Justin Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 What movies do you associate most with Atari? For me it's the obvious. Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Cloak & Dagger, Krull, and The Last Starfighter. Of course there's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Batman Returns on Lynx. But most of all, it will always be Superman. How about you? What movies remind you most of fond memories of Atari? MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 Bladerunner Atari Creep, MaximumRD and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, RickR said: Bladerunner That's a great one! Atari Industrial Designer Regan Cheng has always cited Blade Runner and Syd Mead's work on Blade Runner in particular as a big influence on Atari's product design. And who can forget seeing the Atari Fuji pop up in Blade Runner? Hard to believe that's supposed to be this year. RickR, Atari Creep and MaximumRD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 🤔😉🍻 Justin 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 The standards that you listed & now Ready Player One. 😀 Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) TRON. Video games gave us TRON, and TRON gave us more games. And Wall*E. Edited April 24, 2019 by kamakazi20012 TrekMD, Justin and StormSurge 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Wall*E had an Atari 2600 show up too! RickR and MaximumRD 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 1:24 AM, MaximumRD said: 🤔😉🍻 I 2nd this one!!!! Justin and MaximumRD 2 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Another movie I always associate with Atari, although indirectly, is Poltergeist. There's an Atari 2600 on top of the TV set that Carol Anne is drawn to. Also Poltergeist feels so connected to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, it's almost as if they exist in the same universe. For me, anything to do with E.T. has always been a reminder of Atari. They were both filmed around the same time, in the same area featuring similar houses, and both were Spielberg films. Poltergeist was directed by Tobe Hooper, but it's long been thought that Spielberg "directed Poltergeist through Tobe Hooper". A clause in his contract with Universal Studios prevented Spielberg from directing any other film while preparing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Time and Newsweek tagged the summer of 1982 "The Spielberg Summer" because E.T. and Poltergeist were released a week apart in June. Suggestions that Spielberg had greater directorial influence than the credits suggest were aided by his comments: "Tobe isn't ... a take-charge sort of guy. If a question was asked and an answer wasn't immediately forthcoming, I'd jump in and say what we could do. Tobe would nod agreement, and that became the process of collaboration." The Directors Guild of America "opened an investigation into the question of whether or not Hooper's official credit was being denigrated by statements Spielberg has made, apparently claiming authorship." Co-producer Frank Marshall told the Los Angeles Times that "the creative force of the movie was Steven. Tobe was the director and was on the set every day. But Steven did the design for every storyboard and he was on the set every day except for three days when he was in Hawaii with Lucas." RickR and TrekMD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 How about TV shows? As a 7800 owner, I noticed the 7800 being played in My Two Dads and being sold in a store in Parker Lewis Can't Lose. As far as movies go, growing up it would have to be Krull. I owned the game before I knew the film existed. Nowadays I'd go with Cloak & Dagger. It's basically the Atari version of The Wizard. Atari Creep and Justin 1 1 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Forgot I made this back in 2017!!! TrekMD and Justin 2 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) I have a compilation list on my site of all the known appearances of Atari VCS (and compatible) consoles and games. Any I'm missing? http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html Edited January 28, 2020 by Scott Stilphen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 What, no mention of Futurama or the Simpsons ?!? The Simpsons - Homer goes to college; when Homer enters the room of his comrades, they say "Intruder alert, intruder alert!"; when he later leaves the room they say "Humanoid must not escape" - this is the sampled speech of Atari's 8Bit computer version of Berzerk (not officially released, but available as a prototype cart and as file versions); hopefully these speech gags are not only in the german synchronization: "Eindringlingsalarm! Eindringlingsalarm!" and "Der Humanoid darf nicht entkommen!"... Futurama - Anthology of Interest part 2; Fry wants to know "what if life were a videogame?"; suddenly Space Invaders are attacking planet earth, Fry enters the MilAtari headquarters, a pacman maze, and much much more... Police Quest and Police Quest 2 with Chackie Chan, you see an Atari 800 computer. Also some imdb entries: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=atari The Atari Times (down for maintenance!) page 1: http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=70 The Atari Times (down for maintenance!) page 2: http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 So I was watching a cheesy horror flick Monster Shark (1984), hey it's the Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed version so that's my excuse 😉 when about 10 minutes in I spot a character playing, or pretending to play an Atari 2600 game. Pretty sure it's Activision SeaQuest. Anyways, just thought that was cool, I know there were obvious and well known examples of 2600 games appearing in shows/movies but this one caught me off guard and I thought might be more obscure. 🕹🎬🎥🎞 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 I would say Tron, because I heard that the 1982 movie was created with the help of Atari 8-bit computers. That would be a feat, though, considering how big the render farm would have to be. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 And it sure seems like 2600 Pac Man and Donkey Kong sounds are used as standard video game sound effects on many TV shows. Even if the actors are playing a handheld or more modern system, they still use those sound effects! Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, RickR said: And it sure seems like 2600 Pac Man and Donkey Kong sounds are used as standard video game sound effects on many TV shows. Even if the actors are playing a handheld or more modern system, they still use those sound effects! I have heard that on different TV shows, including cartoons. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, BlackCatz40 said: I have heard that on different TV shows, including cartoons. I've been hearing these sounds used a lot lately on the SiriusXM channel '80s on 8, along with BurgerTime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Here's an ad for a local casino. Hear anything familiar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 LOL Yes. Donkey Kong! Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, RickR said: And it sure seems like 2600 Pac Man and Donkey Kong sounds are used as standard video game sound effects on many TV shows. Even if the actors are playing a handheld or more modern system, they still use those sound effects! I know I heard it a few times I think on Family Matters and/or one of the later Cosby Show episodes. I distinctly remember seeing them holding an NES controller but hearing 2600 Pac-Man in the background. There's no mistaking the sounds of 2600 Pac-Man. Or 2600 Donkey Kong either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 On 4/25/2019 at 5:23 PM, TrekMD said: Wall*E had an Atari 2600 show up too! You know...that makes perfect sense. A world where everything we knew stops existing. No internet, no digital games, which means if any modern consoles are found they are not going to want to work because they depend so much on an internet connection, mostly to verify ownership or rights to use the games they hold. With a 2600, if you can find everything you need the damn thing may still work. The 2600 is like the cockroach of Atari...it's built like a tank and would most likely survive most extreme catastrophic events. I've seen some 2600s in the wild decades ago that should not have worked but the things fired right up. But...8,000 points?!? I know who NOT to play against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 14 hours ago, MaximumRD said: So I was watching a cheesy horror flick Monster Shark (1984), hey it's the Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed version so that's my excuse 😉 when about 10 minutes in I spot a character playing, or pretending to play an Atari 2600 game. Pretty sure it's Activision SeaQuest. Anyways, just thought that was cool, I know there were obvious and well known examples of 2600 games appearing in shows/movies but this one caught me off guard and I thought might be more obscure. 🕹🎬🎥🎞 It looks like Seaquest to me. It is definitely an ActiVision game. That's for sure. MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 That does look like Seaquest to me as well. MaximumRD 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 4 hours ago, BlackCatz40 said: It looks like Seaquest to me. It is definitely an ActiVision game. That's for sure. That's Seaquest. And I just now noticed the "Vader" unit on the right of the girl. I also wonder what tape she's suppose to be listening to in that cassette player? I should have a cassette player close to that here somewhere I repaired. Was the environment suppose to be a repair shop, science lab, or Radio Shack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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