1 up have just release their list of the worst video games adverts ever. The list is inspired by the disasters of the early 90s as companies tried to promote their video games and hardware and they have described the list as showing “What happens when the marketing machine breaks down?”. Luckily Retro Video Games are a lot better than the adverts that went with them. Below is the ad for an AsciiPad designed for the SNES.

After a highly publicized class action suit Asciiware was required to place prominent warnings in all their hardware advertisements. Despite this, many consumers decided that independent turbo control on all six buttons was worth the risk of becoming were-rockers.

Check out the rest of the Bad Ads from the past at 1up.

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