Lucas shows off the Power Glove by playing Rad Racer with it.
- Game
- Rad Racer
- Screen
- Unidentified CRT television
Film · 1989
The Wizard
A road movie that doubles as a feature-length Nintendo showcase. It was released on December 15, 1989.
Sightings (7)
A crowd gathers around an F-1 Dream cabinet at a roadside stop.
- Game
- F-1 Dream
- Hardware
- Arcade cabinet
- Screen
- Arcade cabinet monitor
At a roadside stop, a PlayChoice-10 stands between a boxing game and another cabinet, with Mega Man 2 on one of the screens.
- Game
- Mega Man 2
- Hardware
- Nintendo PlayChoice-10
- Screen
- Arcade cabinet monitor
Mega Man 2 is identified from the frame. The boxing game and the third cabinet aren't identified yet.
Kids play China Gate in a casino arcade lined with PlayChoice-10 cabinets.
- Game
- China Gate
- Hardware
- Arcade cabinet
- Screen
- Arcade cabinet monitor
Jimmy gets help from the Nintendo Power Line, whose game counselors work with an NES sitting on top of each CRT monitor.
- Game
- Unidentified
- Hardware
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Screen
- Unidentified CRT television
Jimmy becomes a Video Armageddon finalist by playing Ninja Gaiden.
- Game
- Ninja Gaiden
- Hardware
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Screen
- Unidentified CRT television
The final round of Video Armageddon, held at Universal Studios Hollywood, gives the finalists ten minutes to score as many points as they can in Super Mario Bros. 3. The game was already out in Japan but hadn't been released in North America.
- Game
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Hardware
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Screen
- Unidentified
Jimmy finds the Magic Flute in World 1's fortress and warps to World 4, but neither scores points in the real game, so the contest seems to use its own scoring. The announcer also gets several level names wrong.