OldSchoolRetroGamer #1 Posted March 9, 2020 So I was watching a cheesy horror flick Monster Shark (1984), hey it's the Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed version so that's my excuse 😉 when about 10 minutes in I spot a character playing, or pretending to play an Atari 2600 game. Pretty sure it's Activision SeaQuest. Anyways, just thought that was cool, I know there were obvious and well known examples of 2600 games appearing in shows/movies but this one caught me off guard and I thought might be more obscure. Feel free to add your own screenshots of 2600 games or even just the console itself that you noticed in a show or movie. 🕹🎬🎥🎞  5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayAre #2 Posted March 9, 2020 Good topic. Here's Wormser playing SpaceMaster X-7 in Revenge of the Nerds.   5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toneinblack #3 Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) In the film ET there is a vcs sitting by the tv ,and in ele tric dreams ( the film where the pc takes over the house ) there is a scene filmed in a games department and you can see Imagic games in boxes. Edited March 9, 2020 by toneinblack 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayAre #4 Posted March 9, 2020 Just remembered a couple more...  Jackie Chan playing Pac-Man in Cannonball Run II  Control tower employees playing Basketball in the movie Airplane  3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philflound #5 Posted March 16, 2020 I believe there were some cartridges in October Faction. That's if my brain is working properly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atariboy2600 #6 Posted March 16, 2020 In the 1982 The Thing you can see a 2600 system on top of there rec room TV. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason_Atari #7 Posted March 17, 2020 Alf playing Space Invaders in Alf   1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philflound #8 Posted March 17, 2020 Also, we should add those movies and shows which don't necessarily show Atari on the tv or cartridges, but show kids playing video games and you HEAR the music/sound effects of Atari games. I believe I remember Donkey Kong and Pac-Man Atari 2600 sound effects, but for the life of me will never remember what show or movie. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DimDug #9 Posted March 18, 2020 Poltergeist, in the parents room on top of the tv Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayAre #10 Posted March 18, 2020 A couple of Space Invaders sightings...  First up is the movie Best Friends from 1982. That's Burt Reynolds about to turn off the TV, while two kids were playing.  Here's an odd one. A movie from 1983 called The Creature Wasn't Nice. Here we have Leslie Nielsen playing the game, with the screen upside down.  3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+save2600 #11 Posted March 18, 2020 Nice finds! As if upside-down Space Invaders isn't goofy enough, the hue is way off too. They must have been trying really hard to disguise the game.  2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+KaeruYojimbo #13 Posted March 18, 2020 On 3/16/2020 at 8:56 PM, Philflound said: Also, we should add those movies and shows which don't necessarily show Atari on the tv or cartridges, but show kids playing video games and you HEAR the music/sound effects of Atari games. I believe I remember Donkey Kong and Pac-Man Atari 2600 sound effects, but for the life of me will never remember what show or movie.  I know there are many, many examples of this, but the only specific one that comes to mind right now is an episode of How I Met Your Mother where Ted and Marshall are playing an Xbox 360 but the sound effects are from a 2600 game (probably Pac-Man, but I don't remember for sure). Similarly, pretty much whenever I see pinball machines on screen, no matter how modern they are, the sound effects are always old school bells and chimes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayAre #17 Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, save2600 said: Nice finds! As if upside-down Space Invaders isn't goofy enough, the hue is way off too. They must have been trying really hard to disguise the game.  Good catch, Save. I hadn't noticed the color difference. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sknarp #18 Posted March 19, 2020 I think the most recent one I can recall was the 2014 Angry Video Game Nerd Movie, which both revolves around and contains actual screens from the infamous E.T. for Atari. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason_Atari #19 Posted March 20, 2020 Eugene playing Yars' Revenge and Boxing on the Walking Dead. Â Â Â Â 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bradhig1 #20 Posted March 20, 2020 There is an Atari 2600 on top of the TV in the parents bedroom in Poltergeist 1982 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devwebcl #21 Posted March 25, 2020 from Everybody Hates Chris  https://manillismo.blogspot.com/2012/02/todo-el-mundo-odia-chris.html  Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bradhig1 #22 Posted March 26, 2020 The original V miniseries a girl was playing space invaders on a 2600 with an alien watching her. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldSchoolRetroGamer #23 Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) On 3/18/2020 at 4:55 PM, 0078265317 said:  Just a reminder, that is why I was specific instead of just saying ATARI in general and my first post was quite descriptive for the same reason. ....... Atari 2600 in movies or TV shows........also, I am capable of searching the forum as well. 😉 Edited March 26, 2020 by OldSchoolRetroGamer fix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbk #24 Posted March 30, 2020 Just re-watched The Au Pair (1999) and when the boy is playing a Gameboy, the sounds for Atari 2600 Pac-Man are heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckwalla #25 Posted March 30, 2020 Offhand I remember a Three's Company episode where Jack and Janet are playing Atari 2600.  A quick search and here's a link to the Atari Compendium (sorry if it was mentioned by a poster above)... http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html  Cool memories. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites