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    Movies/TV Shows with actual gameplay scenes (arcade/console/handheld)

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      Goofy combination of Rush, Missile Command (Atari) and a real time countdown of a missile strike in Chuck (Season 2, ep5)

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator
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        I have an ES collection featuring these games. Some that haven't been mentioned already are:

        'Ready Player One' (2018) - 'Adventure'

        'TRON Legacy' (2010) - 'TRON'

        'War Games' (1983) - 'Galaga'

        'The Wizard' (1989) - Super Mario Brothers 3'

        'Joysticks' (1983) - 'Super Pac-Man' (...and just about every other arcade game from the era)

        'Midnight Madness' (1980) - 'Star Fire'

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        • johnodonJ
          johnodon @mitu
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          @mitu said in Movies/TV Shows with actual gameplay scenes (arcade/console/handheld):

          Goofy combination of Rush, Missile Command (Atari) and a real time countdown of a missile strike in Chuck (Season 2, ep5)

          I'm a total Rush head!!! :) Thanks for this!

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          • johnodonJ
            johnodon
            last edited by johnodon

            Stranger Things (S02E01) - Dragon's Lair (Cinematronics)

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            • johnodonJ
              johnodon
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              Black Mirror (S03E04) - Bubble Bobble (Taito)

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              • johnodonJ
                johnodon
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                The Goldbergs (S01E21) - Zaxxon, Dragon's Lair, Punch-Out and others

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                  BGallagherLA
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                  Bloodsport, JCVD and Donald Gibb play, I believe it's Karate Champ?

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @BGallagherLA
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                    @bgallagherla said in Movies/TV Shows with actual gameplay scenes (arcade/console/handheld):

                    Bloodsport, JCVD and Donald Gibb play, I believe it's Karate Champ?

                    Ahh... Good one! I just watched that again last month. I should've thought of it.

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                      BGallagherLA
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                      Also, don't think there's a full clip of either of the scenes but they use Point Blank in The Spy Who Dumped Me, you see it a bit in the trailer

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                      • BobHarrisB
                        BobHarris @johnodon
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                        @johnodon What a great movie (Swingers).

                        Here is my contribution:

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                        • ballboffB
                          ballboff
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                          One of my favourite horror movies, maximum overdrive. The only film ever directed by Stephen King himself!

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                          • ballboffB
                            ballboff
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                            and while we're on it. Let's mention the legend himself Mr Hulk Hogan! Suburban Commando....

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                              muffin
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                              Ninja 3: The Domination (1984) - Bouncer
                              (at 1:55)

                              There's an interesting story behind this game: the cabinet used in the movie was actually a prototype but the actual game was never released due to financial difficulties. Thus, Ninja 3 ended up being the only proof of its existence, together with another video

                              So yeah, like a real Polybius, minus the subliminal messages

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                              • ClydeC
                                Clyde @muffin
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                                The Big Bang Theory S8E7 (2014) – Asteroids (Atari) and Donkey Kong (Nintendo)

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                                • circoC
                                  circo
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                                  Not as old as some of the others, but in Friends - The One with Monica's Thunder (2000) Chandler plays Crash Team Racing.

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                                  • dankcushionsD
                                    dankcushions Global Moderator
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                                    hackers (1995) has wipeout, but it's really some sort of prototype/pre-render thing:

                                    reign over me (2007) features shadow of the colossus throughout:

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                                    • cellyC
                                      celly
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                                      Rumble in the Bronx (1996), a Sega Game Gear, with no game.

                                      Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                                      • BobHarrisB
                                        BobHarris @celly
                                        last edited by BobHarris

                                        @celly That could be a whole new thread: Movies/tvshows where they act like they are playing a game, but it's clearly impossible. I saw a Dutch movie (bro's before ho's) where they were pointing the Nes zapper at an lcd tv, acting like it actually worked.

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                                        • cellyC
                                          celly @BobHarris
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                                          @bobharris i remember watching an episode of the original show Roseanne (on purpose) and they had got a video game system. It was horrible watching bad actors, pretend to be playing what was probably a SNES.

                                          Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                                          • ClydeC
                                            Clyde
                                            last edited by Clyde

                                            City Hunter (1993) – Street Fighter II (Capcom)

                                            There's no gameplay shown apart from the character selection menu, but the whole scene is one great homage to the game.

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