Home Game (South Korea)

(Mid-90's?) Nickname: "Green Pac-Man", "Showtime and Pac-Man in Korea", "Cheap Man", "Bad Logo Man", "Another Bottom of the Barrel"

Logo: We start against a Showtime "It's Showtime" bumper from the mid 1980's, which starts against a black background with a blue ball moving and the Showtime logo at the time turning against the screen. The text scrolls across to the screen with the blue ball behind it. We stop at the O and the ball flies through the O and the logo zooms out. However, there is a Pac-Man picture trying to cover the blue ball, and "HOME GAME" flashing in red and white on the screen. When we see the Showtime text zooming out, the Pac-Man picture goes to the center of the screen and it cuts to a blue background with the Pac-Man picture on the right side of the screen, sans it's now tinted green. To the left of it is the same text, but it's stacked, "HOME" is stretched out, and the entire text changes colors. The text pixelates, spreads out, and crunches up, which is then replaced with Korean characters which also change colors.

FX/SFX: All the animation.

Cheesy Factor: Off the scale. First off, the Showtime animation was stolen from a documentary over CGI, and the transitioning into it is badly done. The Pac-Man picture is also moving awkwardly and is unnecessary, as is the text transforming. Applying for the Showtime bumper, it resembles the Rede Globo logo on the right.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic synth-orchestral fanfare with whooshing sounds (which was also used for the Top Video Production logo from the same country. Also Showtime's music, only cheesily extended.)

Availability: Extremely rare. All tapes are only in South Korea, so trying to find them is almost impossible. As for the Showtime ID, it's incredibly hard to find and until now (see it here at 18:12), no footage of it existed on the Internet with the exception of the Home Game logo. Go to South Korea and check charity shops for tapes with a Home Game print on them.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. The sudden appearance of the logo, choppy animation, and the music will scare some, but it's mostly cheesy.