# What classic games would make interesting and/or humorously terrible movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386 "2003-03-31T05:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/21 "2003-04-01T11:41:45Z")
How about ‘Zero Wing’? sample script:- - In A.D. 2101 War was beginning. Captain: What happen ? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. Captain: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It’s You !! Cats: How are you gentlemen !! Cats: All your base are belong to us. Cats: You are on the way to destruction. Captain: What you say !! Cats: You have no chance to survive make your time. Cats: HA HA HA HA … Captain: Take off every ‘zig’ !! Captain: You know what you doing. Captain: Move ‘zig’. Captain: For great justice. THE END ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/22 "2003-04-01T13:08:20Z")
Street Fighter 2. Oh, wait… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/23 "2003-04-01T13:25:38Z")
Gee. Nobody’s mentioned **Tetris** or **Centipede** yet… ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/24 "2003-04-01T14:15:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Gee. Nobody’s mentioned Tetris or Centipede yet… There has already been a [Tetris](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0350540) movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/25 "2003-04-01T14:20:04Z")
You suck. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/26 "2003-04-01T14:22:14Z")
Well, they already made a movie out of [Twister](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117998) . . . ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/27 "2003-04-01T14:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Gee. Nobody’s mentioned **Tetris** or **Centipede** yet… \*\* Anamorphic mentioned Centipede. [sub]Yes, yes, I know. I suck too.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/28 "2003-04-01T14:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skaterboarder87 \* > \*\*Uh dude, it brings me much pain to tell you that a Live Action Pac Man movie has been confirmed, and that is no joke ☹ \*\* I’m not surprised. Can you provide a link on this? I didn’t see any information on IMDB about any sort of Pac-Man movie. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/29 "2003-04-01T14:43:43Z")
**Sim City:** You would… uh… Well, theres um… Although I have to admit **The Sims** would make some interesting footage. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/30 "2003-04-01T14:47:16Z")
**Bare Knuckes aka Street of Rages** - Three police officials suspect corrpution in the rank and take to the streets fighting off waves of mindless punks and finally confronting Mr. X! **Space Invaders** - Never-ending waves of aliens are storming the Earth! How long could the hero last with his puny ship and four defense bases? **Rogue** - All you see is @ and O ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/31 "2003-04-01T15:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Well, they already made a movie out of [Twister](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117998) . . . \*\* …and it was indeed humorously terrible. Except for the “humorous” part. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/32 "2003-04-01T15:27:59Z")
Dig Dug. Breakout. Yar’s Revenge would be interesting. A movie about a giant space fly whose enemies are a swirl and a tiny rectangle! Just imagine! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/33 "2003-04-01T17:09:34Z")
**Dungeons & Dragons** ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/34 "2003-04-01T20:41:39Z")
the **Castlevania** series has a greta ongoing storyline, ripe with sequel potential! casting: any unknown babyface for the male lead, Willam DeFoe (DaFoe?) as Dracula. I second **Metroid**. casting: Natasha Henstrigdtehcte as Samus Aran, John Leguizamo as the voice of Mother Brain (too lazy to look up these name spellings). **Mail Order Monsters** (look it up, it’s a C=64 game). casting: doesn’t matter - bunch of guys in rubber monster suits. I would prefer **Doom** to **Wolfenstein** but forget Arnold… he jumped the shark about 10 years ago. Maybe Vin Diesel. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/35 "2003-04-01T20:50:01Z")
greta = great ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/36 "2003-04-01T21:08:10Z")
ummm, guys I think the OP said _classic_ games. Some of these are fairly recent. I can’t believe someone didn’t beat me to this, but I nominate **Zork**. That would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/37 "2003-04-01T23:13:00Z")
I’m gonna agree with an early post and say I would love to see a **Prince of Persia** movie. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/38 "2003-04-01T23:20:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*You suck. \*\* Seconded. How 'bout **Frogger**? ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/39 "2003-04-01T23:35:50Z")
A handsome, rugged James Bond type leaps onto a moving train and slowly starts moving along the top. Then, suddenly, he is spotted by a guard from some unnamed eastern european country. The alarm is sounded and the battle is on! Our hero lashes out with his hand knife and kills one, two, three of the guards and yet they keep coming. Still he slashes away, killing hundreds. The train stops and our hero jumps off into an evil training camp. Still armed with only his knife, the slaughter continues. On and on he battles. Slaying thousands of flat-faced guards in trenchcoats who only seem to move faster and arrive in greater numbers as the movie continues. Oh, the epic that **Rush ‘N’ Attack** would be. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386/40 "2003-04-02T00:57:52Z")
**Mr. Do’s Castle** starring Erik Estrada as Mr. do **Kid Icarus** starring mini-me **Golden Axe** …too many casting choices for this one. **Galaga** with Colin Farrell as the ship’s super pilot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classic-games-would-make-interesting-and-or-humorously-terrible-movies/165386.md?page=3)