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Excerpts

Articles
Classic Ads
Tales

The mere sight of the classic game advertisements that cover the walls of this gallery makes you yearn for gone-by days of computer gaming.

At the entrance, a sign warns you: "Adobe Acrobat required to view ads." Another sign, dated November 2006, indicates that with the availability of full CGW issues in digital format, this gallery will not be further updated.

Advertisement 12 (1 November 2004) CGW - Issue 2.6, Nov-Dec 1982 Sierra's Ultima I and Ultima II - Two page spread
Advertisement 11 (21 Sep 2004) CGW - Issue 54, Dec 1988 SSI: Demon's Winter and Questron II
Advertisement 10 (28 August 2004) CGW - Issue 44, Feb 1988 "Your Might... Our Magic!" An ad for New World Computing's Might and Magic
Advertisement 9 (1 July 2004) CGW - Issue 2.1, Jan-Feb 1982 Probably the earliest ad for Muse's Castle Wolfenstein. A true classic!
Advertisement 8 (16 June 2004) CGW - Issue 53, Nov 1988 Lucasfilm's Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken
Advertisement 7 (9 June 2004) CGW - Issue 3.4, Jul-Aug 1983 SSI's Knights of the Desert
Advertisement 6 (9 June 2004) CGW - Issue 57, Mar 1989 Full page ad for Wasteland
Advertisement 5 (9 June 2004) CGW - Issue 53, Nov 1988 Ad for six Cinemaware games
Advertisement 4 (29 April 2004) CGW - Issue 28, May 1986 Original ad for The Bard's Tale
Advertisement 3 (12 April 2004) CGW - Issue 52, Oct 1988 Koei - Nobunaga's Ambition, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Genghis Khan
Advertisement 2 (31 March 2004) CGW - Issue 4.3, Jun 1984 Electronic Arts "Software Artists?" ad for Julius Erving and Larry Bird Go One-on-One
Advertisement 1 (24 March 2004) CGW - Issue 41, Nov 1987 Full page ad for SSI's Wargame Construction Set and B-24


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