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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 7 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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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 7 months ago

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