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Revision as of 19:43, 28 March 2022
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The following is a list of references to Sega in film, television, and print.
For references specific to Sonic the Hedgehog, see References to Sonic in film, television, and printed media.
Contents
Film
Film | Release date | Description | Screenshots |
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Carry On Spying | 1964-07-29 | A Diamond 3 Star slot machine is briefly seen in Hakim's Fun House. | |
Jaws | 1975-06-20 | Killer Shark is seen being played at a seaside arcade.[1] | |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991-07-01 | Protagonist John Conner plays After Burner in an arcade. | |
Surf Ninjas | 1993-08-20 | Game Gear[2] | |
Rumble in the Bronx | 1995-01-21 | Game Gear[3] | |
Clockers | 1995-09-15 | Sega VR (prop)[4], Virtua Fighter[5] | |
Mallrats | 1995-10-20 | NHL All-Star Hockey[6] | |
Black Mask | 1996-11-09 | Virtua Fighter, Darius Gaiden, X-Men: Children of the Atom[6] | |
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy | 1997-03-26 | ||
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997-05-19 | The daughter of character Ian Malcolm doesn't want to stay with his friend because she "doesn't have Sega."[7] | |
Home Alone 3 | 1997-12-12 | ||
The Replacement Killers | 1998-02-06 | An Altered Beast arcade cabinet can be seen, around the half-way point of the movie, during a scene where protagonists John Lee (Chow Yun-fat) and Meg Coburn (Mira Sorvino) are chased down in a video arcade, by Carlos (Danny Trejo) and Ryker (Til Schweiger) two skilled out-of-town replacement killers hired by Terence Wei (Kenneth Tsang), the antagonist of the movie. | |
Cucciolo | 1998-04-10 | Dennou Senki Net Merc is seen at SegaWorld London. | |
Josie and the Pussycats | 2001-04-11 | The movie features notable product placement for the games Space Channel 5 and the Dreamcast port of Crazy Taxi, as well as a Dreamcast Kiosk. | |
Baby Boy | 2001-06-27 | Ready 2 Rumble Boxing[5] | |
The Wash | 2001-11-16 | NBA 2K2[5] | |
Haker | 2002-09-27 | In the arcade hall, there are several machines from Sega such as Daytona USA and Crazy Taxi. | |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 | Around the half-way point of the movie, Will Ferrell's character Ricky Bobby plays and crashes his car in the arcade game NASCAR Arcade. He is then taunted on-screen by rival Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), whose success at NASCAR has allowed him to feature in video games. | |
Wreck-It Ralph | 2012-10-29 | ||
Ready Player One | 2018-03-11 | A futuristic motorcycle reminiscent of those from Akira features a large sticker of the Sega logo.[8] | |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | 2018-11-05 |
Television
Television show | Episode | Original air date | Description | Screenshots |
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The Price is Right (United States) | 1977 | Sega-Vision[9] | ||
Abunai Deka (あぶない刑事) | 32 | 1987-05-17 | At around the 8-minute mark, Shooting Master can be seen, followed by a scene in front of a branch(?) of Pasopiard. | |
MTV (commercial) | "In real life, you don't get another quarter." | A commercial for MTV's "Don't Drink and Drive" campaign, using footage of a player crashing their car in OutRun. | ||
The Drew Carey Show | Saturn, Dreamcast[6] | |||
Neon Genesis Evangelion | Asuka owns and plays a Sega Saturn alongside a Sega-branded television set.[10] | |||
You’re Under Arrest | 199x-xx-xx | Saturn[6] | ||
Seinfeld | "The Comeback" | 1997-01-30 | A number of American Mega Drive titles are seen in a video store.[11] | 100px |
Connections3 | "A Special Place" | 1997-12-30 | Dennou Senki Net Merc is seen at SegaWorld London. | |
The Sopranos | "Bust Out" | 2000-03-19 | Flag to Flag[12] | |
South Park | "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" | 2000-04-05 | ||
Weeds | Madworld poster[3] | |||
The Inbetweeners | Virtua Tennis 2009[3] | |||
Regular Show | "Death Punchies" | 2010-09-27[13] | Protagonists Mordecai and Rigby own a Sega Master System which they play regularly. Other than being mirrored horizontally, its appearance is incredibly faithful to its real-life counterpart. Series co-created J.G. Quintel was interviewed as saying that his was the only family he knew growing up who owned a Master System.[14] | |
Peep Show | "Chairman Mark" | 2012-12-23 | Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition[15] | |
The Goldbergs (season 1) | 21 The Age of Darkness | 2014-04-29 | Adam F. Goldberg the protagonist of the series (played in the series by American actor and voice actor Sean Giambrone), can be seen playing Zaxxon at an arcade. | |
Assassination Classroom (Season 2) | 1 | 2016-01-07 | Karma Akabane threatens to expose the Summer Festival worker for ripping people off if he doesn't give him the game console, which is the biggest prize. The game console itself is a Wii-like device that has Sega Saturn aesthetics, called the GAES Jupiter. | |
Narcos | "Cambalache" | 2016-09-02 | Streets of Rage[16] | |
Shell advert | "Mfon's Driving Change" | 2020 | A Sega Master System II is implied as one of the inspirations behind Mfon's passion for engineering, and a reason he began working for Shell.[17] |
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/03/jaws-movie-brought-video-games-films-together
- ↑ https://www.technobuffalo.com/memorable-movie-tech-surf-ninjas-and-the-prophetic-sega-game-gear
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://segabits.com/blog/2011/02/16/sega-in-the-media-game-gear-in-the-bronx/
- ↑ Sega VR
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.playernature.com/2021/04/video-games-in-movies.html
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://segabits.com/blog/2011/06/10/the-weekly-five-saturn-in-the-media/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2011/10/27/sega-in-the-media-the-lost-world-jurassic-park-doesnt-have-sega/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2017/07/26/sega-in-the-media-ready-player-one-slaps-a-sega-sticker-on-a-futuristic-bike/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2014/10/09/sega-in-the-media-the-price-is-right-for-a-sega-vision-in-1977/
- ↑ @raphycuomoalone on Twitter
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2016/02/26/sega-in-the-media-seinfelds-the-comeback-has-a-great-selection-of-genesis-games-at-champagne-video/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2014/05/21/sega-in-the-media-dont-you-got-school-tomorrow-tony-soprano-wants-you-to-turn-off-the-sega-dreamcast/#more-37645
- ↑ https://regularshow.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Punchies
- ↑ https://www.destructoid.com/oooooohh-regular-shows-j-g-quintel-and-i-talk-games/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2013/05/14/sega-in-the-media-parks-and-recreation-peeks-inside-andy-and-aprils-toolbox/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2016/09/06/sega-in-the-media-pablo-escobar-plays-streets-of-rage-on-narcos/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3CkW8qGz8