via Kotaku
1998: Nintendo announces they will provide N64 units at 1,000 Tommy Hilfiger retail locations. Hilfiger will in turn sell apparel based upon the game 1080 Snowboarding. Gamers are not fooled and Tommy Hilfiger continues to suck.
1999: Showscan announces amusement rides based upon the Wing Commander and Street Fighter franchises. But I don't think these ever came out...anyone out there right the Wing Commander? You know...for real?