It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and you know what the means – presents! If you still haven’t gotten a gift for that special someone, don’t worry – DC’s got you covered!
Yep, with all these titles to choose from, you’re sure to find something for anybody (well, almost anybody) on this list!
Happy Holidays!
Sorry, but I couldn’t resist the Family Guy joke. Anyway, here we’ve got Sky Shark, a game full of action-packed aviation adventure!
With the exception of one holiday-themed ad that I’m saving for Christmas, this closes out Wonder Woman #37! I promise that the next ’80s comic I post from will have a lot more toys!
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Radical action, indeed! It looks like both these games are positively packed with action!
I find it interesting that it says “Capcom introduces two new thrilling games to its Nintendo series” – was Capcom making games for other systems at the time? Because it seems like Nintendo was by far the biggest player at the time.
Oh well, something for me to look up sometime, I guess.
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It’s the world’s #1 arcade game! And now you can play it at home! It’s… Operation Wolf!
Yep, “take no prisoners” and “teach the terrorists what terror is all about” in this action-packed game!
But personally, I’m much more interested in Bubble Bobble. 😉
I think this post wins for number of tags! Yep, you could buy just about any title from East Coast Comics, from Akira to X-Terminators!
What I wouldn’t give for prices like those on some of these titles today!
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Video games were hot in 1989, so people tried to cash in by making better, faster, more powerful controllers. From what I’m told, QuickShot’s performance doesn’t even remotely fit this description or live up to the amount of excitement that they promise.
I’m no video game expert (unlike some people I know), but I’ve never even heard of the MSX or Amstrad systems – anyone out there remember those?
Here is an ad that is elegant in its simplicity – no fancy screenshots, no exciting description of the game – in fact, other than “BE A VIDEO WARRIOR!” at the top, this is probably the most matter-of-fact ad that I’ve come across.
Apparently, if you’re a fan of WCW, this is all you need to know, and if you’re not, then they’re not going to waste your time.
As always, I like to read the fine print, and find it quite interesting that there’s a “Phone Counseling Hotline” included at the end of this ad. Counseling for what?? Are they assuming that anyone who would buy this game has some kind of mental problems, ’cause that’s kind of what they’re making it sound like!
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Remember the TurboGrafx? More than likely, you don’t. But maybe you should! The TurboGrafx was a 16-bit game system on the market back when the 8-bit Nintendo was the hottest system out there. It had significantly better graphics, sound, processing, and just about everything else.
So then what was it missing? Mario.
Yep, even with superior hardware, they only had a handful of games compared to the Nintendo, and no third-party support at all.
Fun fact – this was actually the first system to have an add-on CD component – in 1989!! The TurboGrafx was ahead of its time for hardware, and behind the times on games, leading to its demise.
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Classifieds provide a smorgasbord of cheesiness – they’re the cheapest advertising that money can buy in comics, meaning that they’re usually the lowest quality… which also means they can sometimes be the most entertaining!
I think my favorite on here is the “Live Chameleon FREE!” ad (of course, the lizard is only free if you buy a six-month supply of food). Though the “!!GET ALL THE GIRLS!! !!BECOME RICH & POPULAR!! * ONLY $3.95 *” is pretty great – for only $3.95, how could you afford not to order??
While you might associate Fabio with a more… umm… romantic… type of action, here he is as a tough, manly barbarian in order to sell video games – Iron Sword: Wizards & Warriors II, specifically.
I find it interesting that the “ultimate warrior” doesn’t seem to have any battle scars… I guess maybe he’s just so good that no one can touch him (except the ladies, of course)!
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