I know it's just an ad for McDonald's but the fact that they just dumped the rom while the other actual game titans are trying to destroy game preservation is baffling
Of course they would dump the rom, would you you spread the game for free aadvertise other way? Its not like they make GB cartridges or game boys anymore...
This game is goofy af. But you know what's not? Ten years with Jared. Glad to be able to hang with you, man. Looking forward to as many years as content creating makes you happy for.
Hey Jared! You said, "when's the last time they busted out Mayor McCheese?" Mildly interesting: McDonald's doesn't bust out Mayor McCheese because they're legally banned from using him. In 1977 McDonald's was sued over Mayor McCheese looking too much like the costume TV character H.R. Pufnstuf. McDonald's lost.
It's always WHO is Grimace (a dork), or WHAT is Grimace (the avatar of an ice cream/slushy brain freeze), but never HOW is grimace? No I'm not asking how he feels, I'm asking what dark rituals they did to summon him.
Why would they do this? Because its freaking awesome to do so. Even if the game sucks the fact that you can do stuff like this is great and gives new life to retired old systems.
I just got McDonald's, opened up the bag to see "Grimace's Birthday" on my nugget box, clicked on RUclips, and saw Grimace's Birthday on a ProJared video. And somehow the next 22 minutes were even weirder.
We live in the era of GB Studio too, where just about anyone could whip together a Game Boy game. Why Mickey D's decided to get someone to make them a GB game, let alone have the stones to post its ROM online to use on "totally legit" Game Boy, is beyond me. But seems like Arby's has to pony up on its pop culture act. :p ...also, Grimace on a skateboard in a video game vaguely reminds me of Sunday Funday.
This would have 100% been a happy meal toy or some special sale back in the day, and it would have sold well and become a collector's item CIB. ESPECIALLY since there's apparently 2 revisions, the second cleaning up the glitches at the ending.
Jared's Grimace impression is a lot better than I was expecting. EDIT: Grimace is not a tastebud. Filming in McDonaldland is a social media account run by a former production guy and he debunked this rumor.
@@KaedeLanyo no that's... that's actually the most cogent thing ever said on the subject of the grimace. look, I can't throw stones, I once had a naked lady burst out of a cake and then declare she's actually a cake nymph, who needs to find a new cake to live in. i drew her hair to look like frosting! then she found like, a cupcake, and that was somehow good enough. I also might not be remembering this properly.
I actually wanted to try the Grimace Shake, but none of the places I normally shop at in-person have a McDonald's nearby. I tried to order delivery, but you could only get the shake in a meal, and all of the meals were goddamn $22. Fuck that.
I fail to understand the point of a game having any McDonald's characters if it doesn't include Ronald. But I do say even that makes more sense than being perplexed by using arrows for movement, seeing as they're literally directional keys.
Grimace (who originally had four arms) was in McDonald's commercials as just a random monster that stole McDonald's shakes from Ronald and his friends. They made him dumber, less threatening, and less-armed in later iterations.
1st. YES! There are still McDonald's' play areas throughout the country! Here in Toledo, OH area there are at least 3 stores that still have the play areas! You don't remember the McNugget buddies???? I remember the commercial, Ronald would open up the McNugget box and they'd be singing... he would close the box, silence, then open and they'd sing, close, etc.... I always thought, "How could Ronald eat those things when they're singing like that?" I was a kid, I didn't know any better!
thank you for clarifying that this is the first mcdonalds game in a while and not just the first gameboy color game in years. so many news outlets are calling the first gameboy color game in years when that is just objectively false. new gameboy games are coming out pretty frequently all the time on itch.
I like to think being given the task of animating Grimace hitting a wastebin and absolutely slamming face onto concrete was a once in a lifetime experience that someone was genuinely delighted to receive.
I actually had my 7th birthday party at McDonald's. Invited my whole 1st grade class, even though I only had 2 or 3 friends. We just ate McDonald's food and there was cake, not much else to it. Probably the last time I was truly happy.
I try not to think about it when I eat McDonald's. I live in a town with exactly two fast food places, Subway and McDonald's. Others used to exist, but closed down for various reasons.
You said "poo gas" and I immediately teleported back to watching freakazoid in the 90s.....and it made me want to eat chicken nuggets and binge freakazoid...
@@popculturehero nah the grimace from the early 70s had 4 arms. It wont let me post a picture, but if you google 4 armed grimace, you'll see a picture of it
Thing is, as much as I love ronald mcdonald, I don't mind them removing him IF they bring back grimace, early bird and hamburgler to mcdonalds for advertisements or just decorations. McDonalds used to be bright and colourful but today it reminds me of a hospital with the bland colours and how clinical everything looks. I don't think the new Happy Meal is less scary than ronald himself though, probably moreso imo but I'd accept him if mcdonaldsland can still come back. Yes I'm a sucker for manipulative advertising but as long as it's fun I don't care. Bring back the fun!
Grimace is supposed to be some sort of giant sentient gumdrop. Back in the 70's and early 80's ALL of his artwork had him covered in sparkles, like SUGAR. This "taste bud" BS is ridiculous. He's a giant candy man, just like Mayor McCheese and Officer Big Mac were sentient hamburger men. Early Birdie represents the Breakfast menu, BTW. Oh yeah, The Hamburglar and Captain Crook were the only humans to ever breach McDonald land where they stole, y'know, the food. Also the Fry Guys used to be Fry Goblins. Ronald himself is supposed to be happiness, which you could consume at McDonald's! Shit was weird, and I kind of miss it. The irony of me knowing all of this is that I don't even like McDonald's food. This is just how pervasive it was in 70's & 80's American culture.
9:37 Lure them both out with promises of hanging out into an arena, and pit them against each other. Which ever team survives earns fast food supremacy.
After seeing that running animation and that weird level transition with the bubble....this is a reskinned Spongebob Game and we are just a purple Patrick Star right? And that Glitch really seemed intentional, at least it seemed kinda synced to the music which would be weird on an actual glitch.
Apparently, the Grimace is a monster that started off as a villain with four arms stealing milkshakes and Cokes before becoming a good guy with two arms
No lie, after this game came out, I went to look on RUclips for old McDonald's commercials and the animated movies. Even looked up the Sega Genesis game that I never got to play.
"When was the last time you willing ate at McDonalds and felt good about it?" Last week. I eat at McDonalds all the time and feel good about it every single time.
What's more likely than you being assaulted by a mascot is getting automatic charged to your hijacked credit card for daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner McDonalds Doordashed to you every day.
he grimace was originally an enemy of ronald, and he would become happy when ronald gave him a happy meal (or maybe just food). Birdie is about the breakfast food, early bird and all that.
What they should have made was a game about Grimace not being able to find his friends, and him eventually running into someone in McD's Corporate who has to explain why they had to phase out all of their old mascots, and why he's the last one to go. xD It could even be a horror game. xD
It's been a hot minute since I was last in a McDonald's but I remember the architecture being that post-modern, wannabe barista hangout stuff. Do they even advertise their characters in store anymore?
I eat McDonald's frequently, I don't necessarily feel great about it when I do, but I eat there all the time because (at least where I live in Canada) the fries are fantastic, and the burgers and mcnuggies are generally pretty consistent so I always know they're going to be good enough, unlike other fast food places that tend to be wildly inconsistent at times. Harvey's is better in every way, though.
"Who would you rather hang out with, the characters from McDonald's Land, or all the kids from the Burger King Kid's Club?" Well, considering if you pick Burger King, you also end up with the creepy Sneak King... I think I'll pick Wendy's.
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I know it's just an ad for McDonald's but the fact that they just dumped the rom while the other actual game titans are trying to destroy game preservation is baffling
mcdonalds is the hero we needed.
Of course they would dump the rom, would you you spread the game for free aadvertise other way? Its not like they make GB cartridges or game boys anymore...
@@TotyDados McDonalds used to license games and sold them at full price all the time in the early 90s.
This week on "Now in the 90's" lol. It's gonna happen, I swear.
Jared getting irrationally angry about the McDonald's lore being wrong instead of McDonald's lore existing at all is hilarious.
Does the word "irrationally" really apply here? Hmm. HMM.
Oh the glitches at the end really were the icing on the birthday cake. What a glorious mess!
It's clearly the best gbc color game we have gotten in over 20 years.
Just thinking of pokemon alone, there is a modding scene for GBC. So, people releasing original content seems likely as well.
This game is goofy af.
But you know what's not? Ten years with Jared. Glad to be able to hang with you, man. Looking forward to as many years as content creating makes you happy for.
When talking about nostalgia of McDonald's play areas, the N64 or Gamecube kiosk were G.O.A.T.
The game glitching out was the funniest part of the video, LMAO. 😂
I know Grimace was introduced long before Spongebob but, Grimace kind of looks like a purple Patrick in this game.
"How do you grind?"
While standing in front of a giant set of instructions
Hey Jared! You said, "when's the last time they busted out Mayor McCheese?" Mildly interesting: McDonald's doesn't bust out Mayor McCheese because they're legally banned from using him. In 1977 McDonald's was sued over Mayor McCheese looking too much like the costume TV character H.R. Pufnstuf. McDonald's lost.
14:58 Flappy Grimace?
We should bring back scary clowns they’re way underrated
i prefer s3xy clowns.......god i'm sick.
I legit had to look up whether Grimace has thumbs in order to figure out how it could text/tweet anyone.
It's always WHO is Grimace (a dork), or WHAT is Grimace (the avatar of an ice cream/slushy brain freeze), but never HOW is grimace?
No I'm not asking how he feels, I'm asking what dark rituals they did to summon him.
How is Grimace as in "what caused this existence"?
@@silverlight6074 Yes, that is it. How was he made and how do we build an army of Grimaces worthy of Mordor?
Why would they do this? Because its freaking awesome to do so. Even if the game sucks the fact that you can do stuff like this is great and gives new life to retired old systems.
"There is not even a play pen there even more."
True wisdom.
I just got McDonald's, opened up the bag to see "Grimace's Birthday" on my nugget box, clicked on RUclips, and saw Grimace's Birthday on a ProJared video. And somehow the next 22 minutes were even weirder.
We live in the era of GB Studio too, where just about anyone could whip together a Game Boy game. Why Mickey D's decided to get someone to make them a GB game, let alone have the stones to post its ROM online to use on "totally legit" Game Boy, is beyond me. But seems like Arby's has to pony up on its pop culture act. :p
...also, Grimace on a skateboard in a video game vaguely reminds me of Sunday Funday.
FUZZBUTT DETECTED
The freeskate was amazing! The surprise was so genuine. Like it now!
This would have 100% been a happy meal toy or some special sale back in the day, and it would have sold well and become a collector's item CIB.
ESPECIALLY since there's apparently 2 revisions, the second cleaning up the glitches at the ending.
Jared's Grimace impression is a lot better than I was expecting.
EDIT: Grimace is not a tastebud. Filming in McDonaldland is a social media account run by a former production guy and he debunked this rumor.
he's milkshakes, right? he represents milkshakes and the desire for milkshakes.
@@KairuHakubi He's weirdly, essentially a milkshake elemental... I hate that I'm saying that.
@@KaedeLanyo no that's... that's actually the most cogent thing ever said on the subject of the grimace.
look, I can't throw stones, I once had a naked lady burst out of a cake and then declare she's actually a cake nymph, who needs to find a new cake to live in. i drew her hair to look like frosting! then she found like, a cupcake, and that was somehow good enough. I also might not be remembering this properly.
Grimace is proof of one of life's vital lessons. You don't have to look good to be good.
I actually wanted to try the Grimace Shake, but none of the places I normally shop at in-person have a McDonald's nearby. I tried to order delivery, but you could only get the shake in a meal, and all of the meals were goddamn $22. Fuck that.
I do not recall McDonalds being that expensive.
I fail to understand the point of a game having any McDonald's characters if it doesn't include Ronald. But I do say even that makes more sense than being perplexed by using arrows for movement, seeing as they're literally directional keys.
Grimace (who originally had four arms) was in McDonald's commercials as just a random monster that stole McDonald's shakes from Ronald and his friends. They made him dumber, less threatening, and less-armed in later iterations.
That happened after Barney became a hit, didn't it?
@@patchmoulton5438 NO. Grimace first appeared in commercials in the early 1970s, Barney didn't appear until the early 1990s.
@@ARCWuLF I meant when Grimace became one of Ronalds friends.
@@patchmoulton5438 No, they were friends after his first appearance.
1st. YES! There are still McDonald's' play areas throughout the country! Here in Toledo, OH area there are at least 3 stores that still have the play areas! You don't remember the McNugget buddies???? I remember the commercial, Ronald would open up the McNugget box and they'd be singing... he would close the box, silence, then open and they'd sing, close, etc.... I always thought, "How could Ronald eat those things when they're singing like that?" I was a kid, I didn't know any better!
thank you for clarifying that this is the first mcdonalds game in a while and not just the first gameboy color game in years. so many news outlets are calling the first gameboy color game in years when that is just objectively false. new gameboy games are coming out pretty frequently all the time on itch.
jared being creeped out by the mcdonalds lore and characters is funny af
Can't wait for speedruns of this game.
Grimace's Birthday 100%
On a brighter note, I started Everybody's Tennis, for the PSP today. That is a little gem.
I like to think being given the task of animating Grimace hitting a wastebin and absolutely slamming face onto concrete was a once in a lifetime experience that someone was genuinely delighted to receive.
Birdie was the Breakfast Mascot. She was Birdie the Early Bird.
This is definitely one of the games of all time
I actually had my 7th birthday party at McDonald's. Invited my whole 1st grade class, even though I only had 2 or 3 friends. We just ate McDonald's food and there was cake, not much else to it. Probably the last time I was truly happy.
You will find happiness again.
😢 *hugs*
Sorry bro
I had a birthday when I was a kid at McDonald's. They had a ball pit and it was a blast.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I had my 1st and 2nd birthdays at McDonald’s myself.
19:20 Not that you ever read your comments, but NEVER blow into the cartridge. You only damage them by doing that.
His name was Kid Vid, and he was awesome. Also, those were trash cans you were hitting.
Jared's existential crisis at the beginning of the game 😂
I try not to think about it when I eat McDonald's. I live in a town with exactly two fast food places, Subway and McDonald's. Others used to exist, but closed down for various reasons.
Birdie was introduced to promote McDonald's breakfast menu. Because the early bird gets the worm, er, egg mcmufin
You said "poo gas" and I immediately teleported back to watching freakazoid in the 90s.....and it made me want to eat chicken nuggets and binge freakazoid...
Crud vapors.
What else is the controls going to be? WASD for movement, K for jump, L for action?
Oh man, the picture of the outside with the burger-go-round n stuff.... memories
My international friends keep asking me, "Who the F is Grimace?" 😆
People in AMERICA are still asking that.
a s@t@n1c lump.......which makes him my dark hero.
,But crazy, those glitches were going perfectly to the beat. And on more than one type of count. Had to be intentional
Anyone remember when Grimace was evil and had 4 arms? Also the Friguys were the fry food. Birdie was just a bird.
Birdie's association was the breakfast menu. she's Birdie the Early Bird, see.
Are you thinking of Cosmc? He had 4 arms.
@@popculturehero nah the grimace from the early 70s had 4 arms. It wont let me post a picture, but if you google 4 armed grimace, you'll see a picture of it
@@popculturehero naw naw grimace had four arms originally
Those are trash cans you kept hitting, thats why its bad lol
How do I grind?
Meanwhile there are literal instructions on the screen
I thought he was a shake? Since there was a "Grimace shake" years and years ago. Also the shamrock shake has a minty green Grimace "cousin" I think?
i like the close up of Grimace with the warbling eyes
You fool, your ROBL'd when you should've kick-flipped!
he should press the DOUG button
When i saw the "fr" i almost died laughing
Birdie was created to promote Macdonald's breakfast, thats why she's the "Early Bird".
Okay for all the glitches to happen on beat to the music, that is entirely intentional
Thing is, as much as I love ronald mcdonald, I don't mind them removing him IF they bring back grimace, early bird and hamburgler to mcdonalds for advertisements or just decorations.
McDonalds used to be bright and colourful but today it reminds me of a hospital with the bland colours and how clinical everything looks.
I don't think the new Happy Meal is less scary than ronald himself though, probably moreso imo but I'd accept him if mcdonaldsland can still come back. Yes I'm a sucker for manipulative advertising but as long as it's fun I don't care. Bring back the fun!
Jared: "When's the last time you willingly ate McDonald's?"
Me: *stopping halfway through a Crispy McChicken bite*
Omg when the screen started shaking at the cake I was hoping it would turn into a creepypasta and it delivered lol
Grimace is supposed to be some sort of giant sentient gumdrop. Back in the 70's and early 80's ALL of his artwork had him covered in sparkles, like SUGAR. This "taste bud" BS is ridiculous. He's a giant candy man, just like Mayor McCheese and Officer Big Mac were sentient hamburger men. Early Birdie represents the Breakfast menu, BTW. Oh yeah, The Hamburglar and Captain Crook were the only humans to ever breach McDonald land where they stole, y'know, the food. Also the Fry Guys used to be Fry Goblins. Ronald himself is supposed to be happiness, which you could consume at McDonald's! Shit was weird, and I kind of miss it.
The irony of me knowing all of this is that I don't even like McDonald's food. This is just how pervasive it was in 70's & 80's American culture.
Birdy is the "Early bird" was was there to push McDonald's breakfast menu.
Looks like little baby Grimace is up to his old shenanigans again.
Grimace was part of a campaign when McD's first introduced shakes... so he's a purple milkshake.
There was like 5 people at this party. Why did they need 40 shakes?
36 for Grimace the other 4 for his friends
9:37 Lure them both out with promises of hanging out into an arena, and pit them against each other. Which ever team survives earns fast food supremacy.
An unexpected surprise, but a welcome one.
That was just the right amount of weirdness to start the day.
After seeing that running animation and that weird level transition with the bubble....this is a reskinned Spongebob Game and we are just a purple Patrick Star right?
And that Glitch really seemed intentional, at least it seemed kinda synced to the music which would be weird on an actual glitch.
Apparently, the Grimace is a monster that started off as a villain with four arms stealing milkshakes and Cokes before becoming a good guy with two arms
Some executive at McDonalds played a lot of Adventure Island and for some reason or drugs said "we need to make this game, but vertical"
No lie, after this game came out, I went to look on RUclips for old McDonald's commercials and the animated movies. Even looked up the Sega Genesis game that I never got to play.
Most people don't even know that Grimace was originally meant to be a "villain" for Ronald McDonald. His schtick was he stole people's shakes.
Birdy was the mascot for McDonald's breakfast: Birdy the Early Bird
"When was the last time you willing ate at McDonalds and felt good about it?" Last week. I eat at McDonalds all the time and feel good about it every single time.
maybe its just me but i seemed like the glitching was on beat with the music
12:13 Kind of. He always reminded me of Protoman.
I had a shamrock shake this year for the first time ever. I liked it but I wouldn't have another one till maybe 2025
What's more likely than you being assaulted by a mascot is getting automatic charged to your hijacked credit card for daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner McDonalds Doordashed to you every day.
he grimace was originally an enemy of ronald, and he would become happy when ronald gave him a happy meal (or maybe just food). Birdie is about the breakfast food, early bird and all that.
Pretty sure Birdie showed up when McDonalds added chicken to the menu.
What they should have made was a game about Grimace not being able to find his friends, and him eventually running into someone in McD's Corporate who has to explain why they had to phase out all of their old mascots, and why he's the last one to go. xD
It could even be a horror game. xD
Grimace is back from Alone in the Dark to finish the job!
We had a McDonald's birthday party for a girl in our preschool class when I was little. I remember another girl getting sick and throwing up.
Grimace remembers what Jared did during the Alone in the Dark playthrough..
OH, BTW Grimace originally had 4 arms & was a monster who stole drinks.
It's been a hot minute since I was last in a McDonald's but I remember the architecture being that post-modern, wannabe barista hangout stuff. Do they even advertise their characters in store anymore?
I eat McDonald's frequently, I don't necessarily feel great about it when I do, but I eat there all the time because (at least where I live in Canada) the fries are fantastic, and the burgers and mcnuggies are generally pretty consistent so I always know they're going to be good enough, unlike other fast food places that tend to be wildly inconsistent at times. Harvey's is better in every way, though.
McDonalds presents Tony the Hedgehog Pro Skater 4 (which is still THPS so it's all good)
Dang, this game worked. I kind of want McDonalds now.
i'd eat there for that wondrous grimace birthday shake.
Game Boy Color is an underrated console. I'm sad it only lasted a couple years but I guess it was made as a waiting period for Gameboy Advance
"I'm here for the plot" says the guy who quit Custom Robo...
That gameboy music SLAPS
Waiting for that Grimaces Birthday creepy pasta
Jared got turned into an unhappy meal
that glitch looked like it went with the music lol
Wow, 4 levels and a little bonus game at the end. That's extremely short.
Probably for the best
Grimace gets his revenge from Alone in the dark playthough
The one thing they got wrong about this game is the fact shake machine was actually working that day
The last time I had McDonald's was 3 years ago, the last time I enjoyed it was 27 years ago I guess
Even as a kid in the 80's/90's I was sad when we went to McDonald's. Was always more of a Wendy's guy myself.
"Who would you rather hang out with,
the characters from McDonald's Land, or all the kids from the Burger King Kid's Club?"
Well, considering if you pick Burger King, you also end up with the creepy Sneak King...
I think I'll pick Wendy's.
3:18.. well.. i also 'peaked'😂
Funny thing. The Grimace was originally a villain XD
Looks like a Wally Bear and the No Gang rom hack