Celebrities in video games

[Turbo Kid]

Please no political comments, I'm just posting these because they fit with the theme of the thread

 

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Please no political comments, I'm just posting these because they fit with the theme of the thread

Yeah MJ and Sega were close back in the day. As for the politicians in NBA Jam, yeah they did that a bunch of times with different iterations. I think the PS3 one had Obama, didn't it?

 

[thetwaz]

The Fallout series has some pretty great ones, Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Malcolm McDowell, Clancy Brown, CCH Pounder, Tony Shalhoub, David Warner, Dwight Shultz (Murdoch in the A Team), Michael Dorn (Worf in Star Trek TNG) and others. Not just from Fallout 3 too - right from the first one.

 

[Vardalis]

I don't think Keanu can be beat in Cyberpunk 2077. I wasn't convinced when he first popped up but he really grew on me to the point of being (probably) one of my favorite game characters. Or at the very least favorite celebrity game character.

I won't deny that Moonwalker Arcade isn't a fun time though.

 

[Clippy]

Jokes aside, Jean Reno was heavily featured in Onimusha 3 but I can't remember if he was acting as himself or just lent his likeness to one of the characters. Haven't played the game in ages.

 

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I don't think Keanu can be beat in Cyberpunk 2077. I wasn't convinced when he first popped up but he really grew on me to the point of being (probably) one of my favorite game characters. Or at the very least favorite celebrity game character.

I won't deny that Moonwalker Arcade isn't a fun time though.

i keep dying when i play the arcade version of Moonwalker. I had to play it in MAME and it was rough. Total opposite of the Genesis game.

 

[Vardalis]

i keep dying when i play the arcade version of Moonwalker. I had to play it in MAME and it was rough. Total opposite of the Genesis game.

Yeah, it's definitely a credit munching machine. I think towards the final level I ended up just feeding myself to the enemies to get the free power move from using a credit.

Speaking of celebrities, Terminator 2: The Arcade has Arnie and is even more of a credit eater. Outside of tool assisted runs or using a Sinden or something I think it'd literally be impossible to one credit it, and it has some nightmare inducing "one hit and you reload the level" segments with vehicles, like the van leaving Cyberdyne. Keep in mind, just ONE bump from one of those choppers destroys the van and sends you back.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

The Terminator in WWE 2K16 (Sadly de-listed nowadays)

 

[Vardalis]

The Terminator in WWE 2K16 (Sadly de-listed nowadays)

Damn, I've never seen that before. I thought the only fighting game the Terminator was in was MK.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Damn, I've never seen that before. I thought the only fighting game the Terminator was in was MK.

Yeah, you could get the version from Terminator 1 & the version from Terminator 2

2k de-list their WWE games after a year or two though, so if you didn't get it back then you can't get it now

 

[Vardalis]

Yeah, you could get the version from Terminator 1 & the version from Terminator 2
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2k de-list their WWE games after a year or two though, so if you didn't get it back then you can't get it now

Nice. I mean, I can't say I'm too surprised since I'd imagine it's part of some licensing deal or rights type situation, but that sort of thing is why I don't like digital content; the fact it can be yanked at any time for any reason at all.

 

[bjork]

Fred Durst in Smackdown. Also maybe in Fight Club?

 

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Norman Reedus and his spectacular fetus

 

[Bonkers225]

MJ also appeared in Ready 2 Rumble Boxing as well. He did bunch of cameos around that period, even appearing in Men in Black, and some straight to video/DVD movie.

 

[DjQuick2008]

a game about a movie about a game. gameception.

 

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[Samatonic Samatonic]

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[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Batista & the New Day in Gears 5:

 

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[SoThankful]

I haven't even played this, but this came to mind.

 

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[DanCalibur]

Watched it as a kid, still have no idea what's about, probably just a fever dream

 

[Frickinfrik]

Samuel L. Jackson, James Woods, David Cross, Ice T, Kid Frost, and MC Eiht in GTA: San Andreas

Ray Liotta, Dennis Hopper, Luis Guzmán and Danny Trejo in GTA: Vice City

Giancarlo Esposito in FarCry 6

Phil Collins in GTA: Vice City Stories


Dr.Dre in GTA Online


A lot of famous rappers in the DefJam fighting game series

 

[DjQuick2008]

I haven't even played this, but this came to mind.

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loooook at me hector

 

[BladeEXE67]

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Jokes aside, Jean Reno was heavily featured in Onimusha 3 but I can't remember if he was acting as himself or just lent his likeness to one of the characters. Haven't played the game in ages.

Kojima was truly a role of all time.

Yes Jean Reno only gave his likenes, the character in game is Jaques Blanc, alongside Takeshi Kaneshiro as Samanosuke.

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The entirety of Def Jam consisted basicaly out of famous american rappers.

There was this thing with Danny Trejo promoting someones knife skins for CS:GO, but they never made it into the game, that's kind of a deep cut though, lmao.