The hero of the movie will be unable to destroy the last asteroid and his brother will have to get it for him...

This has to be a hoax

It's going to make 2600 its opening weekend.

Didn't they already make a crappy movie about this...called Armageddon?

is it one of those artsy black and white movies?

Look out for those tiny streetlights UFOs. Those bastards aim.

As mentioned in the article, they are also making "Candyland" and "Battleship" (and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works, and maybe a retool of "Clue" as well) because of some sort of rights usage relationship they made with Hasbro.

I don't know if Hasbro has the rights to the early Atari games now too, or if this is a separate thing, but, obviously they are going for "make a movie from a famous game name" theme now.

Although, as said before, the concept of "Asteroids" is not very original in movies anyway (Armageddon, Deep Impact, etc), although that has never stopped Hollywood before.

But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

What? no missile command?

/waiting for Pong the movie

dletter: and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works,

It will go on for hours and hours.

And still no Elevator Action movie.

Wonderful.

dletter: As mentioned in the article, they are also making "Candyland" and "Battleship" (and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works, and maybe a retool of "Clue" as well) because of some sort of rights usage relationship they made with Hasbro.

I don't know if Hasbro has the rights to the early Atari games now too, or if this is a separate thing, but, obviously they are going for "make a movie from a famous game name" theme now.

Although, as said before, the concept of "Asteroids" is not very original in movies anyway (Armageddon, Deep Impact, etc), although that has never stopped Hollywood before.

But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

You forgot ET, Barn Stormer, and Pit Fall.

dletter

But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.


River Raid?

gorgor will be here momentarily with a screenshot of his personal best at "Hemorrhoids"...

Still no Pixar's Mario Bros, Jame Cameron's Disaster: Days of Crisis, and Peter Jackson's Fire Emblem.

First, this has to be a joke.

Second, didn't Robot Chicken do this already?

I for one, would like to see Frogger & Pitfall...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie"

/And I can't wait to play the game based on it: "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie: The Game"

Bored Horde: This has to be a hoax

This. Didn't AICN do the exact same thing two years ago with Joust: The Movie?

Galen_Rasputin: You forgot ET

They already made a movie based on this game. Surprisingly, the game was far better than the movie.

No suggestions of "Paperboy - Teh movie"?

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24k_KQg84k (new window)

One of the few College Humor clips to actually contain humor.

It will end when the star accidentally pushes the hyperspace button and ends up crashing into an asteroid.

Galen_Rasputin: dletter: As mentioned in the article, they are also making "Candyland" and "Battleship" (and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works, and maybe a retool of "Clue" as well) because of some sort of rights usage relationship they made with Hasbro.

I don't know if Hasbro has the rights to the early Atari games now too, or if this is a separate thing, but, obviously they are going for "make a movie from a famous game name" theme now.

Although, as said before, the concept of "Asteroids" is not very original in movies anyway (Armageddon, Deep Impact, etc), although that has never stopped Hollywood before.

But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

You forgot ET, Barn Stormer, and Pit Fall.

They could never make a movie about ET. Just how?!

That being said......DEFENDER!

Coming soon... Gauntlet: The Movie!!

/Don't shoot the food.

Although it's been done, can't have too many movies about running over pedestrians for points.

Cornwell: No suggestions of "Paperboy - Teh movie"?

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24k_KQg84k (new window)

One of the few College Humor clips to actually contain humor.

They made it into a TV series.

Came in for the Pew Pew Pew cat...leaving sad

Meanwhile, Don Bluth's been trying to get a Dragon's Lair movie off the ground for the last ten years.

/maybe he should pitch it to these guys

Impudent Domain: What? no missile command?

/waiting for Pong the movie



/What a missle command game might look like

Someone mentioned a Pixar Mario Bros. if they did it right, which Pixar SO FAR has not made a "bad movie" would kick ass. would love to see Koopa on the big screen.

/Dennis Hopper actually did do a decent job.

Masso: Still no Pixar's Mario Bros, Jame Cameron's Disaster: Days of Crisis, and Peter Jackson's Fire Emblem.

Or Michael Bay's Bomberman.

Gonzo317: Impudent Domain: What? no missile command?

/waiting for Pong the movie



/What a missle command game Movie might look like

/had to fix that.

Don't forget Minesweeper!
Link (new window)

Gravyguts: Someone mentioned a Pixar Mario Bros. if they did it right, which Pixar SO FAR has not made a "bad movie" would kick ass. would love to see Koopa on the big screen.

/Dennis Hopper actually did do a decent job.

You mean Bob Hoskins, right?

/It wasn't called "Super King Koopa Brothers", you know.

What?!?! Asteroids is a great plot for a movie. An interstellar mining company clearing an asteroid belt for a galactic highway is suddenly attacked by alien invaders... wait... seems like someone already made that into a movie.

Hmm... Actually to be fiar, Pixar would make anything works.
Now that I think about it, Pixar's Star Fox wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Gravyguts: Someone mentioned a Pixar Mario Bros. if they did it right, which Pixar SO FAR has not made a "bad movie" would kick ass. would love to see Koopa on the big screen.

/Dennis Hopper actually did do a decent job.

Meh, if Pixar made a video game movie, I'd want them to choose a license that was absolutely bereft of a plot so they could write a blank slate. Since Mario 64, Nintendo has given the Mario setting some real stories and character.

Again, I come back to Bomberman.

Why has there new been a Bubble Bobble the movie? 126 minutes of runtime, with the same song looping over and over again in the background.

The feat of clearing that game has nothing to do with skill, and everything to do with surviving the music after twentysomething levels.

Think I'll hold out for the Tetris trilogy...

How come no one else has information on any of this?

bilbo douchebaggins: Galen_Rasputin: dletter: As mentioned in the article, they are also making "Candyland" and "Battleship" (and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works, and maybe a retool of "Clue" as well) because of some sort of rights usage relationship they made with Hasbro.

I don't know if Hasbro has the rights to the early Atari games now too, or if this is a separate thing, but, obviously they are going for "make a movie from a famous game name" theme now.

Although, as said before, the concept of "Asteroids" is not very original in movies anyway (Armageddon, Deep Impact, etc), although that has never stopped Hollywood before.

But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

You forgot ET, Barn Stormer, and Pit Fall.

They could never make a movie about ET. Just how?!

That being said......DEFENDER!

YESSS!!

This makes no sense. They already made an "asteroids" movie ten years ago, it was called Armageddon.

Furthermore, even though Atari still owns the trademark for Asteroids (for what reason, who knows; the game was made in 1979), it is fuzzy on why a movie studio would have to pay "for the rights" to make a movie on a game that had no story, and was made 30 years ago. Asteroids is a common name, and although Atari owns the trademark, it would be hard to argue in court that a movie based on a 30 year old game (that was black and white) would be damaging to Atari's trademark.

What exactly is the audience for the movie? Gen Xers?

I can understand (barely) making a monopoly movie, it is the most popopular board game of all time. And I can definitely understand making a candyland movie, but an asteroids movie makes no sense.

Asteroids?

Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.

PirateKing: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie"

/And I can't wait to play the game based on it: "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie: The Game"

OMFG hahahahahah *breathe* hahahahahahahh

Subby's wrong. For Hollywood, there IS no bottom of the barrel.

What a Frogger movie might look like:

Costanza (new window)

As I say everywhere else, I CALLED THIS years ago when I posted my mini-script for ASTEROIDS: THE MOVIE starring Christopher Walken.

And when BURGER TIME: THE MOVIE hits, feel free to refer to my mini-script for that one, as well (also starring Walken as Mr. Pickle).

Now all Hollywood has to do is get Walken for Asteroids, and my ideas will be justified; My plan will be complete!

glad someone else remembers this one....

Seems like Defender would make a much better movie.

Any 80s video game thread wins.

I think I'd rather see a Sinistar movie, all things considered.

They could get Christopher Walken to play the big mean-face guy.

That would be cool. Huh huh uh uh huh huh.

All you people who paid to see Transformers: Revenge of the TrukkNutz and all of you who will pay to see GI Joe, I place the blame for this squarely on your shoulders. This is what happens when you give moviemakers positive reinforcement for bad behavior.

I can already hear the defending arguments. "Hey, it's based on a game where a triangle breaks rocks with a gun, and that's what it had. What, were you expecting Shakespeare? I just wanted a fun movie with shiny things, I didn't expect it to have anything like acting, character, direction, cinematography, good dialogue, a plot or good special effects and I was satisfied. If you can't turn your brain off and appreciate a 2 ½ hour movie about a triangle breaking rocks then you're just an indiefag hipster douche who needs to go watch more Fellini."

Shrinkwrap: dletter: and I also believe a "Monopoly" movie is in the works,

It will go on for hours and hours.

It's gonna be about 4 kids fighting over who gets to be the car.

wookiemonster: (for what reason, who knows; the game was made in 1979)

All thanks should be given to the House of Mouse, which managed to wrangle Congress to give it a license to print money from the creative work of long-dead men, I mean, keep cherished characters out of the evil clutches of public domain pirate-rapers.

For Assteroids

Personally, I think that Qix would be the lamest 'video game into a movie' idea.

On the other hand, an arcade I used to go to had this totally cool video game called 'Star Wars.' That one would make an awesome movie.

I'm looking forward to the Wachowski brothers' PunchOut!

xalres: I can already hear the defending arguments. "Hey, it's based on a game where a triangle breaks rocks with a gun, and that's what it had. What, were you expecting Shakespeare? I just wanted a fun movie with shiny things, I didn't expect it to have anything like acting, character, direction, cinematography, good dialogue, a plot or good special effects and I was satisfied. If you can't turn your brain off and appreciate a 2 ½ hour movie about a triangle breaking rocks then you're just an indiefag hipster douche who needs to go watch more Fellini."

This, this, and, oh, yes, this.

Throw in those evil doods from The Last Starfighter and some
of those robots from Ice Pirates and we're set....I'm buying
the big popcorn with extra butter oil.

ZeroCorpse: when BURGER TIME: THE MOVIE hits

Welcome to Goodburger, home of the goodburger, can I take your awwwwrder?

Impossible Mission

/Destroy him my robots

dletter: a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug

That's a screen writer's worst nightmare.
But to borrow an idea from another thread: Micronauts?

untaken_name: I think I'd rather see a Sinistar movie, all things considered.

They could get Christopher Walken to play the big mean-face guy.

That would be cool. Huh huh uh uh huh huh.

"I Hunger!, For More cowbell"

Perfect!

And here's the theme song (new window) for the Asteroids movie.

I'm still eagerly waiting on the "Oregon Trail" movie. I mean "Little House on the Prairie" was kind of a half-arsed attempt. They didn't even get past the continental divide! Lazy, wholesome family. I will not be satisfied until they lose half of their wagon from fording a deep river or little Timmy gets taken out by Malaria. And they have to subsist on squirrels since the dad can't seem to find a good hunting spot.

Apple IIe FTW!

Pacman: The Hunger would be a scary horror flick.

/all those ghosts.

CapitolG: "I Hunger!, For More cowbell"

Perfect!

It would be, so that's how you know it'll never happen.

doc_jeckyll: For Assteroids

"You got Asteroids?"

"No, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days."

untaken_name: CapitolG: "I Hunger!, For More cowbell"

Perfect!

It would be, so that's how you know it'll never happen.

You'd think that the concept of a planet-sized ship with a face that eats ships and screams "RUN, COWARD! RUN! RUN!" would have gotten someone interested in a movie.

It's like the Death Star crossed with Unicron from the Transformers animated movie.

Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

DarthBrooks

It's going to make 2600 its opening weekend.

I C wut u did there.

Just when I think they've scraped the bottom of the barrel, they take out a gouge and start carving on the bottom.

\putting in my request for animated Sonic and Qbert movies.

bilbo douchebaggins: glad someone else remembers this one....

Ok now Im going to have the sound repeating in my head all day - the sound from the upright quarter-eater when the landers would pick up a pod...

macadamnut: dletter: a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug

That's a screen writer's worst nightmare.
But to borrow an idea from another thread: Micronauts?

Right freakin' on. "Micronauts: Rise of Baron Karza" FTW!

dammit. someone already mentioned a pining for a burger time movie... :(


snooze ya loose

Tony Baloney: Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

I like the first Mortal Kombat. I think that's basically it.

Tony Baloney: Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

Mortal Kombat had it's moments, and I've heard good things about the Resident Evil movies, as well as Silent Hill - haven't seen those though.

bravochimp: And still no Elevator Action movie.

Wonderful.

Actually there is. It stars Ron Jermey and is technically not a movie.

Tony Baloney: Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

There was one a few years a... no wait, that sucked. Um... what about the... no that one was horrible too... Video game movies are typically horrible but have a pre-built audience so they still manage to make money.

/Clue: The Movie was awesome

All your base are belong to us.

/oblig

twotowner: Sonic

On one condition: everyone involved in it is required to be 100% unaware of the existence of the Adventure games or later cartoon shows. If they are going to use any external source beyond the original Genesis/CD/Whatever games, it must be the saturday morning cartoon set on the planet Moebius.

The little fox-thing's name is TAILS. Not Miles mutherfarking "Tails" Prower.

I am personally waiting for them to make one of that "kill or be killed" military epic: Sea Battle! Of course in the last 15 minutes of the thing we find out the losing side mined their own harbor just as the heroes try to sail in on the last ship left.

/or I would be happy with a Mappy game.

Snarfangel: Pacman: The Hunger would be a scary horror flick.

/all those ghosts.

Only if it resembles this:

Just two words : Custer's Revenge.

True story: I'm in the office of a very well known Hollywood producer yesterday working through some story notes on a rewrite. We're twenty minutes into a conversation about the main character's thematic arc when the third executive in the room says, "Guys. Transformers 2. Now, moving on...."

And now this.

Just be aware that Hollywood IS working on a movie version of THE SIMS.

No kidding.

In fact, here's a list of games that were/are optioned for movies:

# Army of Two
# Army of Two Test
# American McGee's Alice
# Area 51
# BioShock
# BloodRayne III: Warhammer
# Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
# Castlevania
# Citizen Siege
# City of Heroes
# Clock Tower
# Deus Ex
# Devil May Cry
# Drift City
# Doom 2
# Driver
# Duke Nukem
# Dragon's Lair
# Earthworm Jim
# EverQuest
# Fear Effect
# Gears of War
# God of War
# Halo
# Hitman 2
# Hunter: The Reckoning
# Kane & Lynch
# Killzone
# Lost Planet
# Mass Effect
# MechWarrior
# Metal Gear Solid
# Metroid
# Medievil
# Mortal Kombat: Devastation
# The Neverhood
# Nightmare Creatures
# Onimusha
# Pac-Man
# Parasite Eve
# Resident Evil: Afterlife
# Resistance: Fall of Man
# Return to Castle Wolfenstein
# Shadow of the Colossus
# Silent Hill 2
# Spy Hunter
# The Legend of Spyro 3D
# The Elder Scrolls
# The Sims
# The Suffering
# Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
# Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
# The Unforgettable
# World of Warcraft

StarCraft? A little newer than the 80's games, but still might make a movie. Assuming that the movie wouldn't be centered around a player who turtles.

ZeroCorpse: Just be aware that Hollywood IS working on a movie version of THE SIMS.

No kidding.

In fact, here's a list of games that were/are optioned for movies:

# Army of Two
# Army of Two Test
# American McGee's Alice
# Area 51
# BioShock
# BloodRayne III: Warhammer
# Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
# Castlevania
# Citizen Siege
# City of Heroes
# Clock Tower
# Deus Ex
# Devil May Cry
# Drift City
# Doom 2
# Driver
# Duke Nukem
# Dragon's Lair
# Earthworm Jim
# EverQuest
# Fear Effect
# Gears of War
# God of War
# Halo
# Hitman 2
# Hunter: The Reckoning
# Kane & Lynch
# Killzone
# Lost Planet
# Mass Effect
# MechWarrior
# Metal Gear Solid
# Metroid
# Medievil
# Mortal Kombat: Devastation
# The Neverhood
# Nightmare Creatures
# Onimusha
# Pac-Man
# Parasite Eve
# Resident Evil: Afterlife
# Resistance: Fall of Man
# Return to Castle Wolfenstein
# Shadow of the Colossus
# Silent Hill 2
# Spy Hunter
# The Legend of Spyro 3D
# The Elder Scrolls
# The Sims
# The Suffering
# Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
# Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
# The Unforgettable
# World of Warcraft

God of War? Didn't they already make that? I think it was called "Clash of the Titans". Or are they talking about the remake?

ahnuts: There was one a few years a... no wait, that sucked. Um... what about the... no that one was horrible too... Video game movies are typically horrible but have a pre-built audience so they still manage to make money.

/Clue: The Movie was awesome

Clue: The Movie is awesome, but there you're talking bored games, not video games. MK produced a good soundtrack, but what else was there? And was there anything worse than Street Fighter?

\my heart still bleeds for Raul Julia

Please America, I'm begging you.

Don't go to this movie. Please. Stop being an enabler.

I think we're going to see American McGee's Alice in one way or another... Tim Burton's version of Alice In Wonderland sure seems like it's in the same vein as the American McGee game.

Tony Baloney: Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

I sw your question and thought: I'm POSITIVE there was at least one. But nope (new window), not a single one. Some I consider "drunken rental" watchable but none that I would consider good.

Tony Baloney: ahnuts: There was one a few years a... no wait, that sucked. Um... what about the... no that one was horrible too... Video game movies are typically horrible but have a pre-built audience so they still manage to make money.

/Clue: The Movie was awesome

Clue: The Movie is awesome, but there you're talking bored games, not video games. MK produced a good soundtrack, but what else was there? And was there anything worse than Street Fighter?

\my heart still bleeds for Raul Julia

Street Fighter had at least one classic moment thanks to Raul Julia... the scene where he, as Bison, declares that "The day the great Bison entered your village was a day that changed your life forever. For me, it was Tuesday."

teke184: I think we're going to see American McGee's Alice in one way or another... Tim Burton's version of Alice In Wonderland sure seems like it's in the same vein as the American McGee game.

Too bad the original movie never happened. Sarah Michelle Gellar fell in love with the game and wanted to make a movie adaptation, but she never got it off the ground.

I, for one, like the idea of an asteroids movie. The problem I have with a lot of video game movies is that they make needless changes to the story that ruin its video game ties (and usually those changes are stupid and don't work well in movie form anyways).

With asteroids you can't go wrong as long as there's more than one asteroid and a spaceship shoots them at some point.

It could have Bay as the director and things could blow up... I think that would ROCK...

/i dont like his work

Jessica Alba is slated to play the buttons with Liev Schreiber playing the joystick. Rumor has it Sean Penn will play the little screaming ship that comes in and ruins everything.

The Mario movie was farking great in every way. That is all.

Maybe one day the powers that be will get off their lazy asses and make an Axis and Allies movie.

How about it, Hollywood?

They havent made a move based on this either:




/hot!

TheShavingofOccam123: Jessica Alba is slated to play the buttons

I'd mash it and somehow still win, making everyone else in the room stabby.

Farkwaddle: StarCraft? A little newer than the 80's games, but still might make a movie. Assuming that the movie wouldn't be centered around a player who turtles.

It was called Starship Troopers.

Or, if you want three races, Alien vs. Predator.

oops, movie

/preview is my friend

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: It could have Bay as the director and things could blow up... I think that would ROCK...

/i dont like his work

There are lots of games more up to his strengths. Like Bomberman, or Missile Command, or Scorched Earth.

I think that a Monopoly movie, done as a period piece about real estate moguls and grifters in 1930s Atlantic City, could actually be decent.

Pxtl: kungfu jesus with a side of lime: It could have Bay as the director and things could blow up... I think that would ROCK...

/i dont like his work

There are lots of games more up to his strengths. Like Bomberman, or Missile Command, or Scorched Earth.

Twisted Metal is SO up Bay's alley. It's even got a mythology to use as a basis for a film.

Why not do Zero Wing? It's already mostly done anyway.

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: It could have Bay as the director and things could blow up... I think that would ROCK...

You'd need Nicholas Cage for that. His hair is a bird, therefore, your argument is invalid.

*movie announcer voice*

"In a world where fifty two cards lived in total chaos... In a world where there was no order... In a world where four thrones sat empty... One man dared to change all that. One red queen climbed atop a black king in a passion not seen since 'Jungle Fever'. This summer, prepare yourself for the loneliest game of all.

Solitaire.

It will kick...your...ace!"

No Adventure movie? That's be great...a tiny hero with a sword five times larger than he is chasing after dragons that look like ducks.

I wasted so many quarters on that damn game.

Tony Baloney: And was there anything worse than Street Fighter?

Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game was worse than Street Fighter: The Movie.

teke184: Twisted Metal is SO up Bay's alley. It's even got a mythology to use as a basis for a film.

Oh God, it's too perfect. Assuming they'd go by TM2, he'd have Hopper, Outlaw and Twister for tits, Thumper and Hammerhead for offensive black stereotype slapstick, and an endless supply of explosions.

optional: I think that a Monopoly movie, done as a period piece about real estate moguls and grifters in 1930s Atlantic City, could actually be decent.

The problem is that nobody would be stupid enough to do that. The name would be a boat anchor on the film - the kind of audience that would enjoy such a film would avoid something as trashy as a boardgame tie-in.

re: the Hasbro connection: I was under the impression that they had sold the Atari software back catalog along with the trademark to Infogrammes.

IXI Jim IXI: No Adventure movie? That's be great...a tiny hero with a sword five times larger than he is chasing after dragons that look like ducks.

Hmmm... write up a treatment and we'll fax it over to some directors.

What Tapper: The Movie may look like.

teke184: I think we're going to see American McGee's Alice in one way or another... Tim Burton's version of Alice In Wonderland sure seems like it's in the same vein as the American McGee game.

I really hope so. That was such a great game.

xalres: But nope (new window), not a single one. Some I consider "drunken rental" watchable but none that I would consider good.

Which is sad because Silent HIll as a movie had potential.

ZeroCorpse: As I say everywhere else, I CALLED THIS years ago when I posted my mini-script for ASTEROIDS: THE MOVIE starring Christopher Walken.

And when BURGER TIME: THE MOVIE hits, feel free to refer to my mini-script for that one, as well (also starring Walken as Mr. Pickle).

Now all Hollywood has to do is get Walken for Asteroids, and my ideas will be justified; My plan will be complete!

You slowly turned into this guy in my head:



"Something, something dark side. Something, something com-PLETE!"

Anypoo, a movie from this game could be cool:



The director could go nuts with multiple endings ...

One game I would like to see made into a movie would be something based on the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver line of games.

I'm excited about this... but then again I wear this on a daily basis:

Queen Dalek: I for one, would like to see Frogger

Ball of Confusion: bilbo douchebaggins: glad someone else remembers this one....

Ok now Im going to have the sound repeating in my head all day - the sound from the upright quarter-eater when the landers would pick up a pod...

Link (new window)

this game is way involved. more so than i remember....

ZeroCorpse: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

I'd watch that. It would be like the Da Vinci Code. But less retarded, since it doesn't take itself seriously.

Q&D but I think we can do it

How bout this one?

Link (new window)

The only video games I can think of that IMO would have potential as a movie would be Bioshock, Diablo*, Fallout, Half Life, and Warcraft*.


/*back before Blizzard started to reuse lore between their different series
//the reason it shouldn't happen is because hollywood would probably turn them all into mindless action movies filled with nothing but explosions and CG effects

Oh come on, over 125 posts and no mention of Tetris: The Movie? (new window)

rikdanger: Although it's been done, can't have too many movies about running over pedestrians for points.

Too late.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/

Cornwell: Why has there new been a Bubble Bobble the movie? 126 minutes of runtime, with the same song looping over and over again in the background.

The feat of clearing that game has nothing to do with skill, and everything to do with surviving the music after twentysomething levels.

The work of the earworm is done :D

RamboFrog: Personally, I think that Qix would be the lamest 'video game into a movie' idea.

On the other hand, an arcade I used to go to had this totally cool video game called 'Star Wars.' That one would make an awesome movie.

Wouldnt it be an art movie that you watch on the influence of acid?


Still waiting for a 7th guest movie, though....

Nightmaretony: The work of the earworm is done :D

Doo doo doo
da doo doo doo
da doo doo dooda doooo

dada doo doo doo
da dootdoo doo
da doo doo doodoot dooooo

dundundun...

What was that website again? anticool.com?

dletter: But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

Hunt the Wumpus!

/also, still waiting for Zork, the Movie. Want some rye?

It's a Friday night, I have no date, my all Rush mix tape and a bottle of shasta. I am ready to go.

Still waiting for the honkbag movie.

Cornwell: No suggestions of "Paperboy - Teh movie"?

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24k_KQg84k (new window)

One of the few College Humor clips to actually contain humor.

Wow. That was absolutely horrible. If you really think that is funny, then you must be just a riot at parties. If you're trolling, good work.

Zork.

Starring Gina Gershon.

Opening lines of the screenplay:

It is pitch black. CHARACTER is likely to be eaten by a grue.

theorellior: Opening lines of the screenplay:

It is pitch black. CHARACTER is likely to be eaten by a grue.

followed immediately by the closing credits. :D

Or how about this:



/teh hot!

Why stop with 1970s arcade games? I can see the trailer now.

"In a world where you're in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike..."

Or how about Hunt the Wumpus?

I'm still waiting for the Swordquest: Earthworld movie. The guy that did Pans Labyrinth can direct.

HawgWild: Or how about this:



/teh hot!

Ya know, I thought about that EXACT same thing, but I think Robot Chicken already handled that one admirably (or at least the ending...

David Lynch presents Space Harrier.

In a semi-related note, they ARE making a videogame based on the movie Grease for the wii.

Doogles4221: In a semi-related note, they ARE making a videogame based on the movie Grease for the wii.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

France: Coming soon... Gauntlet: The Movie!!

/Don't shoot the food.

It needs to have an intermission stating "audience needs food...badly".

Or this:



/I WILL keep this thread going!

Snarfangel: Pacman: The Hunger would be a scary horror flick.

/all those ghosts.

It was some kind of man... some kind of... Pac-man

They came from above.

SPACE INVADERS: THE MOVIE

PirateKing: One game I would like to see made into a movie would be something based on the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver line of games.

Why ruin a great story by trying to tell a 15 hour story in under 2?

I love the game, but would not wish the cannon destroying power of a movie franchise on either Kain/Soul reaver or Metroid.

The world is flat. Scarlett Johansson isn't. She is it's DEFENDER.

SEE the leather jumpsuits!

SEE the lack of monogamy in the future!

Will the characters use the camp-in-the-corner-of-the-screen trick in the movie?

Seriously, if this abomination really happens, please tell me Ed Logg will get a percentage. (If you don't know who he is, he coded Asteroids, Centipede, and Gauntlet...)

/has a MACH 3 laserdisc upright for sale
//yes it works
///gotta make room for a MAME cabinet

Electriclectic: Tony Baloney: And was there anything worse than Street Fighter?
Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game was worse than Street Fighter: The Movie.

My favorite thing about Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game is that it didn't contain "The Game" in the title.

The game was called Street Fighter: The Movie.

Mike: Will the characters use the camp-in-the-corner-of-the-screen trick in the movie?

Seriously, if this abomination really happens, please tell me Ed Logg will get a percentage. (If you don't know who he is, he coded Asteroids, Centipede, and Gauntlet...)

/has a MACH 3 laserdisc upright for sale
//yes it works
///gotta make room for a MAME cabinet

Frankly, I'd rather see a comedy show based on the Atari offices in the early 80s, a la Code Monkeys, than an Asteroids movie.

The stories about some of the stuff they did were a mix of the funny, outrageous, and geeky, between the "Out Standing In Our Field" video, lighting a guy's desk on fire to try to get his attention during a phone call, and an employee going on the PA screaming "Imperial stormtroopers have entered the base!" repeatedly when new Atari owner Jack Tramiel entered the offices for the first time.

Didn't Peter Jackson make a movie out of Donkey Kong just a few years ago?

Personally, I can't wait for the movie soundtrack.

DUNT...DUNT...DUNT...DUNT...DUNT DUNT DUNT DUNT DUNT DUNTDUNTDUNTDUNTDUNTDUNT.

twotowner: Just when I think they've scraped the bottom of the barrel, they take out a gouge and start carving on the bottom.

\putting in my request for animated Sonic and Qbert movies.

The 80's and 90's cartoons based off both these characters aren't good enough for ya?

So does the movie restart at the end?

/Nothing like beating a game and starting at square one.

Tony Baloney: Um... I hate to sub for Captain Obvious, but -- barring the spectacularly cheesetastic -- does anyone here really think there has ever been a video game that translated well into a movie? IIRC, Super Mario Bros was so bad that John Leguizamo had to take a drag queen role to seem more manly...

The Mortal Kombat movie wasn't bad. Yeah, it was a rewrite of 'Enter The Dragon' for the most part. But it wasn't bad, and in some parts, could almost pass as good.

Someone should make a movie based on this game.


/love this thread

Has there ever been a good movie made from a video game? Ever? Even the ones not made by Uwe Boll?

RaisedOnATARI: Someone should make a movie based on this game.


/love this thread

I hadn't seen the 2600 version of that game before... it makes the Death Star look like a boob with a misplaced tit.

dletter: But, I can think of a number of other early 80s Video games that seem like they could be fleshed out into at least a movie with maybe a plausible story for a movie more than Asteroids: Dig Dug, Jungle King, Joust, Moon Patrol, Robotron: 2084, Missle Command.

I'd pay to see Joust as a movie, even if it was directed by Uwe Boll. Knights on CGI flying ostriches? Yes, please.

I have to admit, I would have gone to see the reported-but-now-defunct Halo movie that Peter Jackson was to have produced.

Butterfinger: Q&D but I think we can do it

"You're sorry? Sorry how? Like 'Sorry I stepped on your toe' sorry? Or 'Sorry I farked your wife' sorry?"

Please God, if you won't give me another Psychonauts game please give me a Psychonauts movie. Please? Please?

How about a movie based on Galaxian? It's already got Galaga as a built-in sequel.

/Step 3: Profit!

koniver: It's a Friday night, I have no date, my all Rush mix tape and a bottle of shasta. I am ready to go.

That was Space Invaders you fool!

/Hot like a fistful of quarters fresh out of the change machine.

Mike: Has there ever been a good movie made from a video game? Ever? Even the ones not made by Uwe Boll?

The Last Starfighter.

Fano: Mike: Has there ever been a good movie made from a video game? Ever? Even the ones not made by Uwe Boll?

The Last Starfighter.

How about a movie based on a videogame that actually exists? (Not counting the recent re-creation of the Starfighter game from the movie). (new window)

Fano: Mike: Has there ever been a good movie made from a video game? Ever? Even the ones not made by Uwe Boll?

The Last Starfighter.

Fake video game.

I kind of liked Silent Hill. Sorry.

Pxtl: twotowner: Sonic

On one condition: everyone involved in it is required to be 100% unaware of the existence of the Adventure games or later cartoon shows. If they are going to use any external source beyond the original Genesis/CD/Whatever games, it must be the saturday morning cartoon set on the planet Moebius.

The little fox-thing's name is TAILS. Not Miles mutherfarking "Tails" Prower.

His name has always been Miles Prower. It's been like that since Sonic 2.

Hahaha it's great to see suggestions for Impossible Mission and Hunt the Wumpus....

My suggestions (from various platforms):

Paradroid
M.U.L.E.
Agent USA
Realm of Impossibility
Beach Head
B-17 Bomber
Smash TV
Total Carnage
Rampage
S.T.U.N. Runner

How about Zork: The Movie.

It's a silent movie with a whole lot of Intertitles (the parts where words came on the screen to let the audience know stuff like plot points or dialog)

i actually think this could be very good... like say if they could get Will Smith for the lead... Maybe a Scarlet Johannson as the chick.

Hell, The Rock could play the rock.

Daniel Matsuzaka

That is without a doubt the coolest image I've seen all day.

theorellior: xalres: I can already hear the defending arguments. "Hey, it's based on a game where a triangle breaks rocks with a gun, and that's what it had. What, were you expecting Shakespeare? I just wanted a fun movie with shiny things, I didn't expect it to have anything like acting, character, direction, cinematography, good dialogue, a plot or good special effects and I was satisfied. If you can't turn your brain off and appreciate a 2 ½ hour movie about a triangle breaking rocks then you're just an indiefag hipster douche who needs to go watch more Fellini."

This, this, and, oh, yes, this.

More this.

KhamanV: Fano: Mike: Has there ever been a good movie made from a video game? Ever? Even the ones not made by Uwe Boll?

The Last Starfighter.

Fake video game.

I kind of liked Silent Hill. Sorry.

Silent Hill is the best video game movie I've ever watched, but that isn't saying much.

I know people who like the Resident Evil and Tomb Raider movies, as well as Mortal Kombat.

i used to play TRON on my Intellivision and it was a totaly awesome movie

it was
i swear it was
shuffles feet looks at floor leaves the thread humiliated

Tony Baloney:
Clue: The Movie is awesome, but there you're talking bored games, not video games. MK produced a good soundtrack, but what else was there? And was there anything worse than Street Fighter?

\my heart still bleeds for Raul Julia

Thereis actually one worse than Street Fighter. It's called 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li'

/Everyone should watch that to see JUST how bad a movie can be.

PirateKing: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie"

/And I can't wait to play the game based on it: "E.T. The VideoGame: The Movie: The Game"

Winner! First real LOL moment of the day. (Workmates looking at me funny)

What about Amidar?

HawgWild: Or how about this:



/teh hot!

They're actually making an Orcarina of Time movie.

Funbags: theorellior: xalres: I can already hear the defending arguments. "Hey, it's based on a game where a triangle breaks rocks with a gun, and that's what it had. What, were you expecting Shakespeare? I just wanted a fun movie with shiny things, I didn't expect it to have anything like acting, character, direction, cinematography, good dialogue, a plot or good special effects and I was satisfied. If you can't turn your brain off and appreciate a 2 ½ hour movie about a triangle breaking rocks then you're just an indiefag hipster douche who needs to go watch more Fellini."

This, this, and, oh, yes, this.

More this.

And that. And the other thing. Epic win.

Tony Baloney: \my heart still bleeds for Raul Julia

As terrible as the movie Street Fighter was, his performance is farking fantastic. He had some hilarious material and he delivered it spectacularly.


Victor Sagat: Is this a joke? This money isn't even worth the paper it's printed on!
Bison: On the contrary. Every Bison dollar will be worth five British pounds. That is the exchange rate that the bank of England will implement after I kidnap their queen.


Chun Li: My father saved his village at the cost of his own life. You had him shot as you ran away. A hero at a thousand paces!
Bison: I'm sorry... I don't remember any of it.
Chun Li: You don't remember?
Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me... it was Tuesday.



Bison: Ah! Doctor Dhalsim! How is your research today?
Dr. Dhalsim: The same. Warped. Corrupted. My science twisted to serve perversion instead of peace.
Bison: Tell you what. After I've crushed my enemies, we'll see about getting you published. That should cheer you up, hmm?



Bison: I hoped to face Guile face-to-face on the battlefield, where we could engage each other in respectful combat. Then I would snap his spine. But why? Why do they still call me a warlord? And mad? All I want to do is to create the perfect genetic soldier. Not for power, not for evil, but for good. Carlos Blanka will be the first of thousands. They will march out of my laboratory and crush every adversary, every creed, every nation! Until the world is in the loving grip of the Pax Bisonica. And peace will reign and all humanity will bow to me in humble gratitude.
Zangief: That vas beautiful boss!

Clown Taints Taste Funny: *movie announcer voice*

"In a world where fifty two cards lived in total chaos... In a world where there was no order... In a world where four thrones sat empty... One man dared to change all that. One red queen climbed atop a black king in a passion not seen since 'Jungle Fever'. This summer, prepare yourself for the loneliest game of all.

Solitaire.

It will kick...your...ace!"

Thanks, Don
I lol'd

Clown Taints Taste Funny: *movie announcer voice*

"In a world where fifty two cards lived in total chaos... In a world where there was no order... In a world where four thrones sat empty... One man dared to change all that. One red queen climbed atop a black king in a passion not seen since 'Jungle Fever'. This summer, prepare yourself for the loneliest game of all.

Solitaire.

It will kick...your...ace!"

Speaking of which...

Not a rickroll.

how about a Tempest movie? I mean, hell why not?

WHAT no love for Qbert? Or even Kool Aid man?

I'm sad.

Mike: Will the characters use the camp-in-the-corner-of-the-screen trick in the movie?

Seriously, if this abomination really happens, please tell me Ed Logg will get a percentage. (If you don't know who he is, he coded Asteroids, Centipede, and Gauntlet...)

/has a MACH 3 laserdisc upright for sale
//yes it works
///gotta make room for a MAME cabinet

Dona Bailey did Centipede and you missed Battlezone for Ed Logg. You remember he quit Atari over that game.

untaken_name Quote 2009-07-02 11:49:42 AM
I think I'd rather see a Sinistar movie, all things considered.

They could get Christopher Walken to play the big mean-face guy.

That would be cool. Huh huh uh uh huh huh.

Ron Howard directing ?

Pxtl: Tony Baloney: \my heart still bleeds for Raul Julia

As terrible as the movie Street Fighter was, his performance is farking fantastic. He had some hilarious material and he delivered it spectacularly.



farking THIS. awesome performance in a terrible movie.

Death_Poot: They havent made a move based on this either:

/hot!

Oh, wow. I used to think that was the coolest game evar. At this time, however, I can't recall the name of it......

/thanks for the memories

My understanding is Bailey designed Centipede, Logg coded Centipede, and Ed Rotberg (not Ed Logg) did (and almost quit over) Battlezone.

Joe Hallenbeck: I propose a movie based on Rush'n Attack

Knife that farker

Wow, there's a flashback! My dad and I used to play that game for hours!

YAR'S REVENGE!!!!

(The Adventure movie would be good too. Keanu would be perfect for playing a block with a sword)

I hope they read this article first:
Link (new window)

AaronSynn: YAR'S REVENGE!!!!

(The Adventure movie would be good too. Keanu would be perfect for playing a block with a sword)

Yar's Revenge. I read this whole damn thread to see if it had been mentioned yet and I see it at post 203. Now that was my favorite game from the 2600 and I've always wanted to see some kind of story for it.

Masso: Hmm... Actually to be fiar, Pixar would make anything works.
Now that I think about it, Pixar's Star Fox wouldn't be a bad idea either.

...

THIS!!!eleventy!

Star Fox would absolutely rock as a Pixar film.

/I just heard John Ratzenberger shout "Do a barrel roll!"

Luckily, we already have the ship:


And a teaser poster:


And I know just who we'll get to star in it:




This is GOLD!

//sigh.

Impudent Domain: What? no missile command?

/waiting for Pong the movie

Time to pack the bags, head for Nevada, and wait for the zombie apocalypse.

I am the first one to pull this out......really?

ZeroCorpse: Just be aware that Hollywood IS working on a movie version of THE SIMS.

No kidding.

In fact, here's a list of games that were/are optioned for movies:

# Army of Two
# Army of Two Test
# American McGee's Alice
# Area 51
# BioShock
# BloodRayne III: Warhammer
# Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
# Castlevania
# Citizen Siege
# City of Heroes
# Clock Tower
# Deus Ex
# Devil May Cry
# Drift City
# Doom 2
# Driver
# Duke Nukem (only if it is titled Duke Nukem Forever)
# Dragon's Lair
# Earthworm Jim (Only if it is based off the animated series
# EverQuest
# Fear Effect
# Gears of War
# God of War
# Halo
# Hitman 2
# Hunter: The Reckoning
# Kane & Lynch
# Killzone
# Lost Planet
# Mass Effect
# MechWarrior
# Metal Gear Solid
# Metroid
# Medievil
# Mortal Kombat: Devastation
# The Neverhood
# Nightmare Creatures
# Onimusha
# Pac-Man
# Parasite Eve
# Resident Evil: Afterlife
# Resistance: Fall of Man
# Return to Castle Wolfenstein
# Shadow of the Colossus
# Silent Hill 2
# Spy Hunter
# The Legend of Spyro 3D
# The Elder Scrolls
# The Sims
# The Suffering
# Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
# Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
# The Unforgettable
# World of Warcraft

I addressed my opinions here

Video Games I would make into a movie (that have not been mentioned) let me show them to you
Jade Empire
KOTOR I and II

Farkwaddle: StarCraft? A little newer than the 80's games, but still might make a movie. Assuming that the movie wouldn't be centered around a player who turtles.

Two words: Starship Troopers

/but with Protoss
//Aiur, my life for it

I third the motion for Yars' Revenge, there's even some storyline to work with...

Yars' Revenge Comic

Jeff Goldblum could be the main protagonist... no Geena Davis tho.

bilbo douchebaggins: That being said......DEFENDER!

"It's been a long time."

"Indeed it has, Dave."

Lem Motlow: Death_Poot: They havent made a move based on this either:

/hot!

Oh, wow. I used to think that was the coolest game evar. At this time, however, I can't recall the name of it......

/thanks for the memories

Adventure. You can find a flash game of it somewhere out there. It's horrible. As soon as you grab one of those keys, those giant dragon-birds come right for you.

cyb0burnt: I third the motion for Yars' Revenge, there's even some storyline to work with...

Yars' Revenge Comic

Jeff Goldblum could be the main protagonist... no Geena Davis tho.

Wait, that's the story behind that game? Seriously? My God, my childhood really was full of garbage. The game was fun, but I think I liked it better when I didn't know the story.

Therion 2009-07-02 01:26:05 PM
Zork.

Starring Gina Gershon.

Now that is one sensual and sexy actress! even more so than angelina.

+1

If anyone else is into the idea of burning Hollywood to the ground as a matter of principal, meet me behind the dumpster after school.

cyb0burnt: Yars' Revenge Comic

That's hilarious. I love the early 80s airbrush graphics. And the rendering style is similar yet different from the black-outline-with-non-registered-colorblobs look from the late 70s that you see on the Missile Command graphics.

Farkwaddle: I'm still eagerly waiting on the "Oregon Trail" movie. I mean "Little House on the Prairie" was kind of a half-arsed attempt. They didn't even get past the continental divide! Lazy, wholesome family. I will not be satisfied until they lose half of their wagon from fording a deep river or little Timmy gets taken out by Malaria. And they have to subsist on squirrels since the dad can't seem to find a good hunting spot.

Apple IIe FTW!

They've done it.

Stay tuned for The Great Film Crash of 2013.

Can they even think of doing Splinter Cell without Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher?

Mike: My understanding is Bailey designed Centipede, Logg coded Centipede, and Ed Rotberg (not Ed Logg) did (and almost quit over) Battlezone.

Ah, thought that Bailey coded centidede as well, and my bad about Rotberg. Long day...



//coding a Bally pinball right now
////ladder logic done sequentially can be...wierd...

the tag should have been fail. Just saying

Over the years, many videogames have been adapted into major motion pictures...

This summer, get ready to see what started it all...

START BUTTON: THE MOVIE!

Starring Nicholas Cage as Start Button, a man so obsessed with thrills and adventure, he doesn't just look for action... He makes it happen!
Wired for excitement! Programmed for danger! Even the slightest pressure can set him off, so unless you're looking to start something, don't push him!

Start Button: The Movie!
Once it gets started, that's only the beginning!

I was thinking about

but the 'Cube' movies kinda covered it. Kinda.

Galaga movie FTW!!!

Gyrfalcon: Can they even think of doing Splinter Cell without Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher?

When I first saw The Sum of All Fears, I thought Liev Schreiber's character was Sam Fisher.