Question regarding NES "Turtles II: The Arcade Game"

DonatelloDomeHead31 · 06-24-2011, 12:55 AM

A question has come to my mind about something in the game. What was the deal with the "Pizza Hut" appearance in some of the screens in this game?

Were they promoting something?

It's noticeable in the apartment (1st level) on the walls.

*Powder* · 06-24-2011, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by donatello27

Were they promoting something?

Yes, pizza...

Cryomancer · 06-24-2011, 05:14 AM

The game came with a coupon for a free personal pan, I beleive. Someone I saw in a youtube comment recentely claimed they opened a copy and the Pizza Hut still honored it. Probably not true, but it amused me.

**Jester** · 06-24-2011, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Cryomancer

The game came with a coupon for a free personal pan, I beleive. Someone I saw in a youtube comment recentely claimed they opened a copy and the Pizza Hut still honored it. Probably not true, but it amused me.

I'm sure it's bogus. I mean it has to have a expiration date....right?

Patraw · 06-24-2011, 09:44 AM

While it is likely that the coupon had an expiration date, the local Pizza Hut franchise holder can certainly choose to honor it anyway (it's possible the employees just didn't look too closely at it too).

Anyway, there are other examples of product placement featured prominently in video games: Biker Mice From Mars comes to mind in particular (in that case, it was a candy bar, Snickers I think, that had its logo plastered all over the game).

*gobo* · 06-24-2011, 10:13 AM

About the topic: Pizza Hut was an investor in the game.

About the coupon, I'm pretty sure mine had an expiration date.

Cryomancer · 06-24-2011, 01:05 PM

Yeah, the guy said it was long expired but they honored it anyway. If I owned a pizza place and someone came in with a decade+ old TMNT coupon, I'd honor it!

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 06-25-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Patraw

While it is likely that the coupon had an expiration date, the local Pizza Hut franchise holder can certainly choose to honor it anyway (it's possible the employees just didn't look too closely at it too).

Anyway, there are other examples of product placement featured prominently in video games: Biker Mice From Mars comes to mind in particular (in that case, it was a candy bar, Snickers I think, that had its logo plastered all over the game).

Ghostbusters has a bunch of Doritos ads in the game. It's cool though, because they made the ads the same style that they would have been in the early 90's.

*sdp* · 06-25-2011, 12:33 PM

I think it works with stuff like TMNT having Pizza Hut as in game advertisement, it only helps make the universe seem more real instead of generic fake Pizza place emulating the Hut logo which is actually more distracting. Same with other games like Crazy Taxi.

*ToTheNines* · 06-26-2011, 09:55 PM

Tell ya what is a bit weird and always confused me ever since I was little, is the fact that Domino's Pizza was promoted in the first movie, Pizza Hut was promoted in this game, and they were both released in 1990.

Hmmm

*I Crave Pizza No More* · 06-26-2011, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Tell ya what is a bit weird and always confused me ever since I was little, is the fact that Domino's Pizza was promoted in the first movie, Pizza Hut was promoted in this game, and they were both released in 1990.

Hmmm

The TMNT brand was ubiquitous in those days, so who knows.

DonatelloDomeHead31 · 06-27-2011, 12:11 PM

Domino's was in the first movie...Keno's pizza place (i think it was called Ray's) was in the 2nd movie & Japan provided a burnt pizza in the 3rd movie.

TMNT didn't mention a pizza place did it?

Just thought I'd ask this in our pizza sponsorship discussion.

*ToTheNines* · 06-27-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by donatello27

TMNT didn't mention a pizza place did it?

Just thought I'd ask this in our pizza sponsorship discussion.

Cheeco's or Cheecho's Pizza. I don't remember which.

*ToTheNines* · 06-28-2011, 07:16 PM

Checco's, rather.

*PizzaPower* · 07-01-2011, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

I'm sure it's bogus. I mean it has to have a expiration date....right?

actually chic fil a still takes expired coupons. also in the vhs version of the tmnt film there is a pizza hut commerical you know the one where they are playing baseball.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 07-02-2011, 11:20 AM

I guess Domino's and Pizza Hut didn't mind sharing the attention with their competition, as long as it meant getting their name out there thanks to what was the biggest franchise aimed at kids at the time.

06-24-2011, 12:55 AM	#1
DonatelloDomeHead31 Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Helping Casey Jones fix the Pick-Up Truck Posts: 878	Question regarding NES "Turtles II: The Arcade Game" A question has come to my mind about something in the game. What was the deal with the "Pizza Hut" appearance in some of the screens in this game? Were they promoting something? It's noticeable in the apartment (1st level) on the walls. __________________ Donatello: Pork rind. Donatello: Yeah, a few inquiries. Donatello: Turtles don't migrate, Raph. Birds do! Donatello: Have you seen the way this guy drives? Donatello: 0.00000003%! Donatello: I don't know, but it doesn't look good...

06-24-2011, 05:14 AM	#3
Cryomancer Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,090	The game came with a coupon for a free personal pan, I beleive. Someone I saw in a youtube comment recentely claimed they opened a copy and the Pizza Hut still honored it. Probably not true, but it amused me. __________________ Final Boss of translation group Opentrain. We do videogame comics and TMNT stuff. http://opentrain.theyear199x.org/

06-24-2011, 09:44 AM	#5
Patraw Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 689	While it is likely that the coupon had an expiration date, the local Pizza Hut franchise holder can certainly choose to honor it anyway (it's possible the employees just didn't look too closely at it too). Anyway, there are other examples of product placement featured prominently in video games: Biker Mice From Mars comes to mind in particular (in that case, it was a candy bar, Snickers I think, that had its logo plastered all over the game). __________________

06-24-2011, 10:13 AM	#6
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	About the topic: Pizza Hut was an investor in the game. About the coupon, I'm pretty sure mine had an expiration date. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

06-24-2011, 01:05 PM	#7
Cryomancer Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,090	Yeah, the guy said it was long expired but they honored it anyway. If I owned a pizza place and someone came in with a decade+ old TMNT coupon, I'd honor it! __________________ Final Boss of translation group Opentrain. We do videogame comics and TMNT stuff. http://opentrain.theyear199x.org/

06-25-2011, 12:33 PM	#9
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,220	I think it works with stuff like TMNT having Pizza Hut as in game advertisement, it only helps make the universe seem more real instead of generic fake Pizza place emulating the Hut logo which is actually more distracting. Same with other games like Crazy Taxi. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

06-26-2011, 09:55 PM	#10
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,362	Tell ya what is a bit weird and always confused me ever since I was little, is the fact that Domino's Pizza was promoted in the first movie, Pizza Hut was promoted in this game, and they were both released in 1990. Hmmm

06-27-2011, 12:11 PM	#12
DonatelloDomeHead31 Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Helping Casey Jones fix the Pick-Up Truck Posts: 878	Domino's was in the first movie...Keno's pizza place (i think it was called Ray's) was in the 2nd movie & Japan provided a burnt pizza in the 3rd movie. TMNT didn't mention a pizza place did it? Just thought I'd ask this in our pizza sponsorship discussion. __________________ Donatello: Pork rind. Donatello: Yeah, a few inquiries. Donatello: Turtles don't migrate, Raph. Birds do! Donatello: Have you seen the way this guy drives? Donatello: 0.00000003%! Donatello: I don't know, but it doesn't look good...

06-28-2011, 07:16 PM	#14
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,362	Checco's, rather.

07-02-2011, 11:20 AM	#16
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	I guess Domino's and Pizza Hut didn't mind sharing the attention with their competition, as long as it meant getting their name out there thanks to what was the biggest franchise aimed at kids at the time.