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Nothing was off-limits for retro game ads (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is there a reason they used the "You wouldn't download a car" font?

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Gen X edgy font?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

The entire design is just janky somehow.

Also, do y'all remember the time Arby's of all people used this concept for an ad? It was a TV commercial, we see a guy waiting on a bed and hear a woman's voice from the bathroom "This is really what you want? Well I'm only doing it once." and she comes out dressed as an Arby's cashier with a tray of meat sandwiches.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hmm, 1998. Is that Gen. X or Millenials? Makers are Gen. X, target group probably Millenials.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Default late-90s design intern font.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Tomb Raider 3 came out in 1998. Well before the anti-piracy campaigns.