Adventures in Product Placement
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How could I forgot Doritos Dash...
Really comprehensive list! Love it!
I feel Beetle Adventure Racing could work here too. According to Wikipedia, there was a deal between EA and Volkswagen to get this made.
Also, would the America's Army game count? It was developed by the Army and I remember its release being pretty controversial back in the day because of this.
I feel Beetle Adventure Racing could work here too. According to Wikipedia, there was a deal between EA and Volkswagen to get this made.
Also, would the America's Army game count? It was developed by the Army and I remember its release being pretty controversial back in the day because of this.
I know they're often called "The Merchants of Death", but I think we'll need to find a provable link between the U.S. Army and a general-saleable commercial product before we can add America's Army to the list.
I’m not sure if it counts because the game isn’t completely built around the product like say Pepsiman, but the product placement in FFXV is kind of infamously egregious. Great list idea!
Unfortunately I cannot accept incidental product placements because this list would be about 120 pages long
Maybe these ones don't fit as well as others, but I think they kinda do:
-Wave Race 64 has the whole Kawasaki JetSki collaboration, and even features its name on the title screen.
- Pikmin 2 has also a ton of examples, but those are made more for the sake of immersion and probably doesn't fit with the rest of the games on here.
Really cool list!
-Wave Race 64 has the whole Kawasaki JetSki collaboration, and even features its name on the title screen.
- Pikmin 2 has also a ton of examples, but those are made more for the sake of immersion and probably doesn't fit with the rest of the games on here.
Really cool list!
Understood; the list is stronger like this. What about Grimace's Birthday?
Do all those Monster Energy Supercross games count?
There's a California Raisins game on NES. Chase the Chuck Wagon was apparently distributed by Purina dog foods.
There's a California Raisins game on NES. Chase the Chuck Wagon was apparently distributed by Purina dog foods.
You guys are getting it now!
M.C Kids and Cap'n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure
No Chase the Chuck Wagon? For shame..
surprised we got all the real notable british pc sponsorship games besides Superfrog, where the main character gains his powers from consuming beverage ive never heard of Lucozade and can regain health through each level after finding more of it
also not sure if it counts but Bullfrog's Theme Park is sponsored by and prominently features advertising for a bank that doesnt exist anymore. It's kinda like zool in that it's subtly peddling shit to children but instead of lollypops it's commercial loans
also not sure if it counts but Bullfrog's Theme Park is sponsored by and prominently features advertising for a bank that doesnt exist anymore. It's kinda like zool in that it's subtly peddling shit to children but instead of lollypops it's commercial loans
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M&M's the lost formulas!
I did not realize just how many M&M's games there were.
Dang.
I did not realize just how many M&M's games there were.
Dang.
Also if the Nerf games count then Crayola Scoot
The 2007 classic of the genre YARIS
@Drax with the Friday mic drop 🫡
Drac's Night Out, an unreleased NES game where you play as Dracula wearing Reebok shoes.
I think it might be a dupe of Pepsi Invaders but fuck it, I like making my lists bigger
I think Marc Ecko's Getting Up was an ad for the Marc Ecko brand.
Dreamboat
6 months ago
Global Gladiators - as a kid I couldn't work out what McDonalds had to do with Wolf, Rhino et al