Print is dead…
…at least that’s what a large percentage of the iGeneration will tell you.
As we speak there are thousands of old Video Game advertisements slowly disappearing into the crispy musty yellow pages of American comics. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, advertising video games in comic was a very popular method used by the games companies. After scanning quite a few adverts, it was becoming clear that Acclaim were the main company using this advertising tactic, which is hardly surprising considering the amount of Marvel and DC licensed games they (unsuccessfully) churned out.
Some of the artwork used within these adverts is quite a step away from your regular video game adverts. As the target audience was obviously comic readers, a large majority of the adverts opt into using hand drawn artwork instead of screenshots.
Its about time some of these classic adverts were preserved for future generations to enjoy, so here begins part 1 of the Comic Scanning feature on RetroGameDepot.
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Arch Rivals, Bionic Commando and Bubble Bobble Video Game Advertisements
Flashback, Camerica Freedom Stick and Nintendo Game and Watch Video Game Advertisements
Gun.Smoke, Incredible Hulk and MagMax & Seicross Video Game Advertisements
Metal Gear, Mortal Kombat II and Nights Into Dreams Video Game Advertisements
QuickShot Joysticks, Saturday Night Slammasters and Sears Nintendo Catalog Video Game Advertisements
End of part 1…
More scans are coming soon! Check back soon.