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

guyrocket , 2 months ago

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

FenrirIII , 2 months ago

Twitter would explode

guyrocket , 2 months ago

Yay!

ArmokGoB , 2 months ago

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

TheCheddarCheese , 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 , 2 months ago

there was a super Gameboy?

edgemaster72 , 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 , 2 months ago

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

jenny_ball , 2 months ago

oh yea now i remember. cool

Nemo , 2 months ago

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

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

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

Outtatime , 2 months ago

Pretty sad what the wokesters have done to society.

IchNichtenLichten , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Boo fucking hoo.

hibsen , 2 months ago

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

Mango , 2 months ago

Porn good. Ads bad.

stembolts , 2 months ago (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 , 2 months ago

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

Outtatime , 2 months ago

It's not an acronym

NewNewAccount , 2 months ago

Please don’t be afraid if I say “DEI” or “ESG”. I forget which one scares you guys the most at the moment.

Outtatime , 2 months ago

I'm not afraid. You don't like me?

Honytawk , 2 months ago

You're afraid of being woke having empathy

Outtatime , 2 months ago

No I'm not.

Outtatime , 2 months ago

😂 ok

topinambour_rex , 2 months ago

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

weirdo_from_space , 2 months ago

What the fuck is the one on the very bottom.

Bunnylux , 2 months ago

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

topinambour_rex , 2 months ago

GameBoy Pocket

menemen , 2 months ago

Yeah, but aren't his hands crazy large?

drasglaf , 2 months ago

Hands made for spanking.

kazren , 2 months ago

It's an ad for the Gameboy Pocket.

Nilz , 2 months ago

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

NeptuneOrbit , 2 months ago

Definite sex slave ambiguity

Bunnylux , 2 months ago

? Touch grass

Entropywins , 2 months ago

Who sees that and thinks sex slave?

SuperSpruce , 2 months ago

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

B0NK3RS , 2 months ago

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

calavera , 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 OP , 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 , 2 months ago

Here's a couple I posted a while back.