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Just a few attention-grabbing retro game ads that would land studios in hot water today. (more in post body) (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I know they're insensitive and tacky, but I have to admit that a part of me misses when games ads were off the walls like this.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 7 months ago

These are some of the tamest ads of that era, too.

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck is the one on the very bottom.

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 70 points 7 months ago (4 children)

It's the classic your gf wants kinky sex but you'd rather play Gameboy LIKE A NERD, NERD

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

GameBoy Pocket

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but aren't his hands crazy large?

[–] kazren@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

It's an ad for the Gameboy Pocket.

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Hands made for spanking.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

It looks that way because he is holding the Game Boy Pocket and not the OG Game Boy

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

I'm a nerd and I'd give up both motorcycling and gaming for a girlfriend.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The hand of the guy holding the yellow Gameboy looks like it's coming from a PS1 game lol

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I can't figure out if it's drawn or early 3d modeling that they decided to add to a Gameboy ad for some reason.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 13 points 7 months ago

Here's a couple I posted a while back.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why not do these today? I think most gamers would laugh, which was the point.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Twitter would explode

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Yay!

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Whatever would be said on Xitter would probably be drowned out by neonazi propaganda bots, as is usual nowadays.

[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

there was a super Gameboy?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It plugged into the SNES so you could play GB games on the TV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Game_Boy

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It offered color for GB games before the GameBoy Color existed! 😃

[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

oh yea now i remember. cool

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

Absolute best way to play Pokemon Red & Blue, IMO.

[–] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I watched a whole video essay on these the other day. Companies got away with some wild shit back then

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Some good nostalgia and my god they wouldn't dare see the light of day anymore.