Hackers is one of the best movies ever made, good one Michael
. I don't quite remember seeing clips of DOOM in that movie though, but I wouldn't doubt it. However, here are TWO other video game related things not mentioned: In the scene with Joey at the police station in the booth with toys, one of the agents is in their with him and wearing a power glove. Also at the end, when they are "hacking the Gibson", Dade Murphy puts on this hilarious visor with a little plastic screen that goes down one eye. I think this is some video game object, but I don't know for sure. In fact recently I saw pics on this video game site of someone wearing that same object, or something very similar.
In the movie Strange Brew, there is an arcade cabinet that Bob and Doug play. I can't remember what it's called off the moment, I'll have to check that out again. You didn't actually see the gameplay, but on the side of the cabinet it had this satellite in space with USA and Canadian flags and you could hear some sound effects. Doug says what the game is called and so does the arcade cab, but I can't remember off hand, Captain something.
There was some video I saw when I was a kid in school about "keeping your cool". It would show different situations with these two kids and it would go to this screen with a temperature bar and saying if you should go cold, hot, or cool and they would always end up cool. Anyways there is a scene where the two kids are playing Off Road cabinet.
National Lamphoon's Vacation has a few. In the beginning when Clark Griswald is planning out the old family vacation, he uses a awesome old-skool 80's computer, which I don't know what it was, but it seemed to have Atari joysticks plugged into it so probably some Atari computer (ST?). When the family arrives at Uncle Ed's house, Rusty and Ed's son talk about Atari games and name a few; Pac Man, Asteroids, and Space Invaders I believe. There are two shots in the movie where a Coleco mini table top of Frogger can be found, once in the car all the way in the back and once when Rusty is in Ed's house. There might be more shots.
In Mallrats (I think), they are playing some hockey game for Genesis. I think in some other Kevin Smith movie they also play a hockey game for Saturn, but it might have been a completely different movie.
Swingers: There is a funny scene where the guys are playing a hockey game for Genesis and one of the guys said how he was going to make Wayne Gretski's head blead and he ended up doing it during a funny part.
Arcade is a hilarious cheesy movie with Seth Green made in 1995 I think and it's about this super cheesy virtual reality arcade and home console which turns out to be real. There might be some popular arcade titles in the underground arcade scenes.
What About Bob has a scene where Siggy is playing a Game Boy by the docking bay.
Can't Buy Me Love has an arcade scene with Donald and Kenneth, and Kenneth plays a couple of games which I clearly remember Hang On is one. There are also some other various arcade cabs in the background which you can spot out.
Pirates of Silicon Valley has a scene with Steve Wozniack laying in a hospital bed after a plane crashing playing some airplane game for Atari.
Fast Times at Ridgemont high has an arcade scene or two with various cabs. I believe Ms. Pac Man was one.
Robo Cop has an arcade scene I'm pretty sure with a game or so that you can point out, but I can't remember at all what it is. I keep thinking NARC.
There are a ton more I know off too, but I'll try thinking of some of them later.
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