Game Boy Color Body Paint Event (lost video of promotional event for Nintendo portable console; 1999): Difference between revisions
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The '''Game Boy Color''' is | The '''Game Boy Color''' is an 8-bit handheld console, made by Nintendo. The Color served as an upgrade to the original Game Boy and the fourth best-selling system of all time. While the console is remembered well by its audience, '''''there exist a forgotten event where Nintendo painted college students' swimsuit-clad bodies to advertise the Game Boy Color.'''' | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
In March 1999, video game news articles started reporting on | In March 1999, video game news articles started reporting on an event Nintendo was doing for the Game Boy Color. This event was an all-day beach event with music and GBC prizes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000819151900/http://www.nintendorks.com/news/03-04-99/ Nintendorks archive article mentioning the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> However, the event was mostly infamous for college students having their body painted in colors of the new GBC units.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991002194616/http://www.newstream.com/99-100.shtml Newstream archive of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> The event was mostly described by these news articles as strange like the honey-dipping event they did for the launch of Banjo-Kazooie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010211032138/http://ign64.ign.com:80/news/7360.html IGN archive article of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000302233644/http://www.gaming-age.com/news2/march99/031899b.htm Gaming Age archive article of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> | ||
The event was recorded and broadcasted on the web via RealPlayer G2 by web broadcasting company MediaOnDemand's InternetBroadcast.com service.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009133741/http://www.ant.com/n64/news/gameboycolored.htm Ant archived article of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> This video was also broadcasted a month before [[Slamfest '99 aka "Super Smash Bros. LIVE" (lost livestream of promotional event for Nintendo 64 crossover fighting game; 1999) |Slamfest '99]], a promotional event for the release of Super Smash Bros. was livestreamed. | The event was recorded and broadcasted on the web via RealPlayer G2 by web broadcasting company MediaOnDemand's InternetBroadcast.com service.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009133741/http://www.ant.com/n64/news/gameboycolored.htm Ant archived article of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> This video was also broadcasted a month before [[Slamfest '99 aka "Super Smash Bros. LIVE" (lost livestream of promotional event for Nintendo 64 crossover fighting game; 1999) |Slamfest '99]], a promotional event for the release of Super Smash Bros. was livestreamed. | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The GBC Body Paint Event | The GBC Body Paint Event languished into obscurity for decades after its broadcast and initial talk by news articles and magazines. | ||
This event will be brought up again in 2023 on the site, lemmy.world, when user Bozo talks about their research on the event and finding photos of the event from | This event will be brought up again in 2023 on the site, lemmy.world, when user Bozo talks about their research on the event and finding photos of the event from an old Gameinformer magazine.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-73-may-1999/page/n33/mode/2up Internet Archive of Gameinformer issue 73, showing photos of the event] Retrieved 28 Sept 2024 </ref> They also reveal that a link will take you to a Newstream article and clicking on a non-archived image will allow you to download a .ram file. the file isn't the video but rather metadata that directs RealPlayer to stream the video from the URL contained within it. Unfortunately, their trail went cold as the Wayback Machine did not have anything including the video from that subdomain archived. | ||
As of 2024, despite being referenced numerous times, the video from the event has never resurfaced online | As of 2024, despite being referenced numerous times, the video from the event has never resurfaced online and is unlikely to do so. | ||
==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
Revision as of 02:12, 29 September 2024
This article has been tagged as NSFW due to its risque subject matter.
A screenshot of an old Gameinformer magazine showing photos of the event.
Status: Lost
The Game Boy Color is an 8-bit handheld console, made by Nintendo. The Color served as an upgrade to the original Game Boy and the fourth best-selling system of all time. While the console is remembered well by its audience, there exist a forgotten event where Nintendo painted college students' swimsuit-clad bodies to advertise the Game Boy Color.' '
Background
In March 1999, video game news articles started reporting on an event Nintendo was doing for the Game Boy Color. This event was an all-day beach event with music and GBC prizes.[1] However, the event was mostly infamous for college students having their body painted in colors of the new GBC units.[2] The event was mostly described by these news articles as strange like the honey-dipping event they did for the launch of Banjo-Kazooie.[3][4]
The event was recorded and broadcasted on the web via RealPlayer G2 by web broadcasting company MediaOnDemand's InternetBroadcast.com service.[5] This video was also broadcasted a month before Slamfest '99, a promotional event for the release of Super Smash Bros. was livestreamed.
Availability
The GBC Body Paint Event languished into obscurity for decades after its broadcast and initial talk by news articles and magazines.
This event will be brought up again in 2023 on the site, lemmy.world, when user Bozo talks about their research on the event and finding photos of the event from an old Gameinformer magazine.[6] They also reveal that a link will take you to a Newstream article and clicking on a non-archived image will allow you to download a .ram file. the file isn't the video but rather metadata that directs RealPlayer to stream the video from the URL contained within it. Unfortunately, their trail went cold as the Wayback Machine did not have anything including the video from that subdomain archived.
As of 2024, despite being referenced numerous times, the video from the event has never resurfaced online and is unlikely to do so.
External Link
References
- ↑ Nintendorks archive article mentioning the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024
- ↑ Newstream archive of the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024
- ↑ IGN archive article of the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024
- ↑ Gaming Age archive article of the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024
- ↑ Ant archived article of the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024
- ↑ Internet Archive of Gameinformer issue 73, showing photos of the event Retrieved 28 Sept 2024