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* In ''VideoGame/WaynesWorldGrayMatter'', Wayne and Garth list the week's worst games at Noah's arcade: ''Regarding Henry: the Video Game'', ''Bick's World of Goop'', ''Adventures of the Potato People: Where's Our Stuff?'', ''Toxic Timmy the Nuclear Knob'', ''Sputnik the Bowl Weevil'', ''Gord's Funtime Checkers'', ''Supersonic the Lyme Tick'', ''Toxic Timmy 2: I'll Waste You All!'', ''Slob and Goober'', and ''Zantar the Gelatinous Cube'' from the film, only Garth mentions saving medieval villagers instead of eating them. Zantar [[TheGameComeToLife comes to life]] from inside the machine and traps Wayne and Garth inside a [[TrappedInTVLand video game reality]], based on Kramer's Music Store, Stan Mikita's Donut Shop, the Gasworks nightclub, and Suburbia. In the video game reality, there are many arcade cabinets. Zantar's purple tentacle captures Garth, keeping him imprisoned within the gelatinous cube form until freed by Wayne. Recounting the incident on the show, Wayne suspects Zantar was keeping them from winning the game ''Zantar'' and pursuing their geo-political goals of world peace and a stabilized international currency market. Garth warns the audience to be careful the next time they are at the arcade, as they too could become trapped inside of a game.
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* In ''VideoGame/WaynesWorldGrayMatter'', Wayne and Garth list the week's worst games at Noah's arcade: ''Regarding Henry: the Video Game'', ''Bick's World of Goop'', ''Adventures of the Potato People: Where's Our Stuff?'', ''Toxic Timmy the Nuclear Knob'', ''Sputnik the Bowl Weevil'', ''Gord's Funtime Checkers'', ''Supersonic the Lyme Tick'', ''Toxic Timmy 2: I'll Waste You All!'', ''Slob and Goober'', and ''Zantar the Gelatinous Cube'' from the film, only Garth mentions saving medieval villagers instead of eating them. Zantar [[TheGameComeToLife comes to life]] from inside the machine and traps Wayne and Garth inside a [[TrappedInTVLand video game reality]], based on Kramer's Music Store, Stan Mikita's Donut Shop, the Gasworks nightclub, and Suburbia. In the video game reality, there are many arcade cabinets. Zantar's purple tentacle captures Garth, keeping him imprisoned within the gelatinous cube form until freed by Wayne. Recounting the incident on the show, Wayne suspects Zantar was keeping them from winning the game ''Zantar'' and pursuing their geo-political goals of world peace and a stabilized international currency market. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Garth warns the audience to be careful the next time they are at the arcade, as they too could become trapped inside of a game.game]].
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* ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies]]'' is an {{UnInstallment}} mentioned in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' (VGA remake), ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'', ''The Laffer Utilities'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'', ''Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sale Mobile'', ''Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'', ''Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers'', books ''The Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry'' and ''Leisure Suit Larry's Bedside Companion''. Found as a folder in some collections.
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* ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies]]'' is an {{UnInstallment}} mentioned in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' (VGA remake), ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'', ''The Laffer Utilities'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'', ''Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sale Mobile'', ''Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'', ''Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'' (whose BadFuture plot is set in motion by Vohaul taking over the Time Rippers'', Xenon Supercomputer as a TrojanHorse on a MagicFloppyDisk copy of the game), books ''The Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry'' and ''Leisure Suit Larry's Bedside Companion''. Found as a folder in some collections.
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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has the SHMUP "Pure White Giant Glastonbury" game, and the sequel has "Bizzare Jelly 5", both of which you can play on Travis' TV. The spin-off ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' is centered around Travis and [[TheRival Badman]]'s journey to clear six games for the Death Drive Mk.II. (a predecessor to the Death Drive 128 from the aforementioned ''Let It Die''), a console with left-handed gloves for controllers, games published on spherical cartridges, and rumored side effects that sound like ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''... We hope... {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed: [[http://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php Good luck!]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''... We hope... {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed: [[http://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php Good luck!]]
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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has the SHMUP "Pure White Giant Glastonbury" game, and the sequel has "Bizzare Jelly 5", both of which you can play on Travis' TV. The spin-off ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' is centered around Travis and [[TheRival Badman]]'s journey to clear six games for the Death Drive Mk.II. (a predecessor to the Death Drive 128 from the aforementioned ''Let It Die''), a console with left-handed gloves for controllers, games published on spherical cartridges, and rumored side effects that sound like ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''.
''Myth/{{Polybius}}''.
*''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''...''Myth/{{Polybius}}''... We hope... {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed: [[http://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php Good luck!]]
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* In ''An Aspie Life'', ''Shoot Man'' is found at the arcade, and an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] style console plays games like ''CR Drive''.
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* The ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' store [[http://fc3blooddragon.us.ubi.com/shop.php sells]] a non-existent version of the game on floppy disk for the [[UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Commodore 64/128]].
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* The ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' store [[http://fc3blooddragon.us.ubi.com/shop.php sells]] a non-existent version of the game on floppy disk for the [[UsefulNotes/Commodore64 [[Platform/Commodore64 Commodore 64/128]].
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* In ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', there are the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games ''Adventurous The Cat Returns'', the sequel to ''Adventurous The Cat'', JRPG ''Journey of Crystal'', the sequel to ''Secret of Time Crystal'', and the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' style space shooter ''Super Spitfire'', by CMP. The [[http://fullbright.company/2013/08/22/guest-star-snes-carts/ Fullbright]] website provides some details.
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* In ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', there are the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games ''Adventurous The Cat Returns'', the sequel to ''Adventurous The Cat'', JRPG ''Journey of Crystal'', the sequel to ''Secret of Time Crystal'', and the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' style space shooter ''Super Spitfire'', by CMP. The [[http://fullbright.company/2013/08/22/guest-star-snes-carts/ Fullbright]] website provides some details.
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** The [=EXsorbeo=] is a UsefulNotes/GameBoy style handheld, with [=Brown EXsorbeo SImulator=], [=Pink EXsorbeo Vibrate=], and [=Yellow EXsorbeo=] variants. Games include ''Free the Hostages'', ''Morning Missile Crisis'', ''Mortal Sin'', ''One Eyed Monster War'' ({{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed on the [[http://www.exsorbeo.com EXsorbeo site]]), ''Pocket Pool'', ''Squirt'', ''Tonsil Hockey'', and ''ZIF''.
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** The [=EXsorbeo=] is a UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy style handheld, with [=Brown EXsorbeo SImulator=], [=Pink EXsorbeo Vibrate=], and [=Yellow EXsorbeo=] variants. Games include ''Free the Hostages'', ''Morning Missile Crisis'', ''Mortal Sin'', ''One Eyed Monster War'' ({{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed on the [[http://www.exsorbeo.com EXsorbeo site]]), ''Pocket Pool'', ''Squirt'', ''Tonsil Hockey'', and ''ZIF''.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Gunslugs}}'', there is a ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' clone arcade game next to two broken arcade machines, and a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' clone played on a large UsefulNotes/GameBoy-shaped Game Gadget console.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Gunslugs}}'', there is a ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' clone arcade game next to two broken arcade machines, and a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' clone played on a large UsefulNotes/GameBoy-shaped Platform/GameBoy-shaped Game Gadget console.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren 2]]'', there is ''Kunitoris'', or [[CountryMatters Country Tetris]], a 1982 strategy puzzle game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] from overseas manufacturer 3G MANIAX. The game console had a great 3D graphics chip but a poor sound chip, leading to its demise. Several games are sought after by collectors.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren 2]]'', ''VideoGame/Siren2'', there is ''Kunitoris'', or [[CountryMatters Country Tetris]], a 1982 strategy puzzle game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] from overseas manufacturer 3G MANIAX. The game console had a great 3D graphics chip but a poor sound chip, leading to its demise. Several games are sought after by collectors.
* In''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', ''VideoGame/SirenBloodCurse'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''Tsuchinoko'', ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
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* In ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'', GamerGirl Mio is first met playing a retro game.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends2'' has the game ''Franchise/ResidentEvil [[LongRunners 43]]''. Keep in mind the series was only on its third instalment at best at this point.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', there is ''Bonestorm II''.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', there is ''Bonestorm II''. Level 1 has Homer assisting Marge in intercepting a van carrying copies of the game, causing the events of level 2 in which Bart attempts to track a copy of the game for himself.
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* In ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'', during the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' Event, reference is made to [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Fix-It Felix]] [[VideoGame/MarioParty Fiesta]].
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** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', the Galaxy Galleria's Software Excess has such bargain bin gems as [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Checkerboard Construction Set'' (mentioning ''Tic-Tac-Toe Construction Set'') and ''Cluck Egger's Advanced Chicken Simulator'', Enemaware's ''It Came For Dessert'' (mentioning ''Defender of the Crown Rib Roast''), Roberta Williams III's ''King's Quest XXXXVIII - Quest for Disk Space'', Morrie Brianarty's ''Boom'', Broaderbuns' ''Where In The World Is Hymie Lipschitz? (And Who Really Cares)'', and Max This! Software's ''Sim Sim''. Two DummiedOut games include Sahara Off-Ramp's ''Dacron Danny Does Dirty Deeds in the Dark Wearing Drip-dry Duds'', and ''Stunt Flyer'' by Creator/{{Sierra}}. Buckazoid Bill's Arcade and Sushi Bar has ''Ms. Astro Chicken: Flight of the Pullet'' (sequel to ''Astro Chicken'' from Space Quest III), and arcade games ''Cap'n Zappo'', ''Ghetto Blaster'', ''Slime Flyer'', ''Dweeb Hunter'', ''Choke and Croak'' and ''Monaco Princess Stunt Drivin'''. Roger remembers playing ''Blazin' Paddles'' as a youth. The Timepod can access ''Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros'', ''Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II'', and mentions ''Space Quest XIV''. The Xenon Supercomputer has ''Leisure Suit Larry 4'' and ''King's Quest XLVIII'' already installed.
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** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', the Galaxy Galleria's Software Excess has such bargain bin gems as [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Checkerboard Construction Set'' (mentioning ''Tic-Tac-Toe ''TabletopGame/TicTacToe Construction Set'') and ''Cluck Egger's Advanced Chicken Simulator'', Enemaware's ''It Came For Dessert'' (mentioning ''Defender of the Crown Rib Roast''), Roberta Williams III's ''King's Quest XXXXVIII - Quest for Disk Space'', Morrie Brianarty's ''Boom'', Broaderbuns' ''Where In The World Is Hymie Lipschitz? (And Who Really Cares)'', and Max This! Software's ''Sim Sim''. Two DummiedOut games include Sahara Off-Ramp's ''Dacron Danny Does Dirty Deeds in the Dark Wearing Drip-dry Duds'', and ''Stunt Flyer'' by Creator/{{Sierra}}. Buckazoid Bill's Arcade and Sushi Bar has ''Ms. Astro Chicken: Flight of the Pullet'' (sequel to ''Astro Chicken'' from Space Quest III), and arcade games ''Cap'n Zappo'', ''Ghetto Blaster'', ''Slime Flyer'', ''Dweeb Hunter'', ''Choke and Croak'' and ''Monaco Princess Stunt Drivin'''. Roger remembers playing ''Blazin' Paddles'' as a youth. The Timepod can access ''Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros'', ''Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II'', and mentions ''Space Quest XIV''. The Xenon Supercomputer has ''Leisure Suit Larry 4'' and ''King's Quest XLVIII'' already installed.
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* One of the bios of ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Completing the Mission]]'' mentions a game called ''Between Us 2''. ''VideoGame/AmongUs 2'' had been announced before the release of ''The Henry Stickmin Collection'' but was cancelled after its release following the explosion of popularity ''Among Us'' received, resulting in Innersloth cancelling its planned sequel to refocus its efforts on the game.
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* The ''Nintari'' game system on ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'' has a ''Super Mario Bros'' clone called ''Monster Squad'' Willy practices on for the national Nintari competition/Nintari championship. The Sega CD version has the Nintari game system's playable ''Monster Squad'' game subtitled ''Super Space K'Noidtrix'', combining elements of ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}}''. There's also the ''Game Buddy'' handheld game system.
* In ''VideoGame/TheAmazingFrog'', there is the arcade game ''Get to the Blimp!''
* In ''[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Amazing Katamari Damacy]]'', there is a ''Phoenix'' arcade cabinet.
* In ''An Aspie Life'', ''Shoot Man'' is found at the arcade, and an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] style console plays games like ''CR Drive''.
* In the [=GameCube=] version of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', which included real NES games, the mayor, Tortimer, would give players the fictional NES game ''Super Tortimer'' as a present on April Fool's Day. Unfortunately, it can't be played; attempting to only results in a message that says it's an April Fool's Day joke.
* In ''VideoGame/AzurLane'', the Lunar New Year/Spring Festival story "[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNAZwZ_6cjvb5BhuD_ngMr_S_IrOy0mxQ Fu Shun's Great Adventure]]" introduces a handheld game system where the objective is to defeat the Nian Beast. Fu Shun discovers the game while cleaning an old warehouse, and discovers the game once belonged to An Shan.
* In ''VideoGame/BackyardHockey 2005'', there is ''Evil Beaver''.
* The NES-esque ''Tranoid,'' from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4ykSzPo4Rc the song of the same name]] in ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}}'' IIDX 14. [[note]]The stage seen in the video mirrors the song's Normal-level chart. Turn your monitor to the left and play along![[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/BitcoinBillionaire'', the [[PlayerCharacter player]] can own an arcade cabinet that accepts bitcoins, or a ''[[Franchise/StarWars War Stars]]'' arcade machine. The ticker mentions ''Frogger Kong''. The video game industry achievements mention a ''Cheesy Superhero Game'', ''Gritty FPS'', ''Italian Plumbing Sim'', ''Grand Theft Vehicle'', ''War of Worldcraft'', and a video game franchise from EAA combining elements of an FPS with microtransactions, starring Lana Craft and Dunk Nukem. There is an eSports industry, formerly played by eSports celebrity watc4d0gg, a VR industry, and a Social Network industry with a ''[[VideoGame/FarmVille Farmcity]]'' social game.
* The Townies clique in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' talk about this great game "[[LampshadeHanging where you kill people and take their stuff.]] What's it called again?" [[spoiler: ''Grottos & Goblins'']]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Cibele}}'', there is the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' expy ''Valtameri'', a fantasy MMORPG.
* In ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'', GamerGirl Mio is first met playing a retro game.
* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', there is ''Disterra: Minute Of Blackness''.
* ''VideoGame/Doom3:''
** There is ''Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3'' by Nabcon, with graphics based on ''Ultimate Doom'''s graphics, and interface and logos based on Capcom and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]''. One of UAC Research Team Leader Andrew Chin's e-mails mention Uanet's ''[=DracoWyzard=]'', an online RPG available for 29 credits per month, featuring a quest for the Chalice of Sanguine Drak in the lands of Nozgath, fighting legions of Wyldwulves, Berserkotrolls, and the evil Vloxomire.
** ''Resurrection of Evil'' has ''Sarge's Big Game Hunt'', another arcade game by Nabcon.
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' includes a different version of the arcade game ''Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3''.
* ''The World'' from the ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//]]'' franchise. (Yes, it's a videogame, where you play as a character playing a fictional videogame. {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed, possibly, but certainly a hint meta and loving it.)
* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'':
** In ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'', the player can find a "Balls of Steel" pinball machine, but can't actually play it. Later {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed as one of the tables in the ''VideoGame/BallsOfSteel'' collection.
** "Balls of Steel" returns in ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' as a fully-playable game-within-a-game, though it's not related to the "Duke Nukem" table in ''VideoGame/BallsOfSteel''.
* In ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', the line "Have you played ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV''? I'm still having trouble with ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''" was changed to reference ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 7''.
* ''VideoGame/EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard'' is [[RetroactiveLegacy supposedly the latest incarnation]] of an entire fictional video game franchise. The followup, ''Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond'', continues making reference to the franchise.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', pinball machines can be found with the visible words "White Star" in the title, a possible reference to the [=WhiteStar Board System=] by Sega Pinball and Stern Pinball.
* The ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' store [[http://fc3blooddragon.us.ubi.com/shop.php sells]] a non-existent version of the game on floppy disk for the [[UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Commodore 64/128]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', there are the games ''3D Battler'', ''G-Bike'', ''Snowboarding Simulator'' and ''Submarine Simulator''.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', there's ''Justice Monsters Five'', a rather engaging video pinball game. {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed as a MobilePhoneGame.
* The premise of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' is that the game you're playing is a VR game developed by Fazbear Entertainment as a way to cash in on their unpleasant reputation, and you're a beta tester. One of the hidden tapes you find scattered throughout the game implies that [[spoiler:all the previous games might also fit this trope in-universe.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters2003'', there is the ''Soviet Armed Forces Network'' (SAFN).
* The core plot of ''VideoGame/Gamer2'' involves Hailey being trapped in a virtual-reality machine.
* In ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', there are the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games ''Adventurous The Cat Returns'', the sequel to ''Adventurous The Cat'', JRPG ''Journey of Crystal'', the sequel to ''Secret of Time Crystal'', and the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' style space shooter ''Super Spitfire'', by CMP. The [[http://fullbright.company/2013/08/22/guest-star-snes-carts/ Fullbright]] website provides some details.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has ads for ''Pogo the Monkey'', the best Spring and Simian game since ''Bouncing Bananas''. Referenced by a ''Pogo the Monkey'' arcade machine in the cab firm in ''Vice City''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' has Radio/GTARadio station commercials for the Degenatron game system, which features such titles as ''Defender of the Faith,'' "[[PacManFever Where you save the green dots with your fantastic flying red square!]]," ''Monkey's Paradise'', and ''Penetrator''. The Rockstar Games site used to have a promotional page with defictionalized versions of these games, but it has since been deleted. However, these games can nowadays be played on arcade machines in GTA Online.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', there are playable arcade games, including ''Duality'', based on ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', ''Go Go Space Monkey'', ''Let's Get Ready to Bumble'', aka ''Bee Bee Gone'', and ''They Crawled from Uranus'', based on ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}''.
** The ''Space Monkey'' series continues with ''Space Monkey 3D'' and ''Space Monkey 7''.
** The [=EXsorbeo=] is a UsefulNotes/GameBoy style handheld, with [=Brown EXsorbeo SImulator=], [=Pink EXsorbeo Vibrate=], and [=Yellow EXsorbeo=] variants. Games include ''Free the Hostages'', ''Morning Missile Crisis'', ''Mortal Sin'', ''One Eyed Monster War'' ({{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed on the [[http://www.exsorbeo.com EXsorbeo site]]), ''Pocket Pool'', ''Squirt'', ''Tonsil Hockey'', and ''ZIF''.
** The [=EXsorbeo 720=] is the latest generation [=EXsorbeo=] console, featuring first person shooters like ''Pride not Prejudice'', and ''Righteous Slaughter 7: The Art of Contemporary Killing'', released only three months after ''Righteous Slaughter 6''.
** ''[=QUB3D=]'' is an arcade puzzle game appearing in the HD continuity.
** In ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', ''Don't Cross the Line'' is an arcade game based on ''Snake''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gunslugs}}'', there is a ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' clone arcade game next to two broken arcade machines, and a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' clone played on a large UsefulNotes/GameBoy-shaped Game Gadget console.
* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' features several of these, with the most prominent being ''[[{{Phonymon}} SquisherZ]]'', a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' equivalent made for the "[=GameChamp Portable=]". Others include ''Kataklysm: Microtrooper'' (a ToyTime-themed first-person shooter, similar in scale and reception to ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''), ''C.H.O.S.E.N. Anointed: No Fear, No Limitz'' (a religion-themed clone of the previous game), and a 1974 arcade prototype called ''ROTOR'' (which used magnetic tapes for its in-game music, composed by in-universe band Klyfta).
* In ''VideoGame/IndustryGiant'', there is the Game Girl handheld console.
* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'': One of the Conduits turns out to be Eugene, a computer nerd with Video-based powers who uses them to bring to life monsters from ''Heaven's Hellfire'', his favorite fantasy MMORPG.
* In ''VideoGame/KidChameleon'', there is the ''[=WildSide=]'' VR holographic arcade game.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' has ''Verum Rex'', a game that exists in the [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy Box]] world, and provides a mini-game that can be played after visiting the Video Game store in that particular location. ''Verum Rex'' itself serves as a deliberate MythologyGag on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' (formerly known as ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'') which Creator/TetsuyaNomura had worked on concurrently alongside ''KH III'' before he was removed from the former project and replaced by Hajime Tabata.
* The description of the ''[[Film/KungFury Kung Fury: Street Rage]]'' MobilePhoneGame claims that the game is an "upgraded HT-3000 cartridge" with "all the good stuff you loved in the first game."
* ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies]]'' is an {{UnInstallment}} mentioned in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' (VGA remake), ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'', ''The Laffer Utilities'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'', ''Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sale Mobile'', ''Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'', ''Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers'', books ''The Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry'' and ''Leisure Suit Larry's Bedside Companion''. Found as a folder in some collections.
* ''VideoGame/LetItDie'' [[RedundantDepartmentOfRedundancy is a video game about a video game]] called ''Let It Die''. It is played on the Death Drive 128, a video game console with games published on vinyl records and projects holographic visuals from a dung beetle.
* In ''[[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Little Big Planet 2]]'', there is the ''Cosmos Invasion'' arcade game, ''Finest Parmesan'' arcade game, and the Pong-like game ''Science Diner''.
* Anim-X is a game developer in the [[AlternateRealityGame ARG]] ''VideoGame/{{Majestic}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' has an arcade full of these - ''Video Fever'', ''Disco Crazy'', ''Alien Slime'', ''Meteor Mess''. In the NES port, ''Die! Enemy Die!'' and ''Kill Thrill'' are replaced with ''Tuna Diver''. Unfortunately, the game averts GameWithinAGame and none of them are playable. (Or fortunately since the characters label each of the games, except for ''Meteor Mess'', as "Pretty boring".)
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' mentions, in passing, during the kung-fu/ninja training level how Neo had the high-score for a, likely arcade, game called ''Ninja Crisis''.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has the SHMUP "Pure White Giant Glastonbury" game, and the sequel has "Bizzare Jelly 5", both of which you can play on Travis' TV. The spin-off ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' is centered around Travis and [[TheRival Badman]]'s journey to clear six games for the Death Drive Mk.II. (a predecessor to the Death Drive 128 from the aforementioned ''Let It Die''), a console with left-handed gloves for controllers, games published on spherical cartridges, and rumored side effects that sound like ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''... We hope... {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed: [[http://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php Good luck!]]
* In ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'', Brock states that in the days of the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Rusty Venture]]'' cartoon, they made a LicensedGame for it that made [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial that E.T. game]] look like Halo, and a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' knock-off called "Immortal Bomcat", whose makers snuck Brock's image into as a CampGay crossdresser "Tutu Blondie" with a [[KissOfDeath "Death Smooch" fatality move.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Prey2006'', there is the game ''Rune Man''.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' features ''My Blaster Runs Hot'', which is basically ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' starring Captain Qwark and Rusty Pete.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraMMO'', there is the fantasy MMO ''Asaph Online''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'', Sega developer Segagaga makes games like ''Alisa the Moe Moe Secretary'', ''[[VideoGame/AceCombat2 Ape Wombat 2]]'', ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Borazon Ball]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} Darairama]]'', ''Daken X'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Final Pharmacy VIII]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou Dentetu]]'', ''Jumbo'', ''[[VideoGame/RallyX Lolly-X]]'', ''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Mortal Wombat]]'', ''Odanov'', ''Oilan King'', ''[[VideoGame/OmegaBoost Okame Boost]]'', ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Otalu Gear Solid]]'', the Segagaga Sports game ''Sega Lolly'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Spawn}} Sppon]]'', ''[[VisualNovel/ToHeart To Hato]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile Valkyrie Frohaile]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} Wethedorry]]''. Sega's rival is Dogma, producers of the Dogma Pyramid.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SenranKagura Senran Kagura: New Wave]]'', on an S Rare card, Karasu, a guitarist on the band A.R.C. Angels, is playing a [=PlayStation 4=] style console with a purple LED light. The console has a gamepad with a circular purple D-pad, select and start buttons, a center button similar to an Xbox controller, and purple buttons similar to an SNES controller. The game is possibly a fighting game: the screen says, "You Win!".
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' features several arcade cabinets featuring fictional video games inspired by other Blizzard games, including ''Super Siege Mode'' (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''), ''Fighters of the Storm'' (''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''), and ''The Lost Vikings VI'' (a verticle SHMUP similar to ''Lost Viking'' from ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''). There's also ''16-Bit Hero'', where [[IKnowMortalKombat the character D.Va learns to shoot things from there]], and the protagonist looked like a 16-Bit [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Jim Raynor]]. The genre of the game is unknown though.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' arcade game has an ''Aliens'' arcade cabinet, but it is not an ''Film/AlienS'' arcade cabinet -- the alien on the screen is a green alien with three eyes.
* In ''The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield'', Noiseland Arcade has the return of ''Larry the Looter'', ''Nuclear Winter'', and ''Super Slugfest'' from the show, and the exclusive appearance of ''Dance Fever '97'', ''Dougie Houser: The Game'' (the correct spelling is [[Series/DoogieHowserMD Howser]]), ''Krusty's Carnival of Kash'', and ''Smite of the Bumble Bee''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', there is ''Bonestorm II''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'', there is ''Escape From Krusty Island'', ''Grand Theft Scratchy'', ''Krusty's Stop & Go'', ''Sim Kitty'', ''Sim Sandwich'', ''Calamari Damacy'', ''Commando and Conquer'', ''Mega Moleman X'', ''Metal Gear Soiled 4: Subminimum'', ''Moral Kombat: Deceptions'', ''Need for Speedo: Sexy Time'', ''Project Shelbyville Racing'', ''Sitar Hero'', ''Snore'', ''Toast Recon: Cinnamon Force'', ''Zero-Life'', and EA Sports games ''Bite Night'', ''Maddening 06'', ''Maddening 07'', ''Maddening 08'', and ''Maddening 09''. After beating God in ''Dance Dance Revelations'' on [=The PrayStation=], Xodus Box and I am/Hii, God reveals [[spoiler:The Simpsons are characters in a video game, ''[[RecursiveCanon The Simpsons Game]]'', in a larger video game called ''The Planet Earth'', making ''The Simpsons Game'' a mini game within that game]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'', there is ''The Happy Little Elves Game'' on the [=MyPad=].
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', there is ''Pimp Viking'', ''[=SimStation Dance=]'', ''[=SimStation Sports=]'', and ''Sweet Tooth Survivor''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren 2]]'', there is ''Kunitoris'', or [[CountryMatters Country Tetris]], a 1982 strategy puzzle game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] from overseas manufacturer 3G MANIAX. The game console had a great 3D graphics chip but a poor sound chip, leading to its demise. Several games are sought after by collectors.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''Tsuchinoko'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
* In ''Skyborg: Into the Vortex'', there is ''Virtual [=PongQuest=]''.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', there is [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Astro Chicken'' arcade game. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], [=ScumSoft=] has published ''Stuntfloggers'', ''Aquatron'' and ''Scumword''.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', the Galaxy Galleria's Software Excess has such bargain bin gems as [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Checkerboard Construction Set'' (mentioning ''Tic-Tac-Toe Construction Set'') and ''Cluck Egger's Advanced Chicken Simulator'', Enemaware's ''It Came For Dessert'' (mentioning ''Defender of the Crown Rib Roast''), Roberta Williams III's ''King's Quest XXXXVIII - Quest for Disk Space'', Morrie Brianarty's ''Boom'', Broaderbuns' ''Where In The World Is Hymie Lipschitz? (And Who Really Cares)'', and Max This! Software's ''Sim Sim''. Two DummiedOut games include Sahara Off-Ramp's ''Dacron Danny Does Dirty Deeds in the Dark Wearing Drip-dry Duds'', and ''Stunt Flyer'' by Creator/{{Sierra}}. Buckazoid Bill's Arcade and Sushi Bar has ''Ms. Astro Chicken: Flight of the Pullet'' (sequel to ''Astro Chicken'' from Space Quest III), and arcade games ''Cap'n Zappo'', ''Ghetto Blaster'', ''Slime Flyer'', ''Dweeb Hunter'', ''Choke and Croak'' and ''Monaco Princess Stunt Drivin'''. Roger remembers playing ''Blazin' Paddles'' as a youth. The Timepod can access ''Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros'', ''Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II'', and mentions ''Space Quest XIV''. The Xenon Supercomputer has ''Leisure Suit Larry 4'' and ''King's Quest XLVIII'' already installed.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'', Molly's Chug & Glug Space Bar on Nova Space Station has [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Battle Cruiser'', a space-themed version of ''Battleship''. On the Eureka, the computer is "running a highly complex virtual reality program" resembling ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}''.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'', the Dismembers Only arcade features ''Beat the Crap Out of Urkel'', the hot new game replacing last year's ''Beat the Crap out of the Encyclopedia Britannica Kid'', ''MBA Toejam'', ''Mixed-Up Mother Teresa'', ''Secret Recipes of the Luftwaffe'', ''More Dull Kombat'', ''More Dull Kombat 2'', ''Virtual Amtrak'', and ''Stooge Fighter III'', the goriest, most violent arcade game since ''Disemboweling for Dollars''. The [=ComPost=] Database mentions "outer space strategy simulation games" designed by the Vulgars. The SCS [=DeepShip=] 86's Command Center, which has an SNES/Gravis Gamepad style controller, can allegedly play a game called ''Super Nunzio World''. Cyberspace mentions ''Space Quest 7: The Musical''.
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'':
** [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 The first game]] features four simple NES-style minigames that can be played while waiting in the lobby for a match: ''Squid Jump'', ''Squid Racer'', ''Squidball'', and ''Squid Beatz''. While playing mini-games in the lobby didn't return in future games, ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' would have the game ''Squid Beatz 2'', with both ''Squid Beatz'' being [[RhythmGame rhythm minigames]] that double as their respective game's SoundTest.
** During ''Splatoon 2''[='=]s Kinghts vs. Wizards Splatfest, Pearl and Marina make reference to a new game featuring the in-universe mascot Fresh Fish. From the information that was mentioned, it seems to be a RolePlayingGame, contains a CharacterClassSystem and [[SkillScoresAndPerks Skill Tree]], and features the eponymous Fresh Fish as the player's FairyCompanion.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'':
** In ''Homestar Ruiner'', the Snake Boxer series of Videlectrix games on the [=FunMachine=] includes ''Snake Boxer'', ''Snake Boxer 2: The Biting of Boxer Joe'', ''Snake Boxer 3: Solving Problems Through Diplomacy'', ''Snake Boxer 4: Lady Snake Parade'', and the playable ''Snake Boxer V'', aka ''Snake Boxer 5''. The crossover game ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'' mentions ''Snake Boxer 6: Now The Snakes Have Fists Too''.
** In ''8-Bit is Enough'', there are the games ''Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder'', ''Halfathlon'', and ''Space Circus Catastrophe''.
* ''Beetle Mania'' is a playable game in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
* ''[[Literature/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization]]'' takes place in the VRMMO ''Sword Art: Origin''.
* In ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', there is the [=GamePig=] Entertainment Device, an MFD Game Player that can play an MFD Game Cartridge or be hacked to display all the games available, most of which star Grunty the Gaming Pig. This includes ''Corporate Swine'', ''Golf'', ''[=OverWorld Zero=]'', ''Swine Hunter'', ''Swinekeeper'', ''Street Hog'', and ''Tic-Tac-Triop''.
* ''VideoGame/{{TOME}}'' takes place in an alternate universe version of the video game world known as the Terrain of Magical Expertise.
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieCrusade'', the Game Master, wearing headphones, is playing a console with a [=PlayStation=] style gamepad with shoulder buttons. The Ultimate Rare shows a white gamepad with a D-Pad on the left, and Super Famicom style buttons on the right, and the High Ultimate Rare shows a black gamepad, [[AmbidextrousSprite flipped]] to a D-Pad on the right, and buttons on the left.
* The ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series is about Wario's game company developing a series of microgames after Wario is inspired by the runaway success of also-fictional ''Pyoro''. The companies Diamond Software and Wario-Man Software also appear.
* In ''VideoGame/WaynesWorldGrayMatter'', Wayne and Garth list the week's worst games at Noah's arcade: ''Regarding Henry: the Video Game'', ''Bick's World of Goop'', ''Adventures of the Potato People: Where's Our Stuff?'', ''Toxic Timmy the Nuclear Knob'', ''Sputnik the Bowl Weevil'', ''Gord's Funtime Checkers'', ''Supersonic the Lyme Tick'', ''Toxic Timmy 2: I'll Waste You All!'', ''Slob and Goober'', and ''Zantar the Gelatinous Cube'' from the film, only Garth mentions saving medieval villagers instead of eating them. Zantar [[TheGameComeToLife comes to life]] from inside the machine and traps Wayne and Garth inside a [[TrappedInTVLand video game reality]], based on Kramer's Music Store, Stan Mikita's Donut Shop, the Gasworks nightclub, and Suburbia. In the video game reality, there are many arcade cabinets. Zantar's purple tentacle captures Garth, keeping him imprisoned within the gelatinous cube form until freed by Wayne. Recounting the incident on the show, Wayne suspects Zantar was keeping them from winning the game ''Zantar'' and pursuing their geo-political goals of world peace and a stabilized international currency market. Garth warns the audience to be careful the next time they are at the arcade, as they too could become trapped inside of a game.
* The ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III]]'' manual mentions the game ''Hover-Chopper Assault IX''.
* ''Nasu'' from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''. It is a depressingly repetitive EndlessGame, and it helps with the ambience. When Madotsuki falls asleep she appears on her balcony, but when she enters her room her console and controller are gone. Many have made [[WildMassGuessing WMGs]] about this.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheAmazingFrog'', there is the arcade game ''Get to the Blimp!''
* In ''[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Amazing Katamari Damacy]]'', there is a ''Phoenix'' arcade cabinet.
* In ''An Aspie Life'', ''Shoot Man'' is found at the arcade, and an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] style console plays games like ''CR Drive''.
* In the [=GameCube=] version of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', which included real NES games, the mayor, Tortimer, would give players the fictional NES game ''Super Tortimer'' as a present on April Fool's Day. Unfortunately, it can't be played; attempting to only results in a message that says it's an April Fool's Day joke.
* In ''VideoGame/AzurLane'', the Lunar New Year/Spring Festival story "[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNAZwZ_6cjvb5BhuD_ngMr_S_IrOy0mxQ Fu Shun's Great Adventure]]" introduces a handheld game system where the objective is to defeat the Nian Beast. Fu Shun discovers the game while cleaning an old warehouse, and discovers the game once belonged to An Shan.
* In ''VideoGame/BackyardHockey 2005'', there is ''Evil Beaver''.
* The NES-esque ''Tranoid,'' from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4ykSzPo4Rc the song of the same name]] in ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}}'' IIDX 14. [[note]]The stage seen in the video mirrors the song's Normal-level chart. Turn your monitor to the left and play along![[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/BitcoinBillionaire'', the [[PlayerCharacter player]] can own an arcade cabinet that accepts bitcoins, or a ''[[Franchise/StarWars War Stars]]'' arcade machine. The ticker mentions ''Frogger Kong''. The video game industry achievements mention a ''Cheesy Superhero Game'', ''Gritty FPS'', ''Italian Plumbing Sim'', ''Grand Theft Vehicle'', ''War of Worldcraft'', and a video game franchise from EAA combining elements of an FPS with microtransactions, starring Lana Craft and Dunk Nukem. There is an eSports industry, formerly played by eSports celebrity watc4d0gg, a VR industry, and a Social Network industry with a ''[[VideoGame/FarmVille Farmcity]]'' social game.
* The Townies clique in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' talk about this great game "[[LampshadeHanging where you kill people and take their stuff.]] What's it called again?" [[spoiler: ''Grottos & Goblins'']]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Cibele}}'', there is the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' expy ''Valtameri'', a fantasy MMORPG.
* In ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'', GamerGirl Mio is first met playing a retro game.
* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', there is ''Disterra: Minute Of Blackness''.
* ''VideoGame/Doom3:''
** There is ''Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3'' by Nabcon, with graphics based on ''Ultimate Doom'''s graphics, and interface and logos based on Capcom and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]''. One of UAC Research Team Leader Andrew Chin's e-mails mention Uanet's ''[=DracoWyzard=]'', an online RPG available for 29 credits per month, featuring a quest for the Chalice of Sanguine Drak in the lands of Nozgath, fighting legions of Wyldwulves, Berserkotrolls, and the evil Vloxomire.
** ''Resurrection of Evil'' has ''Sarge's Big Game Hunt'', another arcade game by Nabcon.
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' includes a different version of the arcade game ''Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3''.
* ''The World'' from the ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//]]'' franchise. (Yes, it's a videogame, where you play as a character playing a fictional videogame. {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed, possibly, but certainly a hint meta and loving it.)
* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'':
** In ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'', the player can find a "Balls of Steel" pinball machine, but can't actually play it. Later {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed as one of the tables in the ''VideoGame/BallsOfSteel'' collection.
** "Balls of Steel" returns in ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' as a fully-playable game-within-a-game, though it's not related to the "Duke Nukem" table in ''VideoGame/BallsOfSteel''.
* In ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', the line "Have you played ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV''? I'm still having trouble with ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII''" was changed to reference ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 7''.
* ''VideoGame/EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard'' is [[RetroactiveLegacy supposedly the latest incarnation]] of an entire fictional video game franchise. The followup, ''Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond'', continues making reference to the franchise.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', pinball machines can be found with the visible words "White Star" in the title, a possible reference to the [=WhiteStar Board System=] by Sega Pinball and Stern Pinball.
* The ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' store [[http://fc3blooddragon.us.ubi.com/shop.php sells]] a non-existent version of the game on floppy disk for the [[UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Commodore 64/128]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', there are the games ''3D Battler'', ''G-Bike'', ''Snowboarding Simulator'' and ''Submarine Simulator''.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', there's ''Justice Monsters Five'', a rather engaging video pinball game. {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed as a MobilePhoneGame.
* The premise of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' is that the game you're playing is a VR game developed by Fazbear Entertainment as a way to cash in on their unpleasant reputation, and you're a beta tester. One of the hidden tapes you find scattered throughout the game implies that [[spoiler:all the previous games might also fit this trope in-universe.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters2003'', there is the ''Soviet Armed Forces Network'' (SAFN).
* The core plot of ''VideoGame/Gamer2'' involves Hailey being trapped in a virtual-reality machine.
* In ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', there are the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] games ''Adventurous The Cat Returns'', the sequel to ''Adventurous The Cat'', JRPG ''Journey of Crystal'', the sequel to ''Secret of Time Crystal'', and the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' style space shooter ''Super Spitfire'', by CMP. The [[http://fullbright.company/2013/08/22/guest-star-snes-carts/ Fullbright]] website provides some details.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has ads for ''Pogo the Monkey'', the best Spring and Simian game since ''Bouncing Bananas''. Referenced by a ''Pogo the Monkey'' arcade machine in the cab firm in ''Vice City''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' has Radio/GTARadio station commercials for the Degenatron game system, which features such titles as ''Defender of the Faith,'' "[[PacManFever Where you save the green dots with your fantastic flying red square!]]," ''Monkey's Paradise'', and ''Penetrator''. The Rockstar Games site used to have a promotional page with defictionalized versions of these games, but it has since been deleted. However, these games can nowadays be played on arcade machines in GTA Online.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', there are playable arcade games, including ''Duality'', based on ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', ''Go Go Space Monkey'', ''Let's Get Ready to Bumble'', aka ''Bee Bee Gone'', and ''They Crawled from Uranus'', based on ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}''.
** The ''Space Monkey'' series continues with ''Space Monkey 3D'' and ''Space Monkey 7''.
** The [=EXsorbeo=] is a UsefulNotes/GameBoy style handheld, with [=Brown EXsorbeo SImulator=], [=Pink EXsorbeo Vibrate=], and [=Yellow EXsorbeo=] variants. Games include ''Free the Hostages'', ''Morning Missile Crisis'', ''Mortal Sin'', ''One Eyed Monster War'' ({{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed on the [[http://www.exsorbeo.com EXsorbeo site]]), ''Pocket Pool'', ''Squirt'', ''Tonsil Hockey'', and ''ZIF''.
** The [=EXsorbeo 720=] is the latest generation [=EXsorbeo=] console, featuring first person shooters like ''Pride not Prejudice'', and ''Righteous Slaughter 7: The Art of Contemporary Killing'', released only three months after ''Righteous Slaughter 6''.
** ''[=QUB3D=]'' is an arcade puzzle game appearing in the HD continuity.
** In ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', ''Don't Cross the Line'' is an arcade game based on ''Snake''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gunslugs}}'', there is a ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' clone arcade game next to two broken arcade machines, and a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' clone played on a large UsefulNotes/GameBoy-shaped Game Gadget console.
* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' features several of these, with the most prominent being ''[[{{Phonymon}} SquisherZ]]'', a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' equivalent made for the "[=GameChamp Portable=]". Others include ''Kataklysm: Microtrooper'' (a ToyTime-themed first-person shooter, similar in scale and reception to ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''), ''C.H.O.S.E.N. Anointed: No Fear, No Limitz'' (a religion-themed clone of the previous game), and a 1974 arcade prototype called ''ROTOR'' (which used magnetic tapes for its in-game music, composed by in-universe band Klyfta).
* In ''VideoGame/IndustryGiant'', there is the Game Girl handheld console.
* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'': One of the Conduits turns out to be Eugene, a computer nerd with Video-based powers who uses them to bring to life monsters from ''Heaven's Hellfire'', his favorite fantasy MMORPG.
* In ''VideoGame/KidChameleon'', there is the ''[=WildSide=]'' VR holographic arcade game.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' has ''Verum Rex'', a game that exists in the [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy Box]] world, and provides a mini-game that can be played after visiting the Video Game store in that particular location. ''Verum Rex'' itself serves as a deliberate MythologyGag on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' (formerly known as ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'') which Creator/TetsuyaNomura had worked on concurrently alongside ''KH III'' before he was removed from the former project and replaced by Hajime Tabata.
* The description of the ''[[Film/KungFury Kung Fury: Street Rage]]'' MobilePhoneGame claims that the game is an "upgraded HT-3000 cartridge" with "all the good stuff you loved in the first game."
* ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies]]'' is an {{UnInstallment}} mentioned in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' (VGA remake), ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'', ''The Laffer Utilities'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'', ''Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sale Mobile'', ''Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded'', ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'', ''Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers'', books ''The Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry'' and ''Leisure Suit Larry's Bedside Companion''. Found as a folder in some collections.
* ''VideoGame/LetItDie'' [[RedundantDepartmentOfRedundancy is a video game about a video game]] called ''Let It Die''. It is played on the Death Drive 128, a video game console with games published on vinyl records and projects holographic visuals from a dung beetle.
* In ''[[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Little Big Planet 2]]'', there is the ''Cosmos Invasion'' arcade game, ''Finest Parmesan'' arcade game, and the Pong-like game ''Science Diner''.
* Anim-X is a game developer in the [[AlternateRealityGame ARG]] ''VideoGame/{{Majestic}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' has an arcade full of these - ''Video Fever'', ''Disco Crazy'', ''Alien Slime'', ''Meteor Mess''. In the NES port, ''Die! Enemy Die!'' and ''Kill Thrill'' are replaced with ''Tuna Diver''. Unfortunately, the game averts GameWithinAGame and none of them are playable. (Or fortunately since the characters label each of the games, except for ''Meteor Mess'', as "Pretty boring".)
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' mentions, in passing, during the kung-fu/ninja training level how Neo had the high-score for a, likely arcade, game called ''Ninja Crisis''.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has the SHMUP "Pure White Giant Glastonbury" game, and the sequel has "Bizzare Jelly 5", both of which you can play on Travis' TV. The spin-off ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' is centered around Travis and [[TheRival Badman]]'s journey to clear six games for the Death Drive Mk.II. (a predecessor to the Death Drive 128 from the aforementioned ''Let It Die''), a console with left-handed gloves for controllers, games published on spherical cartridges, and rumored side effects that sound like ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''... We hope... {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed: [[http://www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php Good luck!]]
* In ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'', Brock states that in the days of the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Rusty Venture]]'' cartoon, they made a LicensedGame for it that made [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial that E.T. game]] look like Halo, and a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' knock-off called "Immortal Bomcat", whose makers snuck Brock's image into as a CampGay crossdresser "Tutu Blondie" with a [[KissOfDeath "Death Smooch" fatality move.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Prey2006'', there is the game ''Rune Man''.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' features ''My Blaster Runs Hot'', which is basically ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' starring Captain Qwark and Rusty Pete.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraMMO'', there is the fantasy MMO ''Asaph Online''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'', Sega developer Segagaga makes games like ''Alisa the Moe Moe Secretary'', ''[[VideoGame/AceCombat2 Ape Wombat 2]]'', ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Borazon Ball]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} Darairama]]'', ''Daken X'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Final Pharmacy VIII]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou Dentetu]]'', ''Jumbo'', ''[[VideoGame/RallyX Lolly-X]]'', ''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Mortal Wombat]]'', ''Odanov'', ''Oilan King'', ''[[VideoGame/OmegaBoost Okame Boost]]'', ''[[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Otalu Gear Solid]]'', the Segagaga Sports game ''Sega Lolly'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Spawn}} Sppon]]'', ''[[VisualNovel/ToHeart To Hato]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile Valkyrie Frohaile]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} Wethedorry]]''. Sega's rival is Dogma, producers of the Dogma Pyramid.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SenranKagura Senran Kagura: New Wave]]'', on an S Rare card, Karasu, a guitarist on the band A.R.C. Angels, is playing a [=PlayStation 4=] style console with a purple LED light. The console has a gamepad with a circular purple D-pad, select and start buttons, a center button similar to an Xbox controller, and purple buttons similar to an SNES controller. The game is possibly a fighting game: the screen says, "You Win!".
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' features several arcade cabinets featuring fictional video games inspired by other Blizzard games, including ''Super Siege Mode'' (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''), ''Fighters of the Storm'' (''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''), and ''The Lost Vikings VI'' (a verticle SHMUP similar to ''Lost Viking'' from ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''). There's also ''16-Bit Hero'', where [[IKnowMortalKombat the character D.Va learns to shoot things from there]], and the protagonist looked like a 16-Bit [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Jim Raynor]]. The genre of the game is unknown though.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' arcade game has an ''Aliens'' arcade cabinet, but it is not an ''Film/AlienS'' arcade cabinet -- the alien on the screen is a green alien with three eyes.
* In ''The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield'', Noiseland Arcade has the return of ''Larry the Looter'', ''Nuclear Winter'', and ''Super Slugfest'' from the show, and the exclusive appearance of ''Dance Fever '97'', ''Dougie Houser: The Game'' (the correct spelling is [[Series/DoogieHowserMD Howser]]), ''Krusty's Carnival of Kash'', and ''Smite of the Bumble Bee''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'', there is ''Bonestorm II''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'', there is ''Escape From Krusty Island'', ''Grand Theft Scratchy'', ''Krusty's Stop & Go'', ''Sim Kitty'', ''Sim Sandwich'', ''Calamari Damacy'', ''Commando and Conquer'', ''Mega Moleman X'', ''Metal Gear Soiled 4: Subminimum'', ''Moral Kombat: Deceptions'', ''Need for Speedo: Sexy Time'', ''Project Shelbyville Racing'', ''Sitar Hero'', ''Snore'', ''Toast Recon: Cinnamon Force'', ''Zero-Life'', and EA Sports games ''Bite Night'', ''Maddening 06'', ''Maddening 07'', ''Maddening 08'', and ''Maddening 09''. After beating God in ''Dance Dance Revelations'' on [=The PrayStation=], Xodus Box and I am/Hii, God reveals [[spoiler:The Simpsons are characters in a video game, ''[[RecursiveCanon The Simpsons Game]]'', in a larger video game called ''The Planet Earth'', making ''The Simpsons Game'' a mini game within that game]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'', there is ''The Happy Little Elves Game'' on the [=MyPad=].
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', there is ''Pimp Viking'', ''[=SimStation Dance=]'', ''[=SimStation Sports=]'', and ''Sweet Tooth Survivor''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren 2]]'', there is ''Kunitoris'', or [[CountryMatters Country Tetris]], a 1982 strategy puzzle game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] from overseas manufacturer 3G MANIAX. The game console had a great 3D graphics chip but a poor sound chip, leading to its demise. Several games are sought after by collectors.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren: Blood Curse]]'', there is the [=JOYLiNK=] Network King and its updated successor, [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King, a portable LCD game system supporting cartridges that must be soldered in place. Games include ''Tsuchinoko'', ''Jackalopeman'', and ''Skyfish''.
* In ''Skyborg: Into the Vortex'', there is ''Virtual [=PongQuest=]''.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', there is [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Astro Chicken'' arcade game. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], [=ScumSoft=] has published ''Stuntfloggers'', ''Aquatron'' and ''Scumword''.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', the Galaxy Galleria's Software Excess has such bargain bin gems as [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Checkerboard Construction Set'' (mentioning ''Tic-Tac-Toe Construction Set'') and ''Cluck Egger's Advanced Chicken Simulator'', Enemaware's ''It Came For Dessert'' (mentioning ''Defender of the Crown Rib Roast''), Roberta Williams III's ''King's Quest XXXXVIII - Quest for Disk Space'', Morrie Brianarty's ''Boom'', Broaderbuns' ''Where In The World Is Hymie Lipschitz? (And Who Really Cares)'', and Max This! Software's ''Sim Sim''. Two DummiedOut games include Sahara Off-Ramp's ''Dacron Danny Does Dirty Deeds in the Dark Wearing Drip-dry Duds'', and ''Stunt Flyer'' by Creator/{{Sierra}}. Buckazoid Bill's Arcade and Sushi Bar has ''Ms. Astro Chicken: Flight of the Pullet'' (sequel to ''Astro Chicken'' from Space Quest III), and arcade games ''Cap'n Zappo'', ''Ghetto Blaster'', ''Slime Flyer'', ''Dweeb Hunter'', ''Choke and Croak'' and ''Monaco Princess Stunt Drivin'''. Roger remembers playing ''Blazin' Paddles'' as a youth. The Timepod can access ''Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros'', ''Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II'', and mentions ''Space Quest XIV''. The Xenon Supercomputer has ''Leisure Suit Larry 4'' and ''King's Quest XLVIII'' already installed.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'', Molly's Chug & Glug Space Bar on Nova Space Station has [=ScumSoft=]'s ''Battle Cruiser'', a space-themed version of ''Battleship''. On the Eureka, the computer is "running a highly complex virtual reality program" resembling ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}''.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'', the Dismembers Only arcade features ''Beat the Crap Out of Urkel'', the hot new game replacing last year's ''Beat the Crap out of the Encyclopedia Britannica Kid'', ''MBA Toejam'', ''Mixed-Up Mother Teresa'', ''Secret Recipes of the Luftwaffe'', ''More Dull Kombat'', ''More Dull Kombat 2'', ''Virtual Amtrak'', and ''Stooge Fighter III'', the goriest, most violent arcade game since ''Disemboweling for Dollars''. The [=ComPost=] Database mentions "outer space strategy simulation games" designed by the Vulgars. The SCS [=DeepShip=] 86's Command Center, which has an SNES/Gravis Gamepad style controller, can allegedly play a game called ''Super Nunzio World''. Cyberspace mentions ''Space Quest 7: The Musical''.
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'':
** [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 The first game]] features four simple NES-style minigames that can be played while waiting in the lobby for a match: ''Squid Jump'', ''Squid Racer'', ''Squidball'', and ''Squid Beatz''. While playing mini-games in the lobby didn't return in future games, ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' would have the game ''Squid Beatz 2'', with both ''Squid Beatz'' being [[RhythmGame rhythm minigames]] that double as their respective game's SoundTest.
** During ''Splatoon 2''[='=]s Kinghts vs. Wizards Splatfest, Pearl and Marina make reference to a new game featuring the in-universe mascot Fresh Fish. From the information that was mentioned, it seems to be a RolePlayingGame, contains a CharacterClassSystem and [[SkillScoresAndPerks Skill Tree]], and features the eponymous Fresh Fish as the player's FairyCompanion.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'':
** In ''Homestar Ruiner'', the Snake Boxer series of Videlectrix games on the [=FunMachine=] includes ''Snake Boxer'', ''Snake Boxer 2: The Biting of Boxer Joe'', ''Snake Boxer 3: Solving Problems Through Diplomacy'', ''Snake Boxer 4: Lady Snake Parade'', and the playable ''Snake Boxer V'', aka ''Snake Boxer 5''. The crossover game ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'' mentions ''Snake Boxer 6: Now The Snakes Have Fists Too''.
** In ''8-Bit is Enough'', there are the games ''Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder'', ''Halfathlon'', and ''Space Circus Catastrophe''.
* ''Beetle Mania'' is a playable game in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
* ''[[Literature/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization]]'' takes place in the VRMMO ''Sword Art: Origin''.
* In ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', there is the [=GamePig=] Entertainment Device, an MFD Game Player that can play an MFD Game Cartridge or be hacked to display all the games available, most of which star Grunty the Gaming Pig. This includes ''Corporate Swine'', ''Golf'', ''[=OverWorld Zero=]'', ''Swine Hunter'', ''Swinekeeper'', ''Street Hog'', and ''Tic-Tac-Triop''.
* ''VideoGame/{{TOME}}'' takes place in an alternate universe version of the video game world known as the Terrain of Magical Expertise.
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieCrusade'', the Game Master, wearing headphones, is playing a console with a [=PlayStation=] style gamepad with shoulder buttons. The Ultimate Rare shows a white gamepad with a D-Pad on the left, and Super Famicom style buttons on the right, and the High Ultimate Rare shows a black gamepad, [[AmbidextrousSprite flipped]] to a D-Pad on the right, and buttons on the left.
* The ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series is about Wario's game company developing a series of microgames after Wario is inspired by the runaway success of also-fictional ''Pyoro''. The companies Diamond Software and Wario-Man Software also appear.
* In ''VideoGame/WaynesWorldGrayMatter'', Wayne and Garth list the week's worst games at Noah's arcade: ''Regarding Henry: the Video Game'', ''Bick's World of Goop'', ''Adventures of the Potato People: Where's Our Stuff?'', ''Toxic Timmy the Nuclear Knob'', ''Sputnik the Bowl Weevil'', ''Gord's Funtime Checkers'', ''Supersonic the Lyme Tick'', ''Toxic Timmy 2: I'll Waste You All!'', ''Slob and Goober'', and ''Zantar the Gelatinous Cube'' from the film, only Garth mentions saving medieval villagers instead of eating them. Zantar [[TheGameComeToLife comes to life]] from inside the machine and traps Wayne and Garth inside a [[TrappedInTVLand video game reality]], based on Kramer's Music Store, Stan Mikita's Donut Shop, the Gasworks nightclub, and Suburbia. In the video game reality, there are many arcade cabinets. Zantar's purple tentacle captures Garth, keeping him imprisoned within the gelatinous cube form until freed by Wayne. Recounting the incident on the show, Wayne suspects Zantar was keeping them from winning the game ''Zantar'' and pursuing their geo-political goals of world peace and a stabilized international currency market. Garth warns the audience to be careful the next time they are at the arcade, as they too could become trapped inside of a game.
* The ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander III]]'' manual mentions the game ''Hover-Chopper Assault IX''.
* ''Nasu'' from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''. It is a depressingly repetitive EndlessGame, and it helps with the ambience. When Madotsuki falls asleep she appears on her balcony, but when she enters her room her console and controller are gone. Many have made [[WildMassGuessing WMGs]] about this.
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