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Pop Culture | Video Games | Retro
15 Ridiculous Game Magazine Ads That'll Make You Go "What Were They Thinking?"
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Before the advent of the internet, the best way to find out about which video games were coming out soon were magazines! The companies that made these games clearly understood this, because they paid for all sorts of weird ads to show up for their new games. These 15 were some of the absolute weirdest.
Cruisin' USA
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Alien Resurrection
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/212.jpg)
Dragon Ball GT
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/m4ke1koxftbl9ovk1bxy.jpg)
Ice Hockey
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/Ice-Hockey.jpg)
Super Mario Land
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/npW3O.jpg)
Game Boy Pocket
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/nintendo-tried-to-sell-the-gameboy-pocket-with-a-six-tongued-wall-of-flesh.jpg)
Mortal Kombat
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/OHFhW.jpg)
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Virtua Fighter
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/tumblr_mdmrl1W0vD1rkrwaco1_500.jpg)
Final Fantasy VII
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/vfeobzigpdmk7tecdlxp.jpg)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/x04hnvimfi7zucyozmpz.jpg)
Paper Mario
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/mwsw1p9phuxkwjnqxusa.jpg)
Video Jukebox VJ
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/18.jpg)
Kirby Super Star
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/bf633a35303e25e3d2757bc496087346--retro-games-super-nintendo.jpg)
Marvel Super Heroes
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/old-ads-for-video-games-used-to-be-a-lot-more-interesting-34-hq-photos-219.jpg)
PlayStation
![](https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/08/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f587267616c2e6a7067.jpg)