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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  - 10 months 7 hours ago 
I loved how one of them actually went as far as advertising free pizza coupons from Pizza Hut if they purchased the game.
Romination  - 10 months 5 hours 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
phoenix_wings  - 10 months 3 hours ago 
"We Saved Breakfast!" lol
halloweenghost  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Damn I remember 90 percent of them... and X-Men Arcade was gold.
Sash  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Lol "Zonked out"
Sash  - 9 months 29 days ago 
And lol @ "This isn’t a basketball game, it’s a lynching"
RazorBladeDream  - 9 months 29 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.
noobeater  - 9 months 29 days ago 
battlezone looks awesome!

i like some of these

good article...i actually enjoyed it and its not really my thing
hectorv1979  - 9 months 29 days ago 
god i remember all of these
rollaire  - 9 months 28 days ago 
Wow, what a trip down memory lane! Well done!

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theatticusera  - 9 months 28 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! :)
thochaos  - 9 months 28 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.
noofer7  - 9 months 26 days ago 
shoulda included tv commercials so u coulda shown that awesome OoT ad
noofer7  - 9 months 26 days ago 
shoulda included tv commercials so u coulda shown that awesome OoT ad
lawless77  - 8 months 28 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.
Crashdown1  - 7 months 5 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...
NottaFanboY  - 6 months 20 days ago 
I have that kool-aid game on intellivision 3! now I wanna play.lol also Iron sword is a good game
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