Classic gaming tv/movie reference thread....

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National Lampoon's Vacation

 

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Poltergeist

 

Figures the parents hide the Atari in their room.

 

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Nightmare on Elmstreet 6 (or Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare)

 

This is obviously fake (for the most part) but was a great scene. We hear Freddy exclaim phrases such as:

 

"Great graphics!"

"You forgot the Power Glove!"

"Well waddaya know? I beat my high score!"

 

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5 Pics for Revenge of The Nerds

 

The 5th, isn't really video games, but is interesting.

 

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Road Trip

 

I included two shots for the first scene. In the first, you can see the N64 controllers and the second, we actually get a shot of the console.

 

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[Dones]

Here's a couple of pics from Knight Rider....

 

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Is that an actual game or made up graphics?

 

Haydn

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That's the infamous Knight Rider homebrew everyone is still waiting for!

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Some shots from Superman III. Again, not all of these are exactly vg related.

 

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A whole bunch of pics from Terminator 2. It was tough in the arcade to get real clear shots. Yet, I was able to identify most games....all but two I think.

 

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Tron...including a shot of a handheld game. They don't show the screen, so I'm not sure exactly which game it is, but I believe it's probably a Mattel Football.

 

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Wargames - Shall We Play A Game?

 

This is the last of what was on the list (from Haydn's site) that I have (knowingly) with the exception of Close Encounters which I just didn't see.

 

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I was going to wrap up for the evening...then I remembered another.

 

Here's Karate Kid

 

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[Haydn Jones]

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WOW, Thanks.

 

Haydn

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Here's a couple of pics from Knight Rider....

 

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Is that an actual game or made up graphics?

 

Haydn

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That's gotta be Auto Racing on the Intellivision. I grew up playing that game, and it's a good one too.

[Albert]

Here's Firestarter. Can't tell what game it is, but I doubt this one is real. In the background you hear a sound (sort of like the bonus countdown sound on Video Pinball), but we never see her use that joystick at all.

 

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That is Slither, which is a Roller Controller game, which you can see her using with her right hand. So definitely a real game, and the image on the screen matches. The sound probably was taken from Video Pinball or something else, which isn't very surprising.

 

..Al

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I'll keep my eyes open for more goodies.

 

I think I have D.A.R.Y.L. on video tape, so if I took caps with that, they wouldn't look as clear, but could possibly be sufficient until someone redoes them with a DVD.

[Red 5]

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Here we are, face to face, a monkey on Silver Spoons....

[Haydn Jones]

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Here we are, face to face, a monkey on Silver Spoons....

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I know the one is a tempest unit, Do you know what the other is?

 

Haydn

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I know the one is a tempest unit, Do you know what the other is?

 

Haydn

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Looks like a Gorf console to me.

[Red 5]

I looked for a better shot, but couldn't find one anywhere.

I haven't seen the show in ages, but know there were at least 4 arcade games in his mansion.

I was so freakin' jealous.

 

I am catching up though, with two arcade games of my own.

No train to get around the house yet though.

[Haydn Jones]

I looked for a better shot, but couldn't find one anywhere.

I haven't seen the show in ages, but know there were at least 4 arcade games in his mansion.

I was so freakin' jealous. 

 

I am catching up though, with two arcade games of my own.

No train to get around the house yet though.

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I do have one, but i will post yours as well.

 

Haydn

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Bean: The Movie

 

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Back To The Future 2

 

I looked for a reference in BTTF 1 as mentioned on the website I posted yesterday, but didn't see it. I found a timeline through google and the only mention it makes it for BTTF 2.

 

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[A.J. Franzman]

In the short movie All Summer in a Day, sounds that supposedly had something to do with establishing a video phone call actually came from Atari 2600 Pac-Man.  Sounds from that particular port also made their way into Superman III

Back in the '80s through the late '90s, hardly a week went by when I didn't catch the Atari 2600 Pac-Man sounds being used in a movie, TV show, TV commercial or radio ad. Funny, I can't remember one instance right now, but the complete list would be several dozen if anyone could make it.

[A.J. Franzman]

Also, I seem to remember Kareem Abdul Jabar playing Atari Basketball in Airplane!.

Kareem was on the plane, and I don't remember any games in there. However, Atari 2600 Basketball was being played by a couple of the air traffic controllers on one of the "radar" screens. Edited April 20, 2005 by A.J. Franzman

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