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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Defender of the Crown "Computer Gaming World" magazine, March 1987 #retrogaming #commodore64 #pcgaming #appleII #atari #IBM

ad for game called Defender of the Crown

"To the victor go the spoils"
Pretty lady holding up her arm. Guy with sword

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fury of the Furries "Tilt" magazine, issue 121, December 1993 #retrogaming #pcgaming #amiga #furries #cd32

Fury of the Furries

big yellow furry guy with eyes and toes

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Gansito + Mario "Club Nintendo (Mexico)" December, 1991 Wikipedia: "A Gansito is a Mexican snack cake, described as "a strawberry-flavored jelly and crème-filled cake with chocolate-flavored coating." Not *strictly* a game ad, but I like it anyways. #retrogaming #NES #Mario #Gansito #Nintendo

Mario in Tanooki suit sharing a controller with a duck, the mascot for Gansito snack cakes.

Translate:
Gansito has fun too.
Gansito and Mario = pure fun.

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Super Famista! "NG Namco Community Magazine," April 1993 Game also known as "Super Batter Up" outside Japan. #retrogaming #gaming #baseball #namco #napoleon #famicom #nes

Cartoon character with baseball glove spliced into Jacques-Louis David's famous "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" painting. Title: THE KING OF BASEBALL GAMES.

Super Famista/Super Batter-Up

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Faceball "Video Games & Computer Entertainment" magazine, March 1992

wipe the smile off his face

target on smiley face

game boys linked together

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Mephist "LOGiN" magazine, October 1989

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Shaft Raider "Portable Computers" magazine, December 1982

Shaft Raiders

pencil drawings of knockoff star wars stuff

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Ocean Software Ltd. games: NARC Chase HQ Total Recall Robocop "ST Action" magazine, June 1991 #retrogaming #pcgaming #totalrecall #robocop #narc #commodore #commodore64 #amiga #atari

Robocop crawling over the top of a broken wall

Four blurbs describing PC games that Ocean has published

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Technocop "Video Games & Computer Entertainment" magazine, December 1990 #RetroGaming #Sega #SegaGenesis #megadrive #16bit

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Crime Wave "Video Games & Computer Entertainment" magazine, November 1990 #retrogaming #pcgaming

4 powerful crime syndicate has taken wer large areas of our

major cities turning them Мо vast criminal wastelands.

arson, extortion. drug distribution. murder and now...terrorist abduction! You fave just learned that they have taken the U.S. President's daughter and are holding her and our country hostage.

YOU'VE HAD A GUT-FULL! ... YOUR PURPOSE: To wipe out this тіпа! Organization and rescue the president's daughter. Even with the most sophisticated Assault Technology available, it won't be easy. YOu are the only one that can save the country from this sinister infestation...

Bring arcade action home like never before!

Crime Wave, with Real Sound and 256 color digitized VGA

yaphics, puts you on the streets for real!

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Vs. Super Mario Brothers (arcade game) "Canadian Coin Box" magazine, February 1986 #Retrogaming #arcade #Nintendo

Vs. Super Mario Brothers (arcade game)

"Canadian Coin Box" magazine, February 1986

An ad for Nintendo's arcade box of a new Mario game, including Mario front and center along with the usual cast of characters behind.

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Beach-Head "Antic" magazine, July 1984

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Jumpman "Electronic Fun with Computers and Games" magazine, June 1983

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Mutant Herd Orc Attack Fourth Encounter River Rescue (and more) from THORN EMI Computer Games "Computer and Video Games" magazine, August 1983

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

10-Yard Fight Technopolis magazine (JP), November 1986

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Weird Dreams "The One" magazine, October 1989

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Rocky "Micromania" magazine, June 1985 Illustration by Alfonso Azpiri

Rocky

"Micromania" magazine, June 1985

Ad shows a drawing of a boxer knocking out an opponent

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Barbarian- The Ultimate Warrior "Computing With The Amstrad" magazine, August 1987

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

INVE$T Aktueller Software Markt magazine- November 1990

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Commodore VIC-20 Computer Persönlich magazine, March 1983 (Germany)

Computer Persönlich magazine, March 1983 (Germany)

German ad for Commodore VIC 20 computer, shown with a racing game.

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

James Bond 007: The Living Daylights Computer And Video Games magazine, July 1987

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I have been collecting retro computer and gaming ads for years, and with that I have built up a huge collection. I made this account so I can finally have somewhere to post them. Please follow for more! River Raid Electronic Fun with Computers and Games - Volume 1 Number 3 - January 1983

River Raid for Atari by Activision

features a grid with planes and vehicles above it

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Skate Crazy! ZZap! 64 Magazine, Issue 38, June 1988

ZZap! 64 Magazine, Issue 38, June 1988
Ad for computer game SKATECRAZY

Featuring roller skater in an orange jacket and matching hat skating through city streets

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Back to the Future! The Pinball. Play Meter magazine - Volume 16, Number 9 - August 1990

Play Meter - Volume 16, Number 9 - August 1990

Back to the Future pinball machine with very poorly-costumed fake doc and marty next to it.

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Vintage Gaming Ads @vintage-game-ads.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Punch Out! A Knockout Game from Nintendo. From: Play Meter - Volume 10, Number 4 - March 1st, 1984

1984 ad for Punch Out arcade game. Features a crowd standing around a boxing ring that contains the arcade machine and a downed boxer.

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