sexist retro video game ads: the poll

wow!

what's wrong with being sexy?

Swear I thought that said Queer Life at first.

Queer Drive, I mean.

message of psychedelic interest: can you spot the monster penis?

is that forsaken one for real?

i remember even aged 12 or so finding ocarina of time's "will you save the girl or play like one?" ad p offensive.

of these i think davis cup world tour's sexism may win/lose for being either completely decontextualised OR horrendously rapey.

interlude seems to have suited its utter creepiness appropriately to the product being sold

seem to remember joystick adverts did their own line of creepy sexist ads back in the day as well, obv too scared to GIS for them though

gotta be INTERLUDE

what the fuck is that, even. the ad copy is amazing.

the forsaken copy isn't real, but the imagery is. i worked on this game. other territories got cover/ad images more relevant to the game (descent-like fps). the sweaty-chick-with-tattoo pictures is what the US marketing team wanted.

an old sexist favorite from england.

voted for the one that made me want to crank my hog the hardest

the forsaken copy isn't real, but the imagery is. i worked on this game. other territories got cover/ad images more relevant to the game (descent-like fps). the sweaty-chick-with-tattoo pictures is what the US marketing team wanted.

― fit and working again, Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:42 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

are you still in the industry

i recently quit.

sick what else have you worked on

davis cup (__(__|

Trivia

Comic

Forsaken was featured as a comic book series published by Acclaim Comics shortly after its release. First in a Turok/Forsaken special edition (written by Fabian Nicieza and Evan Skolnick, and inked by Mat Broome and Sean Parsons) in which Turok gets lost in the alternate future of Forsaken. And then in a 4-issue limited series (written by Shon Bury and with art by Joe St. Pierre) which delineates the story of the main character presented in the Turok special (yup, the Forsaken babe), who turns out to be an artificial lifeform/living weapon, who gets possessed by what appears to be a human spirit.
Descent

The Forsaken design team were admitted Descent addicts as is evident in the gameplay, and verified in some magazine interviews.
Extras

The original Forsaken release includes a 12-month calendar featuring shots of the Forsaken cover-girl.
German version

The gore effects when killing human enemies were removed in the German Nintendo 64 version.
Technology

Forsaken's attitude to speed optimizing is tied very closely to the accelerator card's capabilities. Detail and complexity are continuously adjusted during the game based on what the card can accomplish; as a result, the framerate achieved while playing is extremely good, and can achieve 60fps or higher on even an original second-generation 3D accelerator (3Dfx Voodoo, for example) on only a Pentium 90.
Title

The original name for Forsaken was Condemned. The name was changed because it had already been taken. However, there is still a reference to the original name in the opening movie.
Awards

PC Player (Germany)
Issue 01/1999 - Best Action Game in 1998
Information also contributed by Paul Sinnett, rstevenson and Zovni.
Contributed by Trixter (8735) on May 14, 1999. [revised by : Patrick Bregger (82779)]. -- edit trivia

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Overdrive checks all the correct boxes for me.

torn between monster penis and the cream of tennis games

patrick bateman ftw

i kinda like the moon shot one, but interlude is LOL

the moon shot one for sure

http://www.textfiles.com/sex/EROTICA/S/sexinter.txt

Now, take a large cucumber which
you've peeled and indented with ridges and warmed slightly in the oven

Ha! The Interlude company was in Houston, just around the corner from where I would eventually see movies in high school.

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I'll admit that I didn't notice the monster dong in our winner here, it may have tipped the scales for me.

It was so blatant! I was suprised more people werent commenting on that one.

the otherwise awkward positioning only makes it more obvious that's what they were going for

itt let's talk about benzocaine
also shouldn't this have been in ILG?

http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/gallery/photos/commodore2.jpg

1988 ?

good find lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFvf7Z5kyVU

loving pacman getting caught in the corner. so agile. so responsive.

http://i.imgur.com/q1hjX2E.gif

"well you know deep down that it's gonna be a hummer"

I am hearing the Atari jingle lyrics correctly, right?