Secret of Evermore commercial 

That commercial was so bone-chilling.

Never knew this had a commercial. Loved this game, my favorite RPG.

... It's like Jhonen Vasquez went out drinking with the team that created the Evangelion opening.

I wish this game had a cartoon adaption! That would be brutally awesome!

It was produced for us by a Seattle ad agency called "McFarland Richards & Graf". I'm assuming they farmed out the animation, though. Sorry, that's all I know about it.

If people are still wondering who animated this, I'm willing to place a bet that it was Film Roman, who also did Mighty Max which shares a lot of visual similarities to this commercial. Just a hunch.

this ad ran ONCE during David Letterman and never again, no one believed me that it existed, great to see it again

Awesome, wish they still made game commercials like this

This commercial is primarily why I never picked up this game when it was first released. It scared the crap out of me as a kid, the scene with the dog vomiting up a scarier version of itself in particular.

Holy shit. What an awesome commercial

When i first saw this commercial in the 1990s the first thing i thought to myself "Oh cool a Mighty Max video game!" then was like "huh a dog?" Secret of Evermore turned out to the SNES best kept secrets and was an underrated video game in the 90s

I didn't have an SNES but I wanted to play this game so badly. I was completely intrigued by this commercial. Thanks for sharing, I'm happy to see it again. Kind reminds me of Mighty Max, which was a favorite growing up.

I remember seeing this game at the shop back in the day and being amazed it was so similar to secret of mana and even made by squaresoft so i bought it and to this day it is still one of my favourite games.

This is the coolest game commercial ever! What the actual heck.

gosh i had this choir sound "Secret of Evermoooore" stuck in my head since i was a child, but i'm only realising that now. Thanks youtube and ItsBillsFault. so yes i was 11 when i saw the add and got the game not long after. i still have my old cartridge, i love that game!

I just finished my 6th play through of this game. I had it back in the days on the SNES, and I noticed that each time I play through it again, it becomes more clear that it's a really dark, creepy, eerie game. I LOVE IT!!!

I love this era SQUARESOFT and that jingle is catchy and haunting still

+ItsBillsFault, i know who you are and i am deeply honored that i can write something on your channel. I think Secret Of Evermore is a real masterpiece. When i was a kid i used to go outside and gather ashes and roots for the right formula and played like Evermore was real. It was a game with such a great dark mysterious ambiance, even afther i finnished it i wanted to search all the area's so maybe i could find a bigger story, or new formula's. Even when time passes (and i am 33years old now) i sometimes wake up with this feeling, the need to play this game again and i still do so, there has almost never a year or two passed in where i have not played Secret Of Evermore! I do like it that you take youre time to leave comment's on diffrent channels and take youre time to speak with people that are playing the game. I can sense a feeling of accomplishment in you when you write to these people. For this i wish to thank you for having a big meaning in my life and i believe i speak for more people than just me. Kind regards from Belgium.

How can you live with what you've done? Those poor children...

good comercial A remake with animated scenes like that would be awesome

I just beat this last night. The most underrated game ever! So good!!!!

Wow i remember recording this onto a tape when the commerical first aired. Wicked.

This game was ahead of its time.

This is one of the greatest videogame commercials ever made.

I played tons of SNES games back in 90s, and SOE is up there as one of my top fav alongside CT, ALLTP, SOM and Lufia. This game has a unique setting and atmosphere. An ordinary boy and his dog getting lost in surreal world which includes a various period of civilization.

This was one of the rare games I beat as a kid. It was imaginative, the action was cool and I was presented with a challenge everywhere i went. I also loved that this game was about a boy and his dog simply trying to get back home after having an adventure of their own. I would love it if Square-Enix remade this game for the Switch or PS4. Expand the World of Evermore more, go deeper with the characters and the dichotomy of facing the negatives along with the positives of a fantasy world gone wrong.

This also appeared on german television. Great game. Interesting story (reminds me a bit of „Otherland“ by tad wiliams). Awesome soundtrack by legend Jeremy Soule (elders scroll series and many more. Secret of evermore was his first work).

This game I like the most of all time playing it probably 1000+ hours... and I like a lot of other games and genres... ... asstounding job your team and you made. I am actively playing this game since 1995 and I found myself ways to make it harder. I know you heard of the balance patch with its awesome modifications to game mechanics eg. weapong and alchemy or character leveling including many bugfixes. That's a must. But it is still relatively easy. My current co-op run consists of addtional requirements: - wearing no armor at all, - only 4 spells active at the same time, - no ingredients pick-ups, - no charms except chocobo egg. - no talk to cecil I can tell, this got me a whole new experience which I deeply enjoyed after nearly 25 years. Facing mostly death within 2 enemy hits brings the experience to another level. But, this is not the end of the latter. speaking about that... I found this: docs.google.com/document/d/1ATZtWQUMtIPBBl7UM2P_HnZLSKI3atXaM5M-XjASx-s/edit Very interesting... :O Dozends of achievements have been added to a SoE patch which can be used in an supporting emulator. Besides all the good or even excellent things of SoE, some dampen the fun. (probably none of these you and most are complaing about) - Alchemy Engergize makes the endboss fight a joke (especially if you're using the special spot, dont want to spoiler here) - Usage of oracle bone for only one uselss alchemy 'stop' (same aspplies for spoon on market or some ingredients, which can be ignored) - The usefulness of some alchemy spells is more or less non existing because of lacking enemies (reflect only useful for Face and Metal Magmar) or better alternatives (stop and some others) Along all the other fixed things in various patches, maybe some of the above will be fixed, too. I thought about replacing one of Energize's ingredients to something hard or expensive to obtain like meteorites, dry ice, feathers like the balance patch did it with barrier replacing one ingredient by atlas amulett. (great decission) As the Silver Sheath bug has been fixed, I am pretty sure that somewhen the MG will be used for any other benefit... so there's hope. In 25 years, questions arised. Some could be clarified in the meantine, but some not. I would like to know if you know something about: - first gourd in the volcano pipe needs 1 second delay after opening. Why the delay? What will be checked? - planned location for dummied out spell Laser? And why was it not implemented. Rush at the end or other reasons? - are the two desert of doom "warp tunnels" glitches or planned shortcuts used by the devs? - there is one chest in a ebon keep house which cannot be opened...bug? - same question as above for a pot in the pyramid which cannot be opened. the area for the two doors opened by the dog on the south left side, the right of both pots. - rumored dry ice seller in rufflebergs lab complete fiction? Trivia: That the Magic Gourd has absolutely no effect is not quite true, despite you can read this everywhere. Possessing the MG increases the found amound of juwels in ceramic pots from 10 to 50, but this also applies for the chocobo egg, so no primary effect of MG. Nonetheless, it's a good way of money grinding. 250-350 juwels gain can be possible per 9x 5 ceramic pots buy. Would love to hear your thoughts on these topics.

Back in the 90' our world was great and without any sociaty pressure. I liked it. And this game was awesome. SoM, SoE, Terranigma, Bof3, FF, Lufia, Illusion of time. Etc. Etc. It was a blast, and this gamegeneration will never be reached again.

The game was underrated....one of the greatest games ever

Brian this game is amazing. Thank you for all the hours of fun. Everytime i play this game it feels like home. Sitting there as a little boy running around in a world you and your team created ..... best time ever.

Would have been awesome if they made a tie in animated movie/series to coincide with the games release, could have been similar to Mighty Max and just been around for a season or two. It would have really helped the game stand out and would've been really unique for its time if the animation was similar to what was shown in the commercial.

Yeah thanks for uploading this, I was so eager to hear the song again "Secret of Evermoooooore"...even though it's been years, I always had the music in my head ^^ Great game!

Thats how you lure young people in to get your game.

That was amazing honestly

I was crazy about this game when I was a teenager. Had I seen that commercial, my head would have exploded. Totally bad to the bone.

This RPG is different than the others. Secret of evermore is so BRUTAL. Kind of spooky, misterious and scary At same time. An AWESOME history.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME! I KNEW IT WASN'T A DREAM BACK THERE IN THE 90ies xD. THANKS A LOT!!!

I loved this game as a kid, and I LOVED this commercial! Such a nostalgia trip seeing it again.

i remember seeing this as a kid, being totally mesmerized while i was watching. I can't remember any other commercials for snes games at this time, beside this one.

This commercial is so rad. It makes me think so much of my childhood because of the art style. I haven't actually played this game. I always wanted to when I was younger, but never had the money to score a copy. That said, I now am an adult and... still haven't played it! Haha. BUT I just started listening to the OST a lot and I have actually been transcribing Soule's compositions (I'm posting them up so everyone else can enjoy Soule's genius). There are some amazing things going on in the game's OST. It's going to be weird when I finally play this game and then hear songs in-game that I already know inside and out, hahaha.

The flash frames between the dog being weak and scared and the beast emerging is an accurate representation of your dog learning its first chargeup attack and steamrolling the rest of the game

Had no idea there was even a commercial for this amazing highly underrated RPG of the 90s.

That is a freaking AWESOME commercial!

Brian Fedrauh, I wanted to thank you for your work on this game. I have so many good memories playing this game with my mom and dad when I was very young. I have replayed it many times through my life and have loved it every time. Now I'm playing the 2 player hack with my fiance and she absolutely loves it. Hopefully my kids will love it too. Definitely my favorite game of all time!

Holy grail of Square soft advertising

What a hidden gem

This game makes me hugely nostalgic too. Seems like everyone who played it feels the same.

I love this game so much that I wrote a song about it! :) Won't You Be My NPC (a new live original) I wanted to share it with other fans of SoE.

I've always loved Evermore, but this is the first time I've _ever_ seen this commercial. Beautiful stuff. Thanks a lot for posting.

0:16 that scene has stuck with me for so fucking long... I remember it more than the actual name of the game.

Super Spiel. Hatte es schon auf dem SNES als es raus kam und jetzt spiele ich es auch wieder über RetroPi. Ein Genuss!

old but gold.

damn i cried of fear when i saw this as a child

You are awesome. I remember playing this game at least 10 years ago, when I was 15 too, and loving it so much. I hope you play Secret of Mana as well.

One of the BEST Games of ALL TIME !!!

I still play this game when I get bored, keep my SNES hooked up next to my PS3. Thanks for an awesome game to you and your entire team Brian.

I've beaten this game about 5 times. beat it 100% once.. and would still play it again. One of the greatest games ever made for the greatest console.

I believe they were going for a 90s action cartoon vibe with this commercial, pretty good.

this game would look amazing if they remade it for the newer systems

What a crazy advert, I actually really dig it

I have never played this game before, but I'm very tempted to now because of this commercial.

That was about the freakiest commercial for a video game of all time.

This still tops my best games of all time lists.

Thanks Brian.

THIS GAME IS AWESOME. That is one of these games you have to play in your life.

This is such a great game. I wasn’t around when it came out but my parents gave me their SNES and a few games including this one to me when I was a kid. I had a blast playing it and it definitely left an impression on me. This in my top 3 games along with Lufia 2 and SMRPG.

Great stuff, glad ive still got my original copy, this game is golden.

I still love SOE! Loved the ferryman in the desert when I named my character something dirty. Very funny and imaginative game that is beautiful and memorable.

Absolutely stunning commercial! Amazing

I saw this thumbnail and said I never knew this had an advert. Watching it however, I am now 100% sure I saw it back in the day, probably why I knew the game existed to ask for it as a present lol.

What did I just watch. It's like a nightmare about one of the best games ever.

At 0:08 and 0:13, there is a cutscene that showcased both falling but from a different perspective. I think this cutscene can be found in one of the videos from E3

Secret of Evermore II on Nintendo Switch Yes please only Square Enix and Jeremy Soule can do it right!

Amazing game, would love to see a remake.

Those were the days...

We just finished up a group play through of this game on gamefaqs. Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for a fantastic game that is still being enjoyed by all of us!

cool, great game and one of the best soundtracks ever, the animation in the commercial looks like it would make a great animated movie

Dude, thanks, now i know that im not the only one who see a similar style between the commercial and the Mighty Max cartoon.

Fucking 90's!

I remember seeing this commercial back in the day....Good game...

Just started playing the game again last night after 10 years, and it still kicks ass.

WOW...! So that was the commercial, huh? The part where the dog was coming out of its own mouth was trippy, lol Was that supposed to be how he changes breeds in a new location?

i spent my childhood obsessed with this game

Bill, if I can just let you know that I loved this game. I still have a save game on my SNES version that is glitched (lost the red ship somehow when re-visting the medival zone near the end of the game), but I loved this game. The music and atmosphere was awesome, I remember hooking up my stereo to the SNES just to hear the "boom" the music would deliver. I liked the ring system and I feel you guys got short changed by disbelievers of the Japan market and the higher-ups in the American market

*whisper* Squaresoft

I saw this commercial often in the 90's. So fucking EPIC! Best Childhood Memories.

I loved this game, it was my childhood

I often played this game at the SNES display unit at a local department store. I still have so many memoriesnif that although I guess it was only a few hours of gameplay altogether and always at a different point of the game, as others obviously continued the savegame all the time haha I guess this is a kind of gaming experience that onlyna certain generation knows, today this is not very common any more (at least where I live)

still waiting for a game with the same atmosphere and character like this one had

Do my eyes deceive me, or did you rip this from a master tape? It practically seems high def, despite being from 1995.

This RPG game what i've played when I was young.

these dudes should be in ssb, they would be awesome characters to fight with xb

This is such an epic commercial, fitting for an amazing game.

I am pretty sure that's Stephen Weyte voicing the commercial. Also, totally awesome commercial, very 90s

Excellent COMMERCIAL !!!!

crazy! was a massive fan of this game and never saw this here in uk

It blows my mind! Even after I've watched this 100 times

With the recent release of "Sea of Stars", it's very encouraging to see the Creative Director and CEO of the indie developer reference Secret of Evermore as a top-5 inspiration. Made me want to reach out and tell you just how much Evermore has meant to me over the years. I replayed it a month or so ago and I ground enough money to buy the Amulet of Annihilation from the Mad Monk for 10,000 Jewels THREE TIMES in order to receive the Egg of Chocobo, the Magic Gourd, and the Wizard's Coin. ​ @ItsBillsFault

One of the best snes games. Better than secret of mana imo. Needs to be remade like they did super mario rpg.