During the Golden age of arcade video games , Cloak & Dagger was released before 1985 .
Other films based on video games included the 1983 films WarGames ( where Matthew Broderick plays Galaga at an arcade ) , Nightmares , and Joysticks , the 1984 films The Last Starfighter , as well as Cloak & Dagger ( 1984 film ) ( in which the eponymous arcade title -- here , an Atari 5200 cartridge -- becomes the film 's MacGuffin ) and the anime Super Mario Bros. : Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen !
Golden age of arcade video games