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McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by Ileca »

tetrisgm wrote: post #264
i_c_b wrote: post #88

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…

Let's not forget Mick and Mac (Global Gladiators?).

That's right, 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.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by ksaj »

amon22 wrote: post #305
ksaj wrote: post #148

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Mayonnaise Style Sauce ingredients: Soybean oil, Water, Liquid egg yolk, Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Mustard seeds, Mustard bran, Xanthan gum, Potassium sorbate, Calcium disodium EDTA. Miracle Whip ingredients: water, soybean oil, sugar, vinegar, modified cornstarch, egg yolks, salt, mustard, spices, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium EDTA, dried garlic. Thankfully you don't have to be too concerned. It's for the same rea…

mustard is definitely a mayonnaise ingredient

Indeed, you're right. I thought at its most basic it is just egg whites and oil, but googling that specifically says mustard is part of the recipe.

So it's still a mystery why McDonalds doesn't just call it Mayonnaise when the ingredients are pretty much identical to every other mayonnaise out there, including Hellmann's REAL Mayonnaise.

Maybe it's one of those "It's only X if it comes from the X region" type issues. It just makes it sound suspicious for no discernable reason. Like buying a bottle of "Wet 'water' style beverage."

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by a_cardboard_box »

bogwog wrote: post #63
RobotToaster wrote: post #30

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I'm pretty sure the PS2 is considered retro now too.

There are Gen Z that played PS3/Xbox 360 when they were children, and are now adults out of college with their own children. I think that's a good measure of "retro", and it would mean PS4 will enter retro status in ~2031.

Most modern games could be ported to the PS3 and Xbox 360, keeping gameplay the same but lowering graphical fidelity. The same cannot be said of porting N64 games to the NES. I think a better measure of retro-ness would include the degree to which gameplay experience is influenced by the game's age.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by ssnistfajen »

makapuf wrote: post #210
ssnistfajen wrote: post #204

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Please read the licensing terms in their GitHub repo first before making a comment.

I have the right to stand up in front of a music performer, invite friends to come over and listen to the great show, receive expensive gifts from my friends for their great evening and then give nothing to the street performer. Its my right !

Not sure what analogy you are trying for here but that ain't it. Publishing an open source project is not the same as street performance.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by ssnistfajen »

gchamonlive wrote: post #213
ssnistfajen wrote: post #204

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Please read the licensing terms in their GitHub repo first before making a comment.

What you can do isn't necessarily the same as what you should do. McDonald's missed an opportunity to make this even cooler by compensating the developer. A couple thousand dollars in the right place can be more effective than millions in marketing. It just shows the company cares.

>What you can do isn't necessarily the same as what you should do.

We are talking about a giant multinational corporation here, or did you miss the context?

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Post by gchamonlive »

ssnistfajen wrote: post #316
gchamonlive wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What you can do isn't necessarily the same as what you should do. McDonald's missed an opportunity to make this even cooler by compensating the developer. A couple thousand dollars in the right place can be more effective than millions in marketing. It just shows the company cares.

>What you can do isn't necessarily the same as what you should do. We are talking about a giant multinational corporation here, or did you miss the context?

Compensation was suggested just because of the size of the company and you said, a little passive aggressively I would add, that one should read the licensing terms before commenting, in which ocasion I pointed out that what one is able to do, legally, isn't necessarily what one should do, meaning morality and legality are two separate, sometimes intersecting paths but not always, as in this case.

Context should be clear now.

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Post by fineIllregister »

tetrisgm wrote: post #264
i_c_b wrote: post #88

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…

Let's not forget Mick and Mac (Global Gladiators?).

This might contain the only original music Tommy Tallerico wrote and recorded for a video game.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by thorin »

CSMastermind wrote: post #118
wturner wrote: post #102

In beginning of the game, the McDonalds logo only appears on a garbage can and if you run into it - you die. It's a positive message for health conscious parents.

Back in college (now 15 years ago) I did an analysis of fast food menus for a nutrition class. McDonalds turned out to be the easiest to get a healthy meal from at the time. They had things like salads, apple slices, and a much wider variety of items than other fast food restaurants meaning that if you were to eat there every day it was much easier to make different healthy meals than it was at the others but like an…

McDonalds used to be dirt cheap (in the UK), so you could eat there if you didn't have much money. Now it's pretty expensive if I eat there with my kids I could easily spend £20+. It would be way cheaper for me to buy real food and prepare it at home and their price is getting comparable with REAL pub and restaurant food. Given most of their stuff still tastes like cardboard I only go there when my kids need a fix, despite it being walking distance from my home.
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