Need a video game movie prop idea

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A friend of my brother's is making a short film and they need a video game for a background prop for a scene, so I was going to lend them my empty Ms Pac cab and set it up to look like something else, any suggestions as to what title it should have?

The funnier the better as they're looking to have a lot of sight gags, I was thinking of doing up a Polybius marquee for it.
 
if it's a joke geared to us how about

just needs a fuse
dedicated major havok
noice's scuba diving

or use Hyde's arcade bandit game he made during the sundance thread
 
who are they trying to target with the film? If its general public, dick and fart jokes are what sells.. if its video game people, then you can go with in jokes..
 
If you want funny, I'd make up a Desert Bus marquee. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_&_Teller's_Smoke_and_Mirrors for details but the basic story is that Penn & Teller were involved with a Sega CD video game that never got released. One of the games on the thing was 'Desert Bus', which involved hours of real-time driving of a bus down straight roads. If you completed the trip, you got one point and the opportunity to do it again.

Anyone who got it would fall down laughing.
 
The plot thickens....

I found out the scene they need it for is one set in an ADULT VIDEO STORE! Now that opens some possibilities! Ms Slut Man? Anal Blaster 3000? How about a dildo as the joystick? The video is meant for the general public and is being released as a "webisode", and apparently has Vincent Pastore from the Sopranos amongst the cast.

Polybius was my first thought but I wonder if anyone outside the arcade collecting community would get the joke? Regardless I may make that the game's marquee when it's in my living room as it's going to be a 60 in 1 when I'm done.

Another thing I thought of doing which might be funny is having the control panel populated with a completely ridiculous amount of joysticks and buttons, even way beyond what a MAME panel would have.
 
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The plot thickens....

I found out the scene they need it for is one set in an ADULT VIDEO STORE! Now that opens some possibilities! Ms Slut Man? Anal Blaster 3000? How about a dildo as the joystick? The video is meant for the general public and is being released as a "webisode", and apparently has Vincent Pastore from the Sopranos amongst the cast.

Polybius was my first thought but I wonder if anyone outside the arcade collecting community would get the joke? Regardless I may make that the game's marquee when it's in my living room as it's going to be a 60 in 1 when I'm done.

Another thing I thought of doing which might be funny is having the control panel populated with a completely ridiculous amount of joysticks and buttons, even way beyond what a MAME panel would have.

Well since so many people got screwed by Ram Controls you should call the game "Ram Effect". ;)
 
what's the atari game that had the boob controls? Maybe use something like that. Hell give the game two boob control dials and call it Tune in Tokyo.
 
what's the atari game that had the boob controls? Maybe use something like that. Hell give the game two boob control dials and call it Tune in Tokyo.

gotcha

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I think Dan's idea of "Tune in Tokyo" ranks pretty high at the moment, Polybius is a close second, and I've found a file to print the marquee from.

Does anyone know off hand if Spencer gifts have anything which has boobs that could be adapted to be the controls?
 

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