EricDeLee Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Recent movies I noticed classic game systems in: Pursuit of Happyness. The will Smith movie. His little boy is playing Asteroids on the Atari 2600. There is an oversized Asteroids box/display on top of the tv. I just noticed that this morning. And the motherload: American Pie Beta House! If you get the chance check it out. It is a silly movie... but funny nonetheless. The 'geek' house has a ton of systems displayed. I was very very surprised to see the Vectrex as well! Made me very happy to see that. It is fun to look at the cases and actually count how many of those systems you currently have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 only one I know off the top of my head is Child's Play, i think 2, the one where they are at boot camp or something, the little kid is playing Blue Lightning on a Lynx II while in a waiting room or something in one scene of the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user42 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Slightly off topic but here is a great list of arcade games in movies... http://www.mameworld.net/movies/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucebidder Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Oh man Im blanking here I just recently saw a movie with Will SMith where he uses a turbo express as a palm pilot type device oh what was it Enemy of the State I think????? The only reason I remember is that I thought how funny it was to see it in that respect. Oh yeah the turbo express was in the 3 ninjas movie too. THe only reason Im stuck on the express was seeing your avatar EricDeLee Edited January 22, 2008 by brucebidder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 What was the film with Jackie Chan and the boy playing a Game Gear without a cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Rumble in the Bronx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I seem to remember an episode of Full House where the fam is playing a couple of Lynx's. I also have a foggy memory of a 7800 being used in Growing Pains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Drew Carey Show, he had a Saturn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust3dstr8 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Jackie Chan in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The Turbo Express handheld is a major part of the plot of Enemy of the State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y-bot Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 There's an Atari Video Music in "Over The Edge". The mute kid has it in his room. I've never seen it but I've heard there is a Vectrex shown many times on "Charles In Charge". I wasn't looking at video games when I watched that show as a teenager. y-bot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Some Gurd is playing game gear in Airheads i also saw an NES in some chevy chase movie and a genesis in some other movie that i cant remember the name of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzzed Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I remember seeing an Atari 7800 a few times in "Home Improvement", but you really have to look for it. I dont' think I ever saw them play it though... I remember in the movie "E.T.", there was an Atari sitting on top of the TV set. AND, I also remember seeing an Atari 5200 in the movie "Mr. Mom"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrldstrman Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 they were playing basketball on the atari 2600 on airplane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
games_player Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I saw a 2600 used in an old sitcom called "gimme a break !" with Nel Carter and in an Episode of another sitcom called "wiz kids" I remember seeing an Atari 1450 Home computer. Oh yeah on an Episode of "Roseanne" they had a super Nes they were playing but with 2600 pacman sound fx (that was weird to say the least) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzzed Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I saw a 2600 used in an old sitcom called "gimme a break !" with Nel Carter and in an Episode of another sitcom called "wiz kids" I remember seeing an Atari 1450 Home computer. Oh yeah on an Episode of "Roseanne" they had a super Nes they were playing but with 2600 pacman sound fx (that was weird to say the least) That always drives me nuts when I see some a NEW(er) game system and they are using Atari 2600 sound effects in the background---Why do they do that? They Love to use Pac-Man and Donkey Kong from the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_drag0n Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Lime green Game Boy Color (or Pocket?) with Pokemon Yellow in the cartridge slot in Left Behind: The Movie, son of the airline pilot is playing it. White DS Lite (obviously not classic) being played by receptionist at the abortion clinic in Juno - she is really hammering the buttons too. autumn_drag0n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
games_player Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I saw a 2600 used in an old sitcom called "gimme a break !" with Nel Carter and in an Episode of another sitcom called "wiz kids" I remember seeing an Atari 1450 Home computer. Oh yeah on an Episode of "Roseanne" they had a super Nes they were playing but with 2600 pacman sound fx (that was weird to say the least) That always drives me nuts when I see some a NEW(er) game system and they are using Atari 2600 sound effects in the background---Why do they do that? They Love to use Pac-Man and Donkey Kong from the 2600. I know, I often wonder the same thing. maybe that is one question man was not meant to understand, kinda like the Ark was something man was not meant to disturb, it is not of this earth. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I saw a 2600 used in an old sitcom called "gimme a break !" with Nel Carter and in an Episode of another sitcom called "wiz kids" I remember seeing an Atari 1450 Home computer. Oh yeah on an Episode of "Roseanne" they had a super Nes they were playing but with 2600 pacman sound fx (that was weird to say the least) That always drives me nuts when I see some a NEW(er) game system and they are using Atari 2600 sound effects in the background---Why do they do that? They Love to use Pac-Man and Donkey Kong from the 2600. I know, I often wonder the same thing. maybe that is one question man was not meant to understand, kinda like the Ark was something man was not meant to disturb, it is not of this earth. . In these cases, the person in charge of sound effects is taking sound effects from a stock library of video game sounds, which is less time consuming than recording the true sound and synchronizing it to the action on screen. They just don't care enough. In the recent movie Zodiac, which is set in the early-to-mid 1970s, they show an Atari Pong unit playing on a TV screen. Unfortunately, it is easy to see that it causes all sorts of continuity issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 do you guys remember the movie "The Wizard" with fred savage and his brother ben savage there was a competition at the end with super mario 3 came out for the nes great movie gotta check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roloking Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 they were playing basketball on the atari 2600 on airplane HAHAHA I was going to post that! You're a JERK! But seriously Airplane! is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dink Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Bud Bundy had a Atari 5200 in his room in Married... With Children. He never played it, and it was hardly ever shown. Quite interesting though, since it was terribly out of date even by the first episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 01Hawk Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Off the top of my head: Swingers has a CLASSIC scene where the guys are playing some NHL game on the Genesis, here's the youtube clip, Lots of cussing, so not safe for work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRTwOS_1bQ8 Four Rooms , another cult classic. In the last room, there is a very extended scene of the bell hop's sister's friends playing Rambo on the Genesis, although according to IMDB there are continuity issues: Continuity: When Betty is playing video games with her friends, she is playing Rambo 3 on a Sega Genesis. However, some scenes show the game she is playing as Rambo for the Nintendo Entertainment System, while she is still using a Sega Genesis controller. Edited February 7, 2008 by Mike 01Hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Bud Bundy had a Atari 5200 in his room in Married... With Children. He never played it, and it was hardly ever shown. Quite interesting though, since it was terribly out of date even by the first episode.Maybe they were trying to illustrate just how poor and behind the times the Bundy's really were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanw Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 do you guys remember the movie "The Wizard" with fred savage and his brother ben savagethere was a competition at the end with super mario 3 came out for the nes great movie gotta check it out Hell yeah that was a great movie! I remember an episode of Different Strokes was about an arcade machine, and for some reason I remember the Cosby show having an actual gaming system being played in one of the episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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