Jan 14 2009

20 Awesome Vintage Video Game Ads

Published by Nattyb at 9:40 am under Video Games

Vintage 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

Vintage Game Ads

Mario Brothers!

Vintage Game Ads

Masters of the Universe

Vintage Game Ads

Megamania

Vintage Game Ads

Montezuma’s Revenge

Vintage Game Ads

Ms Pac Man

Vintage Game Ads

Mr. Do’s Castle

Vintage Game Ads

Galaxian

Vintage Game Ads

Frostbite

Vintage Game Ads

G.I. Joe

Vintage Game Ads

Grand Prix

Vintage Game Ads

Star Wars

Vintage Game Ads

Joust

Vintage Game Ads

Jungle Hunt

Vintage Game Ads

 Kangaroo

Vintage Game Ads

Keystone Kapers! - My favorite game

Vintage Game Ads

Kool-Aid

Vintage Game Ads

Wizard of War and Gorf

Vintage Game Ads

Lock ‘N Chase

Vintage Game Ads

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22 Responses to “20 Awesome Vintage Video Game Ads”

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  2. jasonon 14 Jan 2009 at 7:23 pm

    awesome

  3. Ed Piskoron 14 Jan 2009 at 9:44 pm

    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.

  4. JetClarkeon 15 Jan 2009 at 1:44 am

    Jungle Hunt! Loved the music that game played.

  5. madmeon 15 Jan 2009 at 9:53 am

    awesome collection!!

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  8. Basil Sandson 16 Jan 2009 at 10:35 pm

    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.

  9. jhmlon 17 Jan 2009 at 6:52 am

    Umm… no links?

  10. Michael Stearnson 17 Jan 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Seriously, links to high res versions please! I want to know which player is eating twice as much!

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  17. donnaon 19 Jan 2009 at 5:39 am

    Seriously, links to high res versions please! I want to know which player is eating twice as much!!

  18. Gibion 20 Jan 2009 at 6:19 am

    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..

  19. Baking Chefon 30 Jan 2009 at 9:35 pm

    the surfing on the controller in the megamania ad is just plain awesome. makes me wanta try out the game

  20. Mo Dredon 26 Feb 2009 at 12:42 am

    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.

  21. Markon 25 Jun 2009 at 5:05 am

    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.

  22. CrowMagnumManon 16 Jul 2009 at 4:04 pm

    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?

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