![]() ![]() Fresh off its run in the arcades, it was time for Mortal Kombat's home release and nothing commemorated the occasion quite like this commercial.Īs our own David Craddock will tell you, a lot of kids would yell "Mortal Kombat!" during recess. It was a fighting game unlike anything seen at the time. When the first Mortal Kombat game released, kids were enraptured. That's why we're going back to the days when the fighting game series first started. This feature is going up two weeks after the release of the new Mortal Kombat movie in theaters and HBO Max. There's even a little bit of cringe in there, but cringe in a fun way! Let's travel back in time and remember these classic commercials. These ads range from the genius to the bizarre. That's led to this list of some of the most memorable gaming commercials ever made. They needed to make people say, "Shut up and take my money!"Īs is the case with many conversations among the Shacknews staff, somebody randomly raised the topic of all-time great video game commercials. They needed to make a lasting impression. That means those commercials had to be good. In the old days, commercials were one of the primary ways in which players would get their first look at a game. Commercials for games still air fairly often, especially from the big three console makers, but marketing has shifted focus more to the internet, social media, and YouTube. The gator was given a complete redesign, with birds on its back to keep the score.Part of the marketing push for video games, especially the ones from bigger publishers, includes the occasional television commercial. The game was released once again in 2019 by Goliath Games. However, in 2012, the color was turned back to green (though the design of the gator from the 2008 version remained). ![]() The game was released again in 2008, without the spins (possibly to keep the game at a lower price than the original) and changing the color from green to orange. The game debuted at the 1994 American International Toy Fair, and became one of the most popular children's toys of the 1994 Christmas season. Milton Bradley asked him to consider using a different animal in the game, such as a beaver or a dragon, but Fuhrer's original idea remained mostly intact. Phil Grant and Mike Meyers of Milton Bradley played a key role in developing the game. Fuhrer submitted his idea for Gator Golf (then known as Crocodile Dentist Golf) to Milton Bradley in November 1992. Fuhrer who had also developed the 1990 game Crocodile Dentist. Gator Golf was invented by toymaker Robert B. The game was then re-released again in 2020 by Toy City in the UK and its name was "Gator Golfers". It was then re-released in 2019 by Goliath Games. ![]() Gator Golf's commercial tag line was " Gator Golf - what could be greater than playing a game of golf with a gator?" It was released again in 2008, then in 2009 under the "Elefun and Friends" banner. In the game, children take turns putting into the mouth of a motorized plastic alligator figure, which then flings the ball off its tail and spins around, creating a new challenge for the next player. It was released in 1994 by the American game company Milton Bradley. Gator Golf is a children's miniature golfing game. ![]()
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