McDonald’s isn’t the only company to pull off a retro-gaming-themed PR gambit today. Atari is also releasing a new game for the Atari 2600, an announcement that also served to drum up interest in its upcoming title Mr. Run and Jump. If Halliburton announces a new Sega Master System game about fracking in the next 24 hours, I’ll know someone is messing with me.
nlm ( @nlm@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year agoBrilliant marketing tbh, it’ll get people taking about a lot.
dojan ( @dojan@lemmy.world ) English2•1 year agoYep. This is the unfathomable reason.
Thefingolfin ( @thefingolfin@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year agoIt’s provocative! It gets the people going…
Briongloid ( @briongloid@aussie.zone ) English4•1 year agoI think releasing a marketing game like this in .gba format is great, it’s fairly accessible on non-GameBoy hardware and its more interesting than just a basic app/game for a company.
DJDarren ( @DJDarren@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year agoI’ve just spent 20 minutes playing this and ragequit on the third level. It’s entirely possible that it’s much easier to control on an actual Gameboy, but for keyboard it’s…challenging.
Fun though.
tegs_terry ( @tegs_terry@feddit.uk ) English4•1 year agoEh, why not
lowleveldata ( @lowleveldata@programming.dev ) English4•1 year agoI mean… why not? Sounds like a fun project if you have “fuck you” money
24Vindustrialdildo ( @24Vindustrialdildo@sh.itjust.works ) English3•1 year agoOn a related note, the stranger things tie in mobile game was about 300x better than it had any right to be
Gary Ponderosa ( @GaryPonderosa@lemmy.world ) English1•1 year agoSame with the Burger King game they released back in the early aughts.
Guitarded ( @Guitarded@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English3•1 year agoI really want the 90’s to come back. I’m all for stuff like this.
SeatBeeSate ( @SeatBeeSate@lemmy.world ) English2•1 year agoI wonder if someone will make a printed copy. You could always make a purple gbc game shell.
BigFig ( @Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ) English2•1 year agoY’know what? It’s actually not a bad game for what it is!
Reminds me of the Tony Hawk games for GBC
SevenSwell ( @SevenSwell@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year agoAnybody else remember Global Gladiators on the Sega Genesis? It was a McDonalds tie in but actually pretty fun!