The Battle of the Branded Video Games

A look into the Advergame wave of the early 90s to the mid 2000s as brands like Burger King and Pepsi scramble to produce video games featuring their mascots. Titles such as Pepsiman, Darkened Skye, and of course, Sneak King
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[@invis_potion]

Guy in japan: "ah crap i spilled my can of pepsi, oh well-" *footsteps intesify*

[@hexedhydra2554]

“PEPSI MAN!!!”

[@Tobias-Smith]

@@hexedhydra2554 *pulls out gun* glad you could make it

[@youarentyouwhenurhungry2379]

*"YOU FOOL PEPSIMAN, THIS WAS A TRAP TO DEFEAT YOU BY USING MY NEW COCA - COLA GUN!"*

[@totallyrealname8849]

Coke gun

[@TotallyAHuman]

@@totallyrealname8849 oh shi-

[@anabsolutebrainlet4803]

As a Bostonian, I can confirm that Pepsiville is only a 3 hour drive away from back bay. Great holiday location.

[@Smile4theKillCam456]

@@themysteriousonec2306 I wish Lynn didn’t

[@Inactive148]

As a Bostonian myself pepsiville is constantly trashed by a man that runs in a chrome jumpsuit just to serve Pepsi to his citizens. He’s wanted on many criminal mischief counts, however police and court systems there are so corrupt citizens claim all they really need is a Pepsi to bribe them. Don’t get me started on Coke City Utah

[@AbdAbdAbdAbd]

almost got diabetes from there, fantastic city tbh.

[@Skyborg97]

I’m also a Bostonian, that’s wicked awesome, when I lived in Southie I was able to see the Great Pepsi Spill by Castle Island, so many seals were lost that day

[@florpzorp7333]

what about the boston pepsi party

[@whiteobama9366]

Remember when you were a little kid and your parents gave you Sneak King for Christmas , you were left so traumatized you never ate st burger king ever again , it was me Barry , i swapped your real christmas gift with sneak king , so that you wouldn't eat burger king and you wouldn't have enough energy to save Iris , it was me Barry

[@jyleanonuevo3088]

Had me in the first half ngl

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Why, whyyyyyyyy!

[@privatedino3239]

That’s a good PFP

[@tapumuganyi6268]

@@privatedino3239 that’s cursed ngl

[@kin98100]

Ah yes Barry Obama the forgotten white twin brother of Barack Obama

[@infernosquadroblox4951]

And now, Joeseppi is not going to upload for 54 years because he was arrested for murder of the Burger King King.

[@dujilli]

he'll only do 6 months, mcdonalds bailed him out.

[@jeffzilla07animations78]

No Burger king king deserved it because he threatened him if joeseppi did nit review his game.

[@PONTIACGTO1970]

not much of a change of his regular upload schedule

[@hettus]

Imagine just standing outside when the Burger King pops out of a trash can behind you, offers you a burger and then proceeds to explain why his tweet about women belonging in the kitchen wasn't sexist.

[@goldenproductions7831]

Yeah yeah i can see that

[@hettus]

@J T yes but pls dont stalk me

[@goofygoober1601]

LMAO

[@temukaxd2037]

Hello cow.

[@hettus]

@J T *Perhaps* I do

[@danieleccleston7928]

Pepsi man never skips leg day, I can respect that.

[@PhantomGato-v-]

He's jacked

[@Mi-202]

Pepsi man is a classic and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

[@Trist314]

I don’t know how someone could argue against that fact

[@ZeroSwankyPants]

+1

[@alonztec2953]

I don’t think some one can

[@acat5422]

What about Coka Cola Chick

[@mountaindew50]

We now have 🅱️epis man

[@MasterEth]

Oh boy! Sure can't wait to watch this KZbin video while drinking my PEPSI, eating my BURGER KING meal, and snacking on some SKITTLES once I'm done watching this video

[@Maltatata]

Advertisement 100

[@GlentusYT]

Yes

[@loadingusername3348]

*How much did you get paid for this*

[@MasterEth]

@@loadingusername3348 none I was robbed

[@africancouscous]

@@MasterEth wait you get robbed? I get shot-

[@hellochrishi1229]

Mike Butters is pepsi man's alter ego.

[@duxhunt]

No, it's Usain Bolt

[@damneddaniel3088]

I too, would dance with the horribly misshapen king man who just climbed out of the dumpster. Dunno what kind of problem the critics had with this game.

[@evzenvarga9707]

Pepsi man is a certified hood classic.

[@Fledger92]

Me: Skips 10 seconds *Misses 5 hours of editing*

[@GlentusYT]

Yep

[@ValentinaMQuetzal]

Yup

[@obbbob4911]

Yop

[@funglebob]

Yip

[@Xyb3rAnims]

yap

[@iamthepersonwhoasked5639]

Tbh darkened sky seemes like a pretty good game, with more better money and technology it has a lot of potential

[@PhantomGato-v-]

We found him bois We finally found who asked

[@francheese9329]

The 1 dislike is from burger king, he survived the shot.

[@peanutjuice]

2nd one is from pepsi

[@yanmercado5352]

The third one is from Skittles

[@duck1325]

The third one of Luigi

[@Biologicalerror]

@@duck1325 nah fam, it’s all burger king king’s alts.

[@carljoosepraave2102]

Oh shit someone took him down

[@mrloupsopa]

In the KZbin community you have two types of channels: 1. Channels that create content solely to maximize of profit and monetization (e.g a 15 minute long 50 double ad break filled with a 3 minute long AFK area sponsor 1/3 the way through) 2. Channels like this one that create finely high quality content and do it for the fun and memes

[@aspartame_queen]

This is absolute quality editing, keep up the good work so you can afford that fortnight bag.

[@gbozzymgg4454]

I love how New York is on fire

[@woke657]

OI IM WOLKIJG ERE

[@ChevyYenko]

It really is

[@themanwithnoname4385]

The game was ahead of its time

[@justamanwithsomesoup3352]

@@themanwithnoname4385 Quite literally

[@notrickastley2325]

Should've been Detroit.....

[@six5157]

Babe wake up new joeseppi video

[@jmaster2855]

Anyone else bothered by the fact that a single piece of candy is referred to as a "Skittles?"

[@bennycaustic5102]

Ironically, soda makes you more thirsty so Pepsi Man didn't even realize he was his own villain the whole time.

[@turretboi]

That's why we haven't heard from pepsi man. He was but a runner who loved pepsi and wanted nothing more but to make people happy, until a fatal error in the nondescript deserts of sandy area, where he realized that he was only making thirsty people more thirsty. With the realization that he was no hero, pepsi man stuffed his suit with old pepsi merch and faked his death. Pepsi man was dead, and all that remains is an olympic runner turned nutritionist. I will create the pepsi man lore.

[@FantomPhoenix]

"The only thing keeping Pepsi man alive" Yes, other then ALL of the memes it later generated.

[@jessem7838]

'Tis always a good day when Joeseppi uploads

[@yanmercado5352]

Always has been

[@yuboijackson4603]

Ikr

[@Waddl224]

off topic but Titanfall pfp pog

[@predatorasap5040]

Joeseppi uploads My sanity: guess ill stay for another 20 minutes

[@Steve-jo8tg]

Pepsi for TV game

[@tudorcaciuraioanei3841]

4:21 So the Japanese watch dubbed anime with Japanese subtitles. Good to know.

[@carljoosepraave2102]

I mean , good way to learn a language

[@Jerkfaceman]

@@carljoosepraave2102 So if they ever go to America/UK and get thirsty they are set. but god help them if they need anything other than a nice refreshing can of pepsi.

[@2midgetsinatrenchcoat454]

I'm actually obsessed with the idea of Darkened Skye now. Like imagine reading or watching Lord of the Rings, and everything is exactly the same except the rings of power are all ring pops. 🤣

[@phelpsbutnotmichal9360]

I would watch that

[@Sorrelhas]

The entire Harry Potter saga, exactly the same in every conceivable way, except all magic wands are Snickers bars

[@TheAsrielDeal]

@@Sorrelhas nah, make it slim jims.

[@SMG-vx3mu]

@@Sorrelhas starwars, but the lightsabers are replaced by lifesaver tubes and the force gets rebranded into "the flavor"

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@SMG-vx3mu "Luke... Come to the pineapple side, Luke."

[@thirty-sevenkeys2774]

as soon as i saw the notification i jumped out a window and crawled across shattered glass and barbed wire to reach the laptop, because art like this deserves to be viewed on a laptop, not an inferior phone.

[@stevemc01]

"And when the world needed him most, he came back." Not like this quote matters, since Joeseppi was always there for us. And with all that said... ...GOODBYE *happy outro music*

[@daniels0376]

8:35 For late 90s corporate humour standards, that was pretty funny

[@discovery6167]

After seeing Pepsi man, I suddenly was reminded of Doritos Crash Course. It wasn’t a bad platformer so I’d be curious to see a Part 2. Great video. Cheers!

[@JSA-Studios]

The Burger King game probably could of been good if Burger King wasn’t so strict

[@KatieZeldaKat]

Given that Sneak King was the one Burger King had the most control over, and that the other two games were better than it, yes. It would have been better if it wasn't as strict like the other two

[@devilborne]

One of my colleague is obsessed with Pepsi man. He even asked me to find its emulator version for his android phone. XD

[@BoxheadHakx]

Darkened Skye was so humble, and they inadvertently advertised the brand in a better format than the other 'in-your-face' advertising titles. Great doc homie

[@salimamari5371]

This guy really is the english version of pyrocinical

[@anabnormaltuesday5416]

Both are british

[@anabnormaltuesday5416]

And this might be a joke but none of you fat redditors comment *omG r/WoOoooOsh*

[@salimamari5371]

@@anabnormaltuesday5416 yeah those fat redditors really exist to r/woosh people

[@salimamari5371]

@@anabnormaltuesday5416 and it's a joke

[@anabnormaltuesday5416]

@@salimamari5371 ok

[@minimme]

A very late thank you for the shout here! And great video!

[@H2o3G2a]

Pepsi man was fucking amazing. I used to play it a lot in Egypt. I still remember the construction level where I got stuck.

[@satriadicky3732]

Can we talk aboit how original and unique games were back then? Like pepsiman, defcon, half life, postal, a certain italian plumber who save a princess from a giant dragon turtle by stomping his minion to death, and the Dreamcast seaman

[@diansusanthy.9777]

Brands doing this stuff thinking kids will think their hip and cool, but really they just end up on r/fellowkids

[@angelhenninger7640]

I like the physics how the Burgerking takes out the burgers. He's just flipping them out if his pockets.

[@whilde5417]

Man he is seriously becoming one of my favorite creator

[@2teepeepictures382]

Absolutely loved what you said about there being genuine creative people behind these projects. I think that is some thing that more people need to hear

[@MaleMan237]

He should make a video on oversimplified logos

[@shafkatctg]

nooope

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

@@shafkatctg YES

[@sirawesomenessi1796]

"Not this again." implying that this isn't the first run in he's had with the King.

[@justamanwithsomesoup3352]

As someone from Boston: I can confirm that Pepsi town is right next to us, ‘round an 3 hour drive.

[@Anton-de5vu]

Fun fact about Mike butters, he actually played a role as the same character in the pepsiman game in an angry video game nerd video about said game, where he was on a mission to hunt down and kill pepsiman for turning everything he had (including his family) into Pepsi.

[@joeharris1580]

You missed the best game ever. "I Love You, Colonel Sanders!"

[@MMmMMmMM-mMmmmMMmMMMmmmMmmmMmM]

That's a classic.

[@ssenrak8117]

Honestly, you made me want to play darkened Skye. And eat skittles.

[@fenx3371]

I'm so honored to share my birthday of March 4th with PepsiMan.

[@eduardoqueirozpaulino6236]

Imagine this, you are walking down the road, and a giant humanoid Pepsi can appears, sprinting towards you. Run.

[@HermitMongoose]

3:00 - THIS FUCKING GUY I love this guy 😭

[@JarlFrank]

There was a German-only Kelloggs advergame for DOS called Tony and Friends in Kelloggs Land, and it was really really good.

[@ScoriaVolcanicRock]

Imagine playing a story game then a Fat Man shows up on your screen eating potato chips in the epilogue

[@jiraiyaboi1021]

Or mike butters drinking pepsi

[@carrot7717]

Please do more of these , it's so enjoyable

[@vvey4523]

The hell ? This random video about pepsi in video games started in the back while I was doing something else, and I wasn't paying attention to it until you kept repeating the name "Kotaro Uchikoshi" And I was like "no way he's talking about the same guy" Turns out it is, this legend made the zero escape series on handheld consoles (999, Virtue's last reward and zero time dilemma) and all three games are straight up 20/20

[@andrelinesr]

why does he say trash like that 😭😭 6:13

[@LoneSome.MP3]

Treash.

[@hurdur6828]

Joeseppi, you’re all grown up. I remember subscribing when you lad like 3k subs..

[@hacobjansen]

3:27 As someone who lives in Boston, can confirm

[@Thaereos12]

does pepsiman occasionally visit you?

[@ericgu815]

According to this video, I'm a ten-minute drive from Pepsi Land.

[@sirshaggeh6205]

M&M's lost formula was a surprisingly adequate marketing scheme to peddle pavlovian brand association to kids who had little "but its educational i swear!" titles since master blaster, oregon trail, and typing of the dead. Picked it up at the school book fair, might be my first pc purchase now i think about it. Any shortcomings in the platforming I pinned on keyboard controls and early 3d platforming growin pains. Got the 64 taken for telling that backseat driving Kazooie I might stuff her into a whole range of useless cushions, but getting annoyed at that chunky yellow prick with boat feet? Nah...im just disappointed in my sudden math shittery...honest! Thx for that nostalgia slammer right in the dope receptors. May you travel ever the interesting, if not always intentional, roads worth the retelling.

[@ineedspace128m2]

5:16 A true gentleman always cries when they here this song

[@MycroftGlassgow]

I thought I was the only one noticing. They were such cool games, I luv em

[@ArmadilloJohn]

I just got a 15 seconds unskippable ad about a man running EDIT: I now got a 14 seconds unskippable ad about a man FARMING! farming carrots specifically.

[@kweep1]

0:32 the lips lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@johntraun7398]

12:19 is now my desktop background

[@lucas64games37]

dude your such a good KZbinr you entertain me and your videos are always really funny you really deserve a lot more subscribers

[@Oujouj426]

When you're grieving promising titles being cancelled, just remember that these games genuinely got released and at least some actual humans spent their hard earned money acquiring these games.

[@guts1788]

Man you just made my day much better

[@H3ll2You]

Pepsi for TV game

[@transformerreal2524]

Its hard to appreciate his editing quality this is really good

[@raf1827]

The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It remains the only UK-designed-and-built fighter capable of Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, which was later absorbed by the newly-formed British Aircraft Corporation. Later the type was marketed as the BAC Lightning. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) and the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).

[@dustinnorton2154]

Your explanations are well thought out and nicely structured. You have a fine tuned sense of humor vibes you've been doing this for a while. Keep it up. I may not know you but I don't have to you got this I have no doubt.

[@itsyaboiguzma]

Sneak King is the scariest brand game of all time and nothing will change my mind.

[@aac2500]

When we were younger, my brother and cousin used to play my uncle’s Xbox in his basement at family parties. I remember when we found this game. We played the first level and were so confused as to why it even existed. We were all under 10 at the time. I’m 21 now and I still get reminded of “Sneak King” every so often

[@murdomaclachlan]

10:37 *Hears Harry Potter game music in the background* *extreme nostalgia takes over*

[@DigitalContentNetwork]

"Please, help.me..?!" wonderful man. You are a marvellous Editor bringing the pictures straight surfing on their most surprising wording waves easily and directly into my mind.

[@CommanderViviax]

Darkened Sky looks awesome. It's a shame they had to put Skittles in. It's unique looking. I'd like to play it.

[@HQ_Default]

I want to see a recording of someone going into Darkened Skye completely blind so I can see their reaction to hearing that the game's main plot mcguffin is fucking skittles

[@hiddencateye6878]

3:18 Pepsi man adventure 2

[@Catmeowfs]

Agreed

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

YAY PEPSI MAN! Can you cover the Pepsi 2008 Logo Redesign Doc? Trust me you won't be disappointed by the PEPSI CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

[@jackleech5946]

8:28 im sorry, "A SKITTLES"????? not a skittLE???

[@tims.1615]

2:17 ah yes, M&M's Kart Racing, my favorite 7UP game

[@chkingvictim]

the funniest branded game is in my opinion the PC game “Animal”, in which you explore the city as a sentient British meat stick. i’ve never seen anything about it online because of the vague wording. both “Animal video game” and “animal meat stick video game” yield no results. but KZbinr brutalmoose has a really good review on it! and all of his videos are good so you might as well watch it anyway.

[@luketfer]

The easiest way to search for that would be "peperami video game" because 'Animal' is the mascot of Peperami...which is the meat stick food upon which he is based. Saying this as a Brit who has seen their old TV adverts.

[@balancedshooting6706]

at 2:49 Pepsi man was looking like he was going to hit those kids and he would have if that glass wasn't there

[@buttercookies261]

This is really well edited ngl

[@CamThomasEnthusiast]

17:41 my favorite part

[@FarbrorBaku]

Ngl, the cover art for the pepsiman game is amazing.

[@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553]

I just wanna mention how much your editing improves with every video.

[@themidwesternman3672]

Pepsi man eurobeat is embedded in my cranium forever.

[@themainflex]

6:07 lol i thought that was going to be a sponsor break

[@Mr-qn3ib]

“Charmingly brain dead” is a phrase that represents me and everyone I know in a nutshell

[@KazIsBad]

11:35 the most satisfying sound ever

[@MerlinSAM]

My god Pepsi man what a blast from the past ps1 days was amazing 😍

[@Sludgelorrd]

can we talk about how good sneak king's cover art is?

[@identocidal]

imagine buying a game that looks cool and you're excited to play it only to be met with a skittles advertisement gone wrong.

[@mivvy3182]

I’m from 2021, Nirvana is still on the radio.

[@GhosTSpartaNFtW34]

The avgn video where he plays pepsiman is really funny and entertaining, but I wanted to see more ads as games so thanks for uploading this 👍

[@liamoriesga7735]

who else here isn't in full screen on their bed and reding the comments

[@Fuckface-g7i]

No this Video needs all of the concentration

[@Killerthealmighty]

You're calling me right out here XD

[@leomationsv5733]

I can't believe you didn't mention KFC's "I love you, Colonel Sanders! A finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator"

[@LuminescentLight]

0:49 I’ve seen this guy somewhere! He’s a tiktok dancer

[@mrmcyeeticusbaloney5833]

Darkened Skye- Top 10 anime twists

[@darbo1701]

I didn't know Simon & Schuster, a in my opinion very reputable publisher of literature, was involved in so many low budget games 😂

[@goodboy4129]

Fast food corporation- makes games with studio Games studio- makes fast food with corporations