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* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest IV: Open Season'' has "Stroids", an ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' clone, as an arcade machine at the Short Stop Bar.

* 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.

* ''Film/FinalDeployment4QueenBattleWalkthrough'' features multiple games within games, as each character makes their own video game walkthrough.

* The player character in ''VideoGame/TheDig'' had a PDA that functioned mainly as a way to communicate with other characters, but also had ''VideoGame/LunarLander'' installed on there. He'd even grumble about not beating another character's high score.

* ''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 ''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.

* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuestIVOpenSeason'' has "Stroids", an ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' clone, as an arcade machine at the Short Stop Bar.

* VideoGame/{{Blasphemous}}: There's a hidden room in the Desecrated Cistern area that has an arcade machine in which you can spend Tears of Atonement to play an 8-bit platformer version of the game titled: "Blasphemous: Alcazar of Grief"

* ''Pac-Man World 2'' features an arcade with unlockable classic pac man games in it.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' has arcade machines at the Battle Hub where players can enjoy a selection of classic Capcom games, including ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' as an EmbeddedPrecursor.

* ''VideoGame/Thrillville'': In both games, the items you can place in your parks include arcade games, which are playable minigames.

* ''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 ''Mega Microgame$!'', there's even a [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg]]-themed ''VideoGame/DrMario'' clone labelled ''Dr. Wario''. In ''[=WarioWare=] Twisted'', 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 ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', 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.

* ''VideoGame/Doom3'' includes an arcade game title ''Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3'' where you [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin punch lots of turkeys]]. Getting a high score earns you an achievement.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'': Upon confronting a ''Duke Nukem II'' arcade machine, Duke simply says, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IjLXvxFiMc Hmmm, don't have time to play with myself.]]"
** This joke is referenced in ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}'', which features several computers displaying the player's first person perspective. Interacting with these computers causes the player to make a similar remark to Duke.

* [[GadgeteerGenius Tora]] in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' developed an 8-bit game in his house called [[ExcitedShowTitle 'Tiger! Tiger!']], which you'll need to play a lot of if you want to [[PointBuildSystem finetune]] [[RobotGirl Poppi's]] capabilities. In it, you play as a Nopon salvager, evading or subduing obstacles to gather treasure chests and ether crystals before returning to the surface (and everything you gather in a winning run, you get to keep for use with the Poppiswap system). Apparently, some other people in Gormott (and even on other Titans!) have also played it themselves, and will tell you what their own high score is if you talk to them.

** ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Yakuza Kiwami]]'' has ''Battle Bug Beauties: Mesuking,'' a rock-paper-scissors game starring bikini clad women embodying various insects.

* ''[[VideoGame/MySummerCar]]'' has games that can be played via a Mikropekka computer. For a full list of games see [https://my-summer-car.fandom.com/wiki/Computer here].

** For Halloween events it features ''CAMHEDZ'' which is a [[GameMod ROM hack]] from the light gun game ''Badlands Revenge'' which changes from a [[GenreShift wild west game to an horror game based in]] ''VideoGame/Manhunt''.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' has arcades which the player can buy playable arcade games for.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' brought us the sideshows in Dark Carnival. The Peanut Gallery, which was a shooting gallery (and unlocked the box with Gnome Chompski for an Achievement). There was Stache Whacker (a Whack-A-Mole game which, when beaten, would break the machine, spew winner tickets, and alert the horde as it dings happily). And there was the Strength Test which, when hit correctly, would knock the bell clean out and alert the horde. This one was also achievement-worthy.

* The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eao7qZjmuYA Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3]]'' arcade machine in ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'', which uses the same graphics/sprites as the original ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

** The original ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'' featured an 8-bit minigame called "Squid Jump" (wherein you make a squid... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin jump]]) that you could play while waiting between matches or on an arcade machine in the HubWorld. Completing amiibo challenges would unlock three additional minigames: "Squid Racer", a top-down racing game, "Squid Beatz," a simple rhythm game, and "Squid Ball", a bizarre mix of volleyball and bowling.