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Tony D. Berry

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There was a brief thought by someone on RGVAC to organize the various video
game "big screen" cameos, but the thread dissolved. I think (which most of
you don't care about) we should work something together on this. Heck, I
rented a couple movies last month based solely on my memory of them having
video games in them. I would like to have a comprehensive list and would be
glad to "foot the bill" for the web space to make it available.

By the way, one of the movies I rented was Maximum Overdrive (nice Star
Castle bit, as well as a peek at a Tempest cocktail and a couple others),
Rocky III (proto Rocky pin (I think), Playboy pin, Star Castle, and some
others), and one of the James Bond movies, Never Say Never Again (I think).

From this thread, I'll attempt to generate an accurate list of movies and
what games were in them.

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Raph Kamner

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There was a Star Wars, Ms. PacMan and a few others in the movie "No Small
Affair"

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fire...@sportsman.reno.nv.us

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Galaga - War Games (don't remember what else but I am sure there must
have been another appearance by another game)

I'll bet E.T. did too...

And of course, Tron had to have a couple (in amongst the imaginary ones
designed by Flynn)

L. Howard

Russ Melanson

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I'm interested in assisting in this process! Here's a few...

Wargames. Galaga.
Cloak and Dagger. Duh! :)

Robot2084

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Soylent Green----Computer Space
FB Day off-----not sure but there are a few when the principal walks in and
thinks that girl is Ferris.
T2-----many, most notiably the Missile Command he plays

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Curtis Hart

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With that being said, I'm popping in Tron in the VCR tonight and taking
inventory...wish me luck!

Curtis Hart

Codo the Mysterious

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>Also what was the Movie (from 1983) where a kid living in a trailer
>park gets a high score on an arcade game and then gets abducted by
>aliens (who sent the game to earth) to fight some war? Damn, I
>watched part of it for the first time yesterday and can't remember the
>name! Something Star Fighter maybe? Was the game he played actually
>a released coin op?
>


That was the Last Starfighter. I actually just watched that the other day. I
think the existance of a coin-op StarFighter is kind of a Holy Grail/Urban
Legend kinda thing...

codo

Curtis Hart

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Curtis Hart wrote:

> With that being said, I'm popping in Tron in the VCR tonight and taking
> inventory...wish me luck!
>
> Curtis Hart
>

Okay, just got off the VCR, these are all the games I could make out on my
copy of the Tron movie:
Space Wars
Battlezone
Both a 2 and 4 player Atari Football
Rally X
Asteroids Deluxe
Tailgunner
Sprint 2
Berzerk
and Atari Basketball
The rest I couldn't make out...and for pinballs, I don't know my pinballs
enough to even try a stab at them...

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Damon Orro

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Watch the first 2 minutes of "Fast Times At Ridgemont High". You will not be
disappointed :)

Oh, and watch the rest, too...just cuz it's good. And look for Nicholas Cage
as Judge Reinhold's buddy.

"See, life is a lot like Pac-Man. You have to `decimate' before you're
`decimated'." -Sean Penn

"Cool. Hey, let's go play Defender."
"That's a noble idea, bro!" -or something like that.

The Wraith

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fire...@sportsman.reno.nv.us wrote:

>Galaga - War Games (don't remember what else but I am sure there must
>have been another appearance by another game)
>

Didn't the end of War Games have the "THE END" screen from Missile
Command?

>I'll bet E.T. did too...

I definetly remember the Atari 2600 in E.T.

Also what was the Movie (from 1983) where a kid living in a trailer
park gets a high score on an arcade game and then gets abducted by
aliens (who sent the game to earth) to fight some war? Damn, I
watched part of it for the first time yesterday and can't remember the
name! Something Star Fighter maybe? Was the game he played actually
a released coin op?

George Torch

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Also into Snowmobiling, Motorcycles, S&W 9MM Guns, Video Games and R/C Trucks.

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E. Charles Plant

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> Also what was the Movie (from 1983) where a kid living in a trailer
> park gets a high score on an arcade game and then gets abducted by
> aliens (who sent the game to earth) to fight some war? Damn, I
> watched part of it for the first time yesterday and can't remember the
> name!

The Last Starfighter.

>Something Star Fighter maybe?

Yes.

>Was the game he played actually a released coin op?

No. Didn't make it past minor development. Atari couldn't deal with the
losses in the industry, and the licensing would have been a bitch.
According to Nolan Bushnell, the game was never released, although bits of
it may have made it into later games.

> George Torch

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Gwendesire

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>
>Didn't the end of War Games have the "THE END" screen from Missile
>Command?

that was the end of "Fast times at Ridgemont High"

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Brad Gass

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Not a "game in action" scene, but in "Big" (Tom Hanks), there is a Spy
Hunter clearly visible through the store front window of the arcade
they stopped at to try and find the "Zoltar" electromech.... I don't
remember any of ther others in there, or if they were indetifiable, I
just spotted the Spy Hunter and wished my sideart looked that good
once again! :)

Just my two cents!


Brad

Ian Boffin

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Brad Gass wrote:
>
> Not a "game in action" scene, but in "Big" (Tom Hanks), there is a Spy
> Hunter clearly visible through the store front window of the arcade

I'm pretty sure there was a Solar Quest as well at the front of that
arcade, as I remember thinking "Cool! THATS what a Solar Quest looks
like". Don't think we ever saw any of them in the UK.

Ian

Jeff Kinder

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In T2, wasn't the kid playing an After Burner cockpit?

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Mark Jenison

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Well, it looks like it's that time again :-)

I've been maintaining a list of movies with video games in the for about three
years, and post it approximately once a year. I will repost it now (with the
additions that I've seen in this thread), and you can send e-mail confirmations
and additions if you like...

---------

This is my list of movies which contain video games in them. While most
movies only have brief shots of the arcade game mentioned, some movies get
a good shot of the game's cabinet and/or screen.

>:-( means that the movie writers showed a complete lack of knowledge about the
game, either by mentioning an incorrectness in game play, or by dubbing other
video game sounds over the actual game sounds.

I have not personally seen all the movies below, so confirmations of the ones
with "?" beside them or or additions to the list below would be appreciated
(especially for the movies where I don't list any specific games).

If you have any additions or corrections, please send me an e-mail. I post
this approximately once a year.

Thanks!


Movies with Video Arcade Games (no specific order)
--------------------------------------------------

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 1982
Star Castle, Tempest, Pacman, Galaxian?, Space Invaders, Lunar Lander?,
Asteroids? Defender? Missile Command, Lunar Rescue

"Tank Girl" 1995
Super Pac-Man, some other one.

"NightMares" 1983
Pleiades, Asteroids, some others.

"Terminator 2" 1992
Arcade. Most notable are a full motion Afterburner, Missle Command, Trog,
Space Invaders, Hit the Ice, NBA Jams, Narc. Sound of Atari 2600 Donkey Kong
in the background. >:-(

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 1986
Karate Champ, Mario Bros? Sound effect of Pac-Man dying, but no Pac-Man around.
>:-(

"Blood Sport" 1987
Karate Champ

"Never Say Never Again" 1983
Gravitar, Centipede

"Twilight Zone The Movie" 1983
Tempest

"The Thing" 1982
Asteroids

"War Games" 1983
Galaga, Ms Pac-Man, Jungle King?, Asteroids, Tron

"JoySticks" 1983
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Night Driver, Centipede, Turbo, Wizard of
Wor, Gorf, Pole Position, Moon Patrol, Satan's Hollow, Super Pac-Man
Battlezone, Tempest, Star Castle, Qix, Defender, Space Invaders
Deluxe, Millipede, Jungle King

"Next of Kin" 1989
Donkey Kong, PacMan, Front Line, BurgerTime?

"Terms of Endearment" 1983
Asteroids and Defender

"Cloak & Dagger" 1984
Cloak & Dagger machine

"Spring Break" 1983
Galaga. "You need more thrust." >:-(

"Better Off Dead" 1985
Punch Out! The rest I can't quite tell...looks like a caberet Gorf? Sound
of Ms. Pac-Man in the background >:-(. In the restaurant you can see the side
of a Robotron, and what appears to be the back of a Pac-Man.

"Over The Top" 1987
Mario Bros. Also what looks like a Nintendo Play-Choice 10 system.

"The Crow" 1994
Kangaroo and some other game (Taito game, I think).

"Airheads" 1995
Captain America

"The Color of Money" 1986
Tron, and a driving game called "Stocker" (Night Stocker?)

"Night of the Comet" 1984
Tempest

"Soylent Green" 1973
Computer Space

"Running Scared" 1986
Battlezone in Billy Crystal's apartment

"Tron" 1982
Space Wars, Battlezone, Atari Football (2 and 4 player), Rally X, Asteroids
Deluxe, Tailgunner, Sprint 2, Berzerk, Atari Basketball.

"The Last Starfighter" 1984
Last Starfighter machine

"Jaws" 1975
Killer Shark, Computer Space

"Maximum Overdrive" 1986
Star Castle, Time Pilot '84, Tempest cocktail

"Terminal Velocity" 1995
Turbo

"Big" 1988
Defender, Out Run, Spy Hunter, Solar Quest?

"Rocky III" 1982
Star Castle, some others

"Footloose" 1984
At the drive in, there are several including Zaxxon

"Species" 1995
At the very start in the train station, unknown game

"Strange Brew" 1983
Asteroids, and what looks like an Atari cabinet. When Bob powers up the games,
you can hear the death sound from Donkey Kong, and Centipede sounds are in
the background >:-(.

"Ghostbusters" 1984
They have a few games in their fire station.

"Can't Buy Me Love" 1987
Afterburner II? Some other video games.

"Midnight Madness" 1980
Star Fire

"The Goonies" 1985
Cliffhanger

"Gremlins" 1984
Star Wars

"Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" 1987
Centipede, Galaga?

"Back to the Future" 1985
Wild Gunman

"Bean" 1997
What looks to be a Ms. Pac-Man in the background in the bar scene.

"The Toy" 1982
Centipede, and others in kid's bedroom

"Piranha" 1978
Shark Jaws (Atari/Horror Games)

"No Small Affair" 1984
Star Wars, Ms. PacMan, a few others.

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Tony D. Berry

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These are all GREAT submissions... many more movies than I thought!

You can view current progress by visiting the Sights & Sounds section of my
page.

I've also considered TV show appearances too. I know Silver Spoons had
games, I just don't remember which ones. Of course Seinfield (as much as I
dislike the show) had one. It's in the list.

Great job guys! You can view your name on the Credits section of my web
page.

E. Charles Plant

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> I've also considered TV show appearances too. I know Silver Spoons had
> games, I just don't remember which ones. Of course Seinfield (as much as
I
> dislike the show) had one. It's in the list.

I remember there being a "Gorf" on Silver Spoons. There were a few others,
as well, but I don't remember which ones. The Gorf was a major part of the
opening credits, with the butler playing it and getting caught.

I was re-watching Red Dwarf alst night, and I saw a cabinet in "Confidence
and Paranoia," but couldn't identify it.

--ECP


Robot2084

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>I remember there being a "Gorf" on Silver Spoons. There were a few others,
>as well, but I don't remember which ones. The Gorf was a major part of the
>opening credits, with the butler playing it and getting caught.
>
>

WHAT?!! The butler? That was Dexter...he was Rick's dad's ( Ed Stratton?)
accountant or lawyer or something. There was also a Pac or Ms. Pac. Why won't
they bring that show back in syndication??? Phenomenal show.

Also, Saved by the Bell always had games in the diner. (I accidentely saw it
one time when I was flippin channels :)

Ttakw

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>>as well, but I don't remember which ones. The Gorf was a major part of the
>>opening credits, with the butler playing it and getting caught.

hey dont forget the dragons lair they had, and I think a tempest.
TTAK


Andy

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Don't forget Galaga in War Games!!!
and Bad Dudes in Robocop 2!!!

Robot2084 wrote:

> Soylent Green----Computer Space
> FB Day off-----not sure but there are a few when the principal walks in and
> thinks that girl is Ferris.
> T2-----many, most notiably the Missile Command he plays
>

Damon Orro

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It's been a long time since I've seen it, but a MUST SEE for video games is "The
Brother From Another Planet". Film got some critical acclaim back in the 80's- the
"brother" is an alien. And how does he fit in on Earth? He repairs arcade games by
touching them. There's at least one scene in a large arcade and the brother
confronted with a batch of broken machines...don't remember which ones were in the
film, except that the first one the brother fixes is Pole Position :)

Should I get the chance, I'll check it out from the library and give you a
list.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Warrior was there too- even a shot of the
screen
Bustin' Loose- (Richard Pryor comedy, one of his best)- A Sprint 2, I think.
The kids play it when they're supposed to be in bed.

John Dondzila

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Are we including TV ?

I saw an episode of the A-Team a few months ago
on FX, and I think they were in a diner or some
eatery, and right behind the characters was a
Space Invaders.

What was original about this, is that the
SPACE INVADERS on the glass had been covered
up by some other "made up" name.


oc...@spam.yakko.cs.wmich.edu

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In article <199805142150...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, Robot2084 <robo...@aol.com> reshaped the electrons to say:

> >I remember there being a "Gorf" on Silver Spoons. There were a few others,
> >as well, but I don't remember which ones. The Gorf was a major part of the
> >opening credits, with the butler playing it and getting caught.
> >
> >

> WHAT?!! The butler? That was Dexter...he was Rick's dad's ( Ed Stratton?)


> accountant or lawyer or something. There was also a Pac or Ms. Pac. Why won't
> they bring that show back in syndication??? Phenomenal show.

I think it was the first episode that showed him dancing to the opening music
of Pac-man. That scene was used on the opening sequence for a year or two.
His dad's name was Ed (actually Edward)

Fred

Guy Dillon

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A while ago I was watching the comedy channel and there was a movie on
with Emilio Estevez really young in an arcade after it was closed
playing a vector game (Zektor?). The game keep taunting him and
he did finally beat the game, at which point the cab exploded and the
main boss 'came to life' and was attacking him and the rest of the
arcade games. I remember centipedes getting blow up.

Emilio was running around this arcade with this vector boss chasing
him around blowing up things. He left the arcade and that was when I
had to leave. Never did find the name of it.

Hold on, going to check in internet movie database....

damn databases are nice. It was called Nightmares:
Reel Snapshot: An anthology of horror tales includes a youngster's
obsession with a video game.

A lot a games were destroyed in that film.

imdb.com has a category of video-game...

Genre/keyword:
Horror / Sci-Fi / computer-animation / video-game

Here are the 48 titles found to match the criteria:

genres: video-game

(I removed the movies that are video games like
45.Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) (VG))


2.Cloak & Dagger (1984) 6.3/10 (117 votes)
12.Estrecho Adventure (1996)
13.Evolver (1995) 6.9/10 (30 votes)
17.Joysticks (1983) 4.5/10 (35 votes)
...aka Video Madness (1983)
21.Last Starfighter, The (1984) 6.7/10 (786 votes)
25.Nightmares (1983) 5.3/10 (27 votes)
26.Nirvana (1997) 8.2/10 (173 votes)
39.Toys (1992) 5.7/10 (459 votes)
40.Tron (1982) 7.0/10 (1172 votes)
42.WarGames (1983) 7.1/10 (1824 votes)
46.Wizard, The (1989) 7.0/10 (56 votes)

Nightmares (1983)

Each summer one film opens that you've never heard
of...and that you'll never forget.
Nightmares...is this year's
"sleeper."

USA 1983 Color (Technicolor)

5.3/10 (27 votes)

Produced by:
Universal Pictures [aka MCA/Universal Pictures] [us]
Certification:
Sweden:15
Language:
English
Genre/keyword:
Horror / Sci-Fi / computer-animation / video-game
Runtime:
Sweden:100


Directed by
Joseph Sargent


Emilio Estevez
....
J.J. Cooney
James Tolkan
....
Voice of 'The Bishop of Battle'


Matt Rossiter

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Don't forget 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' - that was always my favorite.

Matt

Tony D. Berry wrote:

> There was a brief thought by someone on RGVAC to organize the various video
> game "big screen" cameos, but the thread dissolved. I think (which most of
> you don't care about) we should work something together on this. Heck, I
> rented a couple movies last month based solely on my memory of them having
> video games in them. I would like to have a comprehensive list and would be
> glad to "foot the bill" for the web space to make it available.
>
> By the way, one of the movies I rented was Maximum Overdrive (nice Star
> Castle bit, as well as a peek at a Tempest cocktail and a couple others),
> Rocky III (proto Rocky pin (I think), Playboy pin, Star Castle, and some
> others), and one of the James Bond movies, Never Say Never Again (I think).
>

> From this thread, I'll attempt to generate an accurate list of movies and
> what games were in them.
>

The Retrodaddy

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On 14 May 1998 21:50:41 GMT, robo...@aol.com (Robot2084) wrote:

>>I remember there being a "Gorf" on Silver Spoons. There were a few others,
>>as well, but I don't remember which ones. The Gorf was a major part of the
>>opening credits, with the butler playing it and getting caught.

>Also, Saved by the Bell always had games in the diner. (I accidentely saw it
>one time when I was flippin channels :)

I accidentally watched Chips this morning, and Grossman was playing
Defender. Seems all the motor cops were having a contest, and
Grossman was the winner with a whopping 48000+ score. If it was'nt
for the cool music, that show would be lame. :>

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chris

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I remember that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 had a room of arcades in
Shredder's Lair.

Can anyone bear to watch the film to find out what they were?

I can remember a Narc but that's it.

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Gwendesire

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>I remember that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 had a room of arcades in
>Shredder's Lair.
>
>Can anyone bear to watch the film to find out what they were?
>
>I can remember a Narc but that's it.
>
>

A lot of Data East games.. Bad Dudes, and some others

The Dameon

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I accidentally rented Pee Wee's Big Adventure tonight... I realized I gotten
the wrong movie after it was over. Darn the luck.

Anyway, in one scene Pee Wee walks into a truck stop (after getting a ride
from Large Marge the ghost trucker) and there is a great shot of an
Asteroids upright.

baas

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In real life, an Episode of America's Most Wanted featured a mock
arcade like that of the one at Primidonna Resort Nevada where Sharise
Everson was murdered. Lots of newer games in that, (prop cycle, etc.)

In "Street Fighter" (live action, not anime) the "computer" that bison
uses to control the "stealth boat" is actually A Super Street Fighter
2:Turbo Control panel. complete with 2 player 6 button config.

There's a Darkstalkers and several more games on the Merry Go Round
Scene In "The Net".

One of the Death Wish (3 or 4?) had several scenes with games in it,
as did the opening to Rocky 3 where Polly smashes the Rocky Pin.

"Greatest American Hero" had an episode dealing with an arcade, lots
of games in that, I definatly remember a Donkey Kong.

There was an episode Cagney and Lacey where the 2 sons are playing
"Cosmic Avenger" on the coleco vision, but the sounds to the game are
that of Galaga.

"The Wizard" had lots of PLay CHoice 10s, but I've been told there
were other Nintendo Produced games, but I don't recall any.

Gwendesire

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if you ever see any early episodes of "Married With Children" ...Bud Bundy has
an Atari 7800 in his room on a dresser next to a small TV.
In National Lampoons Vacation, Rusty asks his cousin "Do you have Space
Invaders? Do you have Space Invaders? How about Asteroids? Then his cousin says
he doesn't have any of thoses but he has a stack of nudie magazines" yeah
high"....later they are playing a un-known hand-held game.
There are some arcade games in "Futureworld"... but i don't remeber what they
where.... or if they are mock ups.

Gregory D. George

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Mark Jenison wrote:

> Well, it looks like it's that time again :-)
>
> I've been maintaining a list of movies with video games in the for about three
> years, and post it approximately once a year. I will repost it now (with the
> additions that I've seen in this thread), and you can send e-mail confirmations
> and additions if you like...

Terminator 2 stuff is obvious, but you missed the arcade games in the first
Terminator! As they are walking into the motel, you can see a small arcade to the
side with an Asteroids machine.


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Neko

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Hmm...Funny Thing about that movie - I accidentally taped it one time. Every
once in a while I accidentally watch it again.

Usually while my cousin is over and we've had one too many.

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Although this was not a movie. MTV for a while had a video in heavy
rotation by a band called Cornershop for the song "Brim full of Asha".
A yellow Computer Space cabinet is clearly visible in almost every shot
of the video, which looks like it supposed to be set in the 1960's

Mike P.

Robot2084

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May 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/17/98
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>Terminator 2 stuff is obvious, but you missed the arcade games in the first
>Terminator! As they are walking into the motel, you can see a small arcade to
>the
>side with an Asteroids machine.
>
>
>Greg G.
>
>

I watched this yesterday, but didnt see an Asteriods. I must have missed it.
Watching as they are about to check into the motel, I saw the side art of a
game I did not recognize though. It wasn't Asteroids. Anybody?

James G Watt

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May 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/17/98
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In article <6jevoq$o3a$1...@trotsky.cig.mot.com>, Mark Jenison
<jen...@cig.mot.com> writes

>Well, it looks like it's that time again :-)
>Movies with Video Arcade Games (no specific order)
>--------------------------------------------------
>
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) starring Battlezone LunarLander
(they both get toasted in a truck stop)

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James G Watt

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James G Watt

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May 17, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/17/98
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In article <355b9082...@news.monmouth.com>, John Dondzila
<*pcj...@monmouth.com> writes

>Are we including TV ?
If we are, how about the episode of TAXI where Jim gets addicted to
PacMan.

CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler

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May 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/19/98
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Guy Dillon wrote:
>
> A while ago I was watching the comedy channel and there was a movie on
> with Emilio Estevez really young in an arcade after it was closed
> playing a vector game (Zektor?). The game keep taunting him and
> he did finally beat the game, at which point the cab exploded and the
> main boss 'came to life' and was attacking him and the rest of the
> arcade games. I remember centipedes getting blow up.
>
> Emilio was running around this arcade with this vector boss chasing
> him around blowing up things. He left the arcade and that was when I
> had to leave. Never did find the name of it.
>
> Hold on, going to check in internet movie database....
>
> damn databases are nice. It was called Nightmares:

Yes, "The Bishop of Battle"... :)

In the attachment is an old article with a description of it.


MAY THE SOFTWARE BE WITH YOU!

*============================================================================*
I CYBERYOGI Christian Oliver(=CO=) Windler I
I (teachmaster of LOGOLOGIE - the first cyberage-religion!) I
I ! I
*=============================ABANDON=THE=BRUTALITY==========================*

bish1.txt

Eric Anderson

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May 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/19/98
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There was another quick arcade scene just before the end of "No Small Affair"
in which they had two or three Q*bert's +others in a row at an airport, I think.

-Eric
---------------------------
Mark Jenison wrote:

> Well, it looks like it's that time again :-)
>

> I've been maintaining a list of movies with video games in the for about three
> years, and post it approximately once a year. I will repost it now (with the
> additions that I've seen in this thread), and you can send e-mail confirmations
> and additions if you like...
>
>

Gregory D. George

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May 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/21/98
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Robot2084 wrote:

> I watched this yesterday, but didnt see an Asteriods. I must have missed it.
> Watching as they are about to check into the motel, I saw the side art of a
> game I did not recognize though. It wasn't Asteroids. Anybody?

Yup, you're right. My memory isn't what it used to be!


--Greg G.


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