Game Ads of Yesteryear
60 bits of ol🦂de tyme game propagaꦡnda 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 aꦫs 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 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft Points. And yes, those are controllers they’re holding
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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 is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate o𝄹ur readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producඣer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts.