7800fan Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Was there a thread about this? Google-fu isn't working for me. In Ange Vierge series (12 episodes anime) I spotted 2 different classic consoles. First up is a scanning device that looks suspiciously like Sega Game Gear with a TV adapter: Second one looks suspiciously like a Dreamcast: In the anime Asobi ni Iku Yo! series there's a few consoles in a game shop including PC-FX, Dreamcast with too many ports, spice orange Gamecube, and I think a CDi on steroid? Hunter x Hunter had a few game consoles but none resembled known consoles although the main console used in the Greed Island and Yorktown arc was interesting. Dual drive, 2 memory ports, and 4 controllers ports that looks like standard PSX. The memory card also looked like standard PSX and could be expanded to 8 memory slots per slot. Monster Rancher featured PSX. Baka to Test had Famicom (classic) Ah My Goddess has a lot of consoles and it looks like hacker heaven! Famicom, SFC, PC Engine, Genesis, PSX, and a few more unidentified consoles. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I'll always remember the TurboExpress in the Gene Hackman/Will Smith movie Enemy of the State. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3697549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 http://www.ataritimes.com/index.php?ArticleIDX=70 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3697983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 For a number of years there was a Saturn on top of the TV in Drew Carey's living room on his sitcom. I think it was there well past its retail life. Then it got replaced with a Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3698180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) The car in Knight Rider has a built in Intellivision and Atari 800. Knight Rider "Deadly Maneuvers" s1e3 oct 1982 Intellivision "Auto Racing"; he's using a joystick; Auto Racing would be easier with a thumb-pad. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uBo2YKIHatI Knight Rider s1e21 "Nobody Does it Better" apr 1983 Intellivision "Space Battle"; "stimulate strategic thinking"; some arcade game cabinets Qbert, Alpine Ski, and Jungle Hunt https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCVMbwLEM8 Knight Rider "Soul Survivor" s2e9 nov 1983 Atari 800 "Pac-Man" SCTV Merv The Special Edition 1982 Intellivision starts at about 8:15 in this clip https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kJel7QwXm2k That 70s Show http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0720151/ Boxed Intellivision IIs seen although they did not come out until 1982 or 1983 Edited February 17, 2017 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3698186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Saturday Night Live s7e9 jan 23 1982 Joe Piscopo previews the Super Bowl using Atari VCS and Intellivision http://snltranscripts.jt.org/81/81i.phtml Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3698238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I am still pissed there was no NES in Home Alone! The family was wealthy so were the parents on some sort of a "no video games" crusade or what? Love the 2600 4 switch in ET 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3698523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Some movie called The Wizard supposedly has a reference to a game or two in it. In the movie Breakdown (with Kurt Russell), there is a scene near the end where a young boy is playing a home console version of Doom. I want to say it was the SNES version, but it's been so long since I've seen the movie, I can't remember for sure. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3698548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdee Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) Some movie called The Wizard supposedly has a reference to a game or two in it. A magical world where even the arcade versions are on NES hardware. I didn't even notice it as a kid I also remember an X-Files episode where they are in an arcade and you can clearly hear Sonic ring sounds in the background, several times. Edited February 19, 2017 by Newsdee Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3700117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska_music_fan83 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I love the fact that Mario Kart: Double Dash, one of my all-time favorite games, made it onto one of my favorite tv shows (Veronica Mars). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Darn, somebody already beat me to the boxed Inty II's from that 70's show, which is amazing because I just happened to be watching it on Netflix. Anyways, here's a proper image of it: ... way ahead of their time considering that the episode takes place in 1978... Anyways, there's more such sightings in other places. Some contemporary- for example, this (blurry, because my digital copies are low rez) screenshot of the Married With Children episode Get the Dodge Outta Hell where a boxed late-model Intellivision is seen among cheapo clearance items at Traugott's Car Wash in the 90's: ...and of course the Tale of the Crimson Clown episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark must truly take the prize, for it has an NES, Genesis hard case (with fake game art) and a row of TG-16 games: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarikid96 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 The Bally Astrocade in National Lampoon's Vacation 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadZiontist Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mike and Ben sharing some wholesome family time together playing the NES on Growing Pains: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 ALF playing Space Invaders on the Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3701580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Does Terminator 2 have John Connor hacking an ATM with an Atari Portfolio? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Which console would survive 700 years being left in the trashes of a deserted Earth? https://youtu.be/FvA78Z-W9UE?t=2m36s Why, the Atari 2600 of course... Edited February 23, 2017 by CatPix Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 At least the Alf bit has the right sound effects and they used a joystick with a button on top to work better with the puppet. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 At least the Alf bit has the right sound effects and they used a joystick with a button on top to work better with the puppet. Yeah, one thing I noticed on old movies and tv shows (haven't seen/heard this happen lately) is that no matter what they are playing, it has Atari 2600 Pac Man sound effects. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 my two dads had 7800 pole position 2 teaching the hazards of drunk driving Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Mike and Ben sharing some wholesome family time together playing the NES on Growing Pains: By the way what baseball game was that. Does not sound familiar? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 ALF playing Space Invaders on the Atari 2600. That was cool but would of been better with the original controllers. Unless it was hard for him to hold some one else mentioned. Did not think about that. But still would of been cool. Cool to know however they had third party like those back in the day. I don't remember seeing too many. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3703892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Yeah, one thing I noticed on old movies and tv shows (haven't seen/heard this happen lately) is that no matter what they are playing, it has Atari 2600 Pac Man sound effects. It's likely because it was cheaper for movies/series producers to buy the licence for those sounds and reuse them at nauseam rather than recording the real game sounds displayed.. if they even displayed real game graphics anyway and not some pre recorded animation. I mean, in a world where Hollywood dub the sound of a car door being closed rather than use the read thing, how do you expect them to use and play the real game and sounds? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3704188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 It is a CRIME that I cannot find a clip of the Crabman playing Atari Berzerk in TV's My Name is Earl. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3704195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) It's likely because it was cheaper for movies/series producers to buy the licence for those sounds and reuse them at nauseam rather than recording the real game sounds displayed.. if they even displayed real game graphics anyway and not some pre recorded animation. I mean, in a world where Hollywood dub the sound of a car door being closed rather than use the read thing, how do you expect them to use and play the real game and sounds? Yeah, I always figured they did it because they considered them to be some kind of stereotypical video game noises. I just always laughed when I saw this. Might not even show a screen, but they might be holding an NES pad but had the bonk bonk bonk babooip of 2600 pacman. Kind of like how it doesn't seem to matter what bird of prey is shown on screen, they put in the sound of a red tailed hawk. Edit: Except an owl. They actually have owl sounds. Edited February 24, 2017 by Eltigro 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/262290-list-of-game-consoles-seen-in-tv-and-movies/#findComment-3704324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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