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* James Bond in ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' could switch weapons using the readout on his laser watch. The bad guys would [[MenuTimeLockout kindly stop shooting]] and wait for him to finish what he was up to before resuming the firefight.
** You could do the same in ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' with a Motorola cell phone.

* ''VideoGame/MadTV'', set in an office building. You quit the game by going to your boss's office and literally quitting, save the game by opening the safe in your office, and change the game settings by tampering with the control panel on your office computer.

** While the nature of the gameplay makes it less apparent, the equivalent menus in ''1'' and ''2'' were [[AllThereInTheManual apparently]] also diegetic, using the Pip-Boy 2000. The main difference with the 3000 is that the 2000 series was handheld instead of wrist-mounted. Intrepid modders managed to implement this in ''3'' and ''New Vegas'', which served the dual purpose of nostalgia and avoiding the above mentioned issue of covering up the visible Pip-boy wrist model.

* The menus is ''VideoGame/MegamanZero'' are Zero's own internal interface. Memorably, after [[WalkingTheEarth striking out on his own]] at the end of the first game, at the start of the second the menu interface is too badly damaged to access parts of it. After his body gets rebuilt, he gets an entirely new menu screen out of it too.

** The lower screen of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is the cockpit of the [[MiniMecha Robobot Armor]], though this is only made apparent when looking at official merchandise.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}'', you're a hacker running a computer program and connected to a BBS, and the game interface is said program.

* VideoGame/SeriousSam gets his HUD, including a crosshair which tells him how much health a currently-targeted enemy still has and detailed info on his weapons and [[MonsterCompendium enemies]], through having an AI implanted in his brain. ''Serious Sam II'' implies that the "Secret <whatever> found!" messages are also the result of said AI, due to her being SuddenlyVoiced and announcing these found secrets to the player if they have her set to do so.

* ''VideoGame/Driveclub'' has detailed interiors for each and every car, and goes beyond the line by using the proper lights when the traction control is activated, and will also notify you of the [[NitroBoost KERS]] and DRS levels, if the car (such as the [=P1's=]) has them.

* ''VideoGame/Driveclub'' has detailed interiors for each and every car, and goes beyond the line by using the proper lights when the traction control is activated, and will also notify you of the [NitroBoost KERS] and [OverdriveDRS] levels, if the car (such as the [=P1's=]) has them.

* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo V'' has realistic simulated interiors for all its cars, a first for the series. "Premium" cars have [[TechnologyPorn painstakingly detailed]] interiors, while "Standard" cars have generic black interiors, though the standard HUD gauges are laid out in such a way that it looks like the car has a working tachometer and speedometer.
* ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' has [[http://i.imgur.com/t0PoA.jpg fully modeled interiors]] for all its cars, with appropriate gauges depending on what the car is equipped with - tachometers, speedometers, boost gauges, fuel gauges, accelerometers, clocks, et cetera. In the high end purpose-built cars, you can actually disable the entire HUD and still remain fairly aware of your status - the car's electronic dashboard or wheel-mounted display will list lap times, your position, remaining fuel, [=RPMs=], gear, speed, and so on. In cars like the Lamborghini Reventon, with its fully digital fighter jet-esque dashboard, it goes all the way to TechnologyPorn.

* In the first ''VideoGame/Titanfall'', the entire theme of the whole game can be said to be diegetic. The HUD is part of the Pilot’s helmet, the Titan’s HUD is part of the Titan screens themselves which can go off screen when ejecting as you look down for a moment to pull a cord, and after you get propelled in the air, your Pilot HUD turns on again. There is never a third person sequence or cutscene in the entire game except death. Takedowns/executions are in first person, entering your Titan mech is in first person (complete with the Titan’s arm helping you inside occasionally), even the ''campaign'' itself is diegetic in a way, due to the fact that it isn’t a traditional single player campaign, and instead consists of multiplayer matches with real players vs players set in a chronological war between the two factions in game (the fact that the campaign was essentially multiplayer only to emphasise the story was why it was criticised) And yes, this extents to each player having their own unique cutscenes ''in first person'', depending on their faction, their mission and even their individual slot in the lobby itself.

** When wearing PoweredArmor in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', the Pip-Boy can't be seen since it's being worn under the armor. Instead, when you open the Pip-Boy menu, it's projected as a window on the armor's HUD screen.

* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo V'' has realistic simulated interiors for all its cars, a first for the series. "Premium" cars have [[TechnologyPorn painstakingly detailed]] interiors, while "Standard" cars have generic black interiors, though the standard HUD gauges are laid out in such a way that it looks like the car has working a working tachometer and speedometer.

** For example, when Samus gets past certain enemies, they actually cause "interference". Rezbits in ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes Echoes]]'' can actually make Samus' Power Suit crash, and the player has to reboot it by pressing a key sequence, much like pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del.

** The four lights at the top of Samus' field of view, which did nothing in the first two games, represent the power level of the batteries in the Wiimote in ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption Corruption]]'' and the [[UpdatedRerelease Wii]] [[CompilationRerelease version]] of ''Echoes''.

* In ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' the Praetor suit's helmet display now functions as the HUD, displaying transmissions, signalling impact compensation, and even reacting to the installation of tether technology.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', a FirstPersonShooter in which you play as a SpaceMarine with PoweredArmor. Your HUD is projected on this inside of your helmet's visor, and some weapons have readouts as well: small [=LCDs=] for human weapons, and holograms for the aliens. During Noble Six's LastStand in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', the visor, and thus the interface, ShowsDamage.