Comments on: Marketing Posing as Video Games: A Look Back

By: Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:41:34 +0000

Ah, as a Christian, I think I’d have to agree that religion and gaming systems perhaps should NOT meet in the middle. Funny, though, that Big Nintendo left them alone…. :)

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:59:08 +0000

I’m tempted to pick up the burger king games but I’ve heard mixed reactions. I guess you can’t go wrong though with such a low price tag.

I don’t remember any of the games you mentioned but I was a little tyke at the time. I probably had them, just don’t remember. Time to go digging though the attic.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:29:39 +0000

Don’t forget the grandfather of all marketing video games: “Chase the Chuckwagon” for the Atari 2600…Put out by Purina (makers of Dog Chow), it has become one of the hottest collector carts for the ol’ VCS.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:41:51 +0000

I remember Chex Quest back in the mid 90s. It was the first video game that I really got into as a kid; I would play it all the time.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:19:55 +0000

I remember both of the games from the original NES. I rented MC Kids..and I played the Bible Adventures on an emulator. MC Kids was pretty good actually for the time. There was also Yo Noid! (Domino’s Pizza) and Spot (7 Up)…can’t forget about those gems.

The “making the burgers” game you speak of is Burgertime. That was actually a pretty successful arcade game. I think Data East made it…of course, they also made Bad Dudes.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:09:43 +0000

bpm2000… some would argue that McDonalds is a religion… it’s the only way I can explain why people eat there… I figure eating the unedible is a rite of passage to a coronary ;-)

Jon

By: bpm2000

bpm2000 — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:34:32 +0000

Ive had the misfortune of playing both of these games mentioned. The MC Kids was actually sorta entertaining, but the bible game was just plain bad. If I remember, the cartridge was a sinister black, a stark contrast from my golden zelda cartridge. It got minimal play at best. If your gonna market with your games at least make them entertaining.

Mcdonalds 1: religion 0

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:32:11 +0000

I think the low price and quality of the Burger King games (from what I see on TV) is the reason for their success. I don’t remember the games you mention at all and I was the biggest game fanatic out there when I was younger bordering on addiction ;-)

One game I do remember very well was the “making burgers” game, I don’t remember the title, layout was sort of like Donkey Kong and you walked up and down “creating” a burger whose parts fell once you crossed them, you had creatures like pickles etc which you got extra points for “squishing” into the burger as the components fell to the bottom.

I think if Burger King came out with an updated version of this to play on PC, then I would probably get it… I wonder how long it will be before they realize there are a heck of a lot more people with PCs capable of playing video games then XBox or if the whole reason behind the XBox only games is because Microsoft is paying for the commercials (co-branding).

Jon