Link: Hitbit Gall Force

January 04, 2007, 02:32 AM

by ollie, via Gears Online -
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hitbit_f1_gall1.jpgTo commemorate the unveiling of Gears Online's new Gall Force section I think it's only fit to mention a rather interesting bit of MSX era game advertising that they've unearthed.

Hitbit Gall Force was a six page story made for a Sony advertisement in the mid 1980s. It was made in a manga format with scratch-built model photos instead of illustrations. The product being sold was the MSX2 HB-F1 Hitbit home computer. This was one of Sony’s first MSX2 machines. In true Gears Online fashion, there are some lovely production illustrations and photos of the final scratch-built model.

Remember Sony; girls in mecha sell consoles!