Computer, Game Consoles, Arcade Cameo role in Films&TV

resident paul · Post by **resident paul** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:24 pm

I had notice in the past there are different computers, Game consoles & Arcade Machines in Films & TV briefly as they like a cameo role like a famous star.
I give you one example the Craig XMP had a bit part in the film Sneakers were as Robert Redford & Ben Kinsley sat down next to it.
I give you another in Airwolf at the firm's office there was a Commodore64 or VIC 20 was use as a terminal.
Sorry I left arcade out before re-editing.
Let me know are there more cameo appearances( Brief appearances) out there

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:23 am

PC Engine/Turbo Graphix in Enemy of The State.

resident paul · Post by **resident paul** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:36 am

Just spotted on Sky Movies last night a PSP and very breifley a DS on "Snakes on the Plane".
Also spotted was a Pacman Machine in Scrubs.

RetroENZO · Post by **RetroENZO** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:55 am

Afterburner in Red Dwarf
XBox360 (game I don't recognise) in Chuck
Playstation 3 (game I don't care about) in Heroes (which was odd as the PS3 wasn't available in the US at the time the episode was aired)
Playstation 2 (and Timesplitters 2) in Shaun of the Dead
XBox in Eureka

DrBlue · Post by **DrBlue** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:02 pm

There was an Amiga (1000 I believe) in the War of the Worlds TV series (the second, darker series that had Adrian Paul in it).

paranoid marvin · Post by **paranoid marvin** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:33 pm

Wasn't there an Amstrad in Soylent Green?

paranoid marvin · Post by **paranoid marvin** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:34 pm

And The Green Mile?

woody.cool · Post by **woody.cool** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:11 pm

DrBlue wrote:There was an Amiga (1000 I believe) in the War of the Worlds TV series (the second, darker series that had Adrian Paul in it).

On the talk of Amigas - an Amiga 600 appeared on a regular basis in the ITV TV Show 'The Krypton Factor' - If I remember correctly - they used an A600 for the 'flight simulator'

DrBlue · Post by **DrBlue** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:44 pm

paranoid marvin wrote:Wasn't there an Amstrad in Soylent Green?

There was an original Atari Pong machine in Soylent Green. Guess they thought it looked all futury like.

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:46 pm

On the subject of Shaun Of The Dead, a PS1 and Resi 2 in episode 3 series one *of Spaced... [/nerd]

*fixed.

RetroENZO · Post by **RetroENZO** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:55 pm

chewy wrote:On the subject of Shaun Of The Dead, a PS1 and Resi 2 in episode 3 series one... [/nerd]

I presume you mean Spaced rather than Shaun of the Dead.

James Bond · Post by **James Bond** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:15 pm

Not to mention the bloke always used to drown Lara Croft in Tomb Raider when he was depressed

Duck Hunt in Boys N' The Hood (though it's not using the Nes zapper, looks like a proper gun) BANG "Yeah, take it off the motherfucking set"

resident paul · Post by **resident paul** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:47 pm

Can anybody name the arcade machines in Terminator 2 and Tron

woody.cool · Post by **woody.cool** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:01 pm

resident paul wrote:Can anybody name the arcade machines in Terminator 2 and Tron

I remember an Afterburner arcade machine and a Missile Command machine being present in T2.

SirClive · Post by **SirClive** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:42 pm

Just watched Back to the Future 2 with the Wild Gunman game.

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