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This isn't even the first legitimately interesting video game connection to McDonalds, weirdly. Treasure is an influential game development studio that did a l
by i_c_b 3y ago
This isn't even the first legitimately interesting video game connection to McDonalds, weirdly.
Treasure is an influential game development studio that did a lot of really interesting work in the mid to late 90s, responsible for games like Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Bangai-o, Silhouette Mirage, Dynamite Headdy, Mischief Makers, Alien Soldier, and others. They were a bunch of ex-Konami developers (who had worked on games like Contra 3, Axelay, Super Castlevania 4, the arcade Simpsons) who were tired of making license games and wanted to make their own original games. A few of their games did well in the market, but they and their particular approach to innovation in action game rule systems has had a much, much bigger impact on other action game developers since.
And their very first game when they left Konami and started their own studio, the game they had to make to stay afloat to make Gunstar Heroes, was... a Sega Genesis McDonalds game, the 1993 "McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure".
Longplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNbmJyL872c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNbmJyL872c
I've never played it, but it looks really solid and vastly better than it has any right to be.
- GauntletWizard 3y agoDon't forget the legend of the lost Mcdonand's Training DS Game: https://kotaku.com/we-can-all-finally-learn-how-to-make-big-macs-on-ninten-1848347540 https://kotaku.com/we-can-all-finally-learn-how-to-make-big-...
- askiiart 3y agoAnd don't forget Nick Robinson's fantastic mini(?) documentary on it: https://youtu.be/-e6xOBCAVvA https://youtu.be/-e6xOBCAVvA
- shon 3y agoYep, thanks for posting. I have it on my Batocera rig right now. Also let’s not forget about the long tradition of Pepsi video games including the interesting Japanese Pepsiman and the PlayStation release! https://youtu.be/lNF3dBiSH4M https://youtu.be/lNF3dBiSH4M
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI've seen Pepsiman played at a GDQ[0] event and it is such good entertainment. I forget which year it was but I remember commentary about how the community found the guy who did the acting ("Pepsi for TV Game!") in the game and how he claimed to have been specifically directed to use broken English. (2016: https://youtu.be/C33Xo1hE9XE https://youtu.be/C33Xo1hE9XE 13:00 for the quote) [0] https://gamesdonequick.com/ https://gamesdonequick.com/
- saulrh 3y agoThat game's music is particularly special. Listen to the final boss theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaWgvWvvgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaWgvWvvgc.
- sean_lynch 3y agoNot even the only McDonald's branded game of the era! I played MC Kids growing up on NEWS and it also was a dramatically better game than it had any right to be. Not quite the same storied history but still recommend playing if you're looking for some hidden NES gems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nKywTkMnAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nKywTkMnAs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Kids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Kids
- dakial1 3y agoMan, that video was nostalgic. I played this so much that I remember the song...
- illinx 3y agoThe guy who programmed MC Kids did a writeup on the game's engineering that serves as a wonderful introduction to programming for the NES. https://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids/ https://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids/
- ZunarJ5 3y agoI played the crap out of that game as a kid and it WAS better than it should have been. You can play it here: https://www.playroms.net/sega-roms/mcdonalds-treasure-land-adventure/ https://www.playroms.net/sega-roms/mcdonalds-treasure-land-a...
- SECProto 3y agoAnd predating that by a year is M.C.Kids for NES [1], which I remember from my childhood [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Kids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Kids
- csdreamer7 3y agoI played that alot as a kid. I struggled with staying focused to beat a game, especially with the infamouse Sonic 3 Carnival Night Zone before the age of Youtube. This game was one of the first I was able to beat as a kid.
- musha68k 3y agox + α
- aceazzameen 3y agoLove the knowledge drop! Thank you!
- spbaar 3y agoand there was a crazy freaky 3d test Easter egg found just 2 years ago for the first time. https://youtu.be/BvGC5dJg3E8 https://youtu.be/BvGC5dJg3E8
- tetrisgm 3y agoLet's not forget Mick and Mac (Global Gladiators?).
- Ileca 3y agoThat's right, Global Gladiators > https://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega+Drive/Global+Gladiators/ https://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega+Drive/Global+Gla... A cool game, fun and dynamic, with a bonus stage where you have to pick up garbage falling from the sky faster and faster, and sort it for recycling. Because, yes, it was a game that wanted to brainwash you into thinking McDonald = environmentalism. What a joke.
- fineIllregister 3y agoThis might contain the only original music Tommy Tallerico wrote and recorded for a video game.
- tm-guimaraes 3y agoGunstar Heroes is still one of my favorite games, it had so much stuff, and fun co-op.