Thread 12152674

In retrospect its kind of strange they made a video game based on Gilligan's Island in 1990

>>12152674 (OP)
Why? They made Flintstones and Jetsons games.
>but those are cartoons!
They also made a Mission Impossible game and a Three Stooges game

>>12152685
Out of these Mission Impossible seems the weirdest since I don't remember it even being on constant reruns like Gilligan, Flintstones, Jetsons and the Stooges

>>12152685
>>12152690
Mission Impossible isn't based on the original series from 66-73, it's based on the second series from 88-90

>>12152685
True but Flintstones and Jetsons at least appeal to kids as a cartoon. The character designs were still colorful and charming enough to bring in early 90s kids. Gilligan's Island only would have been appealing to nostalgic Baby Boomers in their 30s and 40s.

>>12152725
I'm sure kids were watching reruns of it in the 80s. ALF even had a whole episode that featured cameos from the characters. It was a goofy, campy show that definitely appealed to kids as well as adults.

>>12152674 (OP)
>>12152685
Japan got all of the Spy VS Spy games that America didn't.

>>12152674 (OP)
Culture didn't move as fast pre-internet so a lot of old tv shows like that were still known to kids in the 80s and early 90s.

Oh look, it's this thread again.

>>12152756
Today there's so much content that young people probably have no idea how much of TV used to be just re-runs. I grew up watching all the same shows that my Boomer parents watched when they were young.

>>12152674 (OP)
Not really when you realize that Gen X watched reruns of it on black and white TVs.
The world was radically different. There was a short time there where Gen X and The Silent Gen had more in common than anyone.

>>12152674 (OP)
gilligans island
i dream of jeanie
MASH
Betwitched
All in the Family
on tv ever day in the afternoon. This was up till the 90s in my area

>>12152694
Tonight on Biography...

>>12152674 (OP)
pure nick-at-nite core

>>12152760
It's a rerun

FYI OP, a "rerun" is like when Netflix uploads an old show, but on TV.

>>12152924
Apparently Nick-at-Nite is still running and airing old shows. Do not look at the lineup if you don't want to feel old.

>>12152725
Flintstones and Jetsons were common airings on Cartoon Network back in the early/mid 90s, same thing with Wacky Races. Even as a kid at the time, it didn't strike me as odd to see NES games based on those properties.

>>12152958
I remember how it didn't feel odd to me to see Fresh Prince and Roseanne on NAN during the 2000s, despite those shows being "only" ~15 years old. Nowadays I couldn't imagine something from the 2010s being considered old enough to be NAN fodder.

>>12152893
MASH and All in the Family are legitimately great shows. Never watched the rest, but I get the impression that they're campy boomer shit.

>>12152674 (OP)
Nostalgia always comes 30 years apart. In the 90s it was all about the 60s, in the 2000s everything was 70s-inspired. Gilligan NES was a nostalgia ploy

>>12152674 (OP)
Gilligan reruns were on about as much as Scooby Doo
>>12152737
Hanna Barbera did quite well for itself in the 80s and its older cartoons came back. The Jetsons even got a few new seasons.
>>12152893
And The Brady Bunch. That shit was on all the time
>here's a story
>about a man named Brady
how bout here's a story called shut the fuck up

>>12153342
The MASH series finale was considered THE biggest television event of all time, and even now reruns of it are few and far between because it's that much of a sacred cow.

Shows like Gilligan's island was still doing pretty well in reruns back then and referenced all the time, zoomie. Kinda like Full house in the 2000s

>>12153779
i loved this game

>>12153779
Funny how this of all things got a GBA port.

>>12153804
ps1 as well in like 2002

>>12152751
Uhh, hello can I get through to the kino office?

>>12152751
Makes sense. No dialogue means easy international appeal.

>>12152674 (OP)
It's also a pinball in 1991

The pre-social media world was slower-paced, people could enjoy old things without questioning or having existential dilemmas.

>>12152764
>reruns of it on black and white TVs
Gilligan's Island and other shows from the 50's and 60's had daily afternoon reruns until the late 80's-early 90's, well after even the poorest ghetto niggers got color TVs.

>>12153779
three stooges should have been a three player side scrolling beat em up but you use slapstick to beat the bad guys

>>12153856
Having your own personal TV was rare as a kid so you'd be happy with a b&w.

>>12152674 (OP)
Not really. Gilligan's Island was all over TV reruns.

>>12152674 (OP)
I love this game and it was my favorite show as a kid.

>>12152725
In the 80s and 90s, we watched what our parents and grandparents watched.

>>12152685
>Why? They made Flintstones and Jetsons games.
>>but those are cartoons!

The Jetson's actually had a revival in 1985. The first season was 1962, but Hanna-Barbera later produced two more seasons between 1985-1987 so they could have enough episodes for a syndicated run. On top of that, there was an animated movie released to theatres in 1990. The Jetson's was still on TV by 1993. Flintstons was always in syndication and re-runs.

>>12152685
>Mission Impossible game

>>12152694
>Mission Impossible isn't based on the original series from 66-73, it's based on the second series from 88-90

This. It was based on the late 80's series.

>>12152685
>Three Stooges game
The Three Stooges was a port of the Cinemaware PC game.

There was also a Knight Rider game as well as a Airwolf game for the NES. Gilligans island was basically in non-stop re-runs by 1990. But it is still a weird license.

>>12154486
>The Jetson's actually had a revival in 1985. The first season was 1962, but Hanna-Barbera later produced two more seasons between 1985-1987 so they could have enough episodes for a syndicated run. On top of that, there was an animated movie released to theatres in 1990. The Jetson's was still on TV by 1993.

With the Jetsons, you know it's a season 2 (1985) or season 3 (1987) if Orbity is in the episode. HB added this character because of the popularity of Gizmo from the 1984 Gremlins movie. Also George has an AI computer screen that talks to him at work in these seasons.

Darkman was a weird NES licensed game. It really seemed like Ocean would just grab whatever licensed they could find. Though,they did manage to snag a few big ones, like like Jurassic Park.

>>12152756
>Culture didn't move as fast pre-internet so a lot of old tv shows like that were still known to kids in the 80s and early 90s.

I feel like culture advanced forward much faster back then. The internet really allows things to be 'frozen in time' for a lot longer than it use to be. Especially with youtube and other streaming sites. Styles don't evolve and change like they use to. The only thing that really moves forward is technology.

>>12152674 (OP)
Banger intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3HFXSgWps8

>>12154569

Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1995:
https://youtu.be/QQezL9pLUN4

If there is one thing that people remember from Gilligan's Island, it was the ear worm theme song.

>>12152751
Were the Japanese even familiar with Mad?

>>12152674 (OP)
Not really, since they showed reruns every day on major cable channels.

>>12152674 (OP)
>In retrospect its kind of strange they made a video game based on Gilligan's Island in 1990
There were also Felix the cat, Rocky and Bullwinkle, adams family, and planet of the apes games for game boy and game boy color.

The Felix game especially stands out to me since they made a 1990's video game adaptation for a 1920's cartoon character.
>mutt and jeff game when?

>>12153749
>Hanna Barbera did quite well for itself in the 80s and its older cartoons came back.
They were even making new hits like Johnny Bravo right up until the studio died in 2001. Kinda strange that they went under anyways.

>>12152674 (OP)
No it's not. Old tv shows used to get broadcast all the time. Everyone knew who Gilligan was. Frankly it's weirder more shows didn't get a tie in game. Retarded zoom zoom.

>>12154537
It was a pretty cool movie though

>>12154559
You're both right in a way. It's weird. It's like the content is constantly changing with some new thing being hyped every week but the overall form has become more stagnant and less innovative.

>>12154486

https://youtu.be/4IKuSUejfgI

I saw this movie in the cinema when I was a kid. And I did not think much of it as a movie. The animation was better than the TV sow, which is not saying much. But it was noteworthy for using a lot of CG/ rotoscoping. The 1985 TV show was OK. They did a good job making it look close to the 60's show. But it still has a lot more '80's' story tropes. John K. was one of he people who oversaw the storyboards.

>>12154919
Addams Family had new and very successful movies at that time.

>>12155038
Hanna Barbera style with actual budget is kind of strange (and kino).

>>12154919
>There were also Felix the cat, Rocky and Bullwinkle, adams family, and planet of the apes games for game boy and game boy color.
The first 3 were also on NES, and the last 2 were tie-ins to movies that came out around the same time as the games. Kill yourself.

>>12153847
People still do that in the post social media world, god knows how many people are making Columbo jokes now.

>>12155494
People always liked old TV and movies. It is only video games where you see seething about old stuff.

>>12154591
Not sure. Back in the day, any kid's magazine could get a reprint of Spy VS Spy comics while not part of Mad.

The best license game for NES

>>12152725
>outing yourself as a zoomer
We watched a lot of reruns when we were kids.

>>12154537
That movie is really underrated.

>>12156281
That looks very cool.

>>12152725
I was born in 88 and used to watch Gilligan’s Island as a kid. It was probably on Nick at Nite or something, it wasn’t hard to find on tv in the early 90s

>>12152725
>I just don't get it, who'd want to watch an Addam's family movie in the early 90s? Why make one? It's a sitcom from the 60s, only boomers would watch this shit!

>>12154919
There was a 1995 Felix cartoon series.

>>12154919
>Felix
Had a running animated series, as well as relatively recent movie
>Rocky and Bullwinkle
Still reran and referenced everywhere
>Addams family
Reruns of 1960s series, a very successful movie in 1991 that got a sequel and the movie franchise only came to a screeching halt because Gomez's actor died, not to mention a Hanna Barbara animated series also running
>Planet of the Apes
Well known movie, referenced to hell and back even in the 90s, had a reboot in the early 2000s
Let me guess, you're going to wonder why Mickey Mouse got video games in the 90s?

Don't be too hard on zoomers, they've been brainwashed to believe that all old things are racist and bad. Back in the day we actually regularly enjoyed old things just as much as new things.

>>12153768
I don't think I've ever seen the finale but MASH definitely deserves its reputation.

>>12154537
>It really seemed like Ocean would just grab whatever licensed they could find.
That was literally their business model.
They'd buy a film license on the cheap while it was not yet released and in production and pump out a game hoping that the film would do well and its success would transfer onto the game.

Their Robocop games became a licence to print money but then they also released games based on complete duds like Cool World and Waterworld.

>>12157169
>Their Robocop games became a licence to print money but then they also released games based on complete duds like Cool World and Waterworld.

I think Ocean grabbed Cool World, because they thought it was going to be like 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?', which is a game that LJN had the license too and Rareware developed for the NES. To be honest, water World was projected to be a big box office hit, which wasn't the case. The movie ended up being a huge disaster at the box office. Ocean had the Addams Family License for the first two movies and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series that only was on the air for a couple seasons. The Addams family games did really well for Ocean too. Jurassic Park was also a really good snag for Ocean.

reruns just started being a thing in the 70s/80s so a lot of old series got exposed to new audiences.

LJN = LJN made a business out of licensed games. I guess their parent company was like
Arena Games: A Division of LJN that was put into place to publish Sega console games, as a work around for Nintendo contract.
MCA, which gave them access to all sorts of licenses. Sometimes they would get one right.
OCEAN = UK Micro Computer developer, that published almost exclusively on Nintendo consoles. They just snagged whatever licensed they could. Sometimes successful. Sometimes not.
Konami/ Ultra = I would say most of Konami's best licensed stuff is on their Konami NES Brand, and their secondary products with with Ultra. I think more licensed stuff was published under the Ultra name?
Acclaim = Company that accumulated a lot of licenses. They even purchased LJN.
Flying Edge = A Division of Acclaim that was created initially to publish games for Sega consoles. Due to the same Nintendo contracts. Flying Edge went away when Nintendo did change them with the SNES.
TH-Q = Jack's new company after selling of LJN to Acclaim. It basically continues where LJN left off. They have released some pretty dad licensed games too. But adapted beater quality control.
Virgin Interactive : Would pick up some weird licenses, like Cool Spot, Mc Donalds, The Terminator (only had the license for the first movie on consoles, BTW), Terminator vs Robocop, some Disney stuff.
Absolute and Hi-tech Expressions = lesser known developers that used various licenses.
Sega/ SOA = Sega published a lot of licensed games for movies, comics books.. for their own platforms.

LJN = LJN made a business out of licensed games. I guess their parent company was like
MCA, which gave them access to all sorts of licenses. Sometimes they would get one right.
Arena Games: A Division of LJN that was put into place to publish Sega console games, as a work around for Nintendo contract.
OCEAN = UK Micro Computer developer, that published almost exclusively on Nintendo consoles. They just snagged whatever licensed they could. Sometimes successful. Sometimes not.
Konami/ Ultra = I would say most of Konami's best licensed stuff is on their Konami NES Brand, and their secondary products with with Ultra. I think more licensed stuff was published under the Ultra name?
Acclaim = Company that accumulated a lot of licenses. They even purchased LJN.
Flying Edge = A Division of Acclaim that was created initially to publish games for Sega consoles. Due to the same Nintendo contracts. Flying Edge went away when Nintendo did change them with the SNES.
TH-Q = Jack's new company after selling of LJN to Acclaim. It basically continues where LJN left off. They have released some pretty dad licensed games too. But adapted beater quality control.
Virgin Interactive : Would pick up some weird licenses, like Cool Spot, Mc Donalds, The Terminator (only had the license for the first movie on consoles, BTW), Terminator vs Robocop, some Disney stuff.
Absolute and Hi-tech Expressions = lesser known developers that used various licenses.
Sega/ SOA = Sega published a lot of licensed games for movies, comics books.. for their own platforms.

>>12152674 (OP)
They made a game based on Dante's Inferno in 2010

>>12153779
There was also a 3 Stooges arcade game

>>12152674 (OP)
I'm sure the reasoning was: cheap to license, instant brand recognition to differentiate our shovelware and give it visibility.

>>12153838
>for amusement only
This is so they don't get into trouble with gambling shit, right?

>>12158074
Yeah, old holdover. Not needed in any capacity after the 1976 case but y'know.
60s pinball machines didn't even have flippers and were absolutely just gambling so it was a thin workaround even then.

>>12153838

All of the best pinball games from the 90's were based on licensed properties. Which is free advertising for the license holders and it draws normies in to check out the pinball table. That Gilligan's Island pinball machine probably did well in bar like settings or pool halls. One of my favorite pinball tables is the Terminator 2 one, which I had a chance to play a few times. The Addams Family Pinball that was based on the movie is a highly regarded machine. It get the impression that the board designers didn't care if they had to use a license, as long as they had designer control over the 'game board'.

>>12152674 (OP)
Used to watch this shit on TV Land all the time along with I Dream With Jeannie and Sally the Witch when i was in pampers.
You boomers had it good back then.

>>12158591
>Sally the Witch
*Bewitched
Actually fun fact, see all those magical girl shows nips made? Bewitched was the root of them all.

>>12152685
The Jetson game they made on the SNES is actually a shared reskinned Japanese title they put out for additional profit.