04-08-2024, 07:50 PM
Recently, a friend of mine has brought to my attention two lost flash games, "Mario's Driving Range" and "Jammin' with Mario" that were hosted on the McDonald's Happy Meal website during a Mario/McDonald's toy promotion. I'm attempting to recreate the first game, Mario's Driving Range, based on my friend's memories of playing the game all the way back in 2006-2007.
In the United States, McDonald's hosted a Super Mario Bros. promotion known as the "Take the Mario Challenge" in 2006. This was a series of Super Mario-themed toys that came with McDonald's Happy Meals at the time. On the official Happy Meal website, two original Mario games were hosted on the site and could be played directly in your browser. These games were titled "Mario's Driving Range" and "Jammin' with Mario." No screenshots, videos, or playable builds are known to exist anywhere on the internet for either of these games. The video below shows my attempt to recreate one of the games, Mario's Driving Range, from my friend's memories. The aim of this recreation and video is to spread awareness for these lost pieces of media. This recreation is a very early work-in-progress. I plan on adding more to this recreation in the future. As is, this should give people a good idea of what the game looked like.
For more information about the search for these games, I highly suggest you check out my friend's thread on the Lost Media Wiki Forums titled "Lost Mario Browser Games for McDonalds Toy Promotion." He goes by the username "threefrogs." He's been able to find some information about the game including the company that developed them. Unfortunately, he's been unable to find any builds or images of the game. Mainly just random forum posts and a blog post about the games from the times the games were online and playable.
Lost Media Wiki link
Here's the video of my recreation based on feedback my friend has provided me. It's still a very early work-in-progress.
In the United States, McDonald's hosted a Super Mario Bros. promotion known as the "Take the Mario Challenge" in 2006. This was a series of Super Mario-themed toys that came with McDonald's Happy Meals at the time. On the official Happy Meal website, two original Mario games were hosted on the site and could be played directly in your browser. These games were titled "Mario's Driving Range" and "Jammin' with Mario." No screenshots, videos, or playable builds are known to exist anywhere on the internet for either of these games. The video below shows my attempt to recreate one of the games, Mario's Driving Range, from my friend's memories. The aim of this recreation and video is to spread awareness for these lost pieces of media. This recreation is a very early work-in-progress. I plan on adding more to this recreation in the future. As is, this should give people a good idea of what the game looked like.
For more information about the search for these games, I highly suggest you check out my friend's thread on the Lost Media Wiki Forums titled "Lost Mario Browser Games for McDonalds Toy Promotion." He goes by the username "threefrogs." He's been able to find some information about the game including the company that developed them. Unfortunately, he's been unable to find any builds or images of the game. Mainly just random forum posts and a blog post about the games from the times the games were online and playable.
Lost Media Wiki link
Here's the video of my recreation based on feedback my friend has provided me. It's still a very early work-in-progress.