6 Baffling Old-School Video Game Commercials

[dsheinem]

Cracked.com is probably my favorite humor site on the web. They are usually spot on when addressing video games, and their writing is generally smart and witty. They have an article up today about a half dozen WTF retro game commercials - thought some of you would get a kick out of this.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16944_6- ... cials.html

The links at the end of the article are worth a read too, if you haven't seen them before.

[MrPopo]

Hahaha! I loved that Dr. Mario commercial as a kid because of how zany it was.

And here's a great gem from the other side of the ocean:

[noiseredux]

The Zelda commercial I remember was just a guy yelling "Zelda!" without ever showing the game.

[Jrecee]

Holy crap I could have been the most successful advertising exec in the world if I had been an adult in the 80s.

[Ack]

I'm actually upset they didn't include the awesome Dig Dig commercial...