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See the List Of Fictional Robots And Androids for all fictional computers which are described as existing in a mobile or humanlike form.

Computer s have often been used as fictional objects in Literature , Movie s and in other forms of Media . Fictional computers tend to be considerably more sophisticated than anything yet devised in the real world.


LITERATURE


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  • Logris , a massive alien supercomputer in the novel series '' The History Of The Galaxy ''. Logris consists of many smaller jewel-like computers called logrs.

  • Mother , a self-evolved artificial intelligence in the novel series '' The History Of The Galaxy ''. Mother's goal is to create a race of machines like itself (hence the name).

  • Turing Hopper, the artificial intelligence personality (AIP) turned cybersleuth in ''You've Got Murder'' and subsequent books of the mystery series by Donna Andrews ( 2002 )

  • Stormbreaker, a learning device containing a hidden canister of smallpox in ( 2001 )

  • Antrax , an extremely powerful supercomputer built by ancient humans in the novel Antrax by Terry Brooks . ( 2001 )



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FILM


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  • Colossus — a massive U.S. defense computer which becomes sentient and links with Guardian to take control of the world. From the film '''' ( 1970 )

  • Guardian — a massive U.S.S.R defense computer which becomes sentient and links with Colossus to take control of the world. From the film '''' ( 1970 )

  • The Aries Computer , the computer from the 1972 film of the same name.

  • Bomb 20 — the sentient nuclear bomb from the film '' Dark Star '' ( 1974 )

  • Mother , the ship-board computer on the space ship '' Dark Star '', from the film '' Dark Star '' ( 1974 )

  • Mother , the ship-board computer on the space ship '' Nostromo '', in the SF horror movie '' Alien '' ( 1979 )

  • Proteus , artificial intelligence in SF horror movie '' Demon Seed '' ( 1977 )

  • The Tabernacle , artificial intelligence controlling The Vortexes '' Zardoz '' ( 1974 )

  • DUEL , the computer which holds the sum total of human knowledge, in the SF movie '' The Final Programme '' ( 1973 )



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  • Lucy, jealous AI home automation system who falls in love with her owner in '' Homewrecker '' ( 1992 )

  • Zed, female-voiced AI prison control computer who eventually goes over warden's head in '' Fortress '' ( 1993 )

  • Charon, female-voiced AI computer assisting a scientist in hypnotizing subjects in '' The Lifeforce Experiment '' ( 1994 )

  • ''''' ( 1997 )

  • Euclid , powerful personal computer used for mathematical testing by the main character in '' Pi '' ( 1998 )

  • The Matrix , virtual reality simulator for pacification of humans, '' The Matrix '' series ( 1999 )

  • Lucy, a computer in '' Hackers '' ( 1995 ) used to hack the '''Gibson''' (see below) and subsequently destroyed by the Secret Service.

  • Gibson, a type of supercomputer used to find oil and perform physics in '' Hackers '' ( 1995 )

  • PAT, (Personal Appiled Technology) Female motherly computer program who controls all the functions of a house in Disney's '' Smart House '' ( 1999 )

  • Project 2501 Artificial Intelligence developed by Section 6 in '' Ghost In The Shell '' ( 1995 )

  • SETH, (Self Evolving Thought Helix) a military supercomputer which turns rogue in '''' ( 1999 )



2000s

  • Red Queen, the AI from the movie '' Resident Evil '' ( 2002 )

  • Vox, a holographic computer in '' The Time Machine '' ( 2002 )

  • I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. — computer for '''' ( 2004 )

  • V.I.K.I. , (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence) from '' I, Robot '' ( 2004 )

  • E.D.I (Extreme Deep Invader) is the flight computer for an unmanned fighter plane in '' Stealth '' ( 2005 )

  • Lucille - artificially intelligent spacecraft control interface aboard Mars-1 in '' Red Planet '' ( 2000 )



RADIO


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  • Alarm Clock, an artificially intelligent alarm clock from Nineteen Ninety-Four by William Osborne and Richard Turner. Other domestic appliances thus imbued also include '''Refrigerator''' and '''Television''' ( 1985 )

  • ANGEL 1 and '''ANGEL 2''', Ancillary Guardians of Environment and Life, shipboard 'Freewill' computers from James Follett's '' Earthsearch '' series. Also '''Solaria D''', '''Custodian''', '''Sentinel''', and '''Earthvoice''' ( 19801982 )

  • Executive and '''Dreamer''', paired AI's running on The Mainframe; Dreamer's purpose was to come up with product and policy ideas, and Executive's function was to implement them, from Nineteen Ninety-Four by William Osborne and Richard Turner ( 1985 )

  • Hab a parody of HAL 9000 and precursor to Holly , appearing in the Son of Cliché radio series written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor ( 19831984 )

  • The Mainframe, an overarching computer system to support the super-department of The Environment, in the BBC comedy satire Nineteen Ninety-Four by William Osborne and Richard Turner ( 1985 )



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TELEVISION FILMS AND SERIES


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  • Computer, the all purpose, voice activated computer found on board the Enterprise (and other spaceships) in ''''.

  • Data, the android from ''''.

  • Gambit, game playing computer from '' Blake's 7 '' ('Games') ( 1981 )

  • Shyrka, the onboard computer of Ulysses' ship in the French animated series " Ulysses 31 " ( 1981 )

  • Slave , a somewhat subservient computer on the ship ''Scorpio'' in '' Blake's 7 '' ( 1981 )

  • Teletraan I , the Autobots ' computer in '' Transformers '', 'revives' The Transformers after crashing on the planet Earth ( 1984 )

  • Vector Sigma , the supercomputer in '' Transformers '', responsible for creating the Transformers race ( 1984 )

  • SID ('''S'''pace '''I'''nvestigation '''D'''etector), the computer onboard the ''Voyager'' in the children's comedy series '' Galloping Galaxies '' ( 1985 )

  • Max Headroom , the cyber punk TV presenter from '' The Max Talking Headroom Show '' ( 1987 )

  • Box, a small, box shaped computer from the British television show '' Star Cops '' ( 1987 )

  • KITT fictional computer built into a car from the television show '' Knight Rider '' ( 1982 )

  • KARR , prototype of KITT from ''Knight Rider''. Unlike KITT, KARR's personality is aimed at self-preservation at all costs.

  • LCARS fictional computer architecture of the Starship Enterprise -D and E, and other 24th century starfleet ships, in '' Star Trek '' ( 1987 )

  • Magic Voice, the Satellite of Love's onboard computer on '' Mystery Science Theater 3000 '' ( 1988 )

  • Synergy, the computer responsible for JEM and the Holograms' super powers on '' JEM ''

  • Holly the on-board computer of the space ship Red Dwarf in the BBC television series of the same name ( 1988 )

  • The Ultima Machine, a WWII code-breaking "computing machine" used to translate Viking inscriptions, from '' Doctor Who '' (' The Curse Of Fenric ') ( 1989 )

  • Ziggy, hybrid computer from '' Quantum Leap '' ( 1989 )



1990s

  • COS (Central Operating System), homicidal computer from the season 1 '' X-Files '' episode (' Ghost In The Machine ') ( 1993 )

  • CAS (Cybernetic access structure), homicidal automated building in "The Tower" (1993) {Link without Title}

  • Nicole, Princess Sally 's computer in the '' Sonic The Hedgehog '' Saturday Morning TV Series and US Comic Series ( 1993 )

  • CentSys, sweet yet self-assured female-voiced AI computer who brings the crew of the SeaQuest into the future to deactivate her in SeaQuest DSV episode, "Playtime" ( 1994 )

  • The Magi, a trinity of computers individually named '''Melchior''', '''Balthasar''' and '''Caspar''', from '' Neon Genesis Evangelion '' ( 1995 )

  • Eve, somewhat assertive AI computer (projecting herself as hologram of beautiful woman) orbiting planet G889 and observing/interacting with Earth colonists in Earth 2 (TV Series) episode "All About Eve" ( 1995 )

  • H.E.L.E.N., a computer system managing the unterwater marine exploration station in the Australian television series " Ocean Girl " {Link without Title}

  • Unnamed AI from the season 5 '' X-Files '' episode (' Kill Switch ') ( 1998 )

  • CPU for D-135 Artificial Satellite, dubbed MPU by Radical Edward from ' Cowboy Bebop ' in the episode "Jamming with Edward". ( 1998 )

  • Starship 31, the sapient spaceborne battleship, from the episode 'The Human Operators' in '' The Outer Limits '' ( 1999 )

  • Computer, from '' Courage The Cowardly Dog '' ( 1999 )

  • SELMA, from '' Time Trax '', '''Selective Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive''' carried in the wallet of future cop Darien Lambert (Dale Midkiff), and good wherever MasterCard is accepted ( 1993 )

  • ''''', is an evil, sentient, computer AI that controls various androids for the goal of world domination

  • Emergency Medical Hologram, known as ''The Doctor'', a holographic Doctor on '''' ( 1995 )



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COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS


Lyoko- A Quantum Supercomputer and Virtual Universe That has many capabilities.
Return Trips- To undo any mistakes or unwanted damage caused by one of Xana's attacks, or any other unfavorable situation, Jeremie (character in Code Lyoko) can use the supercomputer to go back in time roughly a day. As a side effect of the return trips, the supercomputer gains a qubit. With each added qubit, the supercomputer's processing power doubles. (Code Lyoko) 2004
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  • Ultron , Artificial Intelligence originally created by Dr. Henry Pym to assist the superpowered team called the " Avengers ", but subsequently logic dictated that mankind was inferior to its intellect and wanted to eradicate all mankind so that technology could rule the earth with all other machines under its rule. Ultron created various versions of itself as a mobile unit with tank treads and then in a form that was half humanoid and half aircraft, then it fully evolved itself into an android form, which would often clash with the Avengers for fate of the earth! Early evolved versions were designated with a number reference, each higher than the previous, marking its evolved status ( 1968 ) (Marvel Comics).

  • Yggdrasil , the system used by the gods to run the Universe in Oh My Goddess! ( 1989 )



COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES

  • 0D-10, Artificial intelligent computer in the sci-fi chapter from the game ''Live A Live''. Secretly plotted to kill humans onboard the spaceship of the same name in order to 'restore the harmony'. Its name derives from 'odio', a Spanish word for 'hate'. An obvious reference to HAL 9000 ( 1994 )

  • 343 Guilty Spark, Monitor of Installation 04, In the video game '' Halo '', and its sequel, '' Halo 2 '' ( 2001 )

  • 2401 Penitent Tangent, Monitor of Delta Halo in '' Halo 2 '' ( 2004 )

  • ADA, from the video game ''Zone of the Enders'' ( 2001 )

  • Adam, the computer intelligence from the Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion ( 2002 )

  • Angel, artificial intelligence of the alien cruiser Angelwing in the game ''''. Original Japanese name - Tenshi.

  • Benson, the sardonic 9th generation PC from the computer game '' Mercenary '' and its sequels ( 1985 )

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  • Central consciousness, massive governing body from the Computer Game '' Total Annihilation '' ( 1997 )

  • ''' video games ( 2001 )

  • Dr. Carroll from the Nintendo 64 game '' Perfect Dark '' ( 2002 )

  • Durga/Melissa/Yasmine the shipboard A.I. of the U.N.S.C. ''Apocalypso'' in the Alternate Reality Game I Love Bees (promotional game for the Halo 2 video game) ( 2004 )

  • Durandal, one of three A.I.s onboard the U.E.S.C. Marathon ( 1994 )

  • EVA, the Electronic Video Agent AI, console interface, and more benign equivalent of the Brotherhood Of Nod CABAL in Command & Conquer (see above) ( 1995 )

  • FATE, the supercomputer that directs the course of human existence from '' Chrono Cross '' ( 1999 )

  • GOLAN, the computer in charge of the United Civilized States' defence forces in the '' Earth 2150 '' game series. A programming error caused GOLAN to initiate hostile action against the rival Eurasian Dynasty, sparking a devastating war depicted in '' Earth 2140 ''.

  • Icarus, '''Daedalus''', '''Helios''', '''Morpheus''' and '''The Oracle''' of '' Deus Ex '' — see ''Deus Ex'' Characters ( 2000 )

  • KAOS, the antagonist computer from the game "Red Alarm"

  • Leela, another A.I. onboard the U.E.S.C. Marathon ( 1994 )

  • LINC, from the video game '' Beneath A Steel Sky '' ( 1994 )

  • The mascot of the "Hectic Hackers" basketball team in '' Backyard Basketball '' ( 2001 )

  • The Mechanoids, a race of fictional artificial intelligences from the game '''' who rebelled against their creators and seek to remake the universe to fit their needs.

  • Metal Gear Arsenal from the video game is designed to control all the worlds media.

  • Mother Brain from Chrono Trigger , a supercomputer from the 2300 AD time period that is controlling robotkind and exterminating humans ( 1995 )

  • Mother Brain from '' Metroid '' ( 1986 )

  • NEXUS Intruder Program, the main enemy faced in the third campaign of the PC game '' Warzone 2100 ''. It is capable of infiltrating and gaining control of other computer systems, apparently sentient thought (mostly malicious) and strategy. It was the perpetrator that brought about the Collapse ( 1999 )

  • Pokedex database of all Pokémon monsters appears in all versions of the game, usually as a desk top computer. ( 1996 onwards)

  • PRISM, the "world's first sentient machine" which you play as the protagonist of the game '' A Mind Forever Voyaging '' by Steve Meretzky published by Infocom ( 1985 )

  • SHODAN , the enemy of the player's character in the '' System Shock '' computer game and its sequel '' System Shock 2 '' ( 1994 )

  • Sol — 9000 from '' Xenogears '' ( 1998 )

  • System Deus from '' Xenogears '' ( 1998 )

  • Thiefnet computer, Bentley the turtle's laptop from the Sly Cooper series ( 2002 )

  • Traxus IV, A.I. that went rampant on Mars, in '' Marathon (computer Game) '' ( 1994 )

  • Tycho, the third A.I. onboard the U.E.S.C. Marathon ( 1994 )

  • XERXES The ship computer system which is under the control of The Many in the computer game '' System Shock 2 '' ( 1999 )

  • Aura and Morganna from the '' .hack '' series, the Phases that serve Morganna, and the Net Slum AIs ( 2002 )

  • The Xenocidic Initiative, a computer that has built itself over a moon in '' Terminal Velocity '' ( 1995 )

  • PETs, standing for PErsonal Terminal, the cell-phone sized computers that store Net-Navis in Megaman Battle Network . The PETs also have other features, such as a cell phone, e-mail checker and hacking device ( 2001 )



BOARD GAMES AND ROLEPLAYING GAMES

  • The Computer from West End Games Paranoia role playing game.

  • The Autochthon, the extradimensional AI which secretly control .



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COMPUTERS AS ROBOT S

See the List Of Fictional Robots And Androids for all fictional computers which are described as existing in a mobile or humanlike form.


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