what game is the kid version of Josh playing the Tom Hanks film ‘Big’?
February 212010
At the very start of the film the young Josh is playing a computer game where he gets frozen and its says,
"with any luck you’ll thaw in the next 10,000 years" or something like that. .
What game is that?
I just found this on the web page that discusses the game Quest for Glory on Wikipedia. I’m quoting the text here:
Is this the original Quest for Glory, the game seen in the opening scene of the Tom Hanks film Big? Or is it another similar game?
I’ve never seen the movie, but I googled the script.
"You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs…Melt the wizard. What do you want to melt him with? What do you think I want to melt him with…(Josh, don’t forget to take out the garbage) Just a second! Throw the…(Josh, did you hear what your mother said?) One minute! (Josh Baskin!) Your hesitancy has cost you dearly. The wizard, sensing your apprehension, unleashes a fatal blow from the ice scepter. With luck, you will thaw in several million years. Great."
Sounds like more of a text-based game to me, is that what you were referring to? Someone else investigating this issue online concluded that since the game in the movie isn’t credited to any company in particular, it must have been made for the movie itself.
February 21st, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I think it was just a made-up game for the movie, not one you could play.
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February 21st, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I just found this on the web page that discusses the game Quest for Glory on Wikipedia. I’m quoting the text here:
Is this the original Quest for Glory, the game seen in the opening scene of the Tom Hanks film Big? Or is it another similar game?
I’ve never seen the movie, but I googled the script.
"You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs…Melt the wizard. What do you want to melt him with? What do you think I want to melt him with…(Josh, don’t forget to take out the garbage) Just a second! Throw the…(Josh, did you hear what your mother said?) One minute! (Josh Baskin!) Your hesitancy has cost you dearly. The wizard, sensing your apprehension, unleashes a fatal blow from the ice scepter. With luck, you will thaw in several million years. Great."
Sounds like more of a text-based game to me, is that what you were referring to? Someone else investigating this issue online concluded that since the game in the movie isn’t credited to any company in particular, it must have been made for the movie itself.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Quest_for_Glory