The Skywalk is Gone (2002) opens with the protag watching an ad for Dungeon Siege.
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not to fall into the brand worship trap but i love the konica logo
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oh tar of course
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two player nes tetris in james brown vs michael jackson
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Koyaanisqatsi
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Tsai Ming Liang’s muse Lee Kang-Sheng directed the 2003 film The Missing where he plays Dynasty Warriors 4 and sucks the viewer into his perspective through the reflection of the CRT in his iris.
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there’s lots of scenes of them playing dynasty warriors in the oc too
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Beethoven (1992)
“That leaf’s mine!”
“I get the next one!”
“Okay, fine. Get that question block!”
god, I thought it was so cool seeing Super Mario Fucking Bros. 3 in a gd movie, but this may have also been a formative moment for me in understanding something about how movies were made by people because I knew this scene was impossible
EDIT: I never knew that John Hughes co-wrote Beethoven, but damn, that sure makes sense
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SMB3 is also in 3 Ninjas, where Tum Tum goes from world 3 to world 7 (or something) in like a 10 second cut right before the surfer dudes invade their home
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I wonder what actual video game has appeared in the most movies. For home console games, Super Mario Bros. 3 has gotta be up there.
How much of that was active product placement from Nintendo (the Wizard obv was), and how much was family films trynna be cool? Probably mostly the former but ???
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and Mario has a cameo in 3 Ninjas Kick Back… 
John Connor playing Missile Command
and After Burner in T2
Hurt Locker takes place in 2004, XBox 360 didn’t come out til 2005…
and
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watched Rye Lane (cute), Ghost of Tsushima I think?
Virtuality’s Dactyl Nightmare (great name) in First Kid
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Just occurred to me a more obvious answer to this would be Tsai’s own feature film debut Rebels Of The Neon God where the plot involves a gay couple stealing a PCB of Street Fighter 2.
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Security guard playing Dr. Mario on Game Boy (identifiable only by audio) in Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
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In the Christmas episode of season 2 of Home Improvement, Randy and Brad start skimming profits off the charity collection drive, motivated by their desire to “buy Barbarian 2 for Game Boy.” When Tim sees the box on the counter he is excited because he also wanted it.
Surprise: there ain’t no Barbarian 2 for Game Boy!
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