The rotund stair-jumper who speaks in hash tags and exclamation points has been forced into a life of panhandling. “Q*bert”: Possibly some of the slyest humor of the movie. The title surfaces here, appearing as another platform game in the arcade where “Fix-it Felix” is located. But for anyone with fond memories of the Atari racing game that indulged the fantasy of firing away at road-bound nuisances (often via weapons that drop, quite literally, from the sky), your nostalgia has been tickled. “Road Blasters”: It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. But it’s not easy being a vintage Russian goon. Zangief: There is angst galore from the villain in “Street Fighter,” who at the same support group bemoans his status. The most prominent reference comes early in the film with the appearance of Clyde, the ghostly bad guy who advises Ralph (at a support group for video-game baddies) to accept his lot in virtual life. “Mario Kart”: The candy-colored racing game with all sorts of cartoonish obstacles plays a big part in the film - elements of it can be found in the environment, named “Sugar Rush,” that Ralph ends up in when he escapes “Felix.” It’s in “Sugar Rush” that he meets Vanellope von Schweetz, a so-called “glitch” voiced by Sarah Silverman, and here that escape is made, and redemption found. Here, then, is a sampling of the vintage video games that get their close-up in the new Disney movie. “We didn’t know until about six months ago when the first trailer came out that people were very receptive to the nostalgia of old-school games,” Moore said.
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