ON THE NINTH DAY OF AD-MAS

I STUPIDLY PLANNED A GIGANTIC POST FOR A DAY I'M WORKING. HOO BOY I'M SCREWED. ALSO THOSE STEAM GAMES AREN'T GOING TO BUY THEMSELVES. HEY, AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIDEO GAMES HOW ABOUT I SHOW YOU A WHOLE BUNCH OF VINTAGE VIDEO GAME ADS FROM COMIC BOOKS? DAMN, LOOK AT THAT MASTERFUL SEGUE. I'M A DUMBASS BUT I STILL GOT THAT BLOGGERY TOUCH

CAMELOT 3000 #5 APRIL 1983

GOT-DAMN I LOVE THIS COVER. NO I HAVEN'T READ THE COMIC YET SO I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT

HELL YEAH ATARI 2600 GAMES. M NETWORK HAD PERFECT TIMING ADVERTISING THEIR GENERIC SPORTS AND SPACE GAMES RIGHT WHEN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY WAS IN FULL COLLAPSE. THE M IN M NETWORK STANDS FOR MATTEL AND THESE GAMES WERE MOSTLY PORTS OF INTELLIVISION GAMES AND THEY WERE ALL PRETTY GOOD. ASTROBLAST IS ALMOST A TRANCE GAME, IT'S NOT TOO TERRIBLY DIFFICULT AND ONCE YOU GET IN A GROOVE YOU CAN PLAY FOR A COUPLE HOURS WITHOUT NOTICING. THE SPORTS TITLES WERE WAY SUPERIOR TO ATARI'S SPORTS AT LEAST UNTIL THE REAL SPORTS SERIES CAME AROUND. THE M NETWORK GAMES ARE EASILY SPOTTED IN USED GAME STORES AS THEY ARE INEXPLICABLY SKINNY WITH A SLIGHTLY WIDER BASE SO IT WOULD FIT INTO THE 2600. I NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT 2600 GAMES OR ELSE I'LL END UP AT 2ND AND CHARLES BUYING UP ALL THEIR ATARI CARTRIDGES AND START UP ANOTHER HOBBY I CAN'T AFFORD

GROO THE WANDERER #53 JULY 1989

GROOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I LOVE GROO. SERGIO ARAGONES IS THE BEST. THIS COVER IS PRETTY BAD ASS AS WELL. GROO GETTING CHOMPED BY A DRAGON THAT IS ABOUT TO GET SLICED BY CHAKAAL. THERE IS SOME SENSELESS DRAGON ABUSE IN THE ACTUAL COMIC BUT IT'S GROO, NEEDLESS VIOLENCE AND MAYHEM JUST KINDA HAPPENS

COMIC BOOKS PANDERING TO GAMERS WAY BACK IN 1989. GAMERS VERY UNHEATHLY BACK THEN AS WELL, GET THAT SHORTNESS OF BREATH LOOKED AT  BY A DOCTOR OR YOU'LL NEVER LAST TO SEE THE GAMECUBE. TENGEN'S GOT A SOLID LINEUP OF GAMES HERE INCLUDING THE ONLY THREE LICENSED GAMES THEY EVER RELEASED FOR NINTENDO. GAUNTLET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES AND GAUNTLET II WAS THE FIRST GAME I BOUGHT FOR THE NINTENDO I GOT IN COLLEGE. PAC-MAN I HOPE YOU KNOW. GONNA JUST ASSUME YOU KNOW ABOUT RBI BASEBALL WHAT WITH THIS OSTENSIBLY BEING A BASEBALL CARD BLOG. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS AD IS THAT TETRIS CARTRIDGE. DUE TO SHENANIGANS AND CHICANERY REGARDING THE TETRIS LICENSE BOTH TENGEN AND NINTENDO CREATED A PORT OF THE GAME FOR NES. TURNS OUT TENGEN ONLY HAD THE ARCADE LICENSE AND HAD TO RECALL AND DESTROY THEIR VERSION OF THE GAME. SO NOW THE GAME, WHICH IS CONSIDERED SUPERIOR COMPARED TO NINTENDO'S VERSION CAN GET A LITTLE PRICEY ON EBAY. THANK GOODNESS FOR ROMZ

NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD #5 DECEMBER 1989

HAVEN'T READ THIS ONE EITHER, TOO BUSY WRITING THESE THINGS

I ONLY PLANNED TO POST ONE AD PER BUT CONSOLE AT MOST BUT THIS ISN'T FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, THIS IS FOR A CEREAL SYSTEM. NINTENDO BREAKFAST CEREAL IS ABOUT AS 1989 AS YOU CAN GET. I CAN CONFIRM I PESTERED MY GRANDMOTHER FOR THIS CEREAL BACK IN THE DAY AND IT... WASN'T GREAT. THE CEREAL WAS VERY BLAND AND SINCE THERE WERE TWO BAGS IN THE BOX IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND MADE IT FEEL LIKE YOU GOT RIPPED OFF ON THE AMOUNT OD CEREAL YOU GOT. DAT BOX THO. AM KICKING MY TEENAGED HOARDER ASS WHO KEPT EVERY BASEBALL CARD BOX, RIPPED USED STAMPS OFF EVERY ENVELOPE AND KEPT ANY SUNDAY COMIC SECTION THAT HAD A SINGLE FUNNY COMIC FOR THROWING OUT THAT CEREAL BOX

THIS AD IS FROM A SPECIAL SEECRIT COMIC THAT YOU'LL GET TO SEE LATER

STREET FIGHTER II BLACK LEATHER JACKET IS A HELLUVA FASHION STATEMENT. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT FIGHTING GAMES BECAUSE I SUCK ASS AT THEM BUT STREET FIGHTER II IS A DAMN GOOD GAME. THE ONLY SPECIAL MOVE I CAN EVER PULL OFF IS E. HONDA'S HAND FLAPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE THING SINCE IT'S BASICALLY JUST MASHING A BUTTON OVER AND OVER BUT IT'S STILL FUN. THIS AD LET ME GET SUPER NINTENDO AND GENESIS REPRESENTATION INTO THE POST WITHOUT ME HAVING TO DIG THROUGH EVERY COMIC I OWN DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR TOEJAM AND EARL AND EARTHBOUND ADVERTISEMENTS.

THIS ONE'S FROM THE SWAMP THING ISSUE I SHOWED OFF EARLIER, I'M NOT UPLOADING THE IMAGE AGAIN

HAD TO INCLUDE THIS AD JUST FOR THE ANGRY DENTURES AT THE BOTTOM.ANYBODY OWN AN ATARI LYNX? I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN ONE ALTHOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A REALLY DAMN GOOD HANDHELD SYSTEM FOR THE TIME. IT IS A BIT CLUNKY LOOKING BUT IT'S GOT THAT COLOR LCD, 16-BIT POWER AND APPARENTLY CAN ALSO BE PLAYED LEFT HANDED? THEM GAMES THOUGH... CALIFORNIA GAMES? BLUE LIGHTNING? GATES OF ZENDOCON? ELECTROCOP? ZARLOR MERCENARY? XENOPHOBE? VINDICATORS? CHIP'S CHALLENGE? GAMEBOY HAD TETRIS AND TETRIS ALONE WAS ENOUGH TO EAT ATARI'S BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER.

 THIS ONE'S FROM THE MAD MAGAZINE, I'VE HAD ENOUGH POLITICS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AFTER LAST WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER REALLY GOOD HANDHELD SYSTEM COMPLETELY ECLIPSED BY THE NINTENDO JUGGERNAUT. NOW THAT NINTENDO'S MAIN CONSOLE IS A HANDHELD WE'RE ALL FUCKED. SO MANY PEOPLE GONNA BUY SWITCHES THAT NINTENDO'S GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO TAKE OVER APPLE, DISNEY AND AMAZON BY 2025. THEN THEIR NEXT CONSOLE GENERATION WILL BE A VR DISASTER AND WE'LL ALL CRAP ON NINTENDO'S SILLY CONSOLE GIMMICKS. UNTIL THEY FINALLY RELEASE A CONSOLE THAT IS LITERALLY A FLUFFY PLUSH TOY THAT PLAYS MARIO, ZELDA, POKEMON AND SMASH AND THEY TAKE OVER THE WORLD

OH YEAH, THE PSP. I ONLY PLAYED IT ONCE FOR ABOUT A WEEK BUT IT'S A NICE LITTLE CONSOLE! THAT AND THE VITA ARE LEGIT GAMING DEVICES AND PROBABLY DESERVER TO DO BETTER THAN THEY DID. THEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF INDIE GAMES PORTED TO THEM WAY BEFORE THE SWITCH BECAME THE STEAM GREENLIGHT OF CONSOLES. THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE TO THE PSP IS HOW EASY THEY ARE TO HACK. THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED A LINK TO THE PAST WAS ON AN EMULATOR ON A PSP. I HOPE NINTENDO FORGIVES ME WHEN THEY BECOME OUR OVERLORDS

SHONEN JUMP VOL 5 ISSUE 11 NOVEMBER 2007

THERE'S A SMALL USED BOOK STORE NEAR ME THAT IS STACKED FLOOR TO CEILING WITH ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL OLD MUSTY BOOKS AND THEY EVEN HAVE A BOOKSTORE CAT AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE. I FOUND THIS SHONEN JUMP ISSUE THERE FOR A BUCK  AND IT'S FILLED WITH MANGA GREATEST HITS. NARUTO. BLEACH. ONE PIECE. YU-GI-OH. YUYU HAKUSHO. NOT TO MENTION BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO. ALL THIS ICONIC STUFF I WILL NEVER EVER GET AROUND TO READING ALL 8000 CHAPTERS OF EACH STORY. IT'S NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE SAMPLER OF IT THOUGH. I SHOULD REALLY GO BACK AND BUY THE REST OF THE ISSUES. GOTTA KEEP THAT PLACE IN BUSINESS AS THEY ARE MY GO-TO PLACE TO GET ALL THE GOOD STUFF ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

MEGAMAN! ON THE DS. THE DS IS MY FAVORITE SYSTEM ASIDE FROM MAYBE SUPER NINTENDO. MOST OF THE REALLY GOOD SUPER NINTENDO GAMES GOT A VERSION ON THE DS ANYWAY. I CAN PLAY LEGEND OF ZELDA MINISH CAP AND POKEMON SOUL SILVER ON THE DS AND SHIT, REALLY WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? I HAVE TO MAKE A CONFESSION HERE. I HAVE NEVER PLAYED ANY MEGAMAN GAMES EVER. AT LEAST NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER. SOME OF YOU JUST FAINTED AND MAYBE KEELED OVER AND CRACKED YOUR HEAD OPEN ON A TABLE OR MAYBE A HARD FLOOR AND YOUR BRAINS ARE LEAKING OUT IN A PUDDLE OF BLOOD AND SPINAL FLUID AND MAYBE YOU'RE DEAD. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WASN'T PURPOSEFULLY AVOIDING THE GAMES, I JUST NEVER HAD ANY OF THEM BACK IN THE DAY AND HAVEN'T RUN INTO THEM SINCE. SURE I CAN GO THE ROMZ ROUTE BUT THAT TAKES SETTING UP EMULATORS AND FINDING A CONTROLLER THAT WORKS ON A LAPTOP AND THAT'S EFFORT. THIS IS ONE REASON WHY I WANTED TO GET ONE OF THE NINTENDO MINIS, SO I COULD PLAY MEGAMAN AND MAYBE BEAT SUPER MARIO BROS FINALLY BUT THEN BUYING ONE TURNED INTO A DEBACLE AND NINTENDO WON'T MAKE MORE OF THEM BECAUSE NINTENDO AND YA KNOW I'M LAZY SO... NO MEGAMAN YET FOR ME. HOPEFULLY I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PLAY IT BEFORE SOCIETY COLLAPSES AND CIVILIZATION BURNS TO THE GROUND. AND SORRY AGAIN TO ALL THOSE WHO FELL DOWN AND DIED, YOU CAN HAUNT ME A LITTLE IF YOU WANT I KINDA DESERVE IT