Saturday, June 18, 2022

Week 36: "Do the Donkey Kong" magazine ad

Did "Do the Donkey Kong" not receive the push of "Pac-Man Fever" because it didn't do as well? Or did "Do the Donkey Kong" not do as well because it didn't receive as much push as "Pac-Man Fever"? Here's a rare dedicated ad from Cash Box (1 May 1982).


And here's a more understated ad from Video Games vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug 1982) posted previously that's really advertising the album and just mentioning "Do the Donkey Kong".


And here's another ad clipped from an unknown magazine (from eBay). As in, I asked, but the seller didn't know.



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