<story><title>Retro Arcade Game Ads</title><url>https://buzzbloq.com/retro-arcade-game-ads-a-nostalgic-look-at-marketing-of-the-past/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>unleaded</author><text>Most these ads are for operators, not gamers, that&amp;#x27;s why they all talk about earnings. (I still don&amp;#x27;t know where you would have seen them though..) I think I did see an ad for an arcade game targeted to gamers encouraging them to annoy their arcade to get one but I forgot what it was..&lt;p&gt;also some of these look like mega drive box art?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>johnvanommen</author><text>&amp;gt; Most these ads are for operators, not gamers, that&amp;#x27;s why they all talk about earnings. (I still don&amp;#x27;t know where you would have seen them though..)&lt;p&gt;I used to hang out at my local arcade after elementary school. Your basic 1980s latchkey kid, who grew up in shopping malls. If you&amp;#x27;ve seen &amp;quot;Fast Times at Ridgemont High&amp;quot;, you have the general idea.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve seen a ton of these ads, because I used to annoy the people working at my arcade, so they&amp;#x27;d let me read their monthly copy of &amp;quot;Replay&amp;quot; magazine. A trade journal aimed specifically at arcade operators.</text></comment>
<story><title>Retro Arcade Game Ads</title><url>https://buzzbloq.com/retro-arcade-game-ads-a-nostalgic-look-at-marketing-of-the-past/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>unleaded</author><text>Most these ads are for operators, not gamers, that&amp;#x27;s why they all talk about earnings. (I still don&amp;#x27;t know where you would have seen them though..) I think I did see an ad for an arcade game targeted to gamers encouraging them to annoy their arcade to get one but I forgot what it was..&lt;p&gt;also some of these look like mega drive box art?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dfxm12</author><text>I have an arcade now with a marquee of ~8.5&amp;quot;x11&amp;quot;. I&amp;#x27;ll pick up trade flyers for the games I have and switch it out based on what game I currently have installed in the cab.&lt;p&gt;Maybe other operators did the same, or they just postered a wall with them to let arcade goers know about the new games.</text></comment>