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Puzzler: Name the games in the retro ads

Mindjack
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Video-game magazines are awesome, but it's no secret that about 50 percent of their pages are advertisements. Some game companies got creative with their marketing strategies; others got sad and pathetic. How many titles can you name from these old ads?

1

A. Teleroboxer
B. Power Punch 2
C. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
D. Black & Bruised

2

A. Power Glove
B. NES Advantage
C. U-Force
D. Turbo Touch 360

 

3

A. Base Wars
B. Super Baseball 2020
C. Power League 64
D. Dynamite Slugger

4

A. Super Thunder Blade
B. After Burner 2
C. Desert Strike
D. Super Strike Eagle

5

A. Tecmo Bowl
B. NES Play Action Football
C. John Elway's Quarterback
D. 10-Yard Fight

6

A. 7th Saga
B. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
C. Soul Blazer
D. Eye of the Beholder

7

A. Thunder Spirits
B. Axelay
C. R-Type 3
D. Phalanx

8

A. Sega CD
B. Turbo Grafx 16
C. Neo Geo
D. Jaguar

9

A. Burai Fighter Deluxe
B. Gargoyle’s Quest
C. Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure
D. Operation C

10

A. F-Zero
B. Virtua Racing
C. Stunt Race FX
D. Road Rash

Turn to page two for the answers.

 
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Nathan Jones
October 13, 2011

I guessed number ten by comparing the choices to the blurred text. Maybe use a black bar, instead? Anyway, very entertaining puzzle. Number six surprised me a little, and I should have known number nine.

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Samir Torres
October 13, 2011

You are absolutely right. It's a complete giveaway. :/ Wait, let me fix that....

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Nathan Jones
October 13, 2011

Much better. :)

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Jonathan Oyama
October 13, 2011

Three out of 10. I probably could have gotten #10 though. I'd seen that ad before. Dang, Samir got rid of the hint.

You sure fooled me with #6.

I'm still not sure what to do with a #2 peripheral.

Mindjack
Samir Torres
October 13, 2011

I'd hate to be the creature in #1. How does it go potty? Or maybe it is potty.

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Jonathan Oyama
October 13, 2011

Haha, it's clearly an overhead shot. Just kidding.

I can just imagine the marketing plan meeting for that advertisement.

"We want to make this appeal to little kids."

"Why don't we just use a really weird two-legged monster with a head where the crotch should be? In purple? After all, kids love bright colors."

"I don't mind that idea, but--"

"Great! Let's do it!"

"......"

Mindjack
Samir Torres
October 13, 2011

"But how can you hit that guy below the belt if he has no...oh...BRILLIANT!"

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Jonathan Oyama
October 13, 2011

Lol.

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Michael Rousseau
October 13, 2011

6/10. I've seen all of these, but it goes to show you how little those ads had to do with the games, because I can't remember what they go with.

Mindjack
Samir Torres
October 13, 2011

I really like #9. Only a vicious alien invader would dare eat an original Game Boy.

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Randy Snow
October 13, 2011

I figured this would be right up my alley. But you have some tricky ones.

Missed 1, 3, 4, 8

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Samir Torres
October 13, 2011

Did you randomly guess #7 or do you actually remember that disturbing ginger fellow?

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Randy Snow
October 14, 2011

I.... I remember it.

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