What video game in the movie "Big"?

Positron · Post by **Positron** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:04 pm

I remember in the beggining of the movie "Big" the kid plays a text-based game where he has to freeze a wizzard using a special wand but ends up freezing himself. Is this a real video game? If so, what is the title of it?

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:49 am

Might have been "Zork".

Zeguna · Post by **Zeguna** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:21 am

I think he was playing it on an Odyssey 2.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:22 am

Zeguna wrote:I think he was playing it on an Odyssey 2.

As I recall, the game had graphics like a storybook, typical old DOS type adventure game. The Odyssey was only pong type games or bouncing white blobs on the screen to "shoot".

Spent a while on Google, didn't find the answer although some people thought it was a remake, unreleased, of "Colossal Cave Adventure". No idea further though.

Interesting to know if anyone has the answer...

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:22 am

Zeguna wrote:I think he was playing it on an Odyssey 2.

No, it was most definitely an old 8-bit computer setup, not a console.

IMDB seems to think it's Colossal Cave Adventure, but the screenshots don't seem quite right.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:03 pm

It was a Game that was made for the movie.

Basically just that one screenshot.

This was in the movie credits.
"Computer Image Designed by SMA Video Inc"
"Computer Display Engineered by David Satin"