Im famous and Im gaming

[lurpak]

I was just wondering is thier any famous people who are retro collectors ?

I suppose there must be, but can anyone name any instances ?

[rbudrick]

Me!

I dunno, do you mean actors, politicians, or singers, artists, etc? Or those who are famous BECAUSE of their collections?

-Rob

[Darth Sensei]

Alright, you dragged it out of me, I'm really Tom Cruise. Please, no autographs.

[SirDrexl]

You might want to watch that show "Players" on G4TechTV (or maybe it's back to just G4 since they took away most of TechTV's content).

Then again, maybe not. Usually it's some rapper playing Madden or some other sports game on PS2. The only one I saw with retro games was Hal Sparks (of "Queer as Folk" but probably better known for his commentary on VH1's "I Love the 80's/70's/90's" shows). He had some Atari 2600 games and played them.

[Berserker]

I've heard John Mayer obsessively plays Halo...

Yeah, I still don't like him either.


Watching G4, I'll often see them interviewing folks on "The Red Carpet™", asking them about what games they're into etc. Many of them mention being into retrogaming, but something tells me the last time most of them played pac-man was sometime after birth, and before the agent, thousand-dollar shopping sprees, and that cocaine addiction.

[hydr0x]

we already had a big topic about this, i'm too lazy to search right now though :D

[Cmosfm]

Yeah, most of these celebrities say "Pac Man" "Donkey Kong", "Mario", etc because those are the last games they played....back in the early 80's.

Other than that, you just got your typical Madden celebs.

I doubt seriously that any of them are REALLY into retrogaming at all. Ask em who Aero The Acrobat, Sparkster, Mighty The Bee, or Plok is and they wont be able to tell you because they are some of the more obscure classic characters....where as most of us on the boards here would know. :)

[rbudrick]

Wasn't that dude from Star Trek TNG a retro collector? Will something...

-Rob

[WanganRunner]

The guy who played Riker?

Jonathan Frakes?

[IntvGene]

Will Wheaton.

And, here's the thread that hydr0x was mentioning:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9038&

[fishsandwich]

I've seen a bunch of pics of Paris Hilton carrying around a GameCube... could it be true?


http://www.happypuppy.com/games/game_files/images/screenshots/extras/paris_gcn_large.jpg

http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/features/images/32137-1.jpg

:D

[Jorpho]

As reported elsewhere, that's supposedly Kevin Smith's Turbo Express in Enemy of the State.

[Lord Contaminous]

If we're talking celebrities and video games in general.....
-I read in a magazine that rapper Rah Digga (flip mode squad) can dominate Resident Evil 2.

-Mariah Carey has a Ms. Pac Man cocktail cabinet in her apartment. I saw it on her episode of MTV Cribs.

-I've seen Jaleel "Steve Urkel" White play Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

[Djfinny]

I read somewhere a few years back that Curt Schilling (Boston Red Sox pitcher) was really into EverQuest. When he was pitching for Philly and Arizona he would take his laptop on the road for away games so he could play EQ in his hotel room. And about a year and a half ago, he actually wrote a review for PC Gamer that covered one of the EQ expansion pack (some "Planes of...something expansion pack) Pretty cool to think that some people playing EQ were adventuring with a Hall of Fame pitcher and didn't even know it!

DJ

[rpepper9]

Most of the celebs I see on tv are only into the newest systems, or the ones they are getting paid to endorse. You always see the guys on MTV's cribs with the XBox, GameCube or PS2 hooked up to the massive entertainment centers. However I did see the crib of two of the members of Maroon 5 and they had a NES hooked up to a set in there living room. They didn't mention it, but it was in the background.

[Cryomancer]

-I've seen Jaleel "Steve Urkel" White play Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Of course he's a gamer...he was the voice of Sonic for years. :D

[bargora]

Yeah, most of these celebrities say "Pac Man" "Donkey Kong", "Mario", etc because those are the last games they played....back in the early 80's.

Other than that, you just got your typical Madden celebs.

I doubt seriously that any of them are REALLY into retrogaming at all. Ask em who Aero The Acrobat, Sparkster, Mighty The Bee, or Plok is and they wont be able to tell you because they are some of the more obscure classic characters....where as most of us on the boards here would know. :)
Holy crap. I'm not famous, but I post here pretty regularly, and I have no friggin idea about any of those guys. Must be from my giant NES blind spot. (As you well know, NES is too recent to be "classic" :P )

[djbeatmongrel]

i'm surprised no one mentioned Vin Diesel. he's a pretty avid gamer from my knowledge

[slip81]

i'm surprised no one mentioned Vin Diesel. he's a pretty avid gamer from my knowledge

As is Michelle Rodriguez (I think that how her name is spelled)

[qbertandernie]

aero the acrobat, from, well, aero the acrobat 1 and 2 -- sega genesis

sparkster, from, well, sparkster -- sega and snes(i think)

plok, from...you get the idea? --SNES

Mighty the bee - had to check with CMOSFM - Knuckles Chaotix - -32x

[fishsandwich]

aero the acrobat, from, well, aero the acrobat 1 and 2 -- sega genesis

sparkster, from, well, sparkster -- sega and snes(i think)

plok, from...you get the idea? --SNES

Mighty the bee - had to check with CMOSFM - Knuckles Chaotix - -32x

The who to the what to the where?

:?

[Gunstar_Hero UK]

Well, some of you have mentioned Cribs. Anyone seen Rachel Hunters? When she walks into her sons room and the camera goes on to the xbox and you hear her say

"Oh, the kids love their playstations"


Did that anger anyone else?

[qbertandernie]

that was in response to BARGORA, above...

[Berserker]

Well, some of you have mentioned Cribs. Anyone seen Rachel Hunters? When she walks into her sons room and the camera goes on to the xbox and you hear her say

"Oh, the kids love their playstations"


Did that anger anyone else?

Gaming reverence is not a nescessary requirement nor detracting factor to the major MILF-vibe that woman emits.

In other words, it wouldn't anger me even if I still watched MTV for more than 5 seconds, and somehow managed to catch a glimpse of the segment in question.

[Gunstar_Hero UK]

Well, some of you have mentioned Cribs. Anyone seen Rachel Hunters? When she walks into her sons room and the camera goes on to the xbox and you hear her say

"Oh, the kids love their playstations"


Did that anger anyone else?

Gaming reverence is not a nescessary requirement nor detracting factor for the major MILF-vibe that woman emits.

LOL very good point..

[imanerd0011]

I was just watching MTV Cribs, and Omarion (from B2K) was on. I'm not sure if he collects classic games, but he was wearing an Excitebike t-shirt (one of the ones you can buy at Hot Topic). I thought it was kinda cool in a nerdy way. LOL

[chadtower]

Back in college I used to play VF2 against Marcus Camby all the time. We had the same open period near the student union at UMass.

[Berserker]

In passing, it seems far more feasible to me that a band or musical artist is much more likely to actually play games regularly than say, an actor or typical celebrity(see "Hilton & co. holding sealed PS2 games and controller for Gamepro photo-op"), as I'm sure they probably spend lots of time on a tour bus with nothing else to do.

[SegaAges]

well, we have people claiming to be mr. cruise, but it is true, i am brad pitt. outside of making movies, i play games.

[SoulBlazer]

According to surveys done by ESPN and other sources, up to 70 percent of proffesional athletes play video games when on the road with their teams. (Football, baseball, etc.) The coaches actually aprove of this since it keeps the players in a few locations and they can be easily monitroed, plus they are not out making trouble or anything. :)

I know Tom Brady said he used to play NCAA Football with his roomamtes all the time when he was at Michigan. :)

Also -- Dale Earnheart Jr plays online with NASCAR all the time. He even has the wheel set. Can you imagine playing aganist him in a online game? Of course no one knows he's there -- it's rather cool. :D

[shai hulud]

Fred Savage, he is pretty good at Super Mario Bros. 3

[adaml]

Bea Arthur plays a mean game of Bokosuka Wars.

[Jive3D]

I've read many times that Leo Dicaprio is a huge Gamer. I remember I was so Jealoud of Fres Savage when I read his interview in Nintendo Power way back when The Wizard first came out - he said that he got to take home a copy of SMB3 and play it, this was way before the movie came out and even earlier than the game came out at retail.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Dominik Diamond. Huge gamer.

Violet Berlin. Even featured in a game. (Micro Machines 2 & 96)


And I wouldn't be surprised if either those two, and / or Alex Krotoski frequented some message board or another online...



But they are or were game program celebs, so I don't think they really count

[Gapporin]

The lead singer of the Gin Blossoms (I forget his name) is a pretty big gamer.

Tomas Milian (of "Traffic" fame) used to contribute pretty regularly to MARP about 5-6 years ago. Doesn't any more, though.

[tholly]

Bam Magera from Viva La Bam has some Arcade Cabinets in his house (saw them on one show.)

[bigdaddychester]

I'm a politician....and I play games :D

and I have it on good authority that Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, and a slew of NASCAR guys play games.....and not just racing games either.

[atomicthumbs]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/atomicthumbs/pinkxboxcontroller.jpg

Well... I hope Jenny McCarthy is. Otherwise it would be an absolute and total waste.

[ghostangelofcky]

Trent Reznor is a huge Doom fan he put a org score to the Doom 3 game for the PC.

If you don't know who he is... I ain't telling.

jk Nine Inch Nails

[MetroidFan1164]

I remember reading something on Tera Patrick that said she built her own computer and was into first person shooters or something.

[Slate]

Mighty the bee - had to check with CMOSFM - Knuckles Chaotix - -32x

Correction: Charmy the bee. Or maybe you meant Mighty the armadillo.

Or maybe outside of america Charmy is called mighty? :hmm:

[mezrabad]

I wouldn't call any of them "famous" but what they've made is pretty well known. The animation studio at MGM Disney (Mulan, Home on the Range) has an Atari VCS that the animators occasionally hook up and play. Don't know if it counts for our purpose here, but I just felt like saying something. :)

[Pantechnicon]

Sometime back Rolling Stone Magazine did an article on celebs and gaming. I remember Jack Black mentioning a huge affinity for older games. I think he mentioned the 2600 and also that he was a huge buff for arcade Scramble.


According to surveys done by ESPN and other sources, up to 70 percent of proffesional athletes play video games when on the road with their teams. (Football, baseball, etc.) The coaches actually aprove of this since it keeps the players in a few locations and they can be easily monitroed, plus they are not out making trouble or anything.

Along these same lines, gaming is also apparently widespread among professional wrestlers. From what I've read, wrestlers also tend to lean towards modern consoles and sports games (wrestling, too). WWE management, however, tends to be a little disdainful when wrestlers are playing PS2 in the locker room between matches when they could be "studying" the other workers out on the mat.

Booker T is apparently one of the biggest gamers in WWE and even owns his own game store in Houston called "Jam Zone". Anyone ever been there?

[ubersaurus]

Pro wrestler AJ Styles from NWA is a HUGE video gamer. He's said many times that when he retires from wrestling, he wants to try and get into the game business somewhere.

I know Kane and Shelton Benjamin from WWE are pretty avid gamers too.

[crazyjackcsa]

i'm small town famous. Think local radio personality, that be me. And I have a pretty good collection. But then I'm only famous in my own mind.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I know Hugh Hefner has a Donkey Kong and a Pacman cabinet in one of his "game rooms"

Also, there is a pro skater (Jeremy Wray, I think... can't remember) who collects a bunch of stuff

[MegaDrive20XX]

-I've seen Jaleel "Steve Urkel" White play Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Of course he's a gamer...he was the voice of Sonic for years. :D

Damn straight....I wonder how much money he gets just for royalty fees for each DVD sold...or each time they played it on that Disney TV where they play cartoons 24/7.

Plus each time he says the word "Sonic" or "Tails" during the show, you know Sega paid him a nice chunk of change back in the day

[shai hulud]

I remember reading something on Tera Patrick that said she built her own computer and was into first person shooters or something.


are you sure you arent thinking of the slightly less hot Asia Carerra

[hydr0x]

I know Hugh Hefner has a Donkey Kong and a Pacman cabinet in one of his "game rooms"

Also, there is a pro skater (Jeremy Wray, I think... can't remember) who collects a bunch of stuff

i think Bam Margera also has quite a lot of stuff, so does Tony Hawk

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Michael Jackson perhaps? Wonder what games him and those little boys played... :/


Um, i'd also say Dave Perry (Virgin Interactive / Shiny Entertainment) is pretty famous, but mainly for developing the games rather than playing / collecting them...

[poloplayr]

I remember watching an ep of MTV Cribs where the bassplayer (I think) from Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez, showed his pad and he had a a bunch of retro struff hooked up to his big ass tv. Among the stuff I remember he proudyl showed off a 2600 and 7800.

[tony_good]

my true identitie is George W Bush. yes indeedy. the most powerfullest man in the world. commander in cheif. some say i'm not so bright and i have troubble with the language, i tell them to calm down! these forums give me a rest from my job and worying about nukyuler strikes and all the poor boys in irag. so, dp, how'm i doing?

[atomicthumbs]

Oh, Lord. Well, you're doing a better job than Clinton as far as keeping your mind on your job, instead of keeping your mind on gettin' head and ignoring known threats to the free world and leaving that mess for the next guy.

[autobotracing]

tommy tallarico has some arcade cabs and some games at his house .

[tony_good]

Oh, Lord. Well, you're doing a better job than Clinton as far as keeping your mind on your job, instead of keeping your mind on gettin' head and ignoring known threats to the free world and leaving that mess for the next guy.

You forgot to mention that I take so much heat for invading Iraq, but there was no public outcry when Mr. Clinton bombed Bosnia and Somalia. Plus, keep in mind that when I lied to the public, I was NOT under oath, as Bill was. Plus, slick Willy would just as soon have revoked the second amendment. And they say I take away citizens' rights.

The truth is, people, none of us are men of integrity. Never have been, never will be. No matter who wins, the people lose. Always.

[Gapporin]

Oh, Lord. Well, you're doing a better job than Clinton as far as keeping your mind on your job, instead of keeping your mind on gettin' head and ignoring known threats to the free world and leaving that mess for the next guy.

You forgot to mention that I take so much heat for invading Iraq, but there was no public outcry when Mr. Clinton bombed Bosnia and Somalia. Plus, keep in mind that when I lied to the public, I was NOT under oath, as Bill was. Plus, slick Willy would just as soon have revoked the second amendment. And they say I take away citizens' rights.

The truth is, people, none of us are men of integrity. Never have been, never will be. No matter who wins, the people lose. Always.

I invoke Green's Colloary to Godwin's Law. Again.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

But we all know you invaded Iraq simply so you could hide a load of ET Atari 2600 carts in the desert...

[DigitalSpace]

In the latest issue of Stuff, they had a small article on Kevin Smith, and he mentioned the Sega Genesis. Here's what he said (which shouldn't be a surprise to any huge Kevin Smith fan):


I love the old EA hockey games. We played to beat the shit out of each other to see blood on the ice. My signature was where you sweep across the front of the net and put it between the goalie's legs.

[Dire 51]

Raymond Herrerra (Fear Factory's drummer) is a pretty big gamer. I've emailed him a couple times about games, and besides being into the newer stuff, he does play some of the older games as well. Hell, he even knew Splatterhouse. Check this out: Fear Factory Gaming (http://www.ffx4.com).

On a similar note, a guy I used to know met Raymond after a FF show in the mid-'90s and played Samurai Shodown with him for an hour or so.