This 1994 Viacom New Media ad promotes the Rocko's Modern Life game for the Super Nintendo, with Rocko racing off carrying his panicked dog Spunky ...

A quirky 1993 Mindscape and Twilight ad for Super Alfred Chicken, filled by a giant glossy cartoon chicken face with wide green eyes and an orange ...

A 1993 Tengen ad for the shoot-em-up Grind Stormer on the Sega Genesis, showing a glossy red fighter ship blasting yellow lasers above a green and ...

A 1994 Sony Imagesoft ad for ESPN Baseball Tonight, with a full-page pile of well-worn baseballs under the headline Everything Else Is Just Practic...

This 1993 Activision ad for X-Kaliber 2097 on the Super Nintendo shows a golden futuristic sword crackling with lightning over a glowing city skyli...

A 1993 JVC ad for Star Wars Rebel Assault on the Sega CD, built from a grid of nine red-framed game screens that spell out a headline. A pilot's-ey...

This edgy 1993 Virgin ad for Sewer Shark on the 3DO system shows a rat in glowing blue and green thermal colors against a black background tangled ...

A bright 1993 Namco ad for Ms. Pac-Man on the Sega Game Gear, with the yellow heroine in her red bow, lipstick and boots striding past a crowd of c...

This wild 1994 Sunsoft ad for The Pirates of Dark Water shows an enormous airbrushed monster face with a glowing orange eye dripping green slime, s...

This 1993 Koei ad for the strategy game Liberty or Death pairs a bold painted portrait of George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Colonial for...

A playful 1994 Vic Tokai ad for Columns III on the Sega Genesis, with a man in a yellow shirt and jeans pictured five times, hugging, balancing and...

This quirky 1994 Vic Tokai ad for Mansion of Hidden Souls on the Sega CD stars a wide-eyed man with wild hair and a tattered graphic tee, arms flun...

A bright yellow 1994 Sega ad for Disney's Aladdin on the Game Gear, with a giant hand in an orange shirt and red high-top sneakers holding up the h...

A loud 1994 Takara ad for Fatal Fury 2 on the Super Nintendo, with a huge red Bigger! Meaner! headline and a graffiti-style logo on a bright orange...

Luke Skywalker in a red pilot suit raises his lightsaber in front of Yoda, Han, Leia and a looming Darth Vader in this vibrant 1993 JVC ad for Supe...

A dramatic 1993 Seika ad for the Super Nintendo game Legend, painted in a swords-and-sorcery style with a long-haired barbarian slicing through a p...

A jetpack-wearing hero in a bright space suit blasts across a fiery alien world full of snapping plants and rockets in this vivid 1993 Electro Brai...

Crackling purple lightning and a glowing neon grid surround the Shadowrun game box in this 1993 Sega Genesis ad, a moody dose of early 90s cyberpun...

A faded notice stapled to a weathered telephone pole fills this tongue-in-cheek 1993 Sony Imagesoft ad for the Last Action Hero game, based on Arno...

This 1993 Vic Tokai ad for the Sega Genesis features Socket, a cartoon duck caught mid-sprint in a colorful blur of motion. The trippy neon backgro...

A white-bearded wizard clutching a handful of bunnies and his red-capped witch partner race after runaway rabbits under a smiling moon in this whim...

A grinning yellow crash test dummy with a sliced-off arm tumbles across a bright red starburst in this loud, funny 1993 Acclaim ad announcing the d...

A laid-back red alien with sunglasses lounges beside a barrel of dynamite in this cheeky 1993 Psygnosis ad for Puggsy on Sega Genesis, topped by a ...

This 1993 Domark ad for Formula One on the Sega Genesis and Game Gear shows a glowing yellow race car streaking across the page from an overhead an...

Ren and Stimpy press against the glass of their own TV screen, trading jokes in speech bubbles, in this wacky 1993 THQ ad for the Veediots! game on...

Scattered body-part icons and a bold orange Parts Is Parts headline set the tone for this 1993 DTMC ad starring the sunglasses-wearing Frankenstein...

This 1993 Irem ad for the Super Nintendo shows a wild red-haired rodent sprinting past a bright game box under the headline Go Hairwire With Your S...

Two muscular, headband-wearing commandos stand back to back firing heavy weapons through a blazing battlefield in this explosive 1993 Malibu Games ...

Action star Sylvester Stallone clings to a rock face in climbing gear with thought and scream bubbles in this funny 1993 Sony Imagesoft ad for the ...

A rugged black play-in case with green splashes sits on a red-to-purple gradient in this 1993 STD ad for the Handy Gear, a protective cover built t...

A fanged, horned Dracula face looms out of a dark stone wall above a blood-red Play It If You Dare headline in this chilling 1993 Sony Imagesoft ad...

A 1993 Mindscape ad for Championship Pool on the Super Nintendo, built around a close-up of a hand holding a cube of pool chalk above a blurry blue...

Sepia schoolchildren scribble away at a test while thought bubbles show gears, musical notes and E=MC2 in this clever 1993 Sony Imagesoft ad for th...

A clear-cased programmable controller smashes through a cracked wall under a Blow 'Em Away headline in this 1993 STD ad for the SN ProgramPad, made...

Asterix knocks out a Roman soldier while Obelix strolls by with his menhir in this colorful comic-style 1993 Electro Brain ad for the Asterix the G...

A painted high kick lands on a shirtless fighter's jaw in a packed arena in this punchy 1993 Electro Brain ad bringing the Best of the Best karate ...

A high-octane 1993 Renovation Products ad for Road Avenger on the Sega CD, with an orange-haired driver smashing a spiked fist through the windshie...

A wide-eyed man in a tie and sneakers flies through the air beside a flame-painted yellow race car crashing through the page in this action-packed ...

A cartoon possum in a blue tracksuit rides a rhino through a trash-strewn landscape while the villainous Dr. Machino looms behind in this eco-minde...

A goofy hand-drawn lineup of clay brawlers, including a snowman, a clown, a pumpkin and a horned blonde fighter, crowds this colorful 1993 Interpla...

Erik, Baleog and Olaf peer in from the corners of a starry blue sky in this humorous 1993 Interplay ad announcing the arrival of The Lost Vikings o...

A grinning muscular caveman with a stone axe squares off against a toothy green dinosaur while a wide-eyed cave girl looks on in this wild 1993 Tak...

A ferocious wolf face with glowing orange eyes and dripping fangs fills this 1993 Sega Genesis ad from JVC, a perfect snapshot of the edgy, in-your...

A gritty, painted Captain America swings his shield beside Hawkeye and Vision while a glowering Red Skull looms in the corner of this 1993 Mindscap...

This 1992 Working Designs ad for Lunar: The Silver Star on Sega CD shows a group of anime-style heroes in fur-trimmed outfits beneath a winged blue...

Painted fighters with serious 90s attitude take over this 1993 Takara ad for the Super Nintendo version of the NEO-GEO arcade hit, complete with a ...

This 1993 T-HQ ad for The Lawnmower Man on Super Nintendo and Game Boy shows a glowing cyber figure with a flaming-eyed face against a blue and red...

A snarling Beast in a purple cape swipes his clawed hand across the page under a giant red Wild Thing headline in this 1993 Sunsoft ad, a dramatic ...