PALs in Popular Culture
Over time PALs and PAL-like systems have appeared in numerous productions of the entertainment industry, often without being called such by name. For example, they can be found in films such as Damnation Alley (1977), WarGames (1983), Crimson Tide (1995), and The Sum of All Fears (2002), in the video game Metal Gear Solid (1998), or in the fourth season of the television program 24.
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