Game Ads of Yesteryear

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

So we scooped up our memories, took them on the flight home, scanned them over several hours, and share them with you now. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

Special thanks to Chris Antista for his amazing additions.


Above: No game has ever made anyone that happy


Above: You had a “helped wanted” ad for your secret Death Star mission? No wonder the Emperor saw it coming


Above: But then Larsen realized his life was a hollow lie based around games and riddles. His body was found in his studio apartment this morning


Above: That’s right kids, to get strong like Popeye play Atari and punch glass bottle every day


Above: We prefer Kool-Aid points to Microsoft Points. And yes, those are controllers they’re holding


Above: Battlezone trained child soldiers the world over


Above: "Simply remove the cart from all eight of your consoles"


Above: A future with lasers, but they never improved on the helicopter


Above: Is this an ad for a game or the Yellow Submarine?


Above: This ad proposes that being on the moon is just like an arcade. A bold stance indeed


Above: One word says more than a screenshot ever could


Above: Live your dream of riding a jet ski while extremely close to a sci-fi Christ figure

Henry Gilbert
Henry Gilbert

Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate our readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts.