Winners Don't Use Drugs, They Play Atari Games!

[Shannon]

I just got a lynx and one cart within the last couple months, but didn't notice this lame slogan on the back of the box until I recentally acquired a handful of games.

 

Of course at the time the lynx was released I was more interested in my Atari 8-bit computer and the soon to be released Amiga 500. So I guess I didn't pay much mind to this kinda thing. In fact I didn't even know of the expression until I played capcom games on emulators the last 5 years. I suppose my arcade days ended as well. I think I stopped going around the crystal castle, marble madness era.

 

Luckily we don't have to live with these slogans during the demo mode of lynx games.. right?? I hope so.. lol. Did other game systems of the time have this slogan on the box?

 

I'm surprised these days they don't have a slogan like "Winners don't carry knives and guns", or something silly like that.

 

Anyways, thanks for reading me blabber.

[AtariDude]

You used to see this slogan a lot in arcade games. I guess they figured that it made the sales of arcade games more palatable if they were providing a public service message before the game started.

[SwedenLynxer]

Luckily we don't have to live with these slogans during the demo mode of lynx games.. right??

 

Well this slogan does appear in some Lynx games like S.T.U.N Runner and Slime World

[davidcalgary29]

Does anyone know when this slogan first appeared on Atari games? The earliest reference that I could find is on a copy of "Super Huey" for the 7800, which was produced for market in 1988.