Game Ads of Yesteryear

60 bits of olde tyme game propaganda we dug out of our closets

Words: Henry Gilbert, GamesRadar US

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Red - 9 months 24 days ago

I loved how one of them actually went as far as advertising free pizza coupons from Pizza Hut if they purchased the game.

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Romination - 9 months 24 days ago

oh good, i'm not the only one that was like 'not Far Side Gary Larson!?1?!!1!?!1'

The jokes on the last one made me lul

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phoenix_wings - 9 months 24 days ago

"We Saved Breakfast!" lol

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halloweenghost - 9 months 24 days ago

Damn I remember 90 percent of them... and X-Men Arcade was gold.

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Sash - 9 months 24 days ago

Lol "Zonked out"

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Sash - 9 months 24 days ago

And lol @ "This isn’t a basketball game, it’s a lynching"

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RazorBladeDream - 9 months 23 days ago

Ye Gods I owned that Qwirk game AND the Punisher game. The Punisher game was ridiculous, Spider-Man literally swung in for two seconds complete with a ridiculous *dooOOOO!!* noise. The Qwirk game wasn't all that bad, the puzzles were okay for what it was. I did own the dreaded Spot game for Game Boy which was more or less Othello.

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noobeater - 9 months 23 days ago

battlezone looks awesome!

i like some of these

good article...i actually enjoyed it and its not really my thing

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hectorv1979 - 9 months 23 days ago

god i remember all of these

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rollaire - 9 months 23 days ago

Wow, what a trip down memory lane! Well done!

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theatticusera - 9 months 22 days ago

Holy cack i had one of those turtles handheld green plastic dealies!! I loved it as a kid. Ah gamesradar you bring back fond memories! :)

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thochaos - 9 months 22 days ago

Awesome. I remember 95% of these. I used to buy a ton of comics in the mid 80s to mid 90s. Then I realised I could buy games with that money. Oh man. That was bad for my wallet.

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noofer7 - 9 months 20 days ago

shoulda included tv commercials so u coulda shown that awesome OoT ad

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noofer7 - 9 months 20 days ago

shoulda included tv commercials so u coulda shown that awesome OoT ad

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lawless77 - 8 months 23 days ago

Flashback! I've been trying to remember the name of that game for years. Man, I loved that one back in the day. Thanks, guys.

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Crashdown1 - 6 months 30 days ago

This article reminds me of the first video game system (I use that term lightly) I had. It was a Texas Instruments system with riveting games like Math-Man, which was a Pac-Man rip off that required you to do math problems before moving to the next level of the game. At the time it was the shiznit, now it just seems sad...

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