ITT: Video game print ads

[Anonymous No.7102536]

European ad for Striker '96 (DOS/PlayStation/Sega Saturn).

[Anonymous No.7102540]

The American ad.
https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1329981028350484480

[Anonymous No.7102567]

>>7102536
How did they get away with this?

[Anonymous No.7102580]

>>7102567
no social media

[Anonymous No.7102620]

>tfw Adidas Power Soccer, Actua Soccer, and FIFA don't put out
>r game is a slag

[Anonymous No.7102694]

>>7102567
It was a better time

[Anonymous No.7102729]

>>7102567

Get away with what? It's a harmless joke.
Zommers, be damned!

[Anonymous No.7102734]

>>7102567
Suicide was only seen as something that needed to be prevented in the sjw era

[Anonymous No.7102743]

[Anonymous No.7102842]

>>7102620
>completely onside

hehe

[Anonymous No.7103191]

>>7102536
There's a tranny joke to be made here...

[Anonymous No.7103195]

>>7102540
As usual, about as edgy as Kepler 11145123...

[Anonymous No.7103207]

[Anonymous No.7103419]

>>7103207
Is this some sort of cocaine joke?

[Anonymous No.7103468]

>>7103419
Yes. Always been celebrity coke head stories in the tabloids. Can't remember who that ad might be referring to though. Probably a footballer or songfag

[Anonymous No.7104130]

Japanese advertising for Klax (Atari Lynx).
https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1330312509249753100

[Anonymous No.7104145]

>sonic & knuckles was always meant to be paired with Sonic 3! it was never even advertised stand alone!

[Anonymous No.7104156]

Squaresoft Costa Mesa is looking for developers to work in the Microsoft Windows port of Final Fantasy VII.
https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226290112348262401

I wish some of those developers had burned the source code to a golden CD-R.

[Anonymous No.7104172]

Gravis PC GamePad.
https://twitter.com/GameMagPrintAds/status/1222429360407355392

[Anonymous No.7104173]

>>7102536
this is a joke about collision detection in 3d??

[Anonymous No.7104180]

Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1.
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/916801334224891905

[Anonymous No.7104187]

Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1224877318453321728

[Anonymous No.7104192]

3D Lemmings.
https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1279817305686450176

Some anon wrote the following about this ad:
>In the game, yes, but this ad is also a clear parody of the white collar working class. While every man in the photograph is at a close inspection an individual, their dress, demeanor, and style are still identical. As such they lose their identity, becoming corporate lemmings (it can even be argued that the game itself is a light commentary on such conformity, even if I personally wouldn't argue that). It says it all right in the tagline: "Be an individual. Join the masses." Despite what the tweet thinks, this is actually an incredibly strong ad that absolutely fits the overall theme of the game while subtly selling what makes Lemmings 3D stand out from Lemmings, namely using the 3D glasses. Those glasses combined with the green hair (a reference to the creatures of the game) give the whole thing a light ironic punk aesthetic contrasting with the stiff Wall Street look.
>The ad also understands that Lemmings has been popular for four years running by this point, and that next to everyone who plays video games knows about it. Consequently they opt to show reviews of the new 3D edition rather than the footage itself, which frankly wasn't all too exceptional.
>I wouldn't say this is the perfect ad or anything--there was some room for a couple of screenshots I guess--but I will say as ads go it's really good.

[Anonymous No.7104195]

Incredible Crisis (PlayStation).
https://vgprintads.tumblr.com/post/166380600806/incredible-crisis-mr-takahiro-ps1-usa

[Anonymous No.7104219]

Recruitment ad for Codemasters: Improve your SFX life (c. 1999).
https://twitter.com/decafjedi/status/1285593266747060224

[Anonymous No.7104551]

>3615 Zelda
lol

Btw, "Minitel" was a French proto-internet from the 80s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel

[Anonymous No.7104558]

>>7102620
I remember cooming to this one as 12 year old.

Same with the Destruction Derby ad.

[Anonymous No.7104561]

>>7104195
hard to believe these ads are even real. Keep em coming.

[Anonymous No.7104904]

[Anonymous No.7105640]

These ads are great. Why is everything so lame now.

[Anonymous No.7105667]

>>7102536
I literally do not understand this ad

[Anonymous No.7105713]

>>7105667
Most wives get annoyed when their husbands watch football on the tv every weekend so to have football on tv constantly would make her kill herself

[Anonymous No.7105730]

[Anonymous No.7105735]

[Anonymous No.7105742]

>>7104156
Stop spoilering your fucking twitter links you faggot.

[Anonymous No.7105754]

>>7104187
>street fighter
oh no no no no

[Anonymous No.7105759]

>>7105735
I rembember seeing this ad as a kid and not getting it, good times.

[Anonymous No.7105829]

its fucking surreal how different a culture can change in the span of a few years

[Anonymous No.7105835]

Microsoft Golf 2.0: The ultimate golf experience.
https://archive.org/details/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_008u/page/n53/mode/2up

[Anonymous No.7105848]

Virtual Vegas: The future of entertainment is here.
Written by the editors of National Lampoon.
https://archive.org/details/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_008u/page/n83/mode/2up

This game has no Wikipedia nor MobyGames entry and I don't think anyone dumped it. I may be wrong, tho. It's available on Amazon for $16.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009XSLXG

[Anonymous No.7105882]

[Anonymous No.7105904]

[Anonymous No.7105906]

Sound Blaster Live!: En la dimensión Creative no oyes simplemente sonidos, sino que sabes perfectamente de donde proceden (In the Creative dimension, you don't just hear sounds, you know exactly where they're coming from.)
https://archive.org/details/Para_Juegos_y_Jugadores_PC_01/page/n107/mode/2up

This issue also has some press coverage of Quake III and interviews with John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead about the current state of affairs at id Software. Maybe there are some brand new beta screenshots.

[Anonymous No.7106074]

que?

[Anonymous No.7106093]

[Anonymous No.7106207]

>>7105759
I still don't get it

[Anonymous No.7106426]

>>7105640
Because an army of twitter trannies will cancel you.

[Anonymous No.7106875]

>>7106093
Heh

[Anonymous No.7108025]

>>7104187
Dumb I was better, but I dont think the series really hit its stride until dumb 5: the dumbest

[Anonymous No.7108264]

>>7102567
what're you going to do about it? complain on social media that it triggers you?

[Anonymous No.7108320]

good thread man, keep it up

[Anonymous No.7108328]

>>7102567
Left wing insanity wasn't in complete control.

[Anonymous No.7108367]

>>7102536
Perfectly sums-up how anyone would feel after buying a Segay Shiturn with this game back in the day.

[Anonymous No.7108706]

>>7102743
The English are disgusting.

[Anonymous No.7108807]

>>7108706
>/lgbt/
Back you go, pansy.

[Anonymous No.7108812]

[Anonymous No.7109224]

>>7102620
Not to be discriminatory, but I think girls ought to have 2 legs minimum.

[Anonymous No.7109304]

op/anons, where are you getting these scans ?

[Anonymous No.7109315]

>>7104219
fuck i remember this from one of my older brothers pc gamer mags

[Anonymous No.7110058]

>>7109304
I literally post my sources with spoilers.

[Anonymous No.7110062]

>>7102567
Different cultures have different senses of humour, Anon. As do different time periods.

[Anonymous No.7111014]

>>7104187
Dumb II is very clearly Super Turbo as well.

[Anonymous No.7111024]

[Anonymous No.7111031]

[Anonymous No.7111113]

>>7102536
Why is the woman flying and why do British living rooms look like that?

[Anonymous No.7111523]

>>7111113
We don't/didn't. The use of odd colours in ads (especially those featuring the interior of a home) - kind of common at the time. Loud, in your face 90's, remember?

[Anonymous No.7111541]

>>7102620
aaaaa that girls midrif

[Anonymous No.7113035]

>>7108812
this can't be real right?

[Anonymous No.7113363]

[Anonymous No.7114127]

>>7102567
wym she's just heading a footie

[Anonymous No.7114137]

>>7102567
i didn't realize the person was hanging herself until I read your post. I just assumed she was floating.

[Anonymous No.7114139]

>>7105730
Made me laugh.

[Anonymous No.7114146]

>>7113363
do you think he just has a giant floating dong in front of hm

[Anonymous No.7114790]

>>7113035
Very likely.

[Anonymous No.7114808]

[Anonymous No.7114812]

>>7102567
Yeah, talk about excessives. The right wing people here saying it was a better time, sure. But this ad is tasteless, and it's certainly not "harmless" in any way

[Anonymous No.7114852]

>>7113035
These ads were exclusive to a British adult comic magazine. Picrelated might be the better known one of these.

[Anonymous No.7115040]

>>7114812
Difference in culture. We laugh at horrible things so they don't control us, while you're a bunch of fucking pansies. Cry more, fairy.

[Anonymous No.7115049]

>>7105742
at least he's upfront about his samefaggotry.

[Anonymous No.7115939]

>>7108367
Why do you hate the Sega Saturn so much?

[Anonymous No.7115967]

>>7102567
I remember someone writing in to the letters page of a mag complaining about a V Rally ad depicting a car crash because he lost one of his parents to a car crash. The mag basically just told him to fuck off.

[Anonymous No.7116032]

>>7114812
>you have to be a right wing person to understand what the overton window is
cmon man

[Anonymous No.7116090]

>>7108807
>says the guy posting an image of balls

[Anonymous No.7116489]

>>7116090
Is this your desperate attempt at cope? I had nothing to do with posting that image. Soft little silky boy bitch. Time to grow a thicker skin, you coddled, laughably pathetic, sorry excuse for a male. Dilate.

[Anonymous No.7116512]

>>7116489
>says the guy that had everything to do with posting that image

[Anonymous No.7116835]

>>7116512
Cope, fairy. COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE! The retardation you perpetually vomit is the reason why you Americunt fucktards are universally despised across every board. You have no cogent arguments. You make no salient points. You just repeat the same thing ad nauseam. Change the record, spaz cunt. You're becoming very stale. Soon, the rest of us will have had enough, and we will purge you. And don't think we can't. We will make this board unbearable for you.

[Anonymous No.7116942]

Sorry for the low res, but I used to like this Sega Powerline ad from Sega Megazone (Australian Magazine).

[Anonymous No.7116953]

>>7103191
I literally thought the same thing lmao

[Anonymous No.7116964]

>>7116835
>says the guy that had everything to do with posting that image

[Anonymous No.7116997]

>>7114812
Everyone look, the tranny got upset at the picture

[Anonymous No.7117051]

>>7102620
holy heck

[Anonymous No.7117731]

>>7116942
Nice cross-over.

[Anonymous No.7117775]

>>7102567
in the 90s British life was dire enough that killing yourself was only slightly less trivial than stubbing your toe. Nobody would be shocked at some bint hanging herself when the newspaper's got pictures of the 23 former Ravenscraig workers who took a charter bus down from lands end and over the cliffs of dover. (and softcore pornography on page 3, natch.)

[Anonymous No.7119286]

>>7114852
Kek.

[Anonymous No.7119638]

>>7114812
I'm sure you're a fun person to be around

[Anonymous No.7119640]

>>7117775
Cringe. Life was great in 90's Britain until Blair ruined the country.

[Anonymous No.7120424]

>>7119640
>i fucking LOVE mass unemployment

[Anonymous No.7120445]

>>7104173
it's a joke because the old lady hangs herself at the idea of playing football 24/7/365, as any reasonable human would

[Anonymous No.7120917]

>>7114812
reenact the ad

[Anonymous No.7120998]

>>7114812
Can you shut up please

[Anonymous No.7121007]

>>7105882
They aren't even looking at the screen

[Anonymous No.7121010]

>>7115967
kek based magazine

[Anonymous No.7121231]

>>7105754
cant believe hes stepping over blanka and chun lee, crapcom'd sue their asses nowadays

[Anonymous No.7121423]

>>7116835
Based br*t

[Anonymous No.7122691]

[Anonymous No.7122729]

These are nothing compared to the Battlecruiser 3000 ad.

[Anonymous No.7122745]

>>7104156
>literally got random people off the street to program the pc port
No wonder why the pc port sucks

[Anonymous No.7122750]

>>7122745
Running recruitment ads in magazines is very common.
>>7104219
The port was shit because it was made with a beta source code repository and because it had like five different engines.
I can elaborate on this if you want, but I would have to search it in the archives.

[Anonymous No.7122778]

Recruitment ad for Boss Game Studios: We're building a creative team to change games forever.
https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226224628445655040
Boss Game Studios only developed 6 released games until they closed in 2002, none of them were really innovative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Game_Studios

[Anonymous No.7122791]

SimHealth (DOS).
A video game by Maxis released during the debates about the Clinton health care plan of 1993.
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1308681423725850625

Wikipedia says:
>Due to the complexity of the game, SimHealth was seen as being very difficult. Armed with none of the tongue-in-cheek humor that Maxis's prior games were known for, the only real link to the franchise was the SimCity 2000-inspired user interface. The game was seen as more serious than other Maxis games. Noel Fritzinger, who with Lyman Orton first conceptualized CommunityViz, says that his inspiration came from seeing SimHealth and wondering if the same concepts could be applied to real-world land-use planning.
A journalist said:
>Computer Gaming World's Keith Schlesinger in June 1994 said that "SimHealth is a trailblazer in the simulations genre, but as a game it has problems". Acknowledging that "it wasn't primarily designed as an entertainment product", he criticized the "not well developed" victory conditions, reporting that he got a high score in one game by "sacrific[ing] nearly all of the big and small business firms in the country to achieve the win! What kind of a victory is that?" Schlesinger found that adopting an extreme libertarian ideology including ending Medicare and many other government services resulted in almost hands-off victory although "the entire private insurance industry goes bankrupt in the first three months". He nonetheless concluded that "SimHealth offers much at a good price, and in a good cause", and recommended it to those "not too fussy about winning and losing", or wanting to be able to alter the model's 152 assumptions.

[Anonymous No.7122802]

>>7122791
I should have used this review instead:
>Entertainment Weekly gave the game a C-, writing, "For a vivid demonstration of just how complex — and boring — the health care crisis is, try spending a few hours with SimHealth, which lets you do what Hillary Clinton couldn't: design a successful national health care system."