Painterboy
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Painterboy is a game for Commodore 64
. Released in 1986, it is one of the first advergames produced in Finland
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The game is advertising paint
s from Finnish paint company Tikkurila
. It is based on "Father and Son" characters from Tikkurila's TV commercials of the time - though somewhat caricatured compared to the commercials, which had actors.
In the driving part, the idea is to drive from the office to the house to paint - and back. First, you need to pick a correct paint to paint the house with; wrong choice (such as oil paint for a concrete building) will result in a chastisement from the Father. Driving is straightforward, and is shown from above; the target building shows up in the game map, highlighted with Tikkurila's logo, and compass shows where to drive. Driving off the road, colliding with a building, or getting run over by a train will make the player lose a life.
In the painting section, the player controls the Son, painting various sections of the building. The player must avoid painting any undesired things, such as dogs, birds, the Father, and the Girl Next Door.
), and was only available through mail order from Chart Top Design, the developer of the game.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
. Released in 1986, it is one of the first advergames produced in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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The game is advertising paint
Paint
Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film. One may also consider the digital mimicry thereof...
s from Finnish paint company Tikkurila
Tikkurila (corporation)
Tikkurila Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The main office and most of the production is located in Tikkurila, Vantaa near Helsinki....
. It is based on "Father and Son" characters from Tikkurila's TV commercials of the time - though somewhat caricatured compared to the commercials, which had actors.
Gameplay
The game is divided to two sections: The driving part and painting part.In the driving part, the idea is to drive from the office to the house to paint - and back. First, you need to pick a correct paint to paint the house with; wrong choice (such as oil paint for a concrete building) will result in a chastisement from the Father. Driving is straightforward, and is shown from above; the target building shows up in the game map, highlighted with Tikkurila's logo, and compass shows where to drive. Driving off the road, colliding with a building, or getting run over by a train will make the player lose a life.
In the painting section, the player controls the Son, painting various sections of the building. The player must avoid painting any undesired things, such as dogs, birds, the Father, and the Girl Next Door.
Availability
The retail price for the game was 67.00 mk for tape version and 69.00 mk for diskette (nominally about 11 €Euro
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), and was only available through mail order from Chart Top Design, the developer of the game.