Lost Psychonauts “arg” site/contest?? (2005)
Jan 23, 2023 2:44:49 GMT
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Post by Ellii_Ellii on Jan 23, 2023 2:44:49 GMT
(Note: Before i make this post im gonnna say im very new here and this is my first post so i may accidentally miss some details here and there which i do apologize!)
So ever since i was younger and joined the Psychonauts fandom ive heard people mention rarely of a old site that was for a promotion back in 2005 that the first game did with Majesco before its release, its doing my research via the wayback machine the site and its front page only is still up with unfortunately the links directing to the other pages which are presumably lost, heres where the whole “arg” bit comes however
I looked up more about the Psychoportals site only for me to find a article published by the site Gamezone detailing the whole campaign and how it works, as well as it mentioning another lost Psychonauts item as a side for the Psychoportals puzzle campaign that being the gold Psychonauts game disks.
As the article details:
“psychoportals will work as an online community to solve a series
of game-related challenges so they can unlock ten online portals and become
eligible for prizes. The promotion culminates in radio remotes at key retail
locations in the top ten markets where street teams will hand out an array of
Psychonauts items. Registration
begins April 5th and the contest officially kicks-off April 16th.“
Because of this bit as well as others from what i can think of this gives me a similar-ish feel to what halo 2’s “i love bees” arg did except with a bit more detail
Besides the previous article as well as some tidbits of people talking about the contest (like a post cannot from the house of mojo mentioning team L.A winning a part of the event?) I cant find anymore documentation of this event happening from photos of the event, to even screenshots of the puzzles from the site when it was active at the time of its launch, if anyone here was around the time (2005) and has some info of it i would hugely appreciate it ^^
So ever since i was younger and joined the Psychonauts fandom ive heard people mention rarely of a old site that was for a promotion back in 2005 that the first game did with Majesco before its release, its doing my research via the wayback machine the site and its front page only is still up with unfortunately the links directing to the other pages which are presumably lost, heres where the whole “arg” bit comes however
I looked up more about the Psychoportals site only for me to find a article published by the site Gamezone detailing the whole campaign and how it works, as well as it mentioning another lost Psychonauts item as a side for the Psychoportals puzzle campaign that being the gold Psychonauts game disks.
As the article details:
“psychoportals will work as an online community to solve a series
of game-related challenges so they can unlock ten online portals and become
eligible for prizes. The promotion culminates in radio remotes at key retail
locations in the top ten markets where street teams will hand out an array of
Psychonauts items. Registration
begins April 5th and the contest officially kicks-off April 16th.“
Because of this bit as well as others from what i can think of this gives me a similar-ish feel to what halo 2’s “i love bees” arg did except with a bit more detail
Besides the previous article as well as some tidbits of people talking about the contest (like a post cannot from the house of mojo mentioning team L.A winning a part of the event?) I cant find anymore documentation of this event happening from photos of the event, to even screenshots of the puzzles from the site when it was active at the time of its launch, if anyone here was around the time (2005) and has some info of it i would hugely appreciate it ^^
