Classic gaming tv/movie reference thread....

[cyberneticimplant]

Hahaha!

 

"Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan played 7800 Pole Position to show the effects drinking and driving to their daughter."

[Cap5750]

Hahaha!

 

"Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan played 7800 Pole Position to show the effects drinking and driving to their daughter."

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My two dads?

[Cap5750]

Here's a link to a whole bunch. Some have already been mentioned here...

 

http://www.mameworld.net/movies/index.html

[Famicoman]

Theres that one Simpsons episode where they are stranded on an island, and Bart wants Martin to make a Coconut Nintendo. Or in King of the Hill where Bobby and Peggy stay up all day to play each other in pong.

[Osbo]

I was going to mention the atari game in gremlins, but someone did already. I remember seeing a N64 in Friends (Joey's apparment, top shelf in the entertaiment center)

[Ferris]

Why hasnt anybody posted pix of the Pole Position sequence in D.A.R.Y.L. ?? I'd love to see that!

[Cap5750]

It's been awhile since this thread has been updated. I did these over Labor Day weekend....

 

By the way, they are from Soul Man.

 

Edited September 16, 2005 by Cap5750

[Zonie]

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Cap...apsules/3ACV18/

 

Futurama where Fry and General Pac-Man have to fight the Space Invaders.

 

Space Invader: "We have reached the end of the base"

 

Space Invader Leader: "Then drop down one level, reverse direction and increase speed"

 

Best 10 minutes of television ever, next to maybe "Cowbell" sketch from SNL or the Rick James episode of Chappelle's Show.

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"Cowbell" was A Riot!

[DEBRO]

As for classic arcade games, there is a scene in Bustin' Loose where the kids sneak off to an arcade. They show them playing a racing game. It was either LeMans or Sprint 4. I do remember the game being in black in white.

 

Recently on Everybody Hates Chris, Chris' friend Greg invites him over and they play his Atari 2600. Here is synopsis...http://www.upn.com/shows/everybody_hates_chris/shows/ep10/.I think they were playing Asteroids. In the Christmas episode when they ask each other what they're getting, Greg mentions he's getting a Colecovision.

[telengard]

The RUSH video for "Subdivisions" features Tempest arcade.

 

"Nowhere is the dreamer or the mystic so alone

 

Subdivisions

 

In the high school halls

 

In the backs of cars

 

Be cool or be cast out"

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I just saw this video the other day on VH-1 Classics. What a great video (and song). I saw a video also for Sheena Easton (can't remember the song) and she takes what looks like a brand new Defender and Sinistar and throws them off a balcony.

 

Some others I can think of that I don't think have been mentioned:

 

Robotron 2084 in 'Better off Dead'

A few standups in the video 'Legs' by ZZTop

 

~telengard

Edited December 26, 2005 by telengard

[Dones]

Haydn, I am not sure if this counts, perhaps as a reverse gaming/tv reference. I was channel surfing today and catched a glimpse of 1985's scifi movie "Explorers". It shows a very young Ethan Hawke talking to some cheesy looking aliens. One of the aliens looks awfully a lot like Fester Blatz, the World O'Wonders store clerk from (yet another oldie) Space Quest III. Now who took the reference from whom? lol Here are the pics:

[Bill Brasky]

'The Osterman Weekend' features Colecovision Cosmic Avenger early in the film.

 

'Breakdown' shows a kid play Jaguar DOOM when Kurt Russell sneaks into the house near the end.

 

There was that whole episode of 'Square Pegs' where one character becomes addicted to Pac Man and Father Guido Sarduchi has to perform an exorcism on him.

[ILA2600]

I remember renting the Guyver cartoon volumes, and remember seeing some boys playing the FAMICOM ( Red and White ) It was in Volume 3 Episode 5 " The Death Of The Guyver" , I'll try and get a pic to post!!

Edited February 5, 2006 by ILA2600

[Cap5750]

It's been more then two years since I last posted anything to this thread.

 

So here's a couple of pics from Benchwarmers to get us back on track.

[Cap5750]

Click

[Cap5750]

Wizard...plenty of Nintendo stuff in this one.

[kevincal]

SMB 3 is so awesome...

[Cap5750]

The Dead Zone

[Cap5750]

Live Free Or Die Hard

[boek]

The RUSH video for "Subdivisions" features Tempest arcade.

 

"Nowhere is the dreamer or the mystic so alone

 

Subdivisions

 

In the high school halls

 

In the backs of cars

 

Be cool or be cast out"

 

Off topic but I saw Rush on the 25th of May!

[EricDeLee]

Star Castle shows up quite a bit in these shots. Kind of cool.

 

Not sure if it was mentioned, the American Pie spinoff (Beta House) has a great shot of many many systems in the Nerd Frat House. It has them all behind glass. There was even a vectrex!

[Krytol]

Some more from Silver Spoons:

 

[A2600]

NES console shows up in Rocky V i'll try to get a still image of it

[Krytol]

Pac-Man in Square Pegs.

 

 

Star Castle and Asteroids as well. Ms. Pac-Man is seen briefly at the end of the episode.

[opeygon]

National Lampoon's Vacation

 

Cap

 

 

is that a bally astrocade rusty is playing? i thought the controllers look similar but i'm not sure because i've never had one

 

i had to upload the photo again. for some reason it didn't come up in the quote

Edited June 4, 2008 by opeygon