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[Reinhart]

Hello,

my question is: do you remember any classic or modern computer games that allowed or forced the player to use a computer (or maybe play a computer game) inside the world of the game??

I was thinking about the evolution of virtual worlds and how at some point there always will be a loop. I remember, while playing video games as a kid, i always was excited to find a computer in the game world, clicking on it, hoping that i can use the computer, not realising that i already use a computer to play the actual game.

Sorry for the square english but i hope you know what i mean. One example i can think of is Impossible Mission for C64 where the computer is a tool to control the enemy robots. But i think there are also games that have "integrated" computer games, even if its just meant as a joke and not important for solving the game.

Thanks for any hints.

[randomThrowAway]

Fallout 4 and wing commander on the snes come to my mind first.

[ProgramGamer]

There's an arcade game in Starcraft 2: Wings Of Liberty which is basically a shmup. Other than that I don't think I remember any specific examples.

[Türbo Bröther]

The classic one is having Maniac Mansion hidden in Day Of the Tentacle. You can't really beat that. Time Gentlemen Please also had a game inside of a game as part of a puzzle but it was pretty limited.

[Supeconsuma]

Animal Crossing for GameCube had real games inside it - first you had to acquire a (in-game) console and a cartridge with the game. I remember I managed to obtain carts for Balloon Fight and one other game. These were fully functioning, real games.

[s0]

Stardew Valley has 2 playable arcade machines

The Gold Saucer in Final Fantasy 7

Game cartridges in system shock 2

The "Eggplant" minigame in Yume Nikki

Nanashi No Game is a horror gam about a haunted videogame that starts bleeding over into reality (parts of the game are playable)

[Manuel Magalhães]

An Untitled Story has a computer with games on it.

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

IMSCARED has a computer inside the game you can interact with (solving puzzle).
 
Spooky's House of Jump Scares has playable arcade games.

[Oddball]

In one(I can't remember which) of the original Alien Breed games on the Amiga you could play Pong on the Intex Terminals.

[orange08]

An Untitled Story has a computer with games on it.

yeah once you have a "home" you can buy arcade machines with different mini-games on them to play

[Reinhart]

thx thx thx. will check them all out!!!

[Alevice]

doom3 has a chicken punching game and there is a mod too play doom1 inside doom3
some of the five night at freddys have those too.

[FK in the Coffee]

Iji has the game “Hero 3D” as a playable game on a terminal on one map, and it's actually not that bad.

[Capitalism and Death]

Timesplitters 2 had three mini-game cartridges you could find and play on the "Temporal Uplink" -- Anaconda, Retroracer and Astrolander.

The "Eggplant" minigame in Yume Nikki

NASU! That game is awesome!

[swordofkings128]

If I recall correctly in space quest 4 at the end, you use a computer(like there was a little desktop screen for this bit) to download Leisure Suit Larry onto a super computer to defeat the antogonist I thought that was such an awesome joke hehehe! That game has some the best gags in a game ever imo.

Edit: actually the larry disk brought about the end of humanity and not the thing I said, my bad! But you still had to drag files on a computer to a trash bin near the end of the game which was really neat.

[Ooops]

Two examples of game played on a kind of virtual computer desktops, have an optional game in them:

"Her Story" has a board/puzzle game that is somehow relevant to the story
"Pony Island" has a shoot'em up.

[woodsmoke]

Surgeon Simulator
GTA4 had CUB3D

[Schoq]

Shenmue has that arcade doesn't it