CrazyBoss Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi Guys I am a big fan of the Movie Wargames, dont know how many times I can watch it have you ever noticed the logo "Protovision" in the movie look very much like the "ColecoVision" logo ? This came from the Wargames Facebook group: "Did you know...The studio had both Galaga and Galaxian machines delivered to Matthew Broderick's home, where he practiced for two months to prepare for the arcade scene." Thats cool, but he is only playing Galaga not Galaxian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Dude! They have a wargames facebook group? Thats awesome. I have not seen the movie since the year it came out. I remember liking it but couldnt tell you much else, lol. Cool thing with the arcade cabs, what a tough job, lol. I want to see war games again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tron Unit Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I wonder if it's because Coleco got the license to make the WarGames game so they used Coleco's logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Remember seeing that in the theater when it first came out. Has anyone ever played the version of Wargames for the C64/Atari 8 bit computers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
else Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Reviving an old topic, but I have always felt that some of Coleco ad's tried to look pretty similar to the WarGames Protovision ad as well. For reference, here are some details for the WarGames Protovision ad: https://mw.rat.bz/wgmag/ There's two Coleco ad's in particular that come to my mind... First, this one from the back of the first Colecovision Experience Magazine: And second, this four-page spread for the Coleco Adam: It's this second one in particular seems really similar, given how both ad's are four page foldouts done mostly in black and white. Obviously it's not possible to draw a straight line from Coleco's ad's to the WarGames movie, but I feel that someone at Coleco may have done a bit of borrowing here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
else Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) And I forgot about this commercial, with the "launch sequence" and "is that legal" the end. Pretty clear WarGames references there. Plus the whole scene is very similar to the scene of Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick in his room. I think it's safe to say someone at Coleco was a big fan of the WarGames movie and used some artistic license in creating Coleco's ad's.... Edited May 7 by else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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