5 ms·

I was a kid then and I don't remember ads were so "legs-oriented". Those were other times I guess.

alistairSH 3y ago
Many of these particular ads are targeted at operators. See the mention of profit in the text. Consumer ads may have been different. I don’t recall. I would have been very young when these were published.
- kcplate 3y ago
  I don’t recall many consumer ads of this variety. It was probably unnecessary to be honest. What I do remember is back in the late ‘70s early ‘80s all you had to do was just open an arcade and us kids, like lemmings, would show up with our quarters.
joezydeco 3y ago
This post selectively picked out the flyers with girls in them. The majority of flyers from this era didn't involve models.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
  I mean, that’s just not true. When the ads targeted kids, they didn’t involve as much sex appeal: Laser Blast TV Commercial https://archive.org/embed/laser_blast_commercial https://archive.org/embed/laser_blast_commercial But when they targeted adults, sex appeal was huge.
  - joezydeco 3y ago
    We're talking about trade marketing ads for coin-operated games in the 1970s-1990s. That's what the blog post is showing. Don't believe me, go to https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ that was posted above and walk through each and every one. I used to collect these things, but I'll let you find the answer yourself.
  - ceautery 3y ago
    Off topic, but Laser Blast was a great 2600 game. The ground stayed "hot" after you shot it, so a near miss could be a kill if the enemy rolled into the hot zone. The controls were modal - you could move your ship around with the stick, or hold the fire button down and aim your laser, which fired when you let go of the button. Creative work by the Activision devs.
    - johnvanommen 3y ago
      Laser Blast was also a great arcade in San Bernardino CA :)
    - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
      Be sure to read this LaserBlast web page if you’re a fan of the game: http://laserblast.neocities.org/ http://laserblast.neocities.org/
dfxm12 3y ago
It was probably the same times. You wouldn't necessarily remember the legginess of a girl in an ad from ~40 years ago, especially if you were more into the laser gun (or whatever) that the girl was holding at the time.

Many of these particular ads are targeted at operators. See the mention of profit in the text. Consumer ads may have been different. I don’t recall. I would have been very young when these were published.

kcplate 3y ago
I don’t recall many consumer ads of this variety. It was probably unnecessary to be honest. What I do remember is back in the late ‘70s early ‘80s all you had to do was just open an arcade and us kids, like lemmings, would show up with our quarters.

joezydeco 3y ago

This post selectively picked out the flyers with girls in them. The majority of flyers from this era didn't involve models.

TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
I mean, that’s just not true. When the ads targeted kids, they didn’t involve as much sex appeal: Laser Blast TV Commercial https://archive.org/embed/laser_blast_commercial https://archive.org/embed/laser_blast_commercial But when they targeted adults, sex appeal was huge.
- joezydeco 3y ago
  We're talking about trade marketing ads for coin-operated games in the 1970s-1990s. That's what the blog post is showing. Don't believe me, go to https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ that was posted above and walk through each and every one. I used to collect these things, but I'll let you find the answer yourself.
- ceautery 3y ago
  Off topic, but Laser Blast was a great 2600 game. The ground stayed "hot" after you shot it, so a near miss could be a kill if the enemy rolled into the hot zone. The controls were modal - you could move your ship around with the stick, or hold the fire button down and aim your laser, which fired when you let go of the button. Creative work by the Activision devs.
  - johnvanommen 3y ago
    Laser Blast was also a great arcade in San Bernardino CA :)
  - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
    Be sure to read this LaserBlast web page if you’re a fan of the game: http://laserblast.neocities.org/ http://laserblast.neocities.org/

dfxm12 3y ago

It was probably the same times. You wouldn't necessarily remember the legginess of a girl in an ad from ~40 years ago, especially if you were more into the laser gun (or whatever) that the girl was holding at the time.