Documentation of computers, consoles, and related items that appear within video games.
The title of this list was taken from a PM sent to me by jensonb, describing this blog. I was invited onto the Bomb Should Have A Face podcast to discuss the blog, but the episode never aired. It lives on in the form of a completely unrelated list.
Computers within video games are quite common. Their purpose varies depending on the game. Sometimes you can even play games on them.
Seeing arcade cabinets in video games was a lot more common back when arcades still existed, but they have made occasional appearances in modern games as well.
Unfortuantely, this page is such a mess that I really can't tell which games the PS2 has actually appeared in. Do your part by removing games that don't belong.
Most often seen in Nintendo's own games, but also appeared in some Japanese PC game.
The Wii Remote: the thing what controls the games. It has appeared in video games alongside the Wii, and sometimes on its own.
Subject of a recent forum thread (May 2, 2013) by someone who doesn't understand how the wiki works.
Although it serves as a portable music player in most of its video game appearances, it is capable of playing video games. I guess I list it here just because of its potential.
Remember PDAs? They're like smartphones, but without the phone part. Aliens used them to play video games, apparently.
They're playing video games! In a video game!
Some games will use a device similar to an existing gaming device, be it the Game Boy Horror in Luigi's Mansion (modeled after the Game Boy Color), the COMP in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (modeled after the Nintendo DS), or what have you.
A copy of the classic BMX XXX appears in Summer Heat Beach Volleyball.
