Earlier in the year I started getting obsessed with the idea of preserving old VHS recordings and bought myself a fancy TBC VCR, and just last week I

Lost Media: Pokémon Fever (1999) VHS Tape

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2024-10-20 22:30:03

Earlier in the year I started getting obsessed with the idea of preserving old VHS recordings and bought myself a fancy TBC VCR, and just last week I was given the opportunity I was preparing for.

Some months ago I had posted on Discord (a local/Philadelphia server) that I was looking for old VHS tapes, VCRs, and CRT TVs, and it spawned a conversation that kept the thread periodically resurfacing.

I also have a video of me and others playing Pokemon Yellow that Nintendo filmed, I think they may have used it for promo vids at Toys R Us. I would love it digitized. I suspect it will be new to the Internet.

I spoke with Jac to learn more about the tape and he shared the story of how he and his sister were invited to come play Pokémon Yellow at Nintendo of America in Washington (where they lived at the time) and were filmed as part of a promotion. Jac mentioned he’s had the tape sitting in storage for years and hadn’t seen what was on it since he was a kid. He was excited to see what was on it, and I was excited to be the one to show him.

May 7th, 1999, Jac and his sister attend a private event at Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington to play Pokémon Yellow. Pokémon Yellow would go on to release in the US on October 18, 1999. If you had been in a Toys R Us around this time, you may have seen this footage before.