Jamie Bunker

To do

• Legacy section; "notable mullet"; that fake cover with his face; modern identity. CartridgeCulture (talk) 11:39, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• History with Renovation Products (not much out there, but there exists some stuff.) CartridgeCulture (talk) 11:39, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Basic "what he's doing now" section. CartridgeCulture (talk) 11:39, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Investigatory thread at ShMUPS Forum. Already listed in External links, but see if there's anything left to glean from it. CartridgeCulture (talk) 11:42, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Thread with guy who made that fake cover that got so popular. Also, a mention about how ACTUAL REPRODUCTION CARTS using that cover are starting to pop up (and not just people being self-aware, but actual bootleggers etc.) CartridgeCulture (talk) 11:42, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Mention of how Renovation Products used spokespeople like this, and the term "professional gamer". CartridgeCulture (talk) 23:48, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Gaiares photoshoots were in 1990. Do a little research into Gaiares' localization timeline, when Reno Products started working on it, and whether those photoshoots were early, mid, or late 90s. CartridgeCulture (talk) 23:48, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• I've been researching this for only a few hours and I've already seen two separate posts say something like "those ads were cheesy but gosh Bunker just seems so wholesome and genuine". The Kid Fenris article even writes up a whole section on that feeling. I think part of the reason we remember him so well is because of how genuine he is. He's smiley and happy, and in a world of crazy/juvenile/inane advertisements, I think this was probably kind of refreshing. Which ties into the professional gamer term; it was their advertising's way of saying "Hey, you've seen a million ads where people just make up abstract shit about how their game rocks, how bout we just put a real nerd on the page and have him tell you he enjoys the gameplay." Which I totally get, and honestly the Renovation Products article should eventually have a section dedicated to this period in their history where they did this kinda ad style. Anyway! Minor mention about how he's genuine and real and how that helps, and how people are beginning to recognize that as a growing modern legacy. CartridgeCulture (talk) 23:48, 19 September 2021 (EDT)
• Were Reno's US testers credited? They had to be, right? Note to self, find any Jamie Bunker credits, and related people. CartridgeCulture (talk) 23:48, 19 September 2021 (EDT)