History BlandNameProduct / VideoGames

** Monolith Burger, also featured in [[VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon the previous game]], is a blatant UsefulNotes/McDonalds clone, down to the golden arches and "Fun Meals".

* In ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness'', one of the gaming sticker parts you can collect is the [[Platform/NintendoGameCube Guerrilla Collective.]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperHangOn'' featured real-world brand names on billboards in the game in its original arcade iteration. However, when released on the Sega Genesis, the names were changed. "Bridgestone" became "Dridalstone", "Marlboro" became "Morobare", and "NGK Spark Plugs" became "NOK Spark Plugs", to name a few.

** A lategame Hangout Event initated by Ringo finding a retro game console while out exploring has Saizo bring up one ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Bokumon]]'' while reminiscing about the past. Arrow, not being much of a gamer, [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure has no clue what he's talking about]], dumbfounding his teammate and prompting Saizo to drop the series' tagline: "Gotta '''snatch''' 'em all!" When Saizo explains the gameplay basics (catching, raising, and training {{Mon}}s), Ringo replies [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall that it sounds a lot like being a]] VideoGame/DevilSummoner (with Saizo having an EyeTake as he realizes she's right), a sly nod to how ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' predates ''Pokémon'' [[VideoGame/MegamiTensei by nearly ten years]] yet is the less recognizable MonsSeries overall (particularly outside of Japan).

** Upon completion, an early-game Request sees one NPC make mention of Pinstagram. Funnily enough, there is an actual third-party app by the same name that combines Instagram photos with a Pinterest-style interface and it's existed since 2012 -- a whole decade before ''[=SH2=]'' hit shelves.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', one of the stuff you can buy for entertainment is a [[Platform/Playstation1 GameStation One.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', there is IBN computer equipment.

* ''VideoGame/MushroomMen'' runneth over with various, amusingly-labeled products. If it exists in the game, chances are good it either has a humorous made-up name (like matchbooks from "Ned's Banjos & Feline Taxidermy") or a Bland Name. Some of them are quite subtle, too -- very few people outside of artists would recognize what "Prissy Color" pencils are related to (Prismacolor art products, for the curious), for example.

** The spinoff game ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' mentions both Mad Bull and Dr. Salt again, with the former even getting its own tagline ("Mad Bull gives you wins!"), and when you encounter a fake wedding photo in the second labyrinth (based on Group Date Cafes and wedding imagery), several characters will comment that the picture looks "Photochopped".

* ''VideoGame/Postal2'' features a game called ''[=SymHomeless=]''. The trope is lampshaded by a local newspaper telling that "lawsuit narrowly averted by changing i to y".

* A rather badly-done example in the ''Robot Wars'' game ''Arenas of Destruction'' (no, not ''that [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Robot Wars]]''). In the Robot Builder, some of the motors and batteries you can equip your machine with include "Dosch" and "Yuarta"... except in the preview images for these items, the names and logos of the real-world companies (Bosch and Yuasa) are shown on them instead. Oops.

* Upon completion, an early-game Request in ''VideoGame/SoulHackers2'' sees one NPC make mention of Pinstagram. Funnily enough, there is an actual third-party app by the same name that combines Instagram photos with a Pinterest-style interface and it's existed since 2012 -- a whole decade before ''[=SH2=]'' hit shelves.

* ''VideoGame/TouhouLostBranchOfLegend'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is ''Legend of Rinkle: Screams of the Wild''.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA II - Operation Arrowhead]]'', the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships BAF's]] standard offroad vehicle (simply called offroad in-game) is the ''Hand Over Offender''. [[BlatantLies Totally not]] a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Defender Land Rover Defender]], even though they are identical.

** The series, specifically ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', averts this with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOTech EOTech]] Sight; earlier games used sights from the same company under the generic "Holographic Sight" label. At the same time, though, the HAMR scope returning from ''Modern Warfare 3'' is now simply the "Hybrid Optic".

* All over the place in ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'', if you bother looking - up to and including Cheezee Pooz, a parody of the already bland-name Cheesy Poofs from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Parodied with some vending machines in the second game for a drink called "Professor Doctor", calling it "the original" and asking that you "don't settle for imitators".

* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' features sponsors such as Marioro (cleverest use of a cigarette brand ever), Luigip (after Italian motor oil company Agip - the logo is Luigi's nose-and-'stache instead of the six-legged lion), and Yoshi 1 (after German motor oil Mobil 1). The only one that carried over to the American version was Koopa Air (while the name does not denounce any brand, its boards have the same color scheme as those of Goodyear tires in the Japanese version, unlike the American version). Luigi Raceway also has a "64 ball", a reference to the Union 76[[note]]Also known as simply "76".[[/note]] ball.

* ''VideoGame/MushroomMen'' runneth over with various, amusingly-labeled products. If it exists in the game, chances are good it either has a humorous made-up name (like matchbooks from "Ned's Banjos & Feline Taxidermy") or a Bland Name. Some of them are quite subtle, too--very few people outside of artists would recognize what "Prissy Color" pencils are related to (Prismacolor art products, for the curious), for example.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has plenty of these, such as vending machines selling "Cho Cho Cola" in a red can and "Cool Soda" in a blue can with a white recurved stripe; because the stripe is also a trademark of Coca-Cola, the former was replaced in later releases by a plain black can, the latter by a coffee machine. There's also a cigarette billboard that resembles the Marlboro chevron, only green-- Capcom was evidently unaware Marlboro uses that particular color scheme for their menthol line. Finally, there are the Exevia batteries, parody of Exide.

* [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 Shadow Warrior]]: Pickup trucks and occasional other equipment have a prominent "Titsubishi" sign.

* ''VideoGame/SpikeOut'' have an area in a mall selling "Kevin Clime" fashion.

* A number of organizations in ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'' are obvious pastiches of real ones, such as the "Free Federation of Industrial Workers" a pastiche of the Industrial Workers of the World.
** Averted for government and military entities, which appear with their real names.

* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'', a top-down Platform/NeoGeo rally racing game, has - among others - ''Toyot GT-Four''/''Land Crusher'' (Toyota Celica GT-Four), ''[=Parsche911=]''/''OD 6000X'' (Porsche 911), and ''Mitsuboshi''/''Thunderjet'' (Mitsubishi Pajero).

* Several instances are shown in ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksAmericanWasteland Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''. Most notable are "The Foxy Theatre", "69 Gas", and "Kuchi", a clever take on the Gucci clothing brand.

*** One of Lua's status updates has her finding Baileys on [[Website/{{Tumblr}} Rumblr.]]

*** During [[WhamEpisode the fateful moment]] where [[spoiler:Kunikazu Okumura is about to reveal to the public the nature of TheConspiracy controlling Japanese society from the shadows, only to suffer a mental shutdown and gruesomely die on live TV]], the broadcast is immediately cut, with the words [[Website/NicoNicoDouga PicoPico]] in the lower right corner.

* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish''. The Beamishes own a high-end television made by -- according to the narrator -- [[TakeThat Fony]]. Then, there are Willy's game systems of choice: his [[UsefulNotes/Atari2600 Nintari]] [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem home console]] and portable [[UsefulNotes/GameBoy Game Buddy]].

* In the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''VideoGame/BugToo''), whenever Bug loses a life, a shoe crushes him. The shoe was apparently made by "Bug Crusha", with a logo that parodies the shoe company British Knights.

* ''VideoGame/NanashiNoGame'''s plot centers around a dual-screened handheld game system called the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS TS]].

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', some of the items you can sell at Darcy's are a [[Creator/{{Microsoft}} Mindows 2000]] Installation Guide, a phone made by [=SAMple=] (a {{Portmanteau}} of Samsung and Creator/{{Apple}}), a handheld [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Artendo]] console that resembles a UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, an Etch Etch (Etch A Sketch), and the card game [[TabletopGame/{{UNO}} ONU]].

*** One of Elizabeth/Theodore's requests requires you to ask for Junpei's [[Literature/DigitalDevilStory CO]][[VideoGame/MegamiTensei MP]][[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable station Portable]], and its description states that there's a disc for ''[[VideoGame/OdinSphere Odin Cube]]'' inside of it.

* In ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness'', one of the gaming sticker parts you can collect is the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Guerrilla Collective.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', the [[CreatorCameo Crema staff]] in Neoedo mention an engine called Duality (a play on Unity) and a console called the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 GamingStation 5]].
* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'', a top-down UsefulNotes/NeoGeo rally racing game, has - among others - ''Toyot GT-Four''/''Land Crusher'' (Toyota Celica GT-Four), ''[=Parsche911=]''/''OD 6000X'' (Porsche 911), and ''Mitsuboshi''/''Thunderjet'' (Mitsubishi Pajero).

* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has Pom 2 computers in Albrecht Entrati's labs on Deimos, based on the UsefulNotes/AppleII computer.

* UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 racing game ''VideoGame/WorldDriverChampionship'' has, among others: Ellipse Stallion = Ford Mustang Cobra R, Rage 512 [=EVO=] = Porsche 911 [=GT1 EVO=], Reeds [=R12=] Manta = Chevy Corvette [=C5R=], Elan Swift TT = Lotus Esprit [=GT1=], Ram Venom [=GTR=] = Dodge Viper [=GTSR=], and [=EXR=] Mystic = TVR Speed 12.

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', some of the items you can sell at Darcy's are a [[Creator/{{Microsoft}} Mindows 2000]] Installation Guide, a phone made by [=SAMple=] (a {{Portmanteau}} of Samsung and Creator/{{Apple}}), a handheld [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Artendo]] console that resembles a UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and an Etch Etch (Etch A Sketch).