Gaming fans who managed to see The Wrestler will likely never forget Mickey Rourke's "Do you want to play Nintendo?" line. It resonated with us deeply, as we recalled our own childhood with the NES asking our own friends if they wanted to "play Nintendo." And those that have seen the film know they in fact do "play Nintendo," in the form of the NES game you see above: Wrestle Jam.Wrestle Jam isn't actually a real game, but something made specifically for the film by motion graphics artist Kristyn Hume and programmer Randall Furino. If you're wondering why they would go through all of the effort, Aronofsky (the director) wanted "the actors to be able to play the game" instead of pretending, Hume recounted in an interview with Kotaku. So the two got to work and made Wrestle Jam entirely from scratch. Check out a promo video of the 8-bit "classic" after the break.

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