1990 World of Nintendo Catalogue 1990
 

The first link is the actual scans of the original catalog (which are funny enough), but the second link is the riotous invention of a very skilled photoshopper and witty copy writer.

Have fun!

http://www.videogamemm.com/NWC1990page1.htm

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/nintendocat/1.htm

Old, but still funny. Note: hats do not leave comet trails.

Also, the Mario pillow is awesome. I never saw that one before.

I don't know if I am happy or saddened to recognize many of those things as being in my room as I was growing up. I have no clue what happened to any of them either.

That Mario Squadron shirt was <3

Added a pic to Page 7 of the first link that's worth a view.

Oh, now I see this is an attempt to try to be funny. I didn't read any description but the Power Glove one, and I figured that was just how they said it (you know, considering The Wizard and all).

Okay, not funny, still good to see the actual products though.

I can recognize a few of the items, and some I have to jog my memory. Of course at this time I was 6 years old, so I may have seen some of the lunch boxes/food related items at school with other "cool kids" bring them. All I had was just a red lunch box with "Thermos" written on one side.

Dance pads were around in the 80s?...damn

http://www.videogamemm.com/pics/NPWCataloguePage4.jpg

I don't think it was a dance pad but basically more of a foot controller for skate board like games. I saw this once at a friends house, but didn't dare try it out.

WOW it looks like Parker Lewis all over again! Where's Shelly?

oh man, the NES Max controller... I remember wanting one of those really bad. I sorta have one now, in the form of a Playstation controller :tpg:

I actually had a Super Mario Bros lunchbox like that in school...

Man, I remember all that shit. How sad is that.

I suppose this bizarre merchandise has never reached European shores.

I had never seen such items in my youth. Actually, in Italy, it was a blessing from the gods when certain games were published, so I'm not surprised about the lack of correlated shirts and pads.

Though I admit they look rather queer.

Oh . . . young ones. It was used for Track and Field on the NES, and a small assortment of related, somewhat athletic, games. Classic!

Still, I've heard rumors of a company making games for the NES again just for kicks, and one of them featured the Power Pad for a dance game. It'd be pretty damn hilarious.

I DEMAND PICTURES OF ROBBIE THE ROBOT =OOO

Ohh man ;D Memories. Damn I feel old. I collected Nintendo Power magazines as well, to boot. Still got the original somewhere in semi-mint condition. I take good care of me bookses.

Not a dance pad. It was before your time, tyke =d It was used for lotsa games that revolved around, like, olympic events. Long jump. I remember this one that involved running in place, and jumping. A trick you could do was hop OFF the mat and your guy would keep on going until you landed ;D Ahahaha.

I miss Legacy of the Wizard & Clash at Demonhead all over again ;_; I should play.

WHY ISN'T THERE A THREAD FOR NINTENDO DISCUSSION :(

Always wanted that Zelda II T-Shirt.

I actually do have the Power Pad...I bought it and a copy of Short Order/Eggsplode from the "old" Gamestop (Funcoland) about 10 years ago dirt cheap. Fun stuff, actually...Worst thing was trying to get it set up in my room.

Still have a Super Mario Bros. bath towel (impressive how long it's stayed together and the design has stayed on) and a Super Mario Bros. sleeping bag (too small for me now, but comfy to sleep on top of), both of which came out of a NP catalogue (an earlier one than this, IIRC).

hahahaha. While most of it tried too hard to be funny, a few of the captions here and there were great.