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[Nitty_Grimes]

That happened at the time.

Christ I remember that.

 

[Emedan]

I mean I guess they kinda worked, I remember a few of the sexual ones - and I wasn't even in my teens yet

 

[Hypereides]

This one is just fucking wild no matter when, where or why lol. Imagine how many people had to go "yup, good idea!" for this to show up in print. That's the craziest part.

Ads were deliberately provocative back then to grab your attention. They were aimed to make you outraged. It lead to people talking.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I remember an advert in Computer & Video Games (C&VG) for Strip Poker II by Anco - it was a full page advert with 2 women in their frillies. In a computer games mag, when you were 13/14 - was amazing

 

[Bond007]

These are all hilarious and i remember a few of them. Good times.
Some of them are obvious foul balls lmao

 

[Wildebeest]

UK magazines in the 80s were something.

 

[Trilobit]

The 80s/90s/00s sure were different from 10s and 20s. I wonder what caused that sharp split.

 

[Wildebeest]

The 80s/90s/00s sure were different from 10s and 20s. I wonder what caused that sharp split.

The big corporations came in and cleaned everything up. Now everyone is always happy all the time and everything is perfect. Yep.

 

[Dithadder]

 

[Moriarty1889]

The 80s/90s/00s sure were different from 10s and 20s. I wonder what caused that sharp split.

Political correctness happened which lead to weak minded people offended at everything.

 

[-Minsc-]

This isn’t as extreme as what’s been posted. I found this Best Buy ad in a EGM from around 1997. It’s not the full add, just a clip I took because I thought she was hot.

The ad is supposed to be showing how you can shop for TV from home. I thought it was funny how the woman is in her underwear. Like women shop for TV laying in bed in underwear. Pretty blatantly pandering to the video game nerds.

Women play video games and watch TV all the time in their underwear. At least that's what I was shown on the internet.

 

[DryvBy]

Women play video games and watch TV all the time in their underwear. At least that's what I was shown on the internet.

Yeah but does the guy have to look like he's putting on the green instead of getting a fairway wood?

 

[MasterDerico]

Best topic of 2024! Awesome OP!
I remember some, but its hard to find pics...

 

[IFireflyl]

 

[Pimpbaa]

Those Neo Geo ads in magazines back in the day. Not every kid had rich parents man, doesn’t make us a weenie. Hell lots of kids still stuck on the NES during the early 90’s. Also probably applies to the majority who bought gaming mags back then.

 

[ShirAhava]

 

[Toons]

My favorite lol

Baffles me this made it through S&P and approvals and got released.

Goes to show how out of touch these companies were at the time. And a lot of em still are.

Still, as a relic of the past its kinda darkly hilarious.

 

[ahtlas7]

Offensive? These are hilarious. Well, not the twin towers one, that one is meh, but, the others are rofl.

 

[Dithadder]

I believe the duke nukem ads here have been photoshopped but i could be wrong.

 

[Dithadder]

Computer Gaming World, June 1993, per mobygames

 

[FewRope]

***EDIT****
What this thread is about is more of what would be considered offensive today, not back in these days.

I found this and it inspired the thread. This wasn't offensive at the time, but given our current timeline it's now crazy to think this was an ad.

Are you actually fucking kidding me?

Man, the early 00s were just insane, I miss it dearly

 

[winjer]

Are you actually fucking kidding me?

Man, the early 00s were just insane, I miss it dearly

That ad is from 1995. So it's not as bad as you think.

 

[FewRope]

That ad is from 1995. So it's not as bad as you think.

Yeah, I can understand how this got greenlighted then

 

[AngelMuffin]

Pro Gamer move

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Found the advert for the poker game I mentioned - I'm not sure if it fits the 'offensive' criteria there isn't anything offensive.

And also the full Psyco Pigs one that was posted earlier.

 

[MayauMiao]

This truly offended me, a bad attempt at viral marketing.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Found the advert for the poker game I mentioned - I'm not sure if it fits the 'offensive' criteria there isn't anything offensive.

And also the full Psyco Pigs one that was posted earlier.

"Nothing offensive"? Get with the program son. In today's world these hyper sexualized almost naked women are the victims of the male gaze and are being used to fuel the dirty minds of those males. Unacceptable!

 

[StabbyStabStabStabStab]

UK magazines in the 80s were something.

Ah Maria Whittaker - one of the big 3 at the time if I recall

 

[hinch7]

Most are tame, toilet humor at worst and mostly funny and not that offensive. Its a shame we've grown to be so prude as whats socially 'acceptable' when it comes to ads and marketing.

Well maybe the titallating ones are a bit much lol.

 

[_Ex_]

In the early '90s there was this concept of what "cool" was, that didn't actually exist except in the minds of advertising copywriters, this offensively cringey piece of shit is a perfect example:

 

[Gaelyon]

Napoleon I get it, but why french president Jacques Chirac ?

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

"Nothing offensive"? Get with the program son. In today's world these hyper sexualized almost naked women are the victims of the male gaze and are being used to fuel the dirty minds of those males. Unacceptable!

I don’t know if the thread criteria is offensive in the 90s or offensive today.

Thread needs to be ‘post some adverts from the 90s that would be considered offensive today’ I guess.

 

[Hudo]

Napoleon I get it, but why french president Jacques Chirac ?

I reckon because it's an ad by Virgin Interactive and they had their HQ in the UK, so they were just taking a (pretty based) piss.

 

[FunkMiller]

This thread just goes to show that Gen X were the last generation not to get offended by a fucking thing.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

 

[DryvBy]

 

[darth.shrimp]

I still remember this one... like, what the fuck was the link between a retired porn actor, and a game console lol

 

[Dacvak]

My friend just sent me this. Not exactly offensive, but it’s a tad edgy and hilarious



Lol this one too.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Ah Maria Whittaker - one of the big 3 at the time if I recall

Don't forget Wolf from Gladiators.

 

[Humdinger]

Hahaha. I can't remember the last time a videogame ad made me laugh.

 

[FeralEcho]

My favorite lol

This is the origin story of the white villain from Disney's storybooks

As for the thread...Like others have said,and having been born in the 90's,I don't take offence with anything an art piece or ad etc says or shows...only weak minded people do or people with too much free time that they need to fabricate drama themselves to make their lives seem more interesting.

The only thing I do hate and take offense with is censorship which comes in spades nowadays,sadly,as people have become a bunch of whiny snowflakes.

 

[FeralEcho]

Love this one.

This one is absolutely incredible. I'm dying here laughing

 

[darrylgorn]

You could post all of these on Twitter or tiktok and you wouldn't have any repercussions.

 

[midnightAI]

This was offensive at the time. Sony had to take it down and publicly apologise.

"Whilst the images used in the campaign were intended solely to highlight the contrast between the different colors available for the PSP, we recognize that the subject matter of one specific image may have caused concern in some countries not directly affected by the advertising," the company said in a statement. "As a result, we have now withdrawn the campaign."

Was just supposed to run in the EU I think. But this was a pretty dumb gaffe from a marketing perspective across the board I'd think.

Yes, but why? It isn't even offensive. You can take offense to almost anything. This image shows a white woman dominating a black woman, in the other ads the black woman is dominating the white woman. Now some will scream racist because that's what they want to see. Me...... I see two sexy woman playing kinky bedroom games with each other and good for them.

 

[StabbyStabStabStabStab]

Don't forget Wolf from Gladiators.

Ah yes, who can forget Wolf and his campaign to help Karla the elephant with her trunk stuck up her own anus.

 

[LordOcidax]

The 80s/90s/00s sure were different from 10s and 20s. I wonder what caused that sharp split.

Internet and Social networks made minorities looks bigger than they really are.

 

[gaming_again]

I think you win lol.

 

[SaintALia]

Yes, but why? It isn't even offensive. You can take offense to almost anything. This image shows a white woman dominating a black woman, in the other ads the black woman is dominating the white woman. Now some will scream racist because that's what they want to see. Me...... I see two sexy woman playing kinky bedroom games with each other and good for them.

It was already answered in a post a user replied to me in. Someone took an image out of context(it was meant to be viewed as a series of images) and used that.

Basically, you want to avoid that shit as much as possible when you're in advertising, because it can and does happen quite a bit. You risk your firm's reputation as well as your client, not to mention any money lost from it.

You also want to avoid stuff like the bolded as well depending on the client and message involved. That's why I said it was a bad marketing campaign overall.

 

[midnightAI]

It was already answered in a post a user replied to me in. Someone took an image out of context(it was meant to be viewed as a series of images) and used that.

Basically, you want to avoid that shit as much as possible when you're in advertising, because it can and does happen quite a bit. You risk your firm's reputation as well as your client, not to mention any money lost from it.

You also want to avoid stuff like the bolded as well depending on the client and message involved. That's why I said it was a bad marketing campaign overall.

Don't worry, I was saying it partially in jest, I know the trouble it causes, just thought I'd have fun with it

 

[NT80]