Followed by
The King of Kong (2010)
References
"Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969)
- Scooby Doo ball
Patton (1970)
- Clip from one subject's self-produced video imitates the opening speech in Patton
Star Wars (1977)
- Several people refer to the film, including a drawing of Darth Vader
Adventure (1978) (VG)
- A person can been seen wearing a shirt with Yorgle, the yellow dragon, on it.
Space Invaders (1978) (VG)
- mentioned
Galaxian (1979) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Berzerk (1980) (VG)
- mentioned
Carnival (1980) (VG)
- mentioned
Defender (1980) (VG)
- Mentioned as one of the 5 top games of all time.
Missile Command (1980) (VG)
- mentioned
Galaga (1981) (VG)
- mentioned
Gorf (1981) (VG)
- mentioned
Dig Dug (1982) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Popeye (1982) (VG)
- Poster of the game can be seen at FunSpot
Rocky III (1982)
- Eye of the Tiger is played during Steve's training.
Congo Bongo (1983) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Crystal Castles (1983) (VG)
- Mark Alpiger is mentioned as the Champion of this game.
Donkey Kong 3 (1983) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Elevator Action (1983/I) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Food Fight (1984) (VG)
- Mark Alpiger wears a shirt of the game.
The Terminator (1984)
- "Vote for me if you want to live" on Ahnuld shirt is a reference to the "Come with me if you want to live" quote from this movie
The Empire Strikes Back (1985) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Commando (1986) (VG)
- one of the games in a highest score list
Metroid (1986) (VG)
- mentioned
Total Recall (1990)
- Robert Mruczek wears a capaign shirt that resembles the movie.
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)
- mentioned
"Invader ZIM" (2001)
- One of Steve's students: Sam Hynes, wears a Gir Shirt.
Doom³ (2004) (VG)
- Robert Mruczek wears a shirt of the game.
Referenced in
Four Christmases (2008)
- Steve Wiebe plays the video game Donkey Kong in both movies.
"Bones: The Gamer in the Grease (#5.9)" (2009)
- References to Punky Pong (a take off of Donky Kong) as well as a champion named Billy Gabel (a reference to Donky Kong champion Billy Mitchell)
Spud (2009)
- Spud talks about having almost beaten Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong score
Features
Pong (1972) (VG)
- Shown at the end of the video game montage end credits.
"Evening Magazine" (1976)
- clip
Asteroids (1979) (VG)
- The arcade is visible at FunSpot.
Centipede (1980) (VG)
- The arcade is mentioned and seen.
Pakkuman (1980) (VG)
- The arcade is mentioned and seen.
Donkey Kong (1981) (VG)
- Arcade version is seen often, considering it is the subject of the film.
Frogger (1981) (VG)
- The arcade is visible at FunSpot.
Ms. Pac-Man (1981) (VG)
- The arcade is mentioned and seen.
BurgerTime (1982) (VG)
- The arcade can be visible at FunSpot.
Donkey Kong Junior (1982) (VG)
- Steve's Donkey Arcade also includes this game.
Joust (1982) (VG)
- The arcade is viewable among the other arcades.
Pitfall! (1982) (VG)
- The game pak can be seen during the credits montage.
Robotron: 2084 (1982) (VG)
- arcade seen
Q*bert (1983/I) (VG)
- The arcade is mentioned and seen.
Star Wars (1983) (VG)
- The arcade is visible at FunSpot.
Mario Bros. (1983/I) (VG)
- The arcade is viewable among the other arcades.
Duck Hunt (1984) (VG)
- The arcade can be visible at FunSpot.
Marble Madness (1984) (VG)
- The arcade is mentioned and seen.
Paperboy (1984) (VG)
- The arcade can be visible at FunSpot.
Tetris (1985) (VG)
- The arcade can be visible at FunSpot.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) (VG)
- arcade seen
"The X Show" (1999)
- clip
Spoofs
Patton (1970)
- Speech in front of American flag about picking up women spoofs a speech in Patton
Spoofed in
"South Park: More Crap (#11.9)" (2007)
- Storyline loosely based on this documentary
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