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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 2 years 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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[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

there was a super Gameboy?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 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 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What the fuck is the one on the very bottom.

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

GameBoy Pocket

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, but aren't his hands crazy large?

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] kazren@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's an ad for the Gameboy Pocket.

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Hands made for spanking.