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Nothing was off-limits for retro game ads (startrek.website)
submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 8 points 8 months ago

It's not really nostalgic for me, TBH. It's actually kind of embarrassing that marketing like this existed and that it worked. I love T&A as much as the next female-loving guy, but ads like this are condescending. But again, they sold units...