Mortal Kombat 3 | Acclaim | 1995

Old people die first? They also shit the bed and get lost in their own kitchens but how that's got anything to do with a game that involves ripping people's spines out by executing complex button combos, we really don't know.

AsciiPad MD-6 | Asciiware | 1994

This incredibly rudimentary example of Photoshop labour is the kind of image that any 8-year old forum kid can routinely knock together in about 30 seconds nowadays. Of course, rather than a naked boy wrestling a sub-standard game controller from the jaws of an alligator, the image would more likely be one of Britney Spears' head expertly grafted to the body of a heavily soiled porn actress.