Post by LoneWolf Moonlight on Jun 27, 2017 20:02:24 GMT
Hey there, beforehand thank you for reading this LONG post. Today I'm going to talk about a very obscure topic: LSD Dream Emulator
Before I get to the point, just a quick introduction: LSD Dream Emulator is a Japan-exclusive PlayStation game released on October 22, 1998, and August 11, 2010 on the japanese PlayStation Store as a PSOne Classic. The game is based on a dream journal called Lovely Sweet Dream (that's what "LSD" stands for, not that "other" thing you were thinking), writen by Hiroko Nishikawa, a staff member at Asmik Ace Entertainment (currently known as Asmik Ace Inc.), company which creation was the result of the mergin of two japanese companies: Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment. As for the game itself, there's no real plot, the concept is that you're some dude who's a lucid dreamer (if you don't know what that is, basically is when you're dreaming and you're aware that you're dreaming, so you can go nuts and control everything like a god), and we have to explore his dreams during 365 days. This game is extremely bizarre, with weird imagery, trippy colors and an eerie atmosphere. Here's a little gameplay for reference:
With that out of the way, let's get to the point:
I was checking out the LSD wiki a few months ago (I'm a huge cult follower of this game), and I stumbled on an article which talks about some old TV Spots made as commercials for the game, however, even though the article says that a "small number" of TV Spots exists, only one is featured on the article. I left a comment on the article asking about the rest of them, but so far I've got no response (No surprised here, considering the obscure nature of the game). Then I went to YouTube to ask the uploader of the first TV Spot if he knew anything about it, turns out the guy who uploaded it was no other than Osamu Sato. Osamu Sato is an abstract artists, he made the visual design for the game, however, this channel seems to be inactive, since its last upload was 6 years ago. Then, I discovered that the same video was uploaded by another channel (with WAY lower video quality), and asked him if he knew if there were any other TV Spots besides this one, and he said that, as far as he knows, this is the only one, however that's just some dude who happened to have the video and uploaded it, I wanted a primary source, so I checked the Asmik Ace website, and of course, there's no mention of such an old, obscure game, so I used the Ol' Reliable way back machine, The farthest it goes is to December of 1998, and yes, LSD is mentioned there, however, no TV Spots, not even the one we already have, so I decided to dig a bit deeper.
After checking Osamu Sato's website (which was on his YouTube channel), I found his FaceBook, and, fortunately, he seems to speak english, and his account seems to be active (his last post was on June 24), so I decided to ask him if he happens to remember if there were more than one TV Spot, so far I've got no response. so, while I wait for him to respond (if he even sees my message) I decided to (hopefully) recruit some people to help me find this, so any help you guys give me will be appreciated
Lastly, a few links of interest:
LSD wiki: dreamemulator.wikia.com/wiki/LSD:_Dream_Emulator_Wiki
The first (and so far only) TV Spot we have (lower quality):
TV Spot (Higher quality, from Osamu Sato's channel):
The TV Spots wiki article: dreamemulator.wikia.com/wiki/TV_Spots
Asmik Ace wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmik_Ace
And I guess that's pretty much it for now. Again, thank you for reading this, and any help you guys can offer will be truly appreciated
Before I get to the point, just a quick introduction: LSD Dream Emulator is a Japan-exclusive PlayStation game released on October 22, 1998, and August 11, 2010 on the japanese PlayStation Store as a PSOne Classic. The game is based on a dream journal called Lovely Sweet Dream (that's what "LSD" stands for, not that "other" thing you were thinking), writen by Hiroko Nishikawa, a staff member at Asmik Ace Entertainment (currently known as Asmik Ace Inc.), company which creation was the result of the mergin of two japanese companies: Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment. As for the game itself, there's no real plot, the concept is that you're some dude who's a lucid dreamer (if you don't know what that is, basically is when you're dreaming and you're aware that you're dreaming, so you can go nuts and control everything like a god), and we have to explore his dreams during 365 days. This game is extremely bizarre, with weird imagery, trippy colors and an eerie atmosphere. Here's a little gameplay for reference:
With that out of the way, let's get to the point:
I was checking out the LSD wiki a few months ago (I'm a huge cult follower of this game), and I stumbled on an article which talks about some old TV Spots made as commercials for the game, however, even though the article says that a "small number" of TV Spots exists, only one is featured on the article. I left a comment on the article asking about the rest of them, but so far I've got no response (No surprised here, considering the obscure nature of the game). Then I went to YouTube to ask the uploader of the first TV Spot if he knew anything about it, turns out the guy who uploaded it was no other than Osamu Sato. Osamu Sato is an abstract artists, he made the visual design for the game, however, this channel seems to be inactive, since its last upload was 6 years ago. Then, I discovered that the same video was uploaded by another channel (with WAY lower video quality), and asked him if he knew if there were any other TV Spots besides this one, and he said that, as far as he knows, this is the only one, however that's just some dude who happened to have the video and uploaded it, I wanted a primary source, so I checked the Asmik Ace website, and of course, there's no mention of such an old, obscure game, so I used the Ol' Reliable way back machine, The farthest it goes is to December of 1998, and yes, LSD is mentioned there, however, no TV Spots, not even the one we already have, so I decided to dig a bit deeper.
After checking Osamu Sato's website (which was on his YouTube channel), I found his FaceBook, and, fortunately, he seems to speak english, and his account seems to be active (his last post was on June 24), so I decided to ask him if he happens to remember if there were more than one TV Spot, so far I've got no response. so, while I wait for him to respond (if he even sees my message) I decided to (hopefully) recruit some people to help me find this, so any help you guys give me will be appreciated
Lastly, a few links of interest:
LSD wiki: dreamemulator.wikia.com/wiki/LSD:_Dream_Emulator_Wiki
The first (and so far only) TV Spot we have (lower quality):
TV Spot (Higher quality, from Osamu Sato's channel):
The TV Spots wiki article: dreamemulator.wikia.com/wiki/TV_Spots
Asmik Ace wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmik_Ace
And I guess that's pretty much it for now. Again, thank you for reading this, and any help you guys can offer will be truly appreciated
