Author Topic: Arcade cabs in tv and movies (Read 20075 times)

mgb · « **on:** October 18, 2011, 10:00:29 pm »

I've now noticed the Robocop/Bad Dudes cabinet (same as I have) in Keenan & Kel and now in the tv show " Man Up". Not to mention a few of them in the Robocop 2 movie.
I love how the tv shows put some fake name on them.

Unstupid · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:29:48 pm »

Did you see the first episode of 2 1/2 men this season... Ashton Kutcher's house in the show had a couple or really nice cabs!

Oops my bad... It was the second episode this season... "People who love peepholes"

mgb · « **Reply #2 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:42:44 pm »

No, I don't watch that show, but I'll look out for that episode online.

dandare · « **Reply #3 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:25:50 pm »

Its hilarious that in Robocop 2, which is set in the near future (early 21st century?) that they still have 1980's cabs!

There's a ton of them in the first ninja turtles film too, including a NARC.

Hoopz · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:26:45 pm »

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=43851.0

An old thread but relevant for the OP.

I did see that episode of Two and a Half Men. Those cabs were very nice.

mgb · « **Reply #5 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:51:50 pm »

And of course, I can't forget this one. Its Packrat (not Atari's Peter Packrat, just Packrat)

Gray_Area · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2011, 03:33:11 pm »

I just watched Big last night, and it was way cool to see all the arcades and arcade games still around in '88. For that matter, look at what I found in a laundrymat, the other day.

(OH, and I got a replay. I totally forgot to play it. For someone, then.)

boardjunkie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2011, 01:10:06 pm »

That has got to be the dumbest looking ms pac conversion I've *ever* seen....

boardjunkie · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2011, 06:32:15 pm »

http://users.rcn.com/jenison/mars/vidmovies.html

Cynicaster · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2011, 08:46:12 am »

Just watched "Wargames" last night, a movie from 1983 starring Matthew Broderick. He plays a fair bit of Galaga in the movie. In the background at the arcade, I saw a Jungle Hunt, a Zaxxon, and several others.

boardjunkie · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2011, 09:08:19 am »

They actually brought a Galaga to MB's house so he could get fairly good at it before shooting the scene where he plays it.

Cynicaster · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2011, 12:13:58 pm »

Quote from: boardjunkie on October 24, 2011, 09:08:19 am

They actually brought a Galaga to MB's house so he could get fairly good at it before shooting the scene where he plays it.

I did notice that he'd mastered the dual-ship technique.

Rando · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2011, 01:15:09 pm »

Watching HGTV last night (lame!) and a House Hunters episode (Rando so lame!) these two rich young dudes were looking for a swinging Bachelor pad in Chicago. They looked at this awesome penthouse place that was completely empty EXCEPT for an Arcade machine (couldn't get a good look to see what it is, I should have Paused it) sitting in what was the Living Room. Completely odd and out of place, and NO ONE referenced it! I kept shouting at my wife "How are they walking by the cab, why are they not saying anything about it, why would that be sitting there when everything else has been removed???"

She did not share my confusion nor enthusiasm.

Guys did purchase that pad and made some nice modifications, place looked sweet, but not a Cab in sight when complete.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2011, 10:35:36 pm »

Quote from: Rando on October 24, 2011, 01:15:09 pm

Watching HGTV last night (lame!) and a House Hunters episode (Rando so lame!) these two rich young dudes were looking for a swinging Bachelor pad in Chicago.

I happened to catch some of an episode the other day, and they were in some guy's storehouse or something - he had a michelin man and other weird stuff, and I was waiting for them to find a pin. Sure enough they do, and this thing was almost mint, some obscure title to me, but obviously worth at least a grand. They juked him for two hundred bucks.

Quote from: boardjunkie on October 23, 2011, 01:10:06 pm

That has got to be the dumbest looking ms pac conversion I've *ever* seen....

Not uncommon. I've seen 're-issues' like this, though in better shape, of Pac Mspac, Centipede/Millipede/Missile Command.

Vulgar Soul · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2011, 11:34:44 pm »

Speakin of Kenan and Kel. The show "All That" always began with a brief skit of the actors hanging out in some back stage room. In the back ground you can clearly see a cabinet running Shinobi.

Also not really an arcade on tv moment, but in Family Matters there was an episode where a cop is describing some violent situation. I think Karl Winslow asks the cop "where did you get all that from?" The cop replies "Mortal Kombat from Sega." I think one of the writers were a lil confused.

In the movie "Juice" (Tupac, Omar Epps) there's a Street Fighter cabinet (the first one surprisingly, and this movie was released not long after Street Fighter II exploded in the gaming scene) in a scene taking place in a bodega I think. The late Tupac plays the game a few times throughout the film.

amendonz · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2011, 12:15:14 am »

biggie would of wasted him...

Vulgar Soul · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2011, 12:33:10 am »

Quote from: amendonz on October 26, 2011, 12:15:14 am

biggie would of wasted him...

That reminds me!

Not the arcade version, but in the video for "Juicy" by Notorious B.I.G. there's a scene where a couple people are seen playin Street Fighter II in Biggie's home (durin the "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. When I was dead broke man, I couldn't picture this." line).

How's that! Pac playin Street Fighter in the film "Juice." Big playin Street Fighter II in the video "Juicy." Ain't that some mind blowin ish!

They mus be rockin a round of Street Fighter every day up there in Hip Hop heaven lol.

AlienInferno · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2011, 01:50:27 am »

If we are talking any games I saw a glimpse of a pinball machine in the "Despicable me" movie. Givin it's not a real game but still. It counts right. $:-\$

Rando · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2011, 09:25:34 am »

Just saw "Going the Distance" with Drew Barrymore and... Justin Long, where Centipede plays a role in the movie. They meet in a bar where she is playing the game, has the high score, and he interrupts her flow (picture below). Later on he gives her a Centipede shirt when they're dating and is playing the game alone after they break up (or just missing her, can't remember).

Decent movie, 1st half better than second, wife picked & liked it.

Gaaargh · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2011, 11:08:22 am »

On the series The Comicbook Store A Simpsons cabinet is played in one of the episodes, it's got fake 'Blaster Blaster' artwork on it.

There's also a Guantlet cabinet elsewhere in the store seen in a few shots.

vanrose72 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 13, 2011, 06:28:04 am »

I remember seeing a Ms. Pac-Man cabinet in the season 1 finale of Walking Dead on AMC (Episode "TS-19"). It was in the rec room of the Centers for Disease Control. The building exploded at the end of the episode, the cabinet along with it.

jtslade · « **Reply #21 on:** November 15, 2011, 07:17:10 am »

Blue Mountain State (Spike TV) has a nice Flight 2000 pin in the bar room of "The Goat House". I actually convinced the wife that this was her kind of TV show!

About a minute into the video...

jtslade · « **Reply #22 on:** November 19, 2011, 06:40:58 am »

Raising Hope is a good show from the same guy who did My Name is Earl...

I have noticed that since there is so many advertising promotional agreements in TV today, all brand names from any company that is not actively sponsoring the show is wiped from the show. Its so bad now that anytime we actually see a real brand that its almost shocking.

You can make out what original Pin and cab these were before they were altered..

jtslade · « **Reply #23 on:** November 19, 2011, 06:49:15 am »

Not a real game but looks like a Bad Dudes cab.

jtslade · « **Reply #24 on:** November 19, 2011, 07:28:44 am »

Quote from: Unstupid on October 18, 2011, 10:29:48 pm

Did you see the first episode of 2 1/2 men this season... Ashton Kutcher's house in the show had a couple or really nice cabs!

Oops my bad... It was the second episode this season... "People who love peepholes"

Vulgar Soul · « **Reply #25 on:** November 19, 2011, 06:08:34 pm »

How could I forget the episode of Everybody Hates Chris where Chris challenges a neighborhood friend and bets on a game of Asteroids!?

danny_galaga · « **Reply #26 on:** November 20, 2011, 02:01:53 am »

Quote from: dandare on October 18, 2011, 11:25:50 pm

Its hilarious that in Robocop 2, which is set in the near future (early 21st century?) that they still have 1980's cabs!

There's a ton of them in the first ninja turtles film too, including a NARC.

I would say quite apt, since here we are in the early 21st century, and there are still 1980's cabs around...

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #27 on:** November 20, 2011, 11:28:34 am »

There was an episode of Auction Hunters where they find a Ms Pac-man and the guy who buys it (though in reality he didn't) is Nathan Barnatt, aka Talking Classics' Keith Apicary.

Mikezilla · « **Reply #28 on:** November 21, 2011, 01:29:10 pm »

This is sort of similar, but I was watching an episode of storage wars last night, and Brandi(she got some new boobs btw) bought a locker that had a pinball machine in it. I couldnt tell what it was, and they didnt show it, but they said they couldnt sell it for "legal reasons". Why would that be?

Mac Green · « **Reply #29 on:** November 22, 2011, 11:33:18 pm »

on home alone when kevin tells the furnace to shut up theres a pinball cant tell what it was tho

Nephasth · « **Reply #30 on:** November 22, 2011, 11:36:16 pm »

Quote from: Mikezilla on November 21, 2011, 01:29:10 pm

Brandi(she got some new boobs btw) bought a locker that had a pinball machine in it.

I thought they looked bigger!

Mac Green · « **Reply #31 on:** November 22, 2011, 11:46:45 pm »

BTW the pin in SW was a 1984 Bally Midway Black Pyramid http://www.ipdb.org/images/312/image-26.jpg

Nephasth · « **Reply #32 on:** November 22, 2011, 11:49:24 pm »

I believe that was a different episode (think Dave won that one), or am I thinking of Auction Hunters? I think the one Mike was talking about had only a few 4-wheelers and the pinball in it.

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #33 on:** November 23, 2011, 12:07:28 am »

A recent episode of Chuck had a Missile Command machine that was mentioned by name, as well as another cab and a pin I didn't recognize.

Mikezilla · « **Reply #34 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:41:21 am »

Quote from: Nephasth on November 22, 2011, 11:36:16 pm

Quote from: Mikezilla on November 21, 2011, 01:29:10 pm
Brandi(she got some new boobs btw) bought a locker that had a pinball machine in it.

I thought they looked bigger!

Yeah man, they were WAYYY bigger. She was rocking mosquito bites last season then BAM. Mega-juggs. She wouldnt be too bad if she wasnt a butterface.

Ahh thanks for that Mac Green. I was watching the Thing last week (the Kurt Russell one, the better one) and there were some cabs and pinball in their rec room, but I couldnt remember which ones... The gf distracted me for a bit...

Mario · « **Reply #35 on:** November 23, 2011, 12:23:17 pm »

The old TV show "What's Happening Now" has a Three Stooges game in it, with modified side art to highlight the manufacturer. You can see the game in the opening credits here at the 23 sec mark.

KLOV incorrectly lists the show as "What's Happening", which was the older show with the same characters earlier in their life.

Mario

IronBuddha · « **Reply #36 on:** November 23, 2011, 09:07:22 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 20, 2011, 11:28:34 am

There was an episode of Auction Hunters where they find a Ms Pac-man and the guy who buys it (though in reality he didn't) is Nathan Barnatt, aka Talking Classics' Keith Apicary.

Not that's it a surprise or anything, but that situation is how I found out those shows are fake. Nathan said on his Facebook he never bought the Cabinet from them, after he told them he wasn't interested because they wanted too much, the show asked him to pretend like he's buying it from them. Nathan said he bought one shortly after that off craigslist for $350

Gray_Area · « **Reply #37 on:** November 27, 2011, 07:50:11 pm »

Quote from: Mikezilla on November 23, 2011, 11:41:21 am

Quote from: Nephasth on November 22, 2011, 11:36:16 pm
Quote from: Mikezilla on November 21, 2011, 01:29:10 pm
Brandi(she got some new boobs btw) bought a locker that had a pinball machine in it.

I thought they looked bigger!

She wouldnt be too bad if she wasnt a butterface.

Was out with my brother this weekend, and we saw a girl in a truck that he thought was going to be plump - and then she stepped out and had a bod that startled him. First time I'd heard the term butterface.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #38 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:37:55 pm »

Don't forget that episode of Seinfeld, when everyone is fighting over a certain Frogger cab...
To lazy to look the episode up.

It's on the Frogger page at Wikipedia.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #39 on:** November 28, 2011, 11:38:45 pm »

Maybe not to lazy:

"The Frogger" is the 174th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 18th episode for the 9th and final season. It first aired on April 23, 1998.

dandare · « **Reply #40 on:** December 09, 2011, 04:17:15 am »

not really tv or movie, but anyone been playing MW3? there's a cab in the African village. You cant play it sadly, but it makes for good cover!

Louis Tully · « **Reply #41 on:** December 12, 2011, 11:10:41 am »

yotsuya · « **Reply #42 on:** December 12, 2011, 03:04:24 pm »

Quote from: Louis Tully on December 12, 2011, 11:10:41 am

I've watched this movie dozens of times and never noticed those games before.

You probably didn't grow up watching it on a widescreen TV. They probably cropped that whole side out of the shot for standard TV.

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #43 on:** December 12, 2011, 03:29:06 pm »

Unfortunately they changed it in the modern Ghostbusters game... the firehouse has a Q-bert machine and a made-up shooter called "Moonstrosity X" (Moonstrosity being one of the many words I wish i had thought of first).

Quote from: yotsuya on December 12, 2011, 03:04:24 pm

Quote from: Louis Tully on December 12, 2011, 11:10:41 am

I've watched this movie dozens of times and never noticed those games before.

You probably didn't grow up watching it on a widescreen TV. They probably cropped that whole side out of the shot for standard TV.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 12, 2011, 09:35:05 pm »

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 12, 2011, 03:29:06 pm

Unfortunately they changed it in the modern Ghostbusters game... the firehouse has a Q-bert machine and a made-up shooter called "Moonstrosity X" (Moonstrosity being one of the many words I wish i had thought of first).

Is it playable in game?

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #45 on:** December 12, 2011, 11:17:40 pm »

Quote from: wizkid32 on December 12, 2011, 09:35:05 pm

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 12, 2011, 03:29:06 pm
Unfortunately they changed it in the modern Ghostbusters game... the firehouse has a Q-bert machine and a made-up shooter called "Moonstrosity X" (Moonstrosity being one of the many words I wish i had thought of first).

Is it playable in game?

Sadly, no. I think you can stand at it, and it makes a few noises. A missed opportunity for sure!

wizkid32 · « **Reply #46 on:** December 14, 2011, 10:41:53 pm »

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 12, 2011, 11:17:40 pm

Quote from: wizkid32 on December 12, 2011, 09:35:05 pm
Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 12, 2011, 03:29:06 pm
Unfortunately they changed it in the modern Ghostbusters game... the firehouse has a Q-bert machine and a made-up shooter called "Moonstrosity X" (Moonstrosity being one of the many words I wish i had thought of first).

Is it playable in game?

Sadly, no. I think you can stand at it, and it makes a few noises. A missed opportunity for sure!

Surely a lot more people would have bought it with an extra bonus...

Gray_Area · « **Reply #47 on:** December 19, 2011, 12:22:40 am »

I found (had sort of forgotten) these in Never Say Never Again. Well, I didn't forget the 'holograph' game, I just wasn't sure whether it was this movie or Octopussy.

The arcade is funny, because not only are there probably forty of only two titles, the 'old folks' seem not sure what to do with them. I do vaguely remember this when I first saw the movie.

mike96sc2 · « **Reply #48 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:33:42 pm »

Nobody has mentioned the fake Doom II cab in Grosse Point Blank? It's in the gas station during the shootout. Some kid is playing with headphones on.

I would love to see some sort of front-end I could customize to add those games as playable arcade options.

Green Giant · « **Reply #49 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:39:15 pm »

There was a movie from the 80s that featured an arcade cab quite heavily.

A few of you might be familiar with this historic gem.

A few more can be found http://users.rcn.com/jenison/mars/vidmovies.html

Green Giant · « **Reply #50 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:47:17 pm »

Another one you old timers might recognize. I can't remember what movie it was used in though, any ideas?

yotsuya · « **Reply #51 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:12:11 pm »

Quote from: Gray_Area on December 19, 2011, 12:22:40 am

The arcade is funny, because not only are there probably forty of only two titles, the 'old folks' seem not sure what to do with them.

I think that's Donk's personal version of Hell!

chillinwater · « **Reply #52 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:37:44 pm »

Does this count?
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hologame_table

mgb · « **Reply #53 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:55:39 pm »

Quote from: Green Giant on December 19, 2011, 06:39:15 pm

There was a movie from the 80s that featured an arcade cab quite heavily.

A few of you might be familiar with this historic gem.

A few more can be found http://users.rcn.com/jenison/mars/vidmovies.html

Yes, the last starfighter was a great movie

vintagegamer · « **Reply #54 on:** December 20, 2011, 02:53:46 pm »

Quote from: mgb on October 18, 2011, 11:51:50 pm

And of course, I can't forget this one. Its Packrat (not Atari's Peter Packrat, just Packrat)

Love that ep.

vanrose72 · « **Reply #55 on:** December 20, 2011, 05:40:41 pm »

I was watching some old episodes of "The Incredible Hulk" (with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno) this week. I noticed that in the episode "Terror in Times Square," David Banner is working at Wizard's Arcade in New York City.

Because it was only 1978, all of the machines in the arcade are pinball machines. As far as I can tell, there are no video games to be found.

Several scenes show Banner collecting coins and repairing a pinball machine.

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #56 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:51:08 pm »

Quote from: Louis Tully on December 12, 2011, 11:10:41 am

I've watched this movie dozens of times and never noticed those games before.

It never ceases to amaze me how many things I continue to notice in this movie that I don't remember, even after having watched it easily over 30-40 times.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #57 on:** December 20, 2011, 08:19:52 pm »

Quote from: chillinwater on December 19, 2011, 08:37:44 pm

Does this count?
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hologame_table

Looks cool, but not really and arcade cab...

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #58 on:** December 20, 2011, 11:20:19 pm »

Just watched Green Lantern tonight (meh), and caught a Blitz 99 and I think a Super Puzzle Fighter in the background of a bar scene about half way through.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #59 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:44:05 pm »

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 20, 2011, 11:20:19 pm

Just watched Green Lantern tonight (meh), and caught a Blitz 99 and I think a Super Puzzle Fighter in the background of a bar scene about half way through.

Really? I missed that.

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #60 on:** December 21, 2011, 10:05:11 pm »

Quote from: wizkid32 on December 21, 2011, 05:44:05 pm

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 20, 2011, 11:20:19 pm
Just watched Green Lantern tonight (meh), and caught a Blitz 99 and I think a Super Puzzle Fighter in the background of a bar scene about half way through.

Really? I missed that.

Yeah, Puzzle fighter is iffy... it was always out of focus. But the Blitz was so prominent I think Midway should have paid for product placement, if it wasn't a decade old game!

Green Giant · « **Reply #61 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:57:30 am »

Quote from: pinballjim on December 22, 2011, 12:01:20 am

Midway should actually be paying the people that watched Green Lantern long enough to see their cabinet, IMO.

Why?

Have you all forgotten Hulk? Not the incredible one, just Hulk.

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #62 on:** December 22, 2011, 10:59:54 am »

Quote from: Green Giant on December 22, 2011, 10:57:30 am

Quote from: pinballjim on December 22, 2011, 12:01:20 am
Midway should actually be paying the people that watched Green Lantern long enough to see their cabinet, IMO.

Why?

Have you all forgotten Hulk? Not the incredible one, just Hulk.

Yeah, Green Lantern was pretty average... but I have no nostalgia for the character, so that my factor in. Some of the alien lantern designs were cool, but you only saw them briefly.

Ang Lee's Hulk? Agreed, what a waste of film.

DarthMarino · « **Reply #63 on:** December 22, 2011, 12:14:26 pm »

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 20, 2011, 11:20:19 pm

Just watched Green Lantern tonight (meh), and caught a Blitz 99 and I think a Super Puzzle Fighter in the background of a bar scene about half way through.

It was hard to make out even on the Blu-Ray but I believe that was Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #64 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:17:52 pm »

For some reason(s), anything after '90, even if it has 80s games in it, just doesn't seem to count to me.

wizkid32 · « **Reply #65 on:** December 23, 2011, 03:56:28 am »

Quote from: thefearsomefearful on December 22, 2011, 10:59:54 am

Quote from: Green Giant on December 22, 2011, 10:57:30 am
Quote from: pinballjim on December 22, 2011, 12:01:20 am
Midway should actually be paying the people that watched Green Lantern long enough to see their cabinet, IMO.

Why?

Have you all forgotten Hulk? Not the incredible one, just Hulk.

Yeah, Green Lantern was pretty average... but I have no nostalgia for the character, so that my factor in. Some of the alien lantern designs were cool, but you only saw them briefly.

Ang Lee's Hulk? Agreed, what a waste of film.

Yes. Sadly, neither was all that good.

Louis Tully · « **Reply #66 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:42:59 pm »

Gray_Area · « **Reply #67 on:** January 24, 2012, 12:06:24 am »

Watched Short Circuit the other night. Found this beauty.

BurgerKingDiamond · « **Reply #68 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:30:43 pm »

in The Wizard the kid plays Ninja Gaiden (NES) on a cocktail cabinet in some restaurant.

Green Giant · « **Reply #69 on:** January 24, 2012, 03:02:40 pm »

Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on January 24, 2012, 02:30:43 pm

in The Wizard the kid plays Ninja Gaiden (NES) on a cocktail cabinet in some restaurant.

First of all he is not just a kid, he IS the WIZARD.

Second, I just reread the synopsis of that movie on wikipedia.....messed up. The autistic kid's mom hires a guy to kidnap him from his half-brother while leaving the brother wherever he finds him. All I remember is that sweet power glove and super mario bros. 3.

vanrose72 · « **Reply #70 on:** January 25, 2012, 04:06:06 pm »

Quote from: Green Giant on January 24, 2012, 03:02:40 pm

All I remember is that sweet power glove and super mario bros. 3.

"I love the Power Glove! It's so bad!"

muttieb · « **Reply #71 on:** January 25, 2012, 06:36:46 pm »

In the tv show Alcatraz Jorge Garcia (lost's Hurley) is introduced playing an arcade game on a cocktail cabinet, can't see what game but there's a reference to needing to double up to get the high score...maybe galaga....or maybe just an empty cabinet?

JayB · « **Reply #72 on:** January 25, 2012, 07:13:43 pm »

Asteroids machine in John Carpenters The Thing

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #73 on:** January 26, 2012, 02:32:51 pm »

Quote from: muttieb on January 25, 2012, 06:36:46 pm

In the tv show Alcatraz Jorge Garcia (lost's Hurley) is introduced playing an arcade game on a cocktail cabinet, can't see what game but there's a reference to needing to double up to get the high score...maybe galaga....or maybe just an empty cabinet?

Though I haven't seen it, my guess is that it's probably Galaga since it appears to be a favorite game among some of JJ Abrahm's production folks:
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Galaga

Gray_Area · « **Reply #74 on:** January 27, 2012, 06:23:44 pm »

Quote from: Equinox on January 25, 2012, 07:13:43 pm

Asteroids machine in John Carpenters The Thing

Asteroids Deluxe.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #75 on:** April 23, 2012, 02:05:53 am »

Coming back to this: I'm watching Buckaroo Banzai. The Arcade At The Movies page says it's a Buckaroo Banzai cab. It's actually a Star Trek cab, as you can see by the side art. Next to it looks like it might be Do Run Run.

alfonzotan · « **Reply #76 on:** April 23, 2012, 07:54:35 am »

... and then there's this: Rush + Tempest = Utterly Awesome.

boardjunkie · « **Reply #77 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:41:20 pm »

Strange Brew....

boardjunkie · « **Reply #78 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:58:47 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 20, 2011, 11:28:34 am

There was an episode of Auction Hunters where they find a Ms Pac-man and the guy who buys it (though in reality he didn't) is Nathan Barnatt, aka Talking Classics' Keith Apicary.

Thats not even a real Ms Pac....its a Pacman or Galaxian conversion. Look at the edges from the marquee to the control panel. A ms pac/galaga style cab has a more straight angle coming down from the marquee. Pacs/galx have a gradual curve to them....just like the one in the video.

boardjunkie · « **Reply #79 on:** May 09, 2012, 07:06:44 pm »

Then there's the episode of News Radio where they get a Stargate for the office. They call it "Stargate Defender" for some reason....

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U9Rd4N6ZlH0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

alfonzotan · « **Reply #80 on:** May 12, 2012, 09:44:14 pm »

Nobody else has seen The Avengers yet?!? First movie appearance of MAME! (Well, maybe...)

"That guy is playing Galaga. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did..."

Rando · « **Reply #81 on:** May 14, 2012, 12:08:00 pm »

Quote from: alfonzotan on May 12, 2012, 09:44:14 pm

Nobody else has seen The Avengers yet?!? First movie appearance of MAME! (Well, maybe...)

"That guy is playing Galaga. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did..."

True!
Not a cab though, he's using one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors to play the game instead of watching for baddies or whatever.

alfonzotan · « **Reply #82 on:** May 14, 2012, 12:28:16 pm »

Quote from: Rando on May 14, 2012, 12:08:00 pm

Quote from: alfonzotan on May 12, 2012, 09:44:14 pm
Nobody else has seen The Avengers yet?!? First movie appearance of MAME! (Well, maybe...)

"That guy is playing Galaga. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did..."
True!
Not a cab though, he's using one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors to play the game instead of watching for baddies or whatever.

No, no, no... you didn't get it. The whole SHIELD carrier is ONE HUGE CABINET!!!!


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