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Revision as of 23:55, 3 May 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.
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] | |
Airheads | 1994-08-05 | Multiple characters in the film are seen playing Game Gears, with one security guard playing Aerial Assault.[3] | |
Rumble in the Bronx | 1995-01-21 | Game Gear[4] | |
Clockers | 1995-09-15 | Sega VR (prop)[5], Virtua Fighter[6] | |
Mallrats | 1995-10-20 | NHL All-Star Hockey and a Sega Saturn make an appearance in the film.[7] Allegedly, the film's producers originally wanted to use a Mega Drive and a 16-bit hockey game in said scenes, but Sega insisted that the film feature the company's newest technology, and a Saturn was used instead.[8] | |
Black Mask | 1996-11-09 | Virtua Fighter, Darius Gaiden, X-Men: Children of the Atom[7] | |
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy | 1997-03-26 | Goku Jr. is shown playing a video game console roughly similar to a Sega Saturn. | |
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997-05-02 | Scott asks Dr. Evil, “Hey, I can bring my Sega, right?”[9] | |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997-05-19 | The daughter of Ian Malcolm doesn't want to stay with his friend because "She doesn't even have Sega! She's such a troglodyte.", to which Ian responds, "Cruel, but good word use."[10] | |
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 | Protagonist Mimmo visits SegaWorld London, showing off various Sega arcade games and attractions. | |
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[6] | |
The Wash | 2001-11-16 | NBA 2K2[6][11] | |
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 | The film features numerous references to Sega, including:
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Ready Player One | 2018-03-11 | A futuristic motorcycle reminiscent of those from Akira features a large sticker of the Sega logo.[15] | |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | 2018-11-05 | Like the first film, Ralph Breaks the Internet continues to feature references to Sega, such as a cameo from Sonic the Hedgehog and the brief appearance of a Virtua Cop cabinet.[16] |
Television
Television show | Episode | Air date | Description | Screenshots |
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The Price is Right (United States) | 1977 | Sega-Vision[17] | ||
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 Pasopiard venue. | |
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[7] | |||
The Drew Carey Show | After Drew Carey's friend suggests Carey was stuck in bed the day prior because he bought a Sega Saturn, he instead responds, "No, I didn't get Sega, but there was a lot of scoring going on."[18] | |||
Neon Genesis Evangelion | Asuka owns and plays a Sega Saturn alongside a Sega-branded television set.[19] | |||
You’re Under Arrest | 199x-xx-xx | Saturn[7] | ||
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars | S05E25 | 1996-11-09 | In the episode "Butterflies of Light: A New Chapter On the Horizon", one of the Sailor Scouts plays a game heavily-reminiscent of Fighting Vipers.[20] | |
Seinfeld | "The Comeback" | 1997-01-30 | A number of American Mega Drive titles are seen in a video store.[21] | |
Connections3 | "A Special Place" | 1997-12-30 | Dennou Senki Net Merc is demonstrated as an example of new and evolving technology. | |
The Sopranos | "Bust Out" | 2000-03-19 | Flag to Flag[22] | |
South Park | "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" | 2000-04-05 | When Cartman discovers the Tooth Fairy is paying a premium price for his lost teeth, he and the boys seize the opportunity to make some cash - with Cartman's ultimate goal being to purchase a Dreamcast.[23] | |
My Wife and Kids | 2001 | Dreamcast[24][25] | ||
The Shield | "Pilot" | 2002-03-12 | Crazy Taxi[24] | |
Weeds | Madworld poster[26] | |||
The Inbetweeners | Virtua Tennis 2009[4] | |||
Regular Show | "Death Punchies" | 2010-09-27[27] | 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-creator J.G. Quintel was interviewed as saying that his family was the only one he knew growing up who owned a Master System.[28] Additionally, when the show makes official convention appearances, a Master System is often brought along as a prop frequently associated with the pair.[29] | |
Peep Show | "Chairman Mark" | 2012-12-23 | Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition[30] | |
Inferno Cop | 201x-xx-xx | A "Data Files" segment on Mecha Cop describes him as being constructed with the CPU of a used Sega Saturn. Additionally, a later episode mentions the Sega Dreamcast.[31] | ||
Dads | "Pilot" | 2013-09-17 | Sega Dreamcast[9] | |
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[32] | |
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.[33] |
Quiz show questions
Television show | Episode | Air date | Description | Screenshots |
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The Chase: Celebrity Special | Coronation Street Special (S10E04) | 2020 | Jack P. Shepherd (who plays David Platt in Coronation Street) is asked the question:
In the 1990s, which of these used the advertising slogan 'The more you play with it, the harder it gets'?
He (incorrectly) answers Twister, while the Chaser chooses Sega. This is referring to a specific advertisement in UK magazine comic Viz which made its rounds on the internet in the 2000s. This was a one-off comedic advert, not a nationwide advertising slogan. |
Publication | Issue | Release date | Description | Scans |
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Johnny Turbo | #43 | 1993-01 | Johnny Turbo and his partner Tony are pitted against villainous androids and monsters from a company called "FEKA" (a thinly veiled parody of SEGA), which misleads children into wasting their money on their CD add-on system (the Sega CD.) | File:EGM US 042.pdf |
Home Alone 3 | 1997-12-12 | Protagonist Alex Pruitt uses a number of small items and gadgets to defend his home from criminals; among these is a yellow Game Gear sporting black buttons[34] - an unreleased American prototype of the blue Sega Sports Game Gear.[35] While not appearing in the film itself, the Game Gear is shown on virtually all of Home Alone 3's promotional posters and flyers. |
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
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/shsm33/sega_game_gear_in_airheads/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://segabits.com/blog/2011/02/16/sega-in-the-media-game-gear-in-the-bronx/
- ↑ Sega VR
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.playernature.com/2021/04/video-games-in-movies.html
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://segabits.com/blog/2011/06/10/the-weekly-five-saturn-in-the-media/
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/page-8#post-935834
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://segabits.com/blog/2013/09/18/sega-in-the-media-foxs-dads-takes-the-dreamcast-hostage/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2011/10/27/sega-in-the-media-the-lost-world-jurassic-park-doesnt-have-sega/
- ↑ @SEGADCAesthetic on Twitter
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://segabits.com/blog/2012/06/06/disneys-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-hits-check-out-eggmans-cameo/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 http://segabits.com/blog/2012/10/09/spot-some-classic-sega-arcade-cabinets-in-the-latest-wreck-it-ralph-trailer/
- ↑ https://wreckitralph.fandom.com/wiki/Finish_Line
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojF802Xafoc
- ↑ @raphycuomoalone on Twitter
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/page-7#post-857155
- ↑ 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://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tooth_Fairy_Tats_2000
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4261
- ↑ https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2010/09/elusive-my-wife-and-kids-dreamcast.html
- ↑ http://segabits.com/blog/2010/08/24/madworld-poster-spotted-in-new-weeds-episode/
- ↑ https://regularshow.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Punchies
- ↑ https://www.destructoid.com/oooooohh-regular-shows-j-g-quintel-and-i-talk-games/
- ↑ http://segabits.com/blog/2012/07/12/mordecai-and-rigby-bring-their-master-system-to-comic-con/
- ↑ https://segabits.com/blog/2013/05/14/sega-in-the-media-parks-and-recreation-peeks-inside-andy-and-aprils-toolbox/
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/page-8#post-868889
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/game_gear/comments/r02q9w/on_the_promo_pictures_of_home_alone_3_you_can_see/
- ↑ @nvmusa on Twitter