I saw this dog version of Double Dragon in Bluey and had to post it somewhere.
There are other lists of fake games elsewhere online but I know this forum can do better.
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Mr Jumpbread versus the Monster Toast (Sarah and Duck, 2014)
[“Press F for Fake (thread of fake games from film and tv)”,“Press F for Fake (a thread of fake games)”]
Expanding this to cover more than just film and tv. Examples welcome from books, music videos, advertising, video games etc.
@Dunkr very glad I watched this, this is my shit, made me smile during a rough time, thanks
I wrote about this in the wonderswan thread, it's Firestarter from FLCL.
https://twitter.com/vg_history/status/1263629921663901696?t=luZE__WbYb8r9NflJQBLCg&s=19
http://freshlypoppedculture.com/tv/fake-simpsons-video-games-ranked/
The linked article has a ranked list of 56(!) Fake Simpson’s videogames
I‘m surprised nobody’s brought up this Twitter account dedicated to creating fake games.
The kid in surf ninjas plays a game that predicts the future and stuff
James Bond going head to head to save the world
doesn’t count but posting it anyway- the game in hackers is supposed to be some early prototype of wipeout
Deciding that this counts
I swear somebody did a book of this. Like concept art for games that don't exist.
@Mnemogenic Game Toilet? (I have this book somewhere).
Extremely minor (a couple fake game gags) plot spoilers of Rick & Morty S06E03 Bethsic Instinct (read if you don’t intend on watching the show or already have):
the “Realistic Space Travel” game for Morty’s new Pooplickian GamePod console in this weeks episode of Rick & Morty (S06E03 Bethsic Instinct) is basically the same concept as Desert Bus. Also interesting that the FFVII parody was entirely based on FFVIIR, that’s a first, after so many FFVII parodies on TV. Not much to say about the dating sim/ visual novel game, except that it took place on what is clearly the Santa Monica Pier.
This thread reminded me of this YouTube.
It follows 3 guys that go to an arcade to play a new fighting game called Computer Fighters 2000. It’s got a lot of dumb jokes and a lot of great ones. In the background of a lot of shots are real arcade games, but they also made a few of them up.
Here are a few pictures from the video including some of the made up games.
I find the video pretty enjoyable. The acting by these guys always felt like a parody of a 90s educational video.