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    Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    In Men in Black 2, the controller in the Jet Car is a Dualshock 2 - (But he says "Didn't your mama ever give you a gameboy" lol).

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    How about a Commodore 64 used as one of the deck computers in the first season of Red Dwarf.

    Music video, Where is the love by the Black Eyed Peas : PS2 controller used but the game onscreen is Postal 2.

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    The Psi-Scanner used in a Red Dwarf episode was an old joystick from the 8 bit days.

    In an episode of Babylon 5 when the stations computer crashes the the error screen is the guru meditation screen from the Amiga. Quiet apt in some ways as they used A4000 toasters to do the original graphics.

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    I've seen a poloroid flashlight used as part of a keyboard on a spaceship in some dodgy sci-fi film (might have been Dracula 3000, but I honestly can't remember). Recognised it as I had one.

    Or how about the numberpad from a Logitech Di-novo keyboard used to control the security system in the Las Vegas TV series.
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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    In heroes one scene featured the ps3. Neighbors a few months back featured a kid playing an original game boy (brick style), with no cartridge inserted!

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    A Gamecube controller was used in a Doctor Who christmas special a while back, as a mind control device (i forget these things) i think.

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    time splitters in shaun of the dead (unsure of which variant it was xbox/ps2) i think PS2!

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    ps2 pad used for playing ps2 shocker!
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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    There used to be that TA advert when they were controlling something with what looked like a Xbox 360 controller... odd.

    EDIT: sorry didn't read the link before

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    In Emmanuelle 2000, that dodgy soft porn sci fi series, they used a Saitek Cyborg Evo as a telepathic pleasure device controller, with some incredible results...



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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    NES joypad thing was used to control the statue of liberty in ghostbusters 2

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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    Star Trek Insurrection where Riker takes manual control of the Enterprise with a cheap looking joystick that pops up from a command console (IMDB says it's a modified Gravis Thunderbird PC joystick)


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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    Or how about the PS2 controller in MIB:2? dunno why that one stuck in my head...
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    Re: Games controllers in use in the movies and TV

    Quote Originally Posted by siu99spj View Post
    Or how about the PS2 controller in MIB:2? dunno why that one stuck in my head...
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