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In another video I mentioned a possible future Easter Egg to 1982 Bally Midway arcade video game Satan's Hollow present in 1968 Star Trek Episode Bread And Circuses (S.2, E.25). Here I talk about clues to Pac-Man (1980), the arcade cabinet is shown many times throughout Joysticks (1983). The Enterprise investigates the wreckage of a spacecraft & learns the crew took refuge on an alien world with civilization based on a cross between mid 20th century America & ancient Rome.
- Actor Logan Ramsey plays Proconsul Claudius Marcus & is your video game link.
- He was Mayor Neville in comedy Joysticks which is set largely in a video arcade full of real world game cabinets common to the time period.
- At around 30 minutes into "Bread And Circuses" McCoy & Spock fight former champion Flavius in the television arena. The camera cuts to the sound mixer board of the production studio several times and among the labels under the opts is the word "BOOS". I thought this a possible reference to Pac-Man, who is chased around the game maze by the different colored ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky & Clyde.
- At around 12 min., 5 sec. Spock hands Kirk one of the alien magazines which shows a Roman style gladiator on the cover and the coverline "The New Heavyweight Champion". The term is used widely in boxing & real world Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao also goes by the nickname "Pac-Man".
- Actress Isa Briones acted with Pacquiao in 2008 Fil-Am drama Brown Soup Thing (2008). She also played Soji Asha in the first and second seasons of Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023).

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00:00In a previous video, I mentioned a possible future Easter egg reference to 1982 Bolly Midway arcade video game, Satan's
00:12Hollow.
00:13And you can see this in Star Trek, the original TV series, Season 2, Episode 25, entitled Bread and Circuses,
00:24broadcast in 1968.
00:26The Enterprise is investigating the wreckage of a spaceship.
00:31They find the crew have taken refuge on an Earth-like planet with a civilization that's across between 1950s or
00:391960s Earth and ancient Rome.
00:43The guest stars in this are Rhodes Reason, Ian Wolfe, and Logan Ramsey.
00:49He is your video game, Link.
00:51In 1983, Ramsey played Mayor Neville in the comedy Joysticks.
00:59The cast included Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, John Deal, Jim Greenleaf, and Scott McGinnis.
01:06It just so happens that this is set in a video arcade.
01:11Many contemporary games of the time featured in this movie.
01:15The arcade cabinet for Namco's Pac-Man also appears several times in the course of Joysticks.
01:24I'll mention a few possible future references to Pac-Man that you might be able to spot in Star Trek
01:32Bread and Circuses.
01:33At around 30 minutes in, Spock and McCoy are forced to fight Flavius in the Gladiator tournament on television.
01:45Notice some of the labels under the pots on the sound mixer board.
01:49And one reads Boos.
01:51B-O-O-S.
01:53I thought this could be a reference to Ghosts, which are the enemy character.
01:59These chase Pac-Man around the screen.
02:03Blinky Pinky Inky and Clyde.
02:06At around 12 minutes 5 seconds, Spock hands Kirk a copy of one of the Aliens magazine publications.
02:14Called the Galleon.
02:16A Roman-style gladiator appears on the cover.
02:20And the cover line reads, the new heavyweight champion.
02:24Heavyweight is definitely a term used in the world of boxing.
02:28Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao is also nicknamed Pac-Man.
02:34He has the distinction of being the only eight-division world champion in pro boxing history, winning the lineal championship
02:42in four different weight classes.
02:45There's another Star Trek connection here.
02:48Actress Issa Briones.
02:51She played Soji Aisha in the first and second seasons of the Picard TV series, which broadcast and streamed between
03:002020 and 2023, focusing on Next Generation Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart.
03:10And Briones acted with Manny Pacquiao in the 2008 Filipino drama, Brown Soup Thing.
03:18This cast featured Kimi Balmolero, Ginuli Reyes, and Sari Arambulo.
03:25Now we can take a break.
03:26The

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