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Blore07
11/25/09

In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
Did anyone here have Mcdonaldland for the NES?

Good times with that game. good times.
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Tye-The-Czar
11/25/09

@Blore07: The Treasure-developed one for Genesis/Mega Drive is superior.
Oh, and I'll just leave this here:
[www.mcspotlight.org]

Oh, and there's nothing credible about Billboard, they're the people partially responsible for the destruction of American music during the 90's(*cough* Britney, Backstreet Boys, Christina *cough*).
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NeVeRMoRe666
11/24/09

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That reminds me of a game I use to have for the SNES based on the Cheetos character. As I remember, it was actually pretty good. As a kid, I didn't realize at the time it was marketing, I just thought it was the cool cat character from the chip bag.
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GLaDOS
11/24/09

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Ah the memories.
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Kaddisfly
11/24/09

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I bought this game back in the day, and god damn proud of it.
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jayntampa
11/24/09

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Cool Spot was a surprisingly good game.
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spannu
11/24/09

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You can dare to say whatever you want, but the results would suggest that things are definitely worse now.
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PapaBear434
11/24/09

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You know, it was blatant advertising and shamelessly "90's" in it's "coolness," but it was actually a pretty cool game. Moderately well done platformer with one of the best games ever played on a MIDI file.
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Mit
11/24/09

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They reintroduced Fido Dido in the 2000s in international markets for 7up.

We're long overdue for a Cool Spot revival.
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Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
11/24/09

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That's a bad idea to shill alcohol in M-rated titles. Since the age limit for one is 17 and the age limit for the other is 21, they're not exactly consistent and it would be pretty bad for the image of any company who got caught doing it.
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Atomsk88
11/24/09

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The 7 Up Spot was one of the coolest mascots back in the 90's.

Anyway, the last game(s) I can think of that were glorified ads were the BK games some years ago. Advertising has improved. I say that because at least we have straight up ads in typical ad locations in games now. It's not like there's a need to hide them now to subconsciously make us think of a product while playing our latest game.
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Vecha: One more Month
11/24/09

@Atomsk88:

"it's not like there's a need to hide them now to subconsciously make "

Movies do this.

Most recent is the 2012 movie...they are all wearing vans...or some type of tennis shoes on the arks.

As well as everyone in Washington owning a vaio.

Anyways...my poing being...Why do games not have a need to do the same?
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Atomsk88
11/24/09

@Vecha: One more Month: Well, sports games can easily market clothing and such since it comes with the territory. That's one of the things I remember about the Tony Hawk games.

As for movies, most people will experience a film once, so product placement is always obvious and pretty much has to be if the movie had support from the company of the product. Take Transformers for example. A Mountain Dew vending machine transformer, and the Nokia transformer too. I don't think movies are really trying to subconsciously sell us the products now, and if they are it's pretty terrible because it's been pretty obvious. Just displaying the latest product in the latest media really.

Now, selling would be like in the Wayne's World clip, with lines and etc.
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Vecha: One more Month
11/24/09

@Atomsk88:

I see...makes sense!

#speakup
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WhiteMåge
11/24/09

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OH MY GOD COOL SPOT

screw whatever the article is about

that's

freaking COOL SPOT!
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D-K
11/24/09

@WhiteMåge: Platforming at it's most basic.. but damnit if it wasn't the best time ever playing cool spot.

Man.. were my standards low back then..
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Revenge_of_Nekojin
11/24/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: Liking Cool Spot doesn't mean you have low standards. Cool Spot was a pretty damn good game from what I remember.
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fuchikoma
11/24/09

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: I don't know what I could say about the game objectively that made it good, but I loved it too. Maybe it was just playing a funky tiny character in a huge everyday setting? It was great though...

I also really liked the NES Cool Spot game that played like Infection/Ataxx (...and of course, I loved Ataxx too... wow, I'm going to find that game tonight and fire it up...)

Pepsi (who makes 7UP) did it again on the PSX too... in Japan they released a game for their Japanese mascot Pepsiman - you'd run away from the camera at a fixed speed and try to jump, duck, and dodge obstacles in your way like things falling off of trucks, and even fences between yards and objects as you take shortcuts through people's houses, lol... it was so simple, but fun to play.
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spiderweb1986
11/24/09

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: Cool Spot was awesome, in large part because David Perry - the guy behind the (superior) Genesis Aladdin game and the Earthworm Jim series - worked on it.
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D-K
11/25/09

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: It wasn't good, that's nostalgia talking. Don't get me wrong, i liked it as much as the next person, but comparing it to other games that also featured kid's heroes, it's very basic.

The Rescue Rangers, Mickey Mania, Ducktales... there were just so much better games that you can't qualify it as a good game, regardless of the fun it provided.

I dare you to download and play it.
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Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
11/24/09

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Avoid the Noid!
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DLNO-001
11/24/09

@Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: pepsimaan!
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excel_excel
11/24/09

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Oh god, well were not going to see a game based on them these days!

As long as its not jarring its ok. Like the items in MGS4, or the Dorito's dispensors in Ghostbusters, stuff like that is fine.
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spiderweb1986
11/24/09

@excel_excel: In the screenshots I've seen, all of the product placement in Ghostbusters uses the retro logos that would have been current in the game's 1991 setting.

I don't care if they're trying to sell me Doritos and Pepsi - that's just cool.
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excel_excel
11/25/09

@spiderweb1986: Yeah it was a really nice touch.
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Pezdispenser
09/05/09

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I still vividly remember the Tropic Thunder ads from Rainbow Six Vegas 2, but not because of the violence. Rather, because Ben Stiller's face up close scared the crap out of me.
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Draco_2k
09/05/09

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The Institute of the Painfully Obvious strikes once again.

I hear their next study is on potential harm of sharp objects to human beings. And I'm the one conducting it.
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nipsen
09/05/09

@Draco_2k:
Mm. Why do these studies never show that running over Bill Gates or Andrew House inside the game.. will increase the positive connotations to the brand they represent, for example?
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