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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 5 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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[โ€“] calavera@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 5 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.