{"id":91075,"date":"2016-05-04T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T07:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=91075"},"modified":"2016-05-04T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T08:00:30","slug":"craziest-video-game-tie-ins-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/91075-craziest-video-game-tie-ins-of-all-time","title":{"rendered":"Craziest video game tie-ins of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video games often form part of a larger merchandising effort or branding exercise.<\/p>\n<p>From movie adaptations to advertising campaigns, there have been a few truly bizarre video game tie-ins.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a selection of tie-in games that have been featured on the rankings of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/57847\/19-bizarre-video-games-actually-happened\" target=\"_blank\">weirdest video games of all time<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"streetfighter:themovie:thegame\">Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEneeaLd1z0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"shaq-fu\">Shaq-Fu<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GsuXEJ6e87k\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"michaeljordan:chaosinthewindycity\">Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3JOb9t5Dj5c\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"homeimprovement:powertoolpursuit\">Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S82KxXWrtnI\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"kool-aidmanthevideogame\">Kool-Aid Man the video game<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oep9Gyt-bQw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"coca-colakid\">Coca-Cola Kid<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIKc1mvOIfg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"marchofthepenguins\">March of the Penguins<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIRRQsgxyyc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"mcdonaldstreasureislandadventure\">McDonald\u2019s Treasure Island Adventure<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLV3UKL3i94\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"greysanatomy:thevideogame\">Grey\u2019s Anatomy: The Video Game<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gRZT6-52oqI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"yonoid\u2014\u00a0adominospizzatie-in\">Yo! Noid \u2014\u00a0a dominos pizza tie-in<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OgxXP3bRd7U\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"pepsiinvaders\">Pepsi Invaders<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VU77VBlmWno\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"meangirls:thegame\">Mean Girls: The Game<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YjOkuIQ1t9A\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"murdershewrote2:returntocabotcove\">Murder She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nLnl_TK0mk\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88753-the-weirdest-games-ever-made.html\"><strong>The weirdest games ever made<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84947-worst-games-of-2015-according-to-the-reviews.html\"><strong>Worst games of 2015 according to the reviews<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/84595-the-most-ridiculous-in-game-purchases-sold-in-the-best-way.html\"><strong>The most ridiculous in-game purchases, sold in the best way<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the most bizarre brand and movie tie-in video games of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":91079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[18399,10220,18397],"class_list":["post-91075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-murder-she-wrote","tag-shaq-fu","tag-street-fighter-the-movie-the-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}