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** The episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" featured a fictionalized version of ''World of Warcraft'' with significant differences from the real version, and mentioned a ''Hello Kitty Island Adventure'' MMO, though there is a real ''Hello Kitty Online''. The actual games had easter eggs referencing the episode.

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** The episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" featured a fictionalized version of ''World of Warcraft'' with significant differences from the real version, and mentioned a ''Hello Kitty Island Adventure'' MMO, though there is a real ''Hello Kitty Online''. The actual games had easter eggs referencing the episode. In 2023, ''Hello Kitty Island Adventure'' was defictionalized for Apple Arcade.
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** ''[[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate Devil's Advocate]]'' pinball appears at the Kwik-E-Mart in "Insane Clown Poppy", at a bar in Homer's garage in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E3HomerTheMoe Homer the Moe]]", at Moe's Tavern in "Marge's Son Poisoning", and at Captain Blip's Zapateria in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E3PleaseHomerDontHammerEm Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]", along with arcade games ''Click Clack'', ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Monkey Kong]]'', ''[[Series/RemingtonSteele Remington Steele: The Game]]'', ''[[Film/RockyIII Rocky III vs. Clara Peller]]'', ''Space-Tac-Toe'', ''Triangle Wars'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Centipede}} Unipede]]''; a ''{{VideoGame/Polybius}}'' cabinet can be seen in the background, but whether or not that game is fictional is... unresolved.

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** ''[[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate Devil's Advocate]]'' pinball appears at the Kwik-E-Mart in "Insane Clown Poppy", at a bar in Homer's garage in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E3HomerTheMoe Homer the Moe]]", at Moe's Tavern in "Marge's Son Poisoning", and at Captain Blip's Zapateria in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E3PleaseHomerDontHammerEm Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]", along with arcade games ''Click Clack'', ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Monkey Kong]]'', ''[[Series/RemingtonSteele Remington Steele: The Game]]'', ''[[Film/RockyIII Rocky III vs. Clara Peller]]'', ''Space-Tac-Toe'', ''Triangle Wars'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Centipede}} Unipede]]''; a ''{{VideoGame/Polybius}}'' ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'' cabinet can be seen in the background, but whether or not that game is fictional is... unresolved.
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** In "Video Ouija", a UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style console plays ''Video Ouija'', an electronic Ouija Board game, and ''Insult Master''.
** In "Moon Master", ''Moon Master'' is a game by Stay'n Side Games, with UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style graphics. The game ''Ant Madness'' is just food left on the game console and jammed into the game console cartridge slot. Master Shake claims Meatwad plays a game called ''Anal Blazer'', but this may simply be hyperbole.
** In "Balloonenstein" and "Super Computer", ''Clam Digger'' is a UsefulNotes/Commodore64 game.

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** In "Video Ouija", a UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style Platform/Atari2600-style console plays ''Video Ouija'', an electronic Ouija Board game, and ''Insult Master''.
** In "Moon Master", ''Moon Master'' is a game by Stay'n Side Games, with UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style Platform/Atari2600-style graphics. The game ''Ant Madness'' is just food left on the game console and jammed into the game console cartridge slot. Master Shake claims Meatwad plays a game called ''Anal Blazer'', but this may simply be hyperbole.
** In "Balloonenstein" and "Super Computer", ''Clam Digger'' is a UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Platform/Commodore64 game.



* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Xandir is a video game warrior from a video game fantasy world similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', where the evil Lord Slashstab frequently captures the princess, and there are monsters to fight, like the Magic Cobras. The game's title is shown in "A Tale of Two Cows", when Toot learns to input cheat codes from ''The Legend of Xandir'' hint book with a UsefulNotes/PlayStation controller.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Xandir is a video game warrior from a video game fantasy world similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', where the evil Lord Slashstab frequently captures the princess, and there are monsters to fight, like the Magic Cobras. The game's title is shown in "A Tale of Two Cows", when Toot learns to input cheat codes from ''The Legend of Xandir'' hint book with a UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation controller.



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', the intro shows Cyril playing an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style game, where a Cyril sprite destroys trees and collects bags of money.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', the intro shows Cyril playing an UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}-style game, where a Cyril sprite destroys trees and collects bags of money.



** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]", there is the [[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out]]-like ''Super Slugfest'', played on a console with single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style controllers. At the Noiseland Video Arcade, there are also various arcade cabinets with such games as ''Eat My Shorts'', ''Pac Rat'', ''Freeway!'', ''Escape from Grandma's House II'' ''Time Wasters'', and a video game based on the ShowWithinAShow ''Itchy and Scratchy''.

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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]", there is the [[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out]]-like ''Super Slugfest'', played on a console with single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}-style controllers. At the Noiseland Video Arcade, there are also various arcade cabinets with such games as ''Eat My Shorts'', ''Pac Rat'', ''Freeway!'', ''Escape from Grandma's House II'' ''Time Wasters'', and a video game based on the ShowWithinAShow ''Itchy and Scratchy''.



** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]", Abe plays a space shooter on a single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style controller, while Bart tries to give him directions, informing him that after encountering a Xylon Cruiser, the best option is to go to hyperspace.

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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]", Abe plays a space shooter on a single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}-style controller, while Bart tries to give him directions, informing him that after encountering a Xylon Cruiser, the best option is to go to hyperspace.
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** Also in the sequel ''Teen Crumpets'', the computer game ''Maxi Monsters Wars'' featured in "Insectator", and the MMORPG Cordless and his mysterious female friend play in "Game lover".

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** Also in the sequel ''Teen Crumpets'', the *'Teen Crumpets'': The computer game ''Maxi Monsters Wars'' featured in "Insectator", and the MMORPG Cordless and his mysterious female friend play in "Game lover".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', in "Mortynight Run", the intergalactic arcade Blips and Chitz includes the VR game ''Roy: A Life Well Lived'', its sequel, ''Roy 2: Dave'', and ''King Drog Face Race''.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', in "Mortynight Run", the intergalactic arcade Blips and Chitz includes the VR game a number of futuristic games. The most notable is ''Roy: A Life Well Lived'', its sequel, ''Roy 2: Dave'', and ''King Drog Face Race''.a VR game in which the player lives an entire life as Roy, a completely average suburban man on Earth, all condensed into a few moments of real time.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "[[Recap/RugratsS2E14TheSantaExperience The Santa Experience]]," Angelica asks Santa for a ''[[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats Teenage Nuclear Fusion Squad]]'' video game.

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In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991 1991 series]] episode "[[Recap/RugratsS2E14TheSantaExperience The Santa Experience]]," Angelica asks Santa for a ''[[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats Teenage Nuclear Fusion Squad]]'' video game.game.
** In "[[Recap/RugratsS9E5DiapiesAndDragonsBabyPower Diapies and Dragons]]", another episode from the 1991 series, Tommy, Chuckie and Kimi play a medieval-themed arcade game that's very similar to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', with elements from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/DigDug'', where they have to rescue a princess from a dragon. They visualize the princess as Taffy, their babysitter.
** The [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021 2021 series]] has ''Doorstop'', which is a game about a hotel concierge going through a seemingly infinite hall of doors. Stu is addicted to this game and is dismayed when Lady De-Clutter from [[Recap/Rugrats2021S1E2LadyDeClutterNewPuppy her eponymous episode]] takes it away from him.
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** Soos' story in "Bottomless Pit!" features a pinball table called ''Tumbleweed Terror'', made by [[Creator/MidwayGames Ballway Games]]. Dipper, Mabel and Soos get trapped in the machine after aggressively tilting the table to earn Soos a spot on the high scores list.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' has the ''Tomatopotamus'' game series, which serve as a TakeThat to the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's decline in quality.

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** The episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E64KACMETV K-Acme TV]]" features ''Super Plucky-o Bros.'', a parody of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', with sound effects from the actual game. Plucky plays at the arcade until the announcer mentions the home console version available on the Numbmindo system, which costs only $879.99, game not included.

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** The episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E64KACMETV K-Acme TV]]" features ''Super Plucky-o Bros.'', a parody of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', with sound effects from the actual game. Plucky plays at the arcade until the announcer mentions the home console version available on the Numbmindo system, which costs only $879.99, game not included.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CityIsland2022'': Watt and Windy like playing a video game called ''Mega Muffin''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', there is the game ''Startoad''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' features a number of these courtesy of [[TalkingApplianceSidekick BMO]], including "Conversation Parade" and "Guardians of Sunshine".
* In ''WesternAnimation/ALVINNNAndTheChipmunks'', video games appear in "Kickin' It Old School" and "Turf War". "Mystic Mountain" features the computer game ''Mystic Mountain Adventure''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''
** The Z Station console supports games like ''Kebab Fighter'' and ''Suburban Karate Master'', which was {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed on the Creator/CartoonNetwork site to star Gumball and Darwin.
** In "The Console", Gumball gets a Game Child handheld console as a late birthday present. When he tries to play a role-playing game called ''[[WordSaladTitle Inverted Paradox: The Enemy Within]]'', the console turns all of Elmore into a pastiche of [=JRPGs=].
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', there is ''Dragon Scuffle'', and ''Beetman'', a video game where the player is a beetroot, featuring levels such as avoiding a chef trying to cut you up, and freezing nuclear rabbits. In "May The Best Stan Win", there is a platformer featuring a pink rabbit collecting carrots and sushi, played on a "65" console with up to four wireless gamepads.
* ''Immortal Wombat'', and the Slamboy handheld video game system in ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'':
** In "Super Computer", the Gamebox game console is mentioned. ''The Legend of Zoltare'' is a Solitaire clone on the [=OoGhiJ MIQtxxXA=] "super galactic intelligence" super computer.
** In "Video Ouija", a UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style console plays ''Video Ouija'', an electronic Ouija Board game, and ''Insult Master''.
** In "Moon Master", ''Moon Master'' is a game by Stay'n Side Games, with UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style graphics. The game ''Ant Madness'' is just food left on the game console and jammed into the game console cartridge slot. Master Shake claims Meatwad plays a game called ''Anal Blazer'', but this may simply be hyperbole.
** In "Balloonenstein" and "Super Computer", ''Clam Digger'' is a UsefulNotes/Commodore64 game.
** In "Eggball", Master Shake builds a pinball machine with eighteen flippers, a fountain in the middle, and eggs as pinballs.
** In "Kangarilla and the Magic Tarantula", ''Kangarilla and the Magic Tarantula'' is a MobilePhoneGame.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', there is ''Virtual Goose'', a computerised version of a ''Hungry Hippos'' type game played by DW called ''Confuse the Goose'' ([[http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/virtualgoose/virtualgoose.html defictionalised]] as a pattern matching game); ''Virtual Goose 5.0'', a sort-of MMORPG; and a couple of games based on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Dark Bunny]]''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'', there is ''[=BraveLord=] and Monstrux'', an arcade game found at Super Mega Arcade World from the episode "[[http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Bravelord_and_the_Demon_Monstrux Bravelord and the Demon Monstrux]]". Jules invents a device that transmits the game to his bedroom TV before [[TheGameComeToLife the game comes to life]] and Doc is trapped [[InsideAComputerSystem inside the game]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Edward Nygma (prior to becoming the Riddler) designed a video game called ''Riddle of the Minotaur'' which became a smash hit, making the company he worked for millions in profits. Unfortunately, his [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy boss]] cheated him out of the royalties and took all the credit for himself, thus beginning Nygma's StartOfDarkness. (Oddly enough, despite the game's popularity, nobody had managed to finish it at the present time, according to Robin.)
* ''Sentries of the Last Cosmos'' from the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode of the same name, a popular interactive VR game.
* A fifth season episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has Dick Grayson playing a game similar to ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}'' pilot, there is a ''Ninja Attack'' arcade game.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', there is ''Decapathon'' and ''Decapathon VII'' in "Zoës and Zeldas".
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' featured ''Headkicker'', a fighting game with Atari-level graphics, [[http://www.adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=brak_headkicker adapted into Flash]] by Creator/AdultSwim. The sequel is ''Headkicker II: The Final Kick''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', there is the [=GamePrism=] game console.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'', there is the ''Pharaoh'' arcade game.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'', there is ''Alien vs Knights'', ''Cracker Barrel'', ''Nazi Sniper'', ''Pogo Killer'', ''Space Blaster'', ''Space Blaster 2'', ''Stonervision'', and ''US Fest'', and companies ''Bellecovision'', ''Game-A-Vision'', and ''Protendo''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', "Squirt the Daisies" has the arcade game ''Immoral Wombat'', and VR games ''Kick the Can'' and ''Squirt the Daisies''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'', there are the 8-bit computer games in Granny's laptop.
** Also in the sequel ''Teen Crumpets'', the computer game ''Maxi Monsters Wars'' featured in "Insectator", and the MMORPG Cordless and his mysterious female friend play in "Game lover".
* In ''WesternAnimation/DaBoomCrew'', Justin, Nate, Jubei and Ricki design a video game where they play heroes battling outer space villains. All of their adventures are on these "boom cards."
* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', there is the game ''Doomed'', in the episodes "Teacher of the Year" and "Identity Crisis".
* ''Whiffle Boy'' is a platformer video game featured in the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Whiffle While You Work" and occasionally referenced in later episodes. "The Frequency Fiends" has a sequel called ''Son of Whiffle World'', and the comics have an MMO called ''World of Whifflecraft''.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' relaunch:
** Penfold's favourite game is ''Giraffe Warriors''. It's first mentioned in "Danger at C-Level", with the title being a pun on the oceanic MonsterOfTheWeek and Penfold trying to complete Bonus Level C.
** In "Megahurtz Attacks", Penfold hides in a bin of discount video games, between ''Ant Farm Challenge'', ''Let's Play Grammar 4'', and ''Fancy Boy Slap-Fight 3''. The same episode also presents his VirtualTrainingSimulation as a video game, with inventory puzzles and enemies turning into giant coins when defeated.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' featured Dexter trying to win a video game, which Dee Dee was a lot better at. Of course, he uses pretty much his entire laboratory for the task.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'':
** In "Doug's Got No Gift", Doug accidentally blows the money he meant to buy Patti a birthday present trying to get a high score on the arcade game ''Bag the Neematoad''.
** In "Doug's Lost Weekend", Doug gets distracted from writing a report on silt by playing the ''VideoGame/WingCommander''-esque ''Space Munks'' on the [[BlandNameProduct Super Pretendo]] he won for being the UmpteenthCustomer.
** In "Doug and the Weird Kids", Al and Moo Sleech are addicted to a game call ''Glorak'' on their computer, "Brian". What little is shown of it is {{Ancient Egypt}}ian-themed with various icons arranged on the screen that explode during play.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Xandir is a video game warrior from a video game fantasy world similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', where the evil Lord Slashstab frequently captures the princess, and there are monsters to fight, like the Magic Cobras. The game's title is shown in "A Tale of Two Cows", when Toot learns to input cheat codes from ''The Legend of Xandir'' hint book with a UsefulNotes/PlayStation controller.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'', there is the Game Guy.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'':
** ''Ducks of the Galaxy'', a space-themed console game in the episode "Nothing to Fear".
** ''Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s Money Mania'', an arcade game where you play as the Beagle Boys and try to steal money from Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s money bin, in the episode "Dough Ray Me".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "Happy birthday, Doofus Drake!" Della and Huey play a MMO called ''Legends of Legend Quest''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** In "Power Mad!", there is a VR game system with several VR games. One game features ninja bunnies. Another has a Classroom of Doom level. The final boss is Robot Vicky. Some levels have been {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed in the [=Nick.com=] game ''Power Surge''.
** In "That Old Black Magic", there is a game featuring Robot Vicky, on a handheld game system.
** In "Talkin' Trash", there is the V-Cube game ''Battle for Uranus''.
** The [=V-Cube=] game console appears in "Odd Ball" and "Nega-Timmy", and includes the games ''Digi Dunk 3000''.
** There is an arcade with a ''Virtua-Stud'' VR game in "Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary".
** There is an arcade in "The Boy Who Would Be Queen".
** There are several arcade games, including ''Cat Fighter'', in "Go Young, West Man!"
** There is a PersonalArcade in "Hassle in the Castle".
** There is an arcade, a ''Game'' arcade cabinet, and "Fun Boy" handheld game system in "School's Out!: The Musical".
** There is a ''Crash Nebula'' console game in "Smarty Pants".
** There is a ''Crash Nebula in Power Plant!'' console game in "Deja Vu".
** There is a ''Death Combat'' arcade game in "Totally Spaced Out".
** There is a Godzilla-like video game played on a game console in "Power Pals!"
** There is the game ''Socko'', and other cartridge based games, in "Scary Godparents".
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', there is ''Menstrual Ms. Pac-Man'', ''Outlaw'', ''Ultimate Oblivion'', ''Virtual Indy 500'', and ''Virtual Stuck Behind a Bus''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Bloo has been shown playing ''Super Mega Blasteroids 9'', a scrolling shooter on the Gamecube in the episode "Bye Bye Nerdy." ''Super Smash Factory 6'' and ''Galaxy Academy'' from the episode "Emancipation Complication." There is also ''Immortal Wombat'' in "Affair Weather Friends".
* ''Dam Builders'' is a computer game featured in ''Literature/{{Franklin}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** The pilot episode, "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E1SpacePilot3000 Space Pilot 3000]]", began with Fry playing an arcade ShootEmUp called ''Monkey Fracas, Jr.'' -- the game appears again in "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]" and "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E23GameOfTones Game of Tones]]".
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E2TheSeriesHasLanded The Series Has Landed]]", in Luna Park, there are the arcade games ''Dodecapede'', ''Gender Neutral Pac-Person'', ''Mortal Kooperation'', ''Virtual Skeeball'', and ''Virtual Virtual Skeeball''.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E9ABicyclopsBuiltForTwo A Bicyclops Built for Two]]", there is ''Death Factory III: The Legend of Death Factory II''.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E20Godfellas Godfellas]]", an arcade cabinet is the ship's interface for firing at enemy ships.
** The Holo-shed in "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E1KifGetsKnockedUpANotch Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]" is a holographic VR room programmed in BASIC.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E9AClockworkOrigin A Clockwork Origin]]", there is a Nintendo DS style handheld.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E11LrrreconcilableNdndifferences Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences]]", there is ''Movie: The Videogame'' at Comic-Con 3010.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E16LawAndOracle Law and Oracle]]", there is the arcade game ''Delivery Command''.
* In ''Game Over'', there is the video game world inhabited by the Smashenburn family. The world includes monsters (some from ''[[VideoGame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee]]''), Grand Prix racing, beach volleyball, and Shaolin monks.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Fight Fighters" features Dipper finding a cheat code that can bring a character out of the eponymous game's arcade cabinet. As the title suggests, it's a fighting game. The arcade also includes a (broken) dancing game and a game that declares you a winner just for inserting a token.
** "The Inconveniencing" takes place at an abandoned grocery store, where Dipper points out "that game that tricks you into exercising," based off Dance Dance Revolution.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** The episode "Night of the Living Grim" has the video game ''Attack of the Non-Toxic® Edible Green Slime''.
** The movie "Wrath of the Spider Queen" has the ''Astro Spacetron X'' arcade game.
** The episode "Brown Evil" has ''Hoss Delgado: President Evil'', a zombie fighting game for the Lamecube video game system and Mandy's favorite game, and ''Pat the Baker'' for the Lamecube, favorite game of Billy and Hoss Delgado. "Waking Nightmare." mentions a computer game called ''Ultimate Thumb Wrestling starring Ambassador Crazy Fart'', AKA ''Ultimate Thumb Wrestling Challenge''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', there is a ''Literature/MobyDick'' game by Classic Novel Games.
* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''Vampire Piggy Hunter'' is on both the Game Slave and Game Slave 2 portable game systems.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour'', ''The Decimator'' is a 3D Game Buddy game on CD.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' features a parody of ''Pokémon'' called Tinymon, which even features a Tinymon that looks like Lugia!
* The ''Creator/KidsWB'' programming block known as ''The Cat & Birdy Warnernoonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show'' features an intro with a pinball machine also called ''The Cat & Birdy Warnernoonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show''.
* Stumpy the squirrel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' is always playing "Mr. Coolskin" video games.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', games include the MMORPG ''[[VideoGame/{{Everquest}} Everlot]]'', in the episode "Virtu-Ron", ''Zombie Mayhem'', in the episode "Steal Wheels", and ''Zombie Mayhem 2'' and ''Zombie Mayhem 3'' in the episode "Motor Ed".
* ''Blvd Brawlers 2'' in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'', a "popular FightingGame where fighters battle for street dominance", as Batman describes it. (He quickly adds that he knows this because ''Robin'' is fond of it.) Toyman rigs up a facsimile of it that uses the heroes as the fighters.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]", Button Mash plays an arcade game with a cube peripheral, possibly for voice commands, and there is a green arcade cabinet, with the decal of an apple surrounded by lightning.
* ''Pro-Pain!'' from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a student-developed sandbox game inspired by ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. Hank was made by his boss to investigate the game to verify any copyright infringement on Strickland Propane. It is eventually discovered that the game is public domain, but by then Hank had become addicted to the game, so the developers of the game made Peggy an uber-player and pitted her against Hank. Hank defeats her, but the developers rigged it so that Peggy's defeat causes the gaming network to crash, breaking Hank's addiction.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndMiguel'', there is a video game console resembling a [=PSone=]/Dreamcast in "The Bet".
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', there are the games ''Donkey Punch'' and ''Wheelchair Bound''.
* ''Ultimate Mecha Strike III'' from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', which looks like a typical FightingGame with mechas. Marinette managed to surprise her friends by showing her skills at this game, even if that was only for spend time with Adrien, who is also a good player.
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': ''Boltronoman vs. the Ice Freak'' is an in-series video game, which Tooey brings up in "The Worm Turns".
* In a classic episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', the babies play several video games, all of which are quite detailed. Kermit plays a game similar to ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', Rowlf plays an AdventureGame, and the main focus of the episode is on Gonzo and Miss Piggy's trek through "[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Tale of Imelda]]." The final level of that game even references ''VideoGame/Metroid1'', as the writers have ShownTheirWork. In fact, the sheer number of game references in the episode (to everything from good-old ''VideoGame/PacMan'' to ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'' to that exercise mat for the NES) suggests that somebody on the staff was a gamer of some sort. The episode also had a few seconds of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' shown onscreen.
* "Crunch Pod" from ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. Take your three Pac-Man-looking creatures and bump the other player's from behind while avoiding attacks from the ''VideoGame/StarCastle''-esque spinning saucer in the middle.
** One episode featured an UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 game which resembled ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' with ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' style graphics and multiplayer gameplay (and apparently playing with a lightgun offered some sort of advantage, possibly also NintendoHard given how much effort and planning [[SeriousBusiness was put into beating the final level]]) to deliver AnAesop about game addiction.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' episode "Bye Bye Bellum", ''Dragon Wizard Skateboard Fighters'' is a game that involves blowing stuff up, flipping 1080° off a dragon spike, secret codes, and CharacterCustomization, including a bunny hat.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', the intro shows Cyril playing an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style game, where a Cyril sprite destroys trees and collects bags of money.
** The [[https://vimeo.com/364264721 pitch pilot]] for the show's [[ContinuityReboot reboot]], featuring unused character redesigns, changes it to a VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} expy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', there's a video game that Sean and Sydney like to play called Astro-Tracker, where to win, you have to identify and name certain asteroids.
* The Games from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', in addition to functioning as disaster-level threats for the heroes to overcome, were also examples, frequently pastiches of real video game tropes and genres. WordOfGod says the writers modeled the games after genres they happened to be interested in at the time. In "Game Over", ''Gods, Mortals, and Demons'' is modeled after ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
* ''Strong Johns'' is an arcade and console game featured in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', in "Mortynight Run", the intergalactic arcade Blips and Chitz includes the VR game ''Roy: A Life Well Lived'', its sequel, ''Roy 2: Dave'', and ''King Drog Face Race''.
* The latest VideoGame/WiiFit [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgXHKh2Gjw game]] as seen on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken.''
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "[[Recap/RugratsS2E14TheSantaExperience The Santa Experience]]," Angelica asks Santa for a ''[[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats Teenage Nuclear Fusion Squad]]'' video game.
* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' video game that's the main subject of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase''. It's pretty much a Crash Bandicoot/Croc style linear 3D platformer with a whole laundry list of StockVideoGameSettings, which ends with the gang meeting their earlier incarnations and fighting many of the monsters they'd encountered in the past (in video game form). As you may have guessed, {{defictionalization}} was involved, with the fictional game basically ending up as the official licensed game of the movie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]", there is the [[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out]]-like ''Super Slugfest'', played on a console with single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style controllers. At the Noiseland Video Arcade, there are also various arcade cabinets with such games as ''Eat My Shorts'', ''Pac Rat'', ''Freeway!'', ''Escape from Grandma's House II'' ''Time Wasters'', and a video game based on the ShowWithinAShow ''Itchy and Scratchy''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]]", at the Noiseland Video Arcade, there is a green-pink ''Robert Goulet Destroyer'', purple ''Eat My Shorts'', purple ''Itchy Vs Scratchy'', and purple ''Escape from Grandmas House''.
** The arcade game ''Shark Bait'' appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]], "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E3BartTheMother Bart the Mother]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E18IAmFuriousYellow I Am Furious (Yellow)]]", and is also mentioned in ''The Bart Book''.
** The ''Great White Hunter'' arcade game appears at the Kwik-E-Mart in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E3HomerTheHeretic Homer the Heretic]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E5WhenYouDishUponAStar When You Dish Upon a Star]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective The Great Louse Detective]]", and is also mentioned in "The Homer Book".
** The arcade game ''Time Waster'' appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart Radio Bart]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E21MargeInChains Marge in Chains]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E21ThePTADisbands The PTA Disbands]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]", and "The Daughter Also Rises", and is also mentioned in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
** ''Nuke'' or ''Nukes'' is an arcade game at the Kwik-E-Mart, appearing in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E3HomerTheHeretic Homer the Heretic]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E21MargeInChains Marge in Chains]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E23MuchApuAboutNothing Much Apu About Nothing]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E17LisaTheSimpson Lisa the Simpson]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E5WhenYouDishUponAStar When You Dish Upon a Star]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective The Great Louse Detective]]".
** The ''Nuke Canada'' arcade game appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E4AHunkaHunkaBurnsInLove A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]".
** The ''Escape from Death Row'' arcade game appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E8NewKidOnTheBlock New Kid on the Block]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E21ThePTADisbands The PTA Disbands]]", and is also mentioned in ''The Bart Book''.
** Bart and Lisa play a ''[[Film/FoulPlay Chevy Chase Foul Play]]'' pinball, with the image of Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E15RomeOldAndJuliEh Rome-Old and Juli-Eh]]".
--->'''Bart:''' "The graphics are great -- the ball looks so real!"
** ''[[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate Devil's Advocate]]'' pinball appears at the Kwik-E-Mart in "Insane Clown Poppy", at a bar in Homer's garage in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E3HomerTheMoe Homer the Moe]]", at Moe's Tavern in "Marge's Son Poisoning", and at Captain Blip's Zapateria in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E3PleaseHomerDontHammerEm Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]", along with arcade games ''Click Clack'', ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Monkey Kong]]'', ''[[Series/RemingtonSteele Remington Steele: The Game]]'', ''[[Film/RockyIII Rocky III vs. Clara Peller]]'', ''Space-Tac-Toe'', ''Triangle Wars'', and ''[[VideoGame/{{Centipede}} Unipede]]''; a ''{{VideoGame/Polybius}}'' cabinet can be seen in the background, but whether or not that game is fictional is... unresolved.
** ''Triangle Wars'' appears with ''[[Film/FoulPlay Chevy Chase Foul Play]]'' pinball in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E15RomeOldAndJuliEh Rome-Old and Juli-Eh]]", appears at the Noiseland Arcade with ''Prince of Persia: Beverly Hills'', the lightgun game ''Fruit Shoot'', and two other arcade games, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob The Book Job]]", appears at the Testoster-Zone with the arcade games ''Aunts vs. Zombies'' and ''Time Wasters'', in "The Daughter Also Rises", and with ''Grand Theft Walrus'' in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E11BartsNewFriend Bart's New Friend]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E16SkyPolice Sky Police]]".
** The ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' sequel ''Pong 85'' appears at Barney's Bowlarama in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]", ''Pong '95'' appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E14AtLongLastLeave At Long Last Leave]]", and ''Pong 3000'' appears in "Special Edna".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]", there is the console game ''The Iceman Killeth''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E3WhenFlandersFailed When Flanders Failed]]", after playing ''Touch of Death'' at the arcade, Bart claims to know the "Touch of Death" technique, trying it on his sister and some bullies. There is also a ''Nurse'' and Michael Jackson arcade game. The game ''Touch of Death'' first appeared in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]", appears at Wall E. Weasel's in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart Radio Bart]]", appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]", and is also mentioned in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]", Abe plays a space shooter on a single button UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}-style controller, while Bart tries to give him directions, informing him that after encountering a Xylon Cruiser, the best option is to go to hyperspace.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge I Married Marge]]", there is a blue arcade cabinet with a ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Ms. Pac-Man]]'' clone. The Ms. Pac-Man expy is made of two triangles and a bow ribbon. The ghosts have a similar design to the aliens Kang and Kodos.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]", there is ''Bowling 2000'', a bowling game on a Game Boy style handheld.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E10LisasFirstWord Lisa's First Word]]", a kid approaches a group of kids on the street and asks if they want to play stick ball. They agree, and run to three arcade games: ''Mumblety PEG'', ''Stickball'', and ''Kick the Can''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E11HomersTripleBypass Homer's Triple Bypass]]", Homer mentions his company gave up health insurance for a pinball machine in the lounge.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood]]", the redesigned Noiseland Arcade has redesigned cabinets for several unnamed games, and also, ''Larry the Looter'', ''Time Waster'', ''Touch of Death'', ''View Master'', ''My Dinner with Andre'' (with controls Trenchant Insight, Bon Mot, and "Tell Me More"), and ''Panamanian Strongman'', which Bart plays until getting a Game Over.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]]", Bart gets to play ''Disembowler IV'' for five minutes after completing his homework.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan Radioactive Man]]", two arcade cabinets appear in an actor's trailer.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E11MargeBeNotProud Marge Be Not Proud]]", console games at the Try-N-Save include ''Angus Podgorny's Caber Toss'' (spelled ''Caper Toss''), ''[[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire A Streetcar Named Death]]'', ''Bonestorm'' (shoplifted by Bart), ''Canasta Master'', ''Celebrity Autopsy'' (spelled Tutopsy), ''Electronic Biathlon'', ''Operation: Rescue'', ''Robot Stampede'', ''Save Hitler's Brain'', ''[[VideoGame/SimCity Sim Reich]]'', and ''Swim Meet''. The Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop has ''Bonestorm'' and ''Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge'' available for rent. For Christmas, Bart receives ''Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]", there are the arcade games ''My Dinner with Andre'', ''Panamanian Strongman'', a game ending in -"loen", and the arcade game ''Kevin Costner's Water World''. (A real ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' game existed for the PC, SNES and Virtual Boy, with one planned for the Genesis, but it was never distributed outside of the Sega Channel).
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]", there is the ''Astro Blast'' arcade game at Cockamamie's in Springfield Mall.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E6BartStar Bart Star]]", there is ''Cat Fight'', an arcade game at the Kwik-E-Mart.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E12BartCarny Bart Carny]]", there is ''Yard Work Simulator'', a VR simulator at Colonel Tex's Traveling Carnival.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E18ThisLittleWiggy This Little Wiggy]]", the game ''Let's Make a Baby'' plays similarly to firing the laser cannons on the Millenium Falcon from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E3BartTheMother Bart The Mother]]", at the Family Fun Center, there is ''Larry the Looter'', ''Pack Rat Returns'', ''Shark Bait'', ''Satan's Funhouse'', ''Time Waster'', and ''Touch of Death''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets an "A"]]", there is ''Dash Dingo'', the VideoGame/CrashBandicoot-esque console game Lisa plays when she stays home from school.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E21MontyCantBuyMeLove Monty Cant Buy Me Love]]", there is a ''Flipper Frenzy'' pinball game.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Brother's Little Helper]]", there is a console game featuring skiing, rappelling ninjas, and [=UFOs=].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E6HelloGutterHelloFadder Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder]]", there is a console game with three ninjas.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E10LittleBigMom Little Big Mom]]", there is ''Sim Sandwich'', a parody of ''VideoGame/SimCity''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E14AloneAgainNaturaDiddily Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]", there is ''Billy Graham's Bible Blaster'', a console game where heathens are converted to Christianity by shooting Bibles at them. Rod's biography on thesimpsons.com has a playable minigame version.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E4LisaTheTreeHugger Lisa the Tree Hugger]]", there are the [=GameStation 252=] and [=GameStation 256=] game consoles.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E15HungryHungryHomer Hungry, Hungry Homer]]", there is a ''Zap!'' arcade game.
** In "Special Edna", there is the arcade game ''Halloween Hit and Run'', appearing at EFCOT Center, along with the arcade games "Larry the Looter", "Pong 3000", "Shark Bait" and "Time Waster".
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E4TheReginaMonologues The Regina Monologues]]", there is the Hockey fighting console game ''Hockey Dad''.
** In "Marge's Son Poisoning", there is the handheld game ''Tandem Bike Ride With Your Mom''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E19ThankGodItsDoomsday Thank God It's Doomsday]]", there is a non-pixelated Itchy and Scratchy game on a Game Boy style handheld.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E14YokelChords Yokel Chords]]", there is ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories]]''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E17MargeGamer Marge Gamer]]", there is the ''Earthland Realms'' MMORPG, a Simpsons version of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. In stark contrast to the actual [=WoW=], nearly everyone in the game looks and acts like they do in 'reality'... Apu even runs a shop in the game.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E3DoubleDoubleBoyInTrouble Double, Double, Boy in Trouble]]", there is a teal and gray arcade cabinet, and a blue and orange arcade cabinet.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E1ElementarySchoolMusical Elementary School Musical]]", there is a bus driving game on a GBA-style handheld.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXI Treehouse of Horror XXI]]", Bart and Milhouse play a violent online Zii game with their local pastor. Bart accidentally smacks Milhouse in the eye.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E6LIttleOrphanMillie Little Orphan Millie]]", there is the console game ''Bar Brawl Four: Final Fracas''.
** In "Dangerous Curves", there is ''Cereal Killer'', a game where cereal mascots are shot with a pistol, played on a GBA handheld. {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E2BartGetsAZ Bart Gets a "Z"]], there is ''Word Jammers'', an educational game on 5¼ floppy disk.
** In "Thursdays with Abie", the CouchGag involves the family in a PinballGag with a table called "Couch Gag Chaos".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E21MoeLetterBlues Moe Letter Blues]]", at Moe's Tavern, there is ''Low-Blow Boxing'', a game with boxing glove peripherals, and ''Dance Dance Evolution'' on the Zii.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]", at the Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade, there is ''Nuclear Winter'', ''Larry the Looter'', ''Pac-Rat'', ''Springfield Racers'', ''Time Waster'', and ''Touch of Death''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E19TheRealHousewivesOfFatTony The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]", the Noiseland Arcade has the arcade games ''[=CaterKiller 2=]'', ''Click Clack'', ''Triangle Wars'', and ''Time Waister''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E5TheFoodWife The Food Wife]]", at E4, the Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo, there is ''Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love'', ''Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game'', ''Blocko Angelica Button'' and ''Blocko Cosmic Wars'' by Blocko, ''Dig Dug: Revelations'', ''Driver's License 2: License to Drive'', the ''Earthland Realms'' sequel ''Earthland Realms 2: The Outing of the Elves'', the ''Grand Theft Scratchy'' game ''Grand Theft Scratchy: Itchy City Stories'', and ''Guts of War II: Entrails of Intestinox'', ''Human Centipede'', ''Jalo'', ''Marching Band'', ''Medal of Duty'', ''Q-bert: Origins'', ''Shaun White: Time Snowboarder'', ''Terrence Malick's Tree of Life Online'', ''World of Krustcraft'', ''Zii Hop'' and the Zii Zu by Funtendo, the [=GS3 GameStation=], a racing game on the Ybox 360, a World War II FPS by Electronic Crafts, a spaceship game by [=ProtoVision=], and companies Bongo Games, Chalmskinn Interactive, and Mapple.
** On the Funtendo Zii, there is a World War II FPS, and ''Zii Sports'' with Zii Fitness, Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Golf and Boxing in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E11MillionDollarMaybe Million Dollar Maybe]]", and ''Dance Dance Evolution'' in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E21MoeLetterBlues Moe Letter Blues]]"). The Zii is also found in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E19TheSquirtAndTheWhale The Squirt and the Whale]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E20TheSpyWhoLearnedMe The Spy Who Learned Me]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield A Tree Grows in Springfield]]", and the couch gag in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]".
** ''Grand Theft Walrus'' appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' and the episodes "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E14AtLongLastLeave At Long Last Leave]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield A Tree Grows in Springfield]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E20TheFabulousFakeBoy The Fabulous Faker Boy]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E21PayPal Pay Pal]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E8Covercraft Covercraft]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E11BartsNewFriend Bart's New Friend]]", and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E16SkyPolice Sky Police]]". The sequel appears in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E20LetsGoFlyACoot Let's Go Fly a Coot]]".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E17ThemRobot Them, Robot]]", there is ''Angry Burns'' and ''Ukulele Hero'' on the [=MyPad=].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield A Tree Grows In Springfield]]", there are the [=MyPad=] games ''Don't Burn the Toast!'', ''Krusty's Kosher Karnival'', ''Lenny Dykstra's Prison Break'', ''Pizza Clock'', ''Words with Enemies'', the [=MyPad=] port of ''Dash Dingo'', the unavailable ''Tapped Out'', and ''Distracted Driver'', with the GameWithinAGame ''Vengeful Pigs'' distracting the driver.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E8ToCurWithLove To Cur, with Love]]", there is the [=MyPad=] game ''Villageville''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E12LoveIsAManySplinteredThing Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing]]", there is ''Mixed Martian Arts'', a fighting game with a CaptainErsatz Marvin the Martian, and the M-rated game ''Plague Station 3''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E19WhiskeyBusiness Whiskey Business]]", there is ''Waltz Waltz Revolution''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E5LaborPains Labor Pains]]", there is ''Angry Burps'' on the [=MyPhone=].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E8WhiteChristmasBlues White Christmas Blues]]", there is the Xbox game ''Frosty the Hit Man''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]", there is the [=MyPad=] game ''[[VideoGame/ClashOfClans Klash of Klowns]]''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E17Lucas Luca$]]", there is ''Call of Daddy'' and ''Non-Threatening Birds'' on the [=MyPad=].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E18DaysOfFutureFuture Days of Future Future]]", a future version of Homer, on a video screen, is playing ''[[VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga Goody Gobble]]'', when Marge decides to join in.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E21PayPal Pay Pal]]", there is ''Call of Daddy'' on the [=MyPhone=].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E20LetsGoFlyACoot Let's Go Fly a Coot]]", there are the arcade games ''Grand Theft Walrus II'', and ''Marbury V. Madison'', appearing at the Kwik-E-Mart.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' has the ''Tomatopotamus'' game series, which serve as a TakeThat to the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's decline in quality.
-->'''Sonic:''' Look what I found at the flea market!\\
'''Knuckles:''' Dude, is that ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Tomatopotamus 2]]''?\\
'''Tails:''' That's the best one in the entire series! Tomatopotamus never worked in 3D.\\
'''Knuckles:''' Game companies always ruin their beloved franchises.\\
'''Sonic:''' And they never should have changed the color of Tomatopotamus' legs.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "Chinpokomon", the Chinpokomon multimedia franchise has TV ads, an animated series, toys and a camp for teaching children to learn Japanese. The video game is played on a console and controller similar to the Nintendo 64. Chinpokomon dolls are seen in several episodes, and in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'', three achievements are earned from collecting thirty Chinpokomon.
** In "Best Friends Forever", the PSP game ''Heaven vs. Hell'' is a game with at least sixty levels.
** In "Guitar Queer-O", ''Heroin Hero'' is a game about chasing a pink dragon through an enchanted forest while using up needles and smack, ''Rehab Hero'', a game about running away from a pink dragon to escape the addiction of ''Heroin Hero'' (featuring Paris Hilton on the cover), and a racing game. Since its broadcast, ''Heroin Hero'' has been made into several different versions via Flash. (Just search Newgrounds.)
** The episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" featured a fictionalized version of ''World of Warcraft'' with significant differences from the real version, and mentioned a ''Hello Kitty Island Adventure'' MMO, though there is a real ''Hello Kitty Online''. The actual games had easter eggs referencing the episode.
** In "Freemium isn't Free", there is the ''Terrance and Phillip Give Us Your Money Mobile Game'' for the [[{{Freemium}} iPhone]].
** The 2001 Okama [=GameSphere=] in the episode "Towelie". The [=GameSphere=] has [=128 GHz D-RAM=] and several games, and also appears in "It's Christmas in Canada", "Goobacks", "You Got F'd in the A", "Make Love, Not Warcraft", and "1%". The game ''South Park: Big Wheel Death Rally'' features the Okama Gamesphere 2.
** In "Towelie", the kids are playing the [=GameSphere=] version of ''Thirst for Blood'', a shooting game that can be played with four players or as a two player fighting game, involving gold, parachutes, saved games and at least fifty levels, with areas including The Caverns of Madness, a secret underground base, and an underwater level. The ''Thirst for Blood'' arcade version appears in "You "Got F'd in the A", "You're Getting Old", and "Super Fun Time", and appears in "Guitar Queer-O" along with arcade games ''Farmer's Market'', ''Fist Fighter'', ''Gang Wars'', and ''Smack Man''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', Flash Thompson's favorite arcade game was something called ''Video Man''. In the episode where it premiered, however, Electro was somehow able to bring the [[AntagonistTitle Antagonist Title Character]] in the game to life, thereby creating the most memorable villain in the whole series.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is shown to be a fan of video games:
** In "Rose's Room" Steven tries to get the secret ending to "Golf Quest Mini", a weird minigolf-themed JRPG.
** In "Arcade Mania" Steven takes the Crystal Gems to the local video arcade to play games like "Road Killer", "Teens of Rage", and "Meat Beat Mania".
** "Steven vs. Amethyst" features a fighting game based on ''The Lonely Blade'', a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional martial arts movie franchise]] Steven enjoys.
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]'', there are the games ''Blow It Up'', ''Helix'', ''Helix 2'', ''Rat Man'', ''Robot Tortoise 4'', ''Shell Invaders'', ''Super Fabio Brothers'', and ''Super Virtual Smash-Up Trivia''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** The series features the [=GameStation=], [=GameStation 2=] ([=GS2=]), and [=GameStation XL=] game consoles, and the prototype game console [=GameStation Turbo Extreme=].
** In the episode "Crash", Beast Boy is able to hack into a system to download an early copy of a game called ''Mega Monkeys 4''. However, because it's a pirated copy, his regular console lacks the necessary hardware to play it, so he tries to play it on Cyborg's computer, but accidentally uses Cyborg's recharging generator instead. When Cyborg tries to use it, well, the results aren't pretty. (And the resulting crisis sets up the plot.)
* The episode "The World's Deadliest Game" of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Challenge of the Superfriends]]'' had Toyman build a giant pinball machine on an ice planet, which he used to torment Black Lighting and Wonder Woman.
-->'''Toyman:''' "Wonder Woman in the hole! I get a thousand points and a free ball!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
** The episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E64KACMETV K-Acme TV]]" features ''Super Plucky-o Bros.'', a parody of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', with sound effects from the actual game. Plucky plays at the arcade until the announcer mentions the home console version available on the Numbmindo system, which costs only $879.99, game not included.
** In the episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E12ToonTV Toon TV]]", the segment "Video Game Blues" shows an arcade with games including a 2D space shooter resembling ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'', a game called ''Space Jock'', and a game with a dual joystick setup Plucky is playing, about flying a spaceship through space at speeds of light before encountering formations of Martian spaceships and blasting them with green electrobeams, chasing escaping ships by flying around asteroids, firing a destruct-o-ray, and being chased by ships and being destroyed by their pink electrobeams. Plucky inserts a coin to continue, showing his character outside of his ship, in space, wearing a jet pack and firing a space gun at a Martian ship, before a backup fleet appears and causes another Game Over to occur. Plucky vows to create a series of ''Earthbound Exterminator'' arcade games, starring his own character as the enemy to fire at, and place the arcade games in Martian arcades where the Martians will become addicted to playing and give Plucky an unlimited supply of quarters to continue playing arcade games.
* ''Robot Resource'' is an arcade game appearing in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "The Immobilizer".
* ''Ninja Gladiator'' is a fighting game appearing in the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' episode "Where Is Thy Sting?"
* ''Griffin Rock Element Quest'' is a virtual reality video game in the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' episodes "A Virtual Disaster" and "Back to Virtual Reality".
* The ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' episode "Game Over" mentions ''Shield of Honor'', which seems to be ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with superheroes. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica was an advisor during development.
* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Kimiko tries to cheer Raimundo up by offering him her handheld system with ''Goo Zombies II'', which is supposedly a hot new title.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' had a kid running in the street, super excited to play his new video game: "Assassin". Which had a picture of the ''ComicBook/{{Punisher}}'' on the cartridge. Hearing the name of the game helped remind Bishop what he had been sent to the past to prevent.
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