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Retro Ads: Battletoads Hate Turtles
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Judging by this ad, toads must really dislike turtles. In the early '90s, Battletoads and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fought for the allowance money of adolescent boys, with varying degrees of success. One franchise continues well into the 21st century with games and movies, while the other exists only as an immortal Internet meme [via The Retroist]:

Today, this aggressive ad's thinly-veiled attacks on a competing franchise only make it feel even more dated. Of course, this sort of rivalry is similar to the Mac vs PC campaign (with just as much factual information), so maybe things haven't changed all that much.

If you somehow missed out on Battletoads, check out the eight minutes of gameplay footage after the cut.

 

 
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Comments (7)
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December 27, 2009
I totally forgot about this ad :)
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December 27, 2009
@Toby- You 'toadally' forgot about this ad.
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December 27, 2009
That game had 12 levels? I could only get to the third...
John-wayne-rooster-cogburn
December 27, 2009
I loved the game, but, like Mike, couldn't get very far.
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December 28, 2009
I had to use a Game Genie to see any level past level 3. Just to toadally get my butt kicked...
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December 28, 2009
When the ad says "toadally kicks butt," it forgets to mention that said butt is the poor player's. That's some misleading advertising.
Aj_newfoundland_avatar
December 28, 2009
Yeah, this ranks as one of the hardest games I've ever played. But I played a ton of it for some reason. Maybe I was a masochist in my youth?
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