Just a few attention-grabbing retro game ads that would land studios in hot water today. (more in post body) : retrogaming

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 2 months ago

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

[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago

What the fuck is the one on the very bottom.

[-] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago

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

[-] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

GameBoy Pocket

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but aren't his hands crazy large?

[-] kazren@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

It's an ad for the Gameboy Pocket.

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Hands made for spanking.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 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 2 months ago

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

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

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 2 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 2 months ago

Here's a couple I posted a while back.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 10 points 2 months ago

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

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Twitter would explode

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 8 points 2 months ago

Yay!

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

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

[-] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

there was a super Gameboy?

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

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 11 points 2 months ago

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

[-] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

oh yea now i remember. cool

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[+] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -61 points 2 months ago

Pretty sad what the wokesters have done to society.

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Being woke remains a good thing.

It means being aware of societal challenges that exist and the historical context in which we live.

The alternative is to bury ones head in the sand and say, "Everything is okay, question nothing."

I am thankful I am not simple enough to fall for the new monthly conservative slur in attempt to supress social awareness and change. It's coming. The slurs are a silly game for the simple minded.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Every month they choose a new acronym to be afraid of.

[-] hibsen@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

There's plenty of porn; I don't need it trying to sell me a video game.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Porn good. Ads bad.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Boo fucking hoo.

[-] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Better to be asleep than woke. I have a dream, someone said.

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