View Full Version : Retro game ads... oh the sad, sad truth.
Dobie
03-05-2003, 12:29 AM
Found this pic of an old Sears ad in an article about retro game advertisements. Notice anything odd with the screen shots? Also, check out those prices! I pity the fool that paid $34.89 for Robowarriors. LOL
http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/adspecial/sears.jpg
Ascending Wordsmith
03-05-2003, 12:32 AM
$40.00 for Blades of Steel?! I'm glad I bought mine from a flea market back then.
Raedon
03-05-2003, 01:25 AM
ahh.. nothing like a guy running threw the streets with a smiling mushroom in his hand.
YoshiM
03-05-2003, 08:28 AM
I think this ad setup (sans the Sears related items) was used before, errors and all. I think I saw it in a comic book or a magazine.
Wow, $40 for a new game. I couldn't remember how much I paid for games back then.
Alex Kidd
03-05-2003, 09:00 AM
$40?, phsaw!
I remember Phantasy Star and Golden Axe for the Sega Master System being $90+ at Wool-Co in 1990, and most other SMS titles at around $50-$60.
The only cheap SMS titles were the card games, which were about $40
Alex Kidd
Alex Kidd
03-05-2003, 09:01 AM
By The Way...
Since when does Link wield a whip, and why is Simon trying to save Zelda?
And that sure doesn't look like Super Mario Bros II...
Alex Kidd
GrandAmChandler
03-05-2003, 09:04 AM
I think the funniest part is the way Bowser and the Koopa Troopas look. Hilarious. he looks like a Rhino
CrazyImpmon
03-05-2003, 11:56 AM
And Koopa looks like chickens with turtle shells.
I remember some of the games being a bit cheaper. It was probably a week or so after I got the NES deck for Christmas and I was addicated to Legend of Zelda. My family was over at BEST (which has been out of business for over a decade now) had a number of NES games including Zelda II for $34.99 I do remember all those games just hanging on a peg board so I guess shoplifting NES games wasn't an issue back then.
Nelson
03-05-2003, 02:42 PM
HA HA!
Ascending Wordsmith
03-05-2003, 02:45 PM
Anybody catch the extra 'Z' in Wizards and Warriors? I just love the editing work by the Sears catalog staff.
CrazyImpmon
03-05-2003, 05:36 PM
Anybody catch the extra 'Z' in Wizards and Warriors? I just love the editing work by the Sears catalog staff.
Someone must have been working on that ad while taking a wizz in the toilet. ;)
asharru
03-05-2003, 11:41 PM
LOL