Greatest Killer Video Games
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Greatest Killer Video Games

Which of these movies features the deadliest fictional video game?

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1 WarGames
Attempts to launch nuclear war with Russia until Matthew Brodkerick distracts it with tic-tac-toe. 53 79
2 Stay Alive
If you die in the game, you die for real by way of dismemberment and strangling. 2 56
3 Nightmares
Traps Emilio Estevez inside the arcade machine for eternity after he beats the last level. -6 46
4 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Supposedly deadly -- though it fails to kill anyone -- Game Over includes power-ups that allow crippled people to walk. -8 52
5 Surf Ninjas
Useful in preventing death by ninja, the Sega game alerts its user when attacks are imminent. -13 47
6 Nirvana
Creates a sentient virtual character that escapes to the real world and goes on a killing rampage. -17 39
7 Gamebox 1.0
A prototype console that immerses you in a virtual world of dead people -- who you have to fight to escape alive. -18 40
8 Brainscan
Hypnotizes Edward Furlong into thinking he's playing a game when he's actually murdering people. -18 42
9 Avalon
An immersive virtual world that leaves its users in a catatonic stupor. Like The Matrix, only voluntary. -21 37
10 Arcade
Programs its villain using brain cells from a boy who was beaten to death by his alcoholic mother. Creepy. -22 40