Mr.Amiga500 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) This is a bit of a useless post... but I was just watching the movie "Airplane II" again and I was shocked to hear the sound of an Atari 8-bit loading! You can hear it just after Ted Striker accidentally rips off the lever trying to slow down the ship. I'm pretty sure of it, but can anybody confirm? You can also hear a bit of it earlier in a scene on the moon base just before a military guy adjusts a screen to show William Shatner. I already knew about the Yar's Revenge sound effect, but this is the first time I noticed the drive sound. "Where am I going to find an Atari 8-bit.... here... in space.... at this hour?" Edited October 10, 2009 by Mr.Amiga500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laemeur Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Boy, it sure as heck sounds like it; I think you're right. Although I noticed that they had C64s (or VIC-20s) in mission control earlier in the movie. Link for further verification: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM7GcpI00RY&NR=1 (@~6:30). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 which minute is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Boy, it sure as heck sounds like it; I think you're right. Although I noticed that they had C64s (or VIC-20s) in mission control earlier in the movie. Link for further verification: http://www.youtube.c...M7GcpI00RY&NR=1 (@~6:30). Right! http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Amiga500 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Yes, of course I saw the Vic 20s behind McCroskey and there's a couple TRS-80 Model IIIs in the scene Ted Striker is talking to Elaine. (just after Simon says "...and Striker - I'd watch my step if I were you." (then he falls down the stairs) and before Ted says, "What a pisser.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 which minute is it ? 6:34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 It's definitely the 8-bit drive loading sounds. There is also a scene where you can see a BASIC program listing go by, and another one showing Atari Basketball. Stephen Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavros Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 See also 2:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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