The top 10 fictional video games

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13:10 Feb 12, 2009 | 12 Comments
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Degenatron gaming system (GTA: Vice City - PS2, Xbox, PC, 2002)
The soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is perhaps the best in any game, period, no thanks to its hilarious radio commercials slotted between episodes of K-Chat and bouts of Lazlow banter. One infamously aped the Atari 2600 with the Degenatron game system, offering console adaptations of arcade classics Defender of the Faith, Monkey's Paradise and Penetrator - where players "smash the green dots deep inside the mysterious red square!" While you can't actually play the console in-game, you can try them out online - chances are you'll never go to school again.

Better than Life (Red Dwarf series two, 1988)
The first of many 'Total Immersion Videogames' in Red Dwarf, Better Than Life created anything the mind could think of, spawning Harvey Davidsons, Reliant Robins and caviar vindaloos from thin air to share with Marilyn Monroe and Napoleon. Of course Rimmer's endless drive for self loathing ruined the game completely, bagging himself a mortgage, seven children and a massive tax bill, literally in the space of ten seconds. The TIV returned for later episodes, and also featured in two novels.

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12 Comments

sirsquidness Feb 12, 2009 1:49 PM	Where's Duke Nukem Forever in the list? D=
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. Feb 12, 2009 2:15 PM	Maybe they know something we don't sirsquidness. :P
chapps Feb 12, 2009 3:17 PM	OMG!!!!!!!!!! BRAINSCAN!!! I watched this movie in about '95 when I was much younger and watched the first 20mins or so. I was loving it so much but was torn away by my parents for dinner at a family friends. I totally forgot the name of the movie and have been searching for it for 13 years!!!!! Now i'll finally be able to watch the entire thing WOOOT
Hawkeye Feb 12, 2009 3:44 PM	That's just the kind of service we provide here at Atomic. - DH
Lord_Huggington Feb 12, 2009 5:26 PM	What about the game from the book Enders Game?
chapps Feb 12, 2009 8:49 PM	I think one more fictional game that should be added is eXistenZ. Plug blubbery little living pods into your spine and enjoy the ride wooohooo
Periander Feb 14, 2009 1:49 AM	Page 3 is the best. Degenatron and 'Better Than Life'. Truly awesome games. Still waiting with baited breath for the latter!
ahsoka Feb 17, 2009 10:42 AM	Where's Primacy? From NUMB3RS s04e07? Otherwise, awesome list.
taknakhan Feb 18, 2009 6:18 PM	Where's the game they play in Hackers?
Paul Samways Feb 19, 2009 1:19 PM	taknakhan: You talking about Wipeout? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(video_game)
mrtim6 May 6, 2009 10:34 PM	Not quite a game but more a virtual sim - I loved the movie strange days with the quote "illegal 'squid' recordings - recordings made directly from the cerebral cortex of the participant, which allow the viewer to feel and experience everything the participant experiences as if they were there. I would rate this up there with eXistenZ for potential.
smadge1 May 13, 2009 4:38 PM	What about the one from that X Files episode? Had the three guys from The Lone Gunman in it. And the Stargate episode where they use the alien memory device to run invasion simulations, but it traps Teal'c in an endless loop as it learns his strengths.

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