Back in the "good old days" SGI has been very popular in Hollywood. SGI computers were used in many studios for the development of the special effects. Also, there were quite a number of movies where SGI computers did appear on screen. This page tries to give an overview of both. The Special Feature section offers some in depth coverage of specific movies.

The following table contains movies that feature special effects made on SGI computers. Wherever possible the equipment that was used is also listed, this information is often taken out of interviews or special features like "making of" features included on DVDs.

This list includes the on screen appearances of SGI gear. An interesting website about computers in movies is www.starringthecomputer.com links to this page are included in the following list.

Computer Games

While SGIs aren't exactly the systems that come to your mind when you think of computer games, they have been occasionally used in the development of entertainment software. The most important and well documented example is the Nintendo N64 development system which is an SGI Indy that is equipped with an addon board, that contains a full Nintendo N64 system.

Little commercial attempts have been made to use SGI machines as game systems, which isn't surprising considering their cost. There was the "Magic Edge / Namco Flight Simulator" which was a large scale arcade application of an R4400 Onyx system with Reality Engine Graphics. Another arcade game based on Onyx Reality Engine systems was called "Canyon Runner" and producedby GreyStone technologies.