Gaming Ads: Backfilling #23

Before now, I had posted nine game ads for Parker Brothers, and today I have 16 more! I found Parker Brothers liked to advertise in comic books, possibly more than any other game publisher. Four of the ads feature Star Wars, which is why I chose to post these now with another Star Wars Day tomorrow. One of the ads is for the Death Star Battle Home Video Game Sweepstakes, a game based on Return of the Jedi. Something quite interesting about the sweepstakes is that third prize is the unreleased game Ewok Adventure. Developed by Atari Games, it was completed and a prototype exists, but marketing thought the controls were too difficult, so they chose not to release it. In the game players control an Ewok glider while dodging and dropping rocks in an effort to destroy a shield generator. It's likely anyone that won third prize received another Star Wars game in its place, probably Death Star Battle, though Parker Brothers had also already released The Empire Strikes Back and Jedi Arena.