmed) - 1:53, 8:06, 14:36
Games Featured:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 2:15
Jet Force Gemini - 2:44, 6:21
Mario Golf - 8:26, 15:53
Donkey Kong 64 - 9:00, 11:35
Star Wars Episode I Racer - 14:40
The New Tetris - 15:45
Starcraft 64 - 16:00
NBA Courtside 2 - 16:07
Pokemon Snap: 16:13
Duke Nukem: 16:23
Rayman 2 - 16:24
Gauntlet Legends - 16:26
Armorines - 16:28
World Driver Championship - 16:29
Shadowman - 16:30
40 Winks - 16:32
Toy Story 2 - 16:34
NFL Blitz 2000 - 16:36
WWF Attitude - 16:38
Hybrid Heaven - 16:40
Hydro Thunder - 16:41
Nuclear Strike - 16:43
Re*Volt - 16:45
Other Featured Content:
Donkey Kong Country: Legend of the Crystal Coconut - 13:20
Video captured using a JVC SR-VS20 VCR fed through a Panasonic DMR-ES10 to a Black Magic Intensity 4K capture card.
Due to this item having been provided as a free bonus, Hit Save has decided to make the video files available on our archive in a compressed 720p format.
Raw 480i ProRes captures remain on record. If you are a video game history researcher and would like access to the physical item or the raw files, please contact us. Such requests are approved on a case by case basis at the discretion of the director.
Further Reading:
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Nintendo Wiki
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IMDb
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Date Issued
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1999
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Format
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VHS (NTSC-U)
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Identifier
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ark:/78322/5487
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Nintendo
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Spatial Coverage
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BOS-1
