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Like вЂњ The Last Starfighter,вЂќ its rudimentary effects add to its charm and its place in video game history. (вЂњTRONвЂ™sвЂќ sequel, вЂњ TRON: Legacy,вЂќ is more video art installation than video game, with a meandering narrative closer to boring computer game вЂњMYSTвЂќ than anything arcade-worthy.) Today, the visuals of вЂњTRONвЂќ (courtesy of French comic book artist Moebius and вЂњ Blade RunnerвЂќ designer Syd Meade) still enchant (especially when scored by Wendy CarlosвЂ trippy score) in 1982, though, the computer-generated imagery, then-unheard-of, was downright mind blowing. While a number of video game styles are highlighted in вЂњTRON,вЂќ among them a kind of prototypical racing game where players pilot вЂњlight cyclesвЂќ along a patterned board (predating things like NintendoвЂ™s вЂњF-ZeroвЂќ franchise) and the aforementioned disc games, which depict a weapons-based fighting style not unlike the вЂњSoul CaliberвЂќ games. In a weird way, вЂњTRONвЂќ anticipated the explosion of Internet-based games like вЂњWorld of Warcraft,вЂќ with people creating sophisticated avatars and living complicated, computer-based lives within the system (or вЂњgrid,вЂќ in TRON-speak). Video Game-y Qualities: вЂњTRONвЂќ was, at least initially, inspired by director Steven LisbergerвЂ™s fascination with original video game вЂњPong,вЂќ which was an electronic game of ping-pong, and can still be felt in the sequences where combatants engage in вЂњdisc wars,вЂќ hurling deadly Frisbees at one another.

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Although it is interesting to think about director Nick Castle, a John Carpenter protГ©gГ© who just a few years before was the guy in the Michael Myers mask in вЂњ Halloween.вЂќД¬oncept: Flynn ( Jeff Bridges) is a computer programmer zapped into a video game mainframe, where he competes in a series of futuristic games and clunky exposition. While romantic and wistful, at 101 minutes, it still drags, and the old-school effects do more harm than good. While the visual effects today look pretty crude, they do, somehow, add to the video game-y quality of the movie. And like вЂњ TRONвЂќ (which shared the video game-centric plot and a spot on this list) was one of the first big films to extensively use computer-generated imagery. Visually, вЂњThe Last StarfighterвЂќ looks a whole lot like the вЂњStar WarsвЂќ video game that followed the filmвЂ™s release (where crude wireframes suggest the Death Star trenches) and countless other space combat games. ItвЂ™s the ultimate teenage wish fulfillment fantasy (especially at the time, when arcade games could be found in every suburban pizza joint from sea to shining sea), and while thereвЂ™s something vaguely cynical about the plot, which borrows liberally from вЂњ Star Wars,вЂќ thereвЂ™s also something undeniably hooky and clever about it, too.

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Video Game-y Qualities: Produced at the height of arcade game omnipresence, Alex is a kid who is really, really great at a video game called вЂњStarfighter.вЂќ When he threatens to break an all-time record, heвЂ™s whisked away by the gameвЂ™s creator, played by Robert Preston (in his last screen role and in full tilt вЂњ Music ManвЂќ mode), to fight in an interplanetary war. Movie: вЂњ The Last StarfighterвЂќ ( Nick Castle, 1984)Д¬oncept: Aliens recruit an average teenager named Alex Rogan ( Lance Guest, who, unlike most teenagers, looks like heвЂ™s 38) to fight in a galactic war. In honor of вЂњWreck-It Ralph,вЂќ weвЂ™ve compiled a list of five movies that play like video games even though they have nothing to do with real-life video games. A loving, zippy homage to classic arcade games and the world of gaming, it feels more like a tried-and-true video game adaptation than actual video game adaptations (like the odious вЂњ Silent Hill: Retribution,вЂќ which is also currently in theaters). This Friday вЂњ Wreck-It Ralph,вЂќ DisneyвЂs 52 nd feature-length animated film, is released nationwide.

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