Editing Missile Command (section)

===In popular culture===
* ''Missile Command'' was referenced in the 1980 episode "Call Girl" of the TV [[sitcom]] ''[[Barney Miller]]'', which features a detective who is hooked on the game.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Call Girl|series=[[Barney Miller]]|date=December 18, 1980|season=7|number=6}}</ref>
* In the 1991 film ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', John Connor plays the game in an arcade, echoing the film's theme of a future global nuclear war.
* The documentary ''High Score'' (2006) follows William Carlton, a [[Portland, Oregon]] gamer, on his quest to beat the ''Missile Command'' high score record for Marathon settings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highscoremovie.com |title=High Score |publisher=Highscoremovie.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411004340/http://highscoremovie.com/ |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In the 2010 open world [[survival horror]] video game, ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'', the game is mentioned by the protagonist Francis York Morgan, while driving.
* In the 2008 episode "[[Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer]]" of the [[NBC]] show ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', a weapons satellite access code is hidden in the (fictitious) [[kill screen]] of ''Missile Command'' by its programmer, Mr. Morimoto ([[Clyde Kusatsu]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/chuck/chuck-versus-tom-sawyer/episode/1220455/summary.html |title=Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer Season Episode Guide on |publisher=Tv.com |access-date=2010-06-02 |archive-date=2010-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412115838/http://www.tv.com/chuck/chuck-versus-tom-sawyer/episode/1220455/summary.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In the 1982 film ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'', ''Missile Command''{{'}}s "The End" screen is used to help illustrate the film's ending.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/missile-command/ |title=Atari's Missile Command, a potential Hollywood franchise |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 2010-02-18|access-date=2010-06-26}}</ref>
* The game is shown in the opening title sequence of the 2013 FX television series ''[[The Americans]]''.
* ''[[Fallout 4]]'' features a holotape called Atomic Command where the player must defend landmarks across the United States from atomic bombs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/fallout-4-holotape-game-locations-guide/3/|title=Fallout 4 Holotape Games location guide|last=Arif|first=Shabana|last2=Wilson|first2=Iain|publisher=Gamesradar|access-date=August 21, 2024|date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>