30 Times Video Games Had A Big-Time Influence On Pop Culture History

Now that we think about it, we could all take more cues from video games
30 Times Video Games Had A Big-Time Influence On Pop Culture History
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Back in our day, a movie was made into a video game, not the other way around. Call us old fashioned, but we think it's pretty wild that video games get so popular they end up sparking a movie franchise or affecting the real world. 

Don't get us wrong, we're hip to it. Us groovy cool cats can dig it for sure. And hey, sitting back and watching a movie is a lot easier than fiddling around with a controller, so sign us up!

Ready Player One

Spielberg didn't know his production team snuck a gremlin into Ready Player One. The director didn't want any of his previous movies to be featured as

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Usain Bolt & Mario Kart

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Fortnite and Star Wars

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The Angry Birds Movie

Easter eggs in video game movies THE APPLE STORE OPEN The Angry Birds Movie There's an Apple store in the movie. It's a literal apple store, but one character uses the apple as a phone. CRACKED.COM

Final Fantasy VII

Easter eggs in video game movies Final Fantasy VII: Advent children The CD case of the original game is hidden in the movie (and well hidden, reflecting off a phone for a frame or two). PlayStation FINAL FANTASY.VII CRACKED.COM Station

George Romero & Resident Evil

George Romero wrote a rejected script for a Resident Evil movie. It was super-faithful to the game, down to tiny details - Romero never played it, but he watched a videotape of an assistant playing it. Resident Evil production company Capcom thought it wasn't good, though. NOW YOU KNOW

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Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario

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Resident Evil

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Silent Hill: Revelation

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Ready Player One

Easter eggs in video game movies Ready Player one Thank you for playing my game -MacGuffin provider James Halliday, and also Mario at the end of Super Mario 64. CRACKED.COM

Werewolves Within

Easter eggs in video game movies werewolves within There's an Easter egg in the lobby of the hotel, but director Josh Ruben won't say what it is. CRACKED.COM

The Witcher

Easter eggs in video game movies The witcher The show contains a dig at the overly friendly rock trolls who annoy you through The Witcher 3. CRACKED.COM

Detective Pikachu

Easter eggs in video game movies Detective Pikachu Mewtwo references an event 20 years ago. This film came out 20 years after Pokémon: The First Movie, about Mewtwo's origins. CRACKED.COM

Uncharted

Easter eggs in video game movies Uncharted The end of the film sets up the entire Uncharted series, with references to Nathan Drake's brother, Sully's mustache, and Roman, the first game's villain. CRACKED.COM

Prince of Persia

Easter eggs in video game movies Prince of Persia Alfred Molina is in here as a callback to his role in Raiders of the Lost Ark, itself a huge inspiration for the Prince of Persia games. CRACKED.COM

Street Fighter

Easter eggs in video game movies street Fighter Bison blows up ships using the Street Fighter II control panel from the arcade game. CRACKED.COM

Wreck-It-Ralph

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Goldeneye

Goldeneye (Goldeneye) CRACKED.COM One of the most beloved movie tie-in games of all time, Rare Interactive's Goldeneye set the standard for James Bond games. Despite getting released a full two years after the 1995 film, Nintendo 64 players were immediately enthralled by it's now iconic split screen multiplayer (so long as no one played Oddjob).

Lego Star Wars

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (Star Wars) CRACKED.COM Just about every popular franchise has a Lego game at some point, but it all started with the original Lego Star Wars, which finally brings a sense of fun to the humorless prequel trilogy.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Batman) CRACKED.COM Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham series redefined what liscensed games could be with its excellent combat, stealth and atmosphere, and it all began with Batman: Arkham Asylum. Few other series have been able to capture the caped crusader experience in the same way since.

Minecraft

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Pac-Man

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Steve Wozniak and Tetris

Steve Wozniak is really into Tetris, and he's so good, Nintendo Power didn't like it. Z He'd submit his Tetris high scores to Nintendo's magazine Nintendo Power as a kid, and they stopped running his name for a while - then he submitted the scores as Evets Kazniow, and they printed those. CRACKED.COM

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