Advertising has been foundational to the video game industry since the beginning of commercialized video games, they are responsible for how the public identifies and understands individual games and the companies who play their part in their creation. In this archive, the majority of the advertising below comes from comic books and other marketing material created by game companies with sources from as early as 1981. The advertisements have been presented in a visual way below, but for an entire list of our sources click here.

 

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