Early 2000s video game magazine ads, post them

MANMANMAN

Internet Refugee
Joined
Dec 31, 2023
Messages
17
Reaction score
36
Awards
9
Post whatever you think looks cool from that era. I'll do my part of course and post a few


1713268135681.png




1713268175827.png



1713268200559.png



1713268229903.png




1713268284498.png
 
Last edited:
1713269793094.png


View: https://www.tumblr.com/ancestral-steppe/734614303874908160/sega-dreamcast-jump-in-ad-campaign?source=share

1713270247519.png
1713270275853.png
1713270302013.png
1713270315900.png
1713270344973.png
1713270374615.png
1713270388972.png
1713270401707.png
1713270414340.png
1713270421230.png
1713270436510.png
1713270531454.png


View: https://www.tumblr.com/sockos-world/744137175669587968?source=share


View: https://www.tumblr.com/53v3nfrn5/743328589930446848/nintendo-game-boy-advance-sp-ad-2003?source=share

1713270560550.png
1713270579767.png
1713270602608.png
1713270646283.png

...
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

2bitDeparture

cnNzIGx1cmtlcgo=
Joined
Oct 27, 2021
Messages
24
Reaction score
49
Awards
15
famitsudc_lodoss.png
famitsu_tc.png
famitsu_h2.png
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

LostintheCycle

Formerly His Holeliness
Joined
Apr 4, 2022
Messages
1,464
Reaction score
6,123
Awards
271
I miss the old game magazines, they used to have great writers. Wish I didn't throw out my old stack now
 
Virtual Cafe Awards
I miss the old game magazines, they used to have great writers. Wish I didn't throw out my old stack now
sci-pop too, before everyone and their mom started to do it, buzzfeed/ifl style...
we have ABC magazine here...
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

MANMANMAN

Internet Refugee
Joined
Dec 31, 2023
Messages
17
Reaction score
36
Awards
9
I miss the old game magazines, they used to have great writers. Wish I didn't throw out my old stack now
What were your favourite video game magazines and ads that you liked from the 2000s?

1713357349464.png
 

Alix Kojima

YHEAAWWW
Joined
Oct 14, 2023
Messages
792
Reaction score
6,465
Awards
244
9998f612640bda069e937bc4244cf942.jpg
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

Z0diacK

NOT A SCHIZO
Joined
Sep 26, 2020
Messages
602
Reaction score
2,348
Awards
196
Awesome, I had the original cd back in the day because someone older bought it for me. Sadly, my mom threw this thing away along with the cd. Then I figured out how to pirate it and did... lol postal still my favourite gaemz...
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

Ross_Я

Slacker
Joined
Oct 17, 2023
Messages
1,408
Reaction score
3,973
Awards
249
Website
www.youtube.com
I miss the old game magazines, they used to have great writers. Wish I didn't throw out my old stack now
I threw most of them away as well at some point, but I kept a dozen or two which I considered best. They were that good, yeah.
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

Sketch Relics

Quiet Traveller
Joined
Sep 28, 2022
Messages
589
Reaction score
1,709
Awards
165
Makes me wish I had my old Game Informer mags, so I could scan a few,
HOWEVER
I have the next best thing

This is a website that archives old vidya magazines, though you can't view any of the archived Game Informer mags, I presume due to them still existing and requesting their issues be taken down from the site. Lets see what I can find in Tip's and Tricks issue 100, a mag I actually owned.

0002.jpg


0006.jpg

part of a 2 page ad actually, next parts on the side of the opposing page

0007.jpg

0097.jpg

0098.jpg


Surprisingly few direct ads, T&T is a good magazine a swear every time I open a mag at an office or car garage the thing is 70~90% ads
 
Virtual Cafe Awards

waffle

Traveler
Joined
Apr 14, 2024
Messages
126
Reaction score
569
Awards
79
Not as edgy as some of the game mags, but a couple tamer MacAddict ads from the late 90's if that counts.
macAddict-sept97.jpg
macAddict-feb98.jpg