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*'''November 16''': {{Icon|Med}} All entries into the [[MediEvil Hangman]] contest were to be received by this date.{{Siteref|MED-US-Site|contest/expired.html|MediEvil Contest}} | *'''November 16''': {{Icon|Med}} All entries into the [[MediEvil Hangman]] contest were to be received by this date.{{Siteref|MED-US-Site|contest/expired.html|MediEvil Contest}} | ||
*'''November 19''': {{Icon|Med}} Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut announce a nationwide promotion. Customers who bought Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza had the opportunity to win a grand prize cash jackpot of $200,000 and a wide assortment of PlayStation prizes, including 100 PlayStation game consoles with ''Crash Bandicoot: WARPED'', as well as 2,000 copies of PlayStation's most popular games, including ''MediEvil''.<ref name="PizzaHutPromo">{{Cite web|quote=Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut announced today a nationwide promotion that teams up the world's largest pizza restaurant company with the world's best-selling videogame system.|title=Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut Team Up for the 'Pizza-Powered PlayStation Giveaway'|published=November 19, 1998|newspaper=[https://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/ Business Wire]}}</ref> | *'''November 19''': {{Icon|Med}} Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut announce a nationwide promotion. Customers who bought Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pizza had the opportunity to win a grand prize cash jackpot of $200,000 and a wide assortment of PlayStation prizes, including 100 PlayStation game consoles with ''Crash Bandicoot: WARPED'', as well as 2,000 copies of PlayStation's most popular games, including ''MediEvil''.<ref name="PizzaHutPromo">{{Cite web|quote=Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut announced today a nationwide promotion that teams up the world's largest pizza restaurant company with the world's best-selling videogame system.|title=Sony Computer Entertainment America and Pizza Hut Team Up for the 'Pizza-Powered PlayStation Giveaway'|published=November 19, 1998|newspaper=[https://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/ Business Wire]}}</ref> | ||
*'''November 22''': {{Icon|Med}} The nationwide promotion by SCEA and Pizza Hut begins. As part of this promotion, consumers were able to sample some PlayStation-exclusive titles when they received one of the [[MediEvil_Demo/SCUS-94292|3.5 million PlayStation demo discs]] available through Pizza Hut, | *'''November 22''': {{Icon|Med}} The nationwide promotion by SCEA and Pizza Hut begins. As part of this promotion, consumers were able to sample some PlayStation-exclusive titles when they received one of the [[MediEvil_Demo/SCUS-94292|3.5 million PlayStation demo discs]] available through Pizza Hut, the largest number ever manufactured by SCEA by that point.<ref name="PizzaHutPromo"/> | ||
*'''November 23 - December 26''': {{Icon|Med}} SCEA advertises the nationwide promotion with Pizza Hut using TV adverts and one million direct mail pieces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BIG PLAY|quote=A TV-based Pizza Hut promo runs Nov. 23-Dec. 26, offering 3.5 million PlayStation sampler CDs with purchases of its stuffed crust pizza, plus a scratch-and-win contest gives customers a chance to win a $200,000 grand prize, with PlayStation consoles and games as secondary prizes. Sony buttresses the promo with one million direct mail pieces via Rapp Collins, Dallas, to lure its customers to Pizza Hut.|author=Elkin, Tobi|published=September 7, 1998|newspaper=[https://www.adweek.com/ Adweek]}}</ref> | *'''November 23 - December 26''': {{Icon|Med}} SCEA advertises the nationwide promotion with Pizza Hut using TV adverts and one million direct mail pieces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BIG PLAY|quote=A TV-based Pizza Hut promo runs Nov. 23-Dec. 26, offering 3.5 million PlayStation sampler CDs with purchases of its stuffed crust pizza, plus a scratch-and-win contest gives customers a chance to win a $200,000 grand prize, with PlayStation consoles and games as secondary prizes. Sony buttresses the promo with one million direct mail pieces via Rapp Collins, Dallas, to lure its customers to Pizza Hut.|author=Elkin, Tobi|published=September 7, 1998|newspaper=[https://www.adweek.com/ Adweek]}}</ref> | ||
*'''December 3''': {{Icon|Med}} The [https://www.thestar.com/ Toronto Star] runs a PlayStation Giveaway, giving people who send in a postcard the chance to win a Sony PlayStation game console with Dual Shock controller, memory card, and three games: ''Crash Bandicoot: Warped'', ''MediEvil'', and ''Gran Turismo''.<ref name="TorontoStarGiveaway">{{Cite web|title=PlayStation Giveaway|newspaper=[https://www.thestar.com/ Toronto Star]|published=December 3, 1998}}</ref> | *'''December 3''': {{Icon|Med}} The [https://www.thestar.com/ Toronto Star] runs a PlayStation Giveaway, giving people who send in a postcard the chance to win a Sony PlayStation game console with Dual Shock controller, memory card, and three games: ''Crash Bandicoot: Warped'', ''MediEvil'', and ''Gran Turismo''.<ref name="TorontoStarGiveaway">{{Cite web|title=PlayStation Giveaway|newspaper=[https://www.thestar.com/ Toronto Star]|published=December 3, 1998}}</ref> | ||