I slightly remember sexualized video game ads in the 1980s and 1990s, but holy cow.

From this post:

Amazing vintage video game ads from the 1980s and 1990s https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-video-game-ads-1980s-1990s/

And they just published EVEN MORE. It’s wild: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/arcade-vintage-ads/

I found a shocking amount of unnecessarily sexualized and exploitive video game ads. This is WILD. What a different time.

This is *light*, and likely going off of the James Bond theme, which has absolutely nothing to do with this game. And, maybe it’s me, but I can’t remember too many women dressed like this in the arcades I frequented. Shoutout to the Burlingame Arcade and Godfather’s Pizza, as well as the Gold Mine in Fashion Island by the Skate Rink:

I might be wrong, but I doubt that’s the main character.

This one is great. AHH YESss… the famous baseball cheerleaders:

I loved this game. I don’t remember cleavage.

What *is* going on with that gal on the ground??

Obvious penis is obvious.

This one is salacious but harmlessly mundane and relatively realistic.

This one isn’t that bad but I know there’s no character that is a slapdash and completely phoned in ghoul that just looks like a woman with a lot of makeup and a tan.