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resident paul
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by resident paul » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:24 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

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chewy
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by chewy » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:23 am
PC Engine/Turbo Graphix in Enemy of The State.
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resident paul
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by resident paul » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:36 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.
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by RetroENZO » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:55 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
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DrBlue
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by DrBlue » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:02 am
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).
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by paranoid marvin » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:33 am
Wasn't there an Amstrad in Soylent Green?
Mr Flibble says...
"Game over , boys!"
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paranoid marvin
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by paranoid marvin » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:34 am
And The Green Mile?
Mr Flibble says...
"Game over , boys!"
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by woody.cool » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:11 am
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'
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by DrBlue » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:44 am
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.
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by chewy » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:46 am
On the subject of Shaun Of The Dead, a PS1 and Resi 2 in episode 3 series one *of Spaced... [/nerd]
*fixed.
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by RetroENZO » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:55 am
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.
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by James Bond » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:15 am
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"

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resident paul
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by resident paul » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:47 am
Can anybody name the arcade machines in Terminator 2 and Tron

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by woody.cool » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:01 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.
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by SirClive » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:42 pm
Just watched Back to the Future 2 with the Wild Gunman game.
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