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May overlap with UnexpectedGameplayChange and BonusStage. Compare SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer, depending on which one the player finds more engrossing. Or BettingMinigame where the game in question is used to farm in-game money. Or EmbeddedPrecursor, when the game within the game is an earlier game in the series. See also FictionalVideoGame and UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility (AKA ''Console Within a Console'').

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May overlap with UnexpectedGameplayChange and BonusStage. Compare SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer, depending on which one the player finds more engrossing. Or BettingMinigame where the game in question is used to farm in-game money. Or EmbeddedPrecursor, when the game within the game is an earlier game in the series. See also FictionalVideoGame and UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility MediaNotes/BackwardsCompatibility (AKA ''Console Within a Console'').



* ''VideoGame/DynamiteDeka'' included the old Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Deep Scan'', points from which could win more credits to play the main game. ''Dynamite Deka 2'' did the same thing with ''Tranquilizer Gun'', another old Sega arcade game. The Platform/PlayStation2 remake of the original game substituted a simulation of the electromechanical game ''Periscope'', the first coin-operated game Sega ever made.

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* ''VideoGame/DynamiteDeka'' included the old Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame MediaNotes/ArcadeGame ''Deep Scan'', points from which could win more credits to play the main game. ''Dynamite Deka 2'' did the same thing with ''Tranquilizer Gun'', another old Sega arcade game. The Platform/PlayStation2 remake of the original game substituted a simulation of the electromechanical game ''Periscope'', the first coin-operated game Sega ever made.



* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' is a game series about a game company making large quantities of "microgames" (UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}). There are some original games, and many ports, knockoffs and sub-par clones of other games by Nintendo during the NES era, especially ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''. The "Fly Swatter" game from the SNES ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' is also included, and, in ''[[VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames Mega Microgame$!]]'', there's even a [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg]]-themed ''VideoGame/DrMario'' clone labelled ''Dr. Wario''. In ''VideoGame/WarioWareTwisted'', the last minigame you can unlock is ''[=WarioWare=] Twisted'' itself... which just resets the game with a Wario-themed variation on the GBA startup screen. Meanwhile, in ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'', you can unlock viewable models of various [=3DS=] systems, and even turn them on and play a selection of microgames by tapping the on-screen A button.

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* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' is a game series about a game company making large quantities of "microgames" (UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}).(MediaNotes/{{Shovelware}}). There are some original games, and many ports, knockoffs and sub-par clones of other games by Nintendo during the NES era, especially ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''. The "Fly Swatter" game from the SNES ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' is also included, and, in ''[[VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames Mega Microgame$!]]'', there's even a [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg]]-themed ''VideoGame/DrMario'' clone labelled ''Dr. Wario''. In ''VideoGame/WarioWareTwisted'', the last minigame you can unlock is ''[=WarioWare=] Twisted'' itself... which just resets the game with a Wario-themed variation on the GBA startup screen. Meanwhile, in ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'', you can unlock viewable models of various [=3DS=] systems, and even turn them on and play a selection of microgames by tapping the on-screen A button.
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* The ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' mod VideoGame/TheNamelessMod included several minigames, like ''Tetris'' and ''Breakout'', that you could play on in-game computers.

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* The ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' mod VideoGame/TheNamelessMod included several minigames, like ''Tetris'' ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' and ''Breakout'', ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'', that you could play on in-game computers.
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** ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' has Table Turf Battle, a competitive CardBattleGame where each player uses decks of cards to emulate Turf War battles.

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** ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' has Table Turf Battle, a competitive CardBattleGame where each player uses decks of cards to emulate Turf War battles. In addition to this, the ''Side Order'' DLC campaign [[spoiler:also counts as this, taking place a virtual reality version of Inkopolis Square that Marina created to gamify the process of recovering sanitized Octolings' memories]].
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* In ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' (original version), by equipping certain ROM combinations with the [=MSX2=], you can play ''[=PR3=]'' and ''Mukimuki SD: Memorial''. The former is a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' for the {{UsefulNotes/MSX}}, and getting a certain score in it is required to progress at a certain point of Hell Temple. The other begins sort of like ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'', but then drops its DatingSim mask and [[spoiler:turns into a variation of the "Snatcher Headhunter" game mentioned below]].
* The UsefulNotes/NintendoWii version of ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'' has the Creator/LucasArts adventure ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' as an (easy) unlockable. ''Staff of Kings'' was apparently bad enough and ''Fate of Atlantis'' (before it was put on Steam a month or so latter) rare/good enough for someone to make a replacement cover for ''Staff of Kings'' that makes the box look like a Wii version of ''Fate of Atlantis'' [[http://kotaku.com/5318977/if-you-bought-indy-staff-of-kings-this-might-help see here]].

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* In ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' (original version), by equipping certain ROM combinations with the [=MSX2=], you can play ''[=PR3=]'' and ''Mukimuki SD: Memorial''. The former is a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' for the {{UsefulNotes/MSX}}, {{Platform/MSX}}, and getting a certain score in it is required to progress at a certain point of Hell Temple. The other begins sort of like ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'', but then drops its DatingSim mask and [[spoiler:turns into a variation of the "Snatcher Headhunter" game mentioned below]].
* The UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Platform/NintendoWii version of ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'' has the Creator/LucasArts adventure ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' as an (easy) unlockable. ''Staff of Kings'' was apparently bad enough and ''Fate of Atlantis'' (before it was put on Steam a month or so latter) rare/good enough for someone to make a replacement cover for ''Staff of Kings'' that makes the box look like a Wii version of ''Fate of Atlantis'' [[http://kotaku.com/5318977/if-you-bought-indy-staff-of-kings-this-might-help see here]].



* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'' has Willy training for the [[BlandNameProduct Nintari]] championships using a game called Monster Squad. In the PC version, it's a cutscene of a platformer, but in the Sega CD version, it's a playable ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' clone (and the Nintari [[ConsoleCameo looks like]] a UsefulNotes/GameGear).

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* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'' has Willy training for the [[BlandNameProduct Nintari]] championships using a game called Monster Squad. In the PC version, it's a cutscene of a platformer, but in the Sega CD version, it's a playable ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' clone (and the Nintari [[ConsoleCameo looks like]] a UsefulNotes/GameGear).Platform/GameGear).



* 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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* In ''An Aspie Life'', ''Shoot Man'' is found at the arcade, and an [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] style console plays games like ''CR Drive''.



* ''VideoGame/DynamiteDeka'' included the old Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Deep Scan'', points from which could win more credits to play the main game. ''Dynamite Deka 2'' did the same thing with ''Tranquilizer Gun'', another old Sega arcade game. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake of the original game substituted a simulation of the electromechanical game ''Periscope'', the first coin-operated game Sega ever made.

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* ''VideoGame/DynamiteDeka'' included the old Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Deep Scan'', points from which could win more credits to play the main game. ''Dynamite Deka 2'' did the same thing with ''Tranquilizer Gun'', another old Sega arcade game. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 remake of the original game substituted a simulation of the electromechanical game ''Periscope'', the first coin-operated game Sega ever made.



* ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' features an arcade in both the countryside and the city. The arcade contains both the original ''Pac-Man'' and ''Ms. Pac-Man''. The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version of the game replaces ''Ms. Pac-Man'' with a new game called ''[[SpinOffspring Pac-Jr.]]'' (not to be confused with the Bally-Midway produced ''Jr. Pac-Man''), since ''Ms. Pac-Man'' had already been released on the Genesis as a standalone game. Both ''Ms. Pac-Man'' and ''Pac-Jr.'' require three cartridge pieces in order to play.

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* ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' features an arcade in both the countryside and the city. The arcade contains both the original ''Pac-Man'' and ''Ms. Pac-Man''. The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Platform/SegaGenesis version of the game replaces ''Ms. Pac-Man'' with a new game called ''[[SpinOffspring Pac-Jr.]]'' (not to be confused with the Bally-Midway produced ''Jr. Pac-Man''), since ''Ms. Pac-Man'' had already been released on the Genesis as a standalone game. Both ''Ms. Pac-Man'' and ''Pac-Jr.'' require three cartridge pieces in order to play.



* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', the arcade in Asakusa has a Manikin kid who dares you to complete all twenty levels of ''Puzzle Boy'' (a UsefulNotes/GameBoy version of which was the first game ever published by Creator/{{Atlus}}).

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* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', the arcade in Asakusa has a Manikin kid who dares you to complete all twenty levels of ''Puzzle Boy'' (a UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy version of which was the first game ever published by Creator/{{Atlus}}).



* In ''VideoGame/Siren2'', there is ''Kunitoris'' ([[CountryMatters Country Tetris]]), a Famicom-style puzzle strategy game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] game system. In ''Siren: Blood Curse'', there are the ''UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch''-style games ''Jackalopeman'', ''Skyfish'', and ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'' on the [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King portable LCD game system.

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* In ''VideoGame/Siren2'', there is ''Kunitoris'' ([[CountryMatters Country Tetris]]), a Famicom-style puzzle strategy game for the [=SN-AG1999 AGE MANIAC=] game system. In ''Siren: Blood Curse'', there are the ''UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch''-style ''Platform/GameAndWatch''-style games ''Jackalopeman'', ''Skyfish'', and ''{{Tsuchinoko}}'' on the [=JOYLiNK=] Ultra Network King portable LCD game system.



* The UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version of ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' allows the player to play ''VideoGame/QBert''. It's one of the arcade machines at the firehouse.

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* The UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 version of ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' allows the player to play ''VideoGame/QBert''. It's one of the arcade machines at the firehouse.
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* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': In Nomi's ten-heart event, they write an interactive holonovel about you [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld as a high school girl destined to save the world from an alien invasion]] and let you playtest it. Like the main game, it has multiple branching paths that you can explore.

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* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': In Nomi's ten-heart event, they write an interactive holonovel about you [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent as a high school girl destined to save the world from an alien invasion]] and let you playtest it. Like the main game, it has multiple branching paths that you can explore.
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* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'':
** One of the rooms was the Arcade, where you could play the in-universe arcade games ''Astro Barrier'', ''Thin Ice'', and ''Bits & Bolts''.
** The spy missions are all minigames anyway, but in one mission, an arcade game was yet another minigame, making it a game within a game within a game.



* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' spy missions are all minigames anyway, but in one mission, an arcade game was yet another minigame, making it a game within a game within a game.
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* One of the side quests in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' has you play Flappy Bird. Except the Bird in question is a rainbow-farting unicorn with a dead fish on top of it. And Beezlebub comes to shoot fire at you.
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->''I can also play this game. HOME SIMULATION. It’s a fun game. I control Viktoriya. Viktoriya has a nice home. Viktoriya also has a computer. Viktoriya is playing RESIDENCE REPLICATION. Viktoriya controls Gleb. Gleb has a computer. Gleb is playing CABIN COPY. Gleb controls Izolda. I wish I lived inside a computer.''
-->--'''Fanny,''' ''WesternAnimation/TuxAndFanny''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TuxAndFanny'': In one scene, Fanny is playing a ''VideoGame/TheSims''-esque home simulator called ''Home Simulation'', where the playable character has a computer and can play a video game called ''Residence Replication'', which in turn has a computer that has a game called ''Cabin Copy''.
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* ''VideoGame/StoriesUntold'', episode "The House Abandon": This text adventure is a revisit to your childhood home, and your room has a computer and a game ready to be played. [[spoiler:The game is "The House Abandon", and it's a revisit to your abandoned house.]]

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