Quantcast

Condemned 2: Bloodshot


Console Cameos

We track down the real-world systems that hide in your virtual playground

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US

Game: Brave Story

Console cameo: PSP

Not-too-bad RPG Brave Story has a cameo right away, and actually becomes part of the main plot. Due to the main character's intense PSP gaming, a series of events are set into motion that ultimately lead to grand adventure, chatty party members and all of that wonderful JRPG junk.

Game: Home

Console Cameo: PSP

"Hey, what should the interface for Home look like?"
"…w..what? Sorry, I was taking a nap. Hm, can't we just put a PSP in there?"
"Yes!"

Game: Metal Gear Solid

Console cameo: PlayStation

After beating Ninja and talking for god damn ever to Otacon, you'll find this... thing on a shelf next to a TV. It's supposed to be an original PlayStation, but that might as well be a Saturn.

Game: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Console cameo: GameCube

Same spot, six years later, different platform.

The ambiguous PlayStation is replaced with a GameCube and Wavebird (new at the time) and the system's startup menu on the TV. And you can tell what it is this time.

Before we go, we have to acknowledge titles we didn't have a chance to dissect. Toy Commander apparently has a Dreamcast. DOAX has some kind of prototype Xbox too (or so we hear). Even with a four page list, there are bound to be plenty of instances we missed. But if you're still in the mood for remembrance, how about a quick recap of everything we've seen?

Feb 20, 2008


 
13 Comments
Order Comments: Newest First | Oldest First
Burn  - 1 year 19 days ago 
Hmm... Not a big deal, but Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow features a SNES in your room. Oh and in the file select screen for Banjo Kazooie - Banjo is playing a GameBoy. Yippee...
KirbyCupcake  - 1 year 13 days ago 
^ Adding on to the comment, in Pokemon Diamond (suppose in Pearl too) you have a Wii in your room, and so does your friend.:D
KirbyCupcake  - 1 year 13 days ago 
Oh sorry, didn't see you already mentioned it..*blush*
Scoob1.0  - 1 year 9 days ago 
and lets not forget the Nintendo 64 in the lady's house where u save your game in Donkey Kong Country 3 I believe it was... shes even playing the system during some saves.
Xplosive59  - 1 year 1 day ago 
MGS4 has a ps3 on the table, sunny plays a PSP and snake controles the mk2/mk3 with a playstation controller
MoChilla  - 9 months 12 days ago 
They Replace the PSP in Home with a PDA.
CH3BURASHKA  - 3 months 17 days ago 
Grand Theft Auto needs some console cameos - perhaps a mission around stealing the new thing from Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo R&D labs.
CruzDude  - 3 months 17 days ago 
If you turn the language to Japanese in Melee, there will be a virtual boy in the collection
rezapoc  - 3 months 16 days ago 
Dont forget the dreamcasts mounted on the back of the robots in virtual on: ot.
jokerdog  - 3 months 15 days ago 
Don't forget the three gamecubes in REmake used to free Chris/Jill from the chamber.
BarryNomad  - 2 months 11 days ago 
Here are some more:

Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram: Dreamcast and Xbox 360 versions have Dreamcast's attached to the mech's backs.

Sonic Adventure: The boss E-105 Zeta has a body made up of Dreamcasts

Rent a Hero no. 1: The hero's computer is the SECA CREAMCAST, looks like a creamy white Dreamcast.

SEGAGAGA: Every SEGA console cameos numerous times including in the final battle.
faceofmonkey  - 1 month 23 days ago 
In the beginning of Rachet and Clack 3, Rachet is playing a Jak&Daxter, Rachet and Clank, and Rachet and Clank 2 on a PS2
camelfro  - 5 days 2 hours ago 
kul article shin megami tensei ds had a ds as the main plot device
Related Games
Home
PS3
This week's new video game releases (week of... N4G
360 News from N4G
28 Nov 2009
Co-op, "a brand new mode" in Splinter... N4G
360 News from N4G
27 Nov 2009
Avatar The Game Is Overly Advanced N4G
360 News from N4G
27 Nov 2009
Just Cause 2 dated: March 23 N4G
360 News from N4G
27 Nov 2009