Shadow of the Colossus famously played by Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler in 9/11 grief drama Reign Over Me

A Spanish Drama called 'Elite' from a few years ago had Phantom Dust in it once, for some reason. Nick Robinson made a whole video about it lol.

Killer Instinct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmCD8-vLFTY

Updated.

iirc Final Fantasy VIII was in Charlie's Angels

Leaving a comment here to bump this because I feel like I'm missing a lot of potential entries.

[war flashbacks over the shadow of the colossus entry]


frogger in seinfeld
duck hunt in Boys n the Hood
a weird arcade version of Doom II in gross pointe blank
timesplitters in shaun of the dead

I keep going back and forth in my mind on Frogger. It's a central part of that episode, but it is never shown on screen, and the cabinet itself only appears to mimic a legitimate cabinet in that it has woodgrain paneling.

Adding the rest though!

dr. house md plays metroid zero mission on his tv show house md, and then metroid prime hunters: first hunt shows up a few episodes later. i think someone on production staff must have been a metroid fan
https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_crossovers_in_other_media#House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMok4ou2rBk

@MisterAtlas_ - Thank you! Got them added.

I guess Fortnite in Avengers Endgame counts.

The Last of Us was in Pixels.

Updated again! Surprised I've forgotten a few of these, like Fortnite and Zero Mission, but more surprised by others I just haven't heard about at all.

cthuluhu saves the world shows in Supernatural

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is in Scrubs, and its great because they act like they are playing Halo.

Twisted Metal 2, Crash Team Racing and Ms. Pac-Man were all in Friends

Thank you, got those added!

Halt and Catch Fire S3E06 "And She Was" has a plotline where Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy play through all of the original Super Mario Bros. There's probably other games that crop up in the show but that's the one that comes to mind

If memory serves me right, in Big Bang Theory they showed a few games, but the one that stuck on my mind was when they played Wii Sports. Again, they may have shown other games too, but right now I can only remember that one.

Mario Kart Super Circuit appeared in Son of the Mask

Updated again! keep 'em coming.

Just found out TF2 was in Venture Brother's

They play Mario 3 at the beginning of the first 3 Ninjas!

Halo 3 is in Jumper (2008)

Updated!

Dig Dug and other arcade classics are briefly shown in "Never Say Never Again"

Missile Command is played by John Connor in Terminator 2. Rampage, NBA Jam, and other arcade games are shown in the background

Karate Champ - Bloodsport (1988)
Full Spectrum Warrior - The Punisher (2004)
Mortal Kombat X - Shazam (2019)
Galaga - War Games (1983), The Avengers (2012)
Gran Turismo 2 - The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Crusty Demons - Ghost Rider (2007)
Battlefield 3 - Gone Girl (2014)
Dark Souls II - Jupiter Ascending (2015)

The Stanley Parable in House of Cards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUNxcvZCpg

Just updated with everyone's submissions. Thank you!