This colorful advertisement is for Lazlos' Leap, just one of the many Game Boy puzzle games that wasn't worth your time or attention. The Game Boy might have been black and white, but that didn't stop DTMC from using nearly every color in the rainbow in the worst way possible. The reds clash with the blues and yellows, the greens don't go with anything, and the yellow and green sky is just weird. I'm not sure what it is, but something about this advertisement makes me feel like I need to throw up. And I blame Professor Lazlos for that.

Lazlos' Leap has at least one characteristic that sets it apart from the rest of the bad advertisements we've looked at in the past 27 episodes. Lazlos' Leap is the first advertisement that actually voids out a screenshot. Believe it or not, there's a picture of the game on this advertisement that has a giant "VOID" marker over it. Is that the way to sell your product? I know the picture isn't very good, but wouldn't it just be easier to replace it with something more interesting?

You can tell that the people creating this advertisement were just phoning it in. The very last line of this commercial mentions, "Look for Sumo FIGHTER in this magazine!" The description has even lost interest in Lazlos' Leap, perhaps that's a sign that nobody else cares either. The advertisement asks, "Do you have what it takes to beat Professor Lazlos' toughest puzzle?" Perhaps the real question is, "Do you have what it takes to pass this piece of garbage game and buy something better?" I know you do.

FROM: Skating With Bad Advertising