The list of video game characters that will appear in forthcoming movie Pixels has been announced, and it’s a veritable who’s who of 1980s icons, with the likes of PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Galaga, Frogger, Q*bert and Space Invaders appearing. They join human stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Brian Cox in the film, which also now has an official synopsis… In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Dinklage and Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet. Continue reading…