8-bit Randy the Ram

One of the best parts of The Wrestler happens when Randy the Ram (Mickey Rourke) plays a 1980s Nintendo wrestling video game, one more sad way he's stuck in the past, reliving his glory days. The video game is a small detail in a single short scene, but it goes a long way to providing a strong dose of verisimilitude.

Kotaku talks to the folks who designed that fake NES game. It actually worked.

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