I also know that in the second movie, the sequel, Eric made some huge advances with the robot suit. That just made it even better. You put the suit on and moved your arms then the robot's arms would move in sync with yours.

WarGames (1983) starring Matthew Broderick is his other signature film renowned for its take on popular Cold War fears of nuclear terror and holocaust as well as of amateur hacking. Henry Lee Badham Jr married Mary Hewitt secondly his first wife Lottie (née Austin) is buried beside Henry and Mary at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham Alabama. Though John Badham's younger all of Mary's acting credits preceded John's film/television credits by several years.

John MacDonald Badham (born August 25 1939) is an English-born American film director best known for films Saturday Night Fever (1977) Blue Thunder (1983) WarGames (1983) Short Circuit (1986) Stakeout (1987) Bird on a Wire (1990) and others.