Jan 14 2009
20 Awesome Vintage Video Game Ads
And when I say vintage, I really mean vintage. The new gaming generation would most certainly be too young to even know about most of the games that were around in the early 80’s. Hell I was just sucking my thumb in those years.
But to see some of the campaigns these guys came up with for the likes of Pole Position and Pitfall are pretty outstanding (neither of those are pictured below, sorry).
When you see names like Parker Brothers you know you’re going way way back.
Here are 20 awesome vintage video game ads.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mario Brothers!
Masters of the Universe
Megamania
Montezuma’s Revenge
Ms Pac Man
Mr. Do’s Castle
Galaxian
Frostbite
G.I. Joe
Grand Prix
Star Wars
Joust
Jungle Hunt
Kangaroo
Keystone Kapers! - My favorite game
Kool-Aid
Wizard of War and Gorf
Lock ‘N Chase
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This is a good collection. When I was a kid, an ad that I would look at over and over and over again was the 2 page comic spread promoting Splatterhouse for the Turbo Graphic 16. I absolutely needed the game after staring at that advertisement.
Jungle Hunt! Loved the music that game played.
awesome collection!!
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Ah yes. The nostalgia of the days when we had to use our imaginations based on the ads and covers to conjure up scenes of violence.
Nowadays it seems that most games are so uber-violent it’s kind of a let down when you do the real thing.
What’s next? The threat of real dismemberment or death for the losing player?
Let’s just hope they never bring the odour of combat, especially the after battle perfume, into video games.
Umm… no links?
Seriously, links to high res versions please! I want to know which player is eating twice as much!
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Seriously, links to high res versions please! I want to know which player is eating twice as much!!
This is a good collection. When I was a kid, an ad that I would look at over and over and over again was the 2 page comic spread promoting Splatterhouse for the Turbo Graphic 16. I absolutely needed the game after staring at that advertisement..
the surfing on the controller in the megamania ad is just plain awesome. makes me wanta try out the game
I remember all of these ads! One of my favorites not pictured here was the extremely cryptic ad for Riddle of the Sphinx. There are very few games in my lifetime I couldn’t beat. That was one of them.
Looking at the Atari game artwork was almost better than playing the game itself, which consisted of simple dots (eg. Centipede, Dig Dug).
In fact those game adverts relied mostly on artwork that fired up the imagination well into the 90’s.
You guys missed two of the best ones ever. Check em out.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15/Sgt_Crow/growl-1.jpg?t=1247774759
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15/Sgt_Crow/earnestevans-1.jpg?t=1247774788
Seriously. Does it get any more awesome than that?