Video Game Cereal Commercials: Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Pokemon

About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of video games and breakfast cereals in the 1980s through commercials featuring Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Pokemon.

In the 1980s, it was discovered that video games were part of a balanced breakfast, so the geniuses at Namco and Nintendo decided to inject some 8-bit glory into your morning. Pour a bowl of milk and get ready to chomp on some Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Pokemon!

Topics covered

• video games
• cereal
• advertising
• 1980s
• nostalgia

Keywords

• video game commercials
• Donkey Kong
• Pac-Man
• Pokemon
• balanced breakfast
• 8-bit glory

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Pac-Man, Pokemon, Donkey Kong

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