Weirdest Pack-In Freebie with a Game?
Back in the day I picked up a copy of Landstalker for the Sega Genesis from a local KB Toys location. Amazing game, but that's besides the point. After tearing off the shrinkwrap, there was a brand new, individually wrapped Fruit Roll Up inside the clamshell case. I don't remember the flavor, and I do remember that the packaging didn't have any kind of indication that there was a free Fruit Roll Up inside, but my understanding is this was done with a number of Sega Genesis Games.
Anyways. What are some of the weirdest free items you've seen bundled with individually sold games at retail?
Anyways. What are some of the weirdest free items you've seen bundled with individually sold games at retail?
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edit: i now see you said pack in. I dont really know, do LE's count? The catherine underwear is weird.
Conkers condom/ urinal thing.
edit: i now see you said pack in. I dont really know, do LE's count? The catherine underwear is weird.
I'm pretty sure condoms count as pack-ins. Or at least that what I used them for.
What? You know I had to say it!
Leather Goddess of Phobos had a scratch and sniff card that it told you to smell when you walked into the bathroom in game. The smell on the card was "old pizza".
Conkers condom/ urinal thing.
edit: i now see you said pack in. I dont really know, do LE's count? The catherine underwear is weird.
Whaaaaat? They packed in underwear? Man, and I thought the bodypillow covers were offputting.
In japan theres that vibrater with that playstation game.
Yeah, the Rez "Trance Vibrator". Although I'd mark that more as an accessory haha
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Conkers condom/ urinal thing.
edit: i now see you said pack in. I dont really know, do LE's count? The catherine underwear is weird.
I'm pretty sure condoms count as pack-ins. Or at least that what I used them for.
What? You know I had to say it!
Leather Goddess of Phobos had a scratch and sniff card that it told you to smell when you walked into the bathroom in game. The smell on the card was "old pizza".
Reminds me of the Harry Potter "barf flavored" jelly beans that were actually just reused Pizza flavored ones.
Record of Agarest War of course comes with an anime girl pillowcase and squeezable breasts mousepad, so there's that.
Run Like Hell, a futuristic third person shooter set on a space station, had in game advertising for not futuristic Bawls energy drink. Apparently there was a version that came packed with a Bawls. That sure comes to mind.
Record of Agarest War of course comes with an anime girl pillowcase and squeezable breasts mousepad, so there's that.
Energy drink? That's pretty cool. On the business side, I can imagine that it must have presented some interesting issues. I know in Canada they have an exorbitant soft drink tax, and some stores might not have wanted to have a $60 game take up three times the shelf space because of a $2 drink.
Run Like Hell, a futuristic third person shooter set on a space station, had in game advertising for not futuristic Bawls energy drink. Apparently there was a version that came packed with a Bawls. That sure comes to mind.
Record of Agarest War of course comes with an anime girl pillowcase and squeezable breasts mousepad, so there's that.
Someone, somewhere would have that game complete with unopened drink.
Back in the day I picked up a copy of Landstalker for the Sega Genesis from a local KB Toys location. Amazing game, but that's besides the point. After tearing off the shrinkwrap, there was a brand new, individually wrapped Fruit Roll Up inside the clamshell case. I don't remember the flavor, and I do remember that the packaging didn't have any kind of indication that there was a free Fruit Roll Up inside, but my understanding is this was done with a number of Sega Genesis Games.
Anyways. What are some of the weirdest free items you've seen bundled with individually sold games at retail?
I think the Fruit Roll-Up came with other Genesis games too, like Greatest Heavyweights. Some people on SegaAge have opened sealed games and confirmed this in this day and age too.
Anyway, it came with a $1 off of one Pizza coupon which, though not much, I thought was both cool and a missed opportunity. If they could have increased the price of the game by a few bucks and thrown in a FREEE PIZZA, they would have sold the fool out of those games.
What's better than gaming and Pizza? Not much!
Personally the weirdest/coolest pack in I had was a shot glass with Guacuamelee IndieBOX.
Back in the day I picked up a copy of Landstalker for the Sega Genesis from a local KB Toys location. Amazing game, but that's besides the point. After tearing off the shrinkwrap, there was a brand new, individually wrapped Fruit Roll Up inside the clamshell case. I don't remember the flavor, and I do remember that the packaging didn't have any kind of indication that there was a free Fruit Roll Up inside, but my understanding is this was done with a number of Sega Genesis Games.
Anyways. What are some of the weirdest free items you've seen bundled with individually sold games at retail?
I think the Fruit Roll-Up came with other Genesis games too, like Greatest Heavyweights. Some people on SegaAge have opened sealed games and confirmed this in this day and age too.
Yep. I know someone got a game rejected by VGA, opened it, and confirmed it was actually new. And it had the fruit roll up. Want to say Gunstar Heroes.
Back in the day I picked up a copy of Landstalker for the Sega Genesis from a local KB Toys location. Amazing game, but that's besides the point. After tearing off the shrinkwrap, there was a brand new, individually wrapped Fruit Roll Up inside the clamshell case. I don't remember the flavor, and I do remember that the packaging didn't have any kind of indication that there was a free Fruit Roll Up inside, but my understanding is this was done with a number of Sega Genesis Games.
Anyways. What are some of the weirdest free items you've seen bundled with individually sold games at retail?
I think the Fruit Roll-Up came with other Genesis games too, like Greatest Heavyweights. Some people on SegaAge have opened sealed games and confirmed this in this day and age too.
Yep. I know someone got a game rejected by VGA, opened it, and confirmed it was actually new. And it had the fruit roll up. Want to say Gunstar Heroes.
I actually didn't know about the fruit rollups until I saw this nice newly unsealed Gunstar Heroes when that happened
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=63072&StartRow=1201
After reading some of the responses above, this one really isn't that weird, but Kasumi Ninja for the Jaguar came with a Kasumi Ninja headband. I have one, and yes, I've worn it.
That's still weirder than most. The most common pack-ins I've seen are guide books or soundtrack CDs from what I can casually remember.
Does all the random shit I've gotten at the bottom of bins of games at yard sales count?
I've gotten some weird stuff in the bottoms of those bins as well. The weirdest thing I've gotten was at a game store though... A copy of Sudki had 4 condoms in the instruction manual. That was weird.
In one specific shop in Japan, the preorder bonus for Mega Man Legacy Collection on 3DS was a can of off-brand Wet Naps, except the can itself looked like an E-can. It was an official product, with a "Rockman Classics Collection" logo and all. I'm proud to have one in my collection.
I did get a blow up Teddy from the Persona fighting game. That's a bizarre item to me.