
February 2, 2015
TAGS: Pac-Man, coin-op news, classic video game, Bud Light Super Bowl commercial, Up For Whatever, Energy BBDO, Mosaic marketing, Pac-Man maze |
Anyone still doubting the popularity of classic videogames need only look at the Super Bowl commercial created for Bud Light. In the ad, part of a campaign titled "Up For Whatever," a millennial gets a chance to play a life-size game of Pac-Man by running a maze in a crowded nightclub.
The commercial, which featured a 30-year-old non-actor, was created by Chicago-based Energy BBDO. It is considered an experiential marketing form called Mosaic.
The unsuspecting subject and his friends are led to a venue with a giant quarter out front. Once inserted into the coin mechanism, a door opens to a party space where the participant runs the Pac-Man maze.
Uploaded to YouTube a week prior to the big game, the 30-second spot has garnered some 13 million views.