The Most Cringe Worthy Live Action Video Game Commercials Ever Captured

Way to show your age, bruh.

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Video game publicity is a refined art form these days.

Slick trailers, commercials with production value on par with film, and social media campaigns that make titles impossible to miss. That hasn't always been the case. 

Back in the pre-Internet days, that's a thing now, video game commercials in print and TV were how most of us consumed our advertising. As you can imagine most of this look fucking ridiculous in the harsh light of contemporary criticsism. 

What I'm trying to say is that most of these live-action commercials are hysterical time capsules of low-budget shit storms. Read on for the Most Cringe Worthy Live Action Video Game Commercials Ever Captured.

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Those are psychotropic hallucinogens.

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Kids like rap music, right?

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Jeez, kid calm down.

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Was the Game Genie this exciting..for anyone?

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Legend of Zelda rap part deux.

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Apparently Journey had a video game...

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Japanese Street Fighter commercial looks like a celebrity fragrance ad.

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Well that's the most terrifying thing. Ever.

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Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch shilling for Sega.

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Paul Rudd in this Super Nintendo ad.

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