Boy in a trailer park playing a video game becomes a fighter pilot

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Crossing the Frontier: Making 'The Last Starfighter', an original documentary with a fascinating look at the creation of the film and its groundbreaking computer-generated visual effects. Hosted by star Lance Guest (Alex Rogan) and featuring behind-the-scenes footage and all new interviews with director Nick Castle, production designer Ron Cobb, art director James Bissell, producer Gary Adelson, composer Craig Safan and some of the computer artists who blazed the trail for a new era of effects technology at Digital Productions. Also included are comments from leading artists at Industrial Light and Magic who discuss the historical importance of The Last Starfighter in the annals of the visual effects field.

A talented trainee pilot is given the opportunity to virtually test the latest fighter jet, which pushes him to his limits.

Genta Shinoyama is a video game freak who suddenly finds himself dumped into war against galactic pirates - for real.

Ricky is a ten-year-old daydreamer and expert on his computer flight simulator program. While on a cross-country flight for a school field trip, Ricky gets the uneasy feeling that his plane is about to be hijacked!

A boy's love of action movies becomes his only outlet after facing a far more difficult battle.

Ten year old boy pilot called Gore Vidal. A young boy learns how to fly new kind of aeroplane with simple controls. M/S of boy, Gene, standing in front of aeroplane with man. They have a stilted conversation about how easy new aeroplane is to fly. They then climb into cockpit and man takes boy through joystick movements. Various shots of aeroplane taking off and landing on an airfield. C/U of Gene and man. When asked, Gene says controlling the plane was easier that learning how to ride a bike!

A young boy is taken in from the streets and trained in martial arts. When his home is invaded and his sensei is taken, he must face his fears and become the hero he was always meant to be.

A boy dreams of racing school buses at the local speedway.

A child addicted to video games spends most of the time in front of his computer living in the world in which his heroes do. One day it runs into a situation that every "gamer" subconsciously wishes - to literally became part of the game.