There are an incredible number of games and toys featured in every episode of LOST and several of the episode tittles are actually the names of video games. There are also many references to playing and to sports.

The most important game reference occurs when Locke sets up the entire premise of the show/game in S1E2 when he tells Walt:

"Two players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark."

Below is a listing of the many game, toy and play references by episode number.

There were also references to games, toys and play found in some of the extra features of the Season 1 DVD and also on some of the Official LOST websites. While I am am not familiar with all of the contents of the Official websites, I am busy adding to the list below as I explore them in greater detail.

I have not included any information from The LOST Experience, as the entire 'Experience' and "Find 815" ( Season3-Season 4 Hiatus) were nothing more than games, scavenger hunts.

In fact, TPTB created The World's Largest Scavenger Hunt when they created TLE and the Guinness Book of World Records really should acknowledge them for this unprecedented accomplishment.

Here's an interesting fact. Are you aware of the origin of golf? It began by Scottish people knocking small rocks into rabbit holes! That's right. Rocks and Rabbits! Sound familiar?

Season 1

Model Plane- Jack makes a model plane from leaves when speaking with Kate
Tennis- Jack passes a tennis shoe hanging in a tree
Checkers or Chess- Charlie's Vans resemble a game board
F.A.T.E.- Charlie writes this on the tape on his fingers. FATE is the name of an award winning video game
Locke- is a main character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
Cards- A "Jack" is a face card
Hurling- A 'hurley' is the stick used in the sport of Hurling

Backgammon- Locke and Walt play; Walt and Hurley play
Comic Book- Walt is reading a Spanish version of a Flash comic book
Checkers– Walt asks if backgammon is like checkers
Dice
Locke says "One side is dark. The other side is light" - Dark and Light is a MORPG
Sawyer says "I'm the coward, you're the terrorist. We can all play a part. Who do you want to be?"
Hurley talks about an online game he played with his buddies in the Gulf War

Puppet Show- Sawyer refers to Sayid’s demo of the plane flight and crash as a puppet show
Tabula Rasa- the name of the episode. It is an ancient game similar to Backgammon and Tabula Rasa is the name of a video game.
Whistle- Locke makes a whistle to help find Vincent
Operation- Sawyer says "You're trying to save a guy who last time I checked had a piece of metal the size of my head sticking out of his bread basket."
Cards- Marshall says to Kate “You really are one of a kind.”
Slide Game- Walt plays with rocks on a slide he has made

Tricycle- on porch
Toy wagon- on steps
Teddy bears- two in the sand box
Toy lawn mower- on grass
Toy wheel barrow in the sand box
Pails- one in the sand box, one on the grass
Swing- in the yard
Toy- on the table near the pitcher of lemonade

Kate says to Sawyer "So you can play all the games you want."
Con Game- Sawyer is a Con Man and the entire Flashback is about a con game being played on Sawyer’s victim
Pool- there is an 8 ball on the table
Baseball - Sawyer says to Kate "Hell, it's only first base."
Make Believe- Charlie and Claire play 'Make Believe' with the peanut butter

Tennis- Boone plays tennis with a friend
Soccer- Boone is wearing an "Italia" shirt
Fetch- Walt plays with Vincent and a tennis ball
Orienteering
Con game- Shannon cons Boone
Hurley says – “This isn’t a game man” and "You know what? You win."
When Shannon tells Boone that Brian took the $50,000 and left her, Boone says "So...The player got played."
Boone says to Locke “Don't play dumb with me.”
Locke says “He's very competent. We don't want to make an enemy of him. We're going to want him on our side."

Mouse Trap– Locke is selling it in the toy store. Locke says “A game. It's my favorite game, actually. I used to play it with my brother.
Foosball table- when Locke was talking to the Private Investigator in the break room
Football– Locke’s mother asks where they are in the toy store
Hunting- Locke hunts with his father
Diving & Canoeing- Pictures on Anthony Cooper's mantel
Con Game- Anthony Cooper and Emily Locke con Locke
Trebuchet/Chess- Trebuchet is a trap/endgame in chess
Kate says - “Yeah, well, he could be playing it down.”
Frainey tells Locke "Your mother sought you out, so she's fair game”
Dues Ex Machina- is the title of the episode Dues X is the name of a video game

Baseball- in the back seat of Tom’s car with name “John Locke” on it; also, John Locke Mercer and Aaron Boone were baseball players
Baseball Cap- in the time capsule
Toy Plane
Minnie Mouse Doll- on the backseat of Tom’s car
Teddy Bear Magnets- on Tom’s refrigerator
Gameboy- the desk clerk at the motel is playing with a Gameboy
Hillbilly Whack- Arzt says "Because I'm a doctor and you're a hillbilly" to Sawyer. Hillbilly Whack is a video game
Sailing
Rafting
Fishing
Horse Racing- Sawyer says to Kate "Michael just told me you were jockeying for my place on the raft"
Survivor- Sawyer says “You gonna vote me off Mickey?”, a reference to the TV show where players try to win a million dollars

Season 1 DVD

It seems that there are curious things going on with the Season 1 DVD regarding "The Genesis of LOST" segment, apparently when some fans view their DVD's they see the name Leee Pinker vs. Jeff Pinker. Mine said Leee Pinker. No matter which name you see, Mr. Pinker states “The Island could be, in a way, a dramatic version of a video game.” and that “You could find the hatch, but it could take several weeks before you had the proper tools to open the hatch.”

While Jeff Pinkner is an executive producer for LOST, who the heck is Leee Pinker and why is his name spelled with three e's? And if your DVD reads Jeff Pinker, then why is his named spelled Pinker instead of the correct way, Pinkner?

The incorrect and strange spelling of the name drove me crazy for almost a full year before I finally figured it out. The only possible explanation is that Leee Pinker is an anagram for LINE KEEPER. A little play on words, as the Executive Producer is the person whose role it is to focus on business matters such as budgets.

So TPTB hid a clue to the true nature of LOST on the Season 1 DVD in an obscure anagram associated with an interview. The reward for noticing it? If a viewer recognized that Pinker's name was wrong, they might pay extra attention to what he had to say in the interview.

Also on the Season 1 DVD, in the deleted scene "Finding the Tell", Locke discusses Poker

Season 2

Riddle- is the password to the hatch “What did one snowman say to the other snowman?”
Stuffed Toy Polar Bear- Michael gives one to Walt
Race Round the World- Desmond states he was on a solo race around the world
Darts- Dart Board in the hatch
Stuffed Rabbit- Desmond has one in the hatch and grabs it before leaving
Checkers on the dining table
Doubling Die- on the table as Locke talks to Desmond
Checkerboard- on the hatch floor
Boomerang- on Libby’s stick
Pirates- Sawyer says "Those people that did this...at first I thought they were fishermen or pirates or something. Pirates is a video game.
Susan says to Michael, "I think you're going to WIN." and "Nobody's winning here"

Teddy Bear
Boomerang- tied to the stick; also, in the deleted scene shown on GMA, the Tailies find a box full of boomerangs
Skiing/Racing- Libby tells Donald about skiing in Vermont
Ana says to Nathan “You don’t like the rules, I toss your ass back in that pit”
Dodge Ball- Libby says "Anytime I ask him anything about himself, he just dodges."

Ping Pong
Dart Board
Myst- This computer game involves finding missing pieces of a video See MYST
Resident Evil Video Game- Parts of a puzzle are found in a book. See Resident Evil
Roster- Michael asks Locke how they manage to push the button every 2 hours and Locke replies "I set up 2 person shifts, 6 hours. Everyone's on the roster."
Locke says “Viola. What are the odds?
Eko says “The odds?”
Locke says “And now, here's the missing piece right back where it belongs. What are the odds?”
Michael asks Locke "What about all the missing pieces?"

Bunny Rabbit Slippers- Charlie wears
Dolls- Charlie's father dismembers a doll and there are dismembered dolls in the butcher case
Voltron- Liam gets one for Christmas
Santa Doll- in the Christmas scene
Polar Bears- stuffed bears in the diaper commercial
Rattles- giant rattles in the diaper commercial
F.A.T.E.- the tape is back on Charlie's fingers in his dream/hallucination. FATE is a video game
Lots of references to play during filming of the commercial and also, related to playing music
Cards- Sawyer and Hurley play blackjack
Stuffed animals- on floor next to Charlie’s bed in the loft
Love Connection- Sawyer mentions it when he teases Hurley about Libby. Love Connection was a TV dating game
Locke says “Trust is a hard thing to win back.”

Con Game- Title of the episode is "The Long Con", the entire episode features Sawyer conning people on and off the island
Ping Pong Table
Dart Board
Cowboys & Indians- Sawyer says “Everybody’s gonna want to play Cowboys & Indians.”
Donkey Kong- Sawyer says he’s close to a high score on Donkey Kong
Bicycle- miniature bicycle visible in the living room when Sawyer is getting Cassidy to leave
Bunny statues on the book case in Cassidy's house
Playing House- Gordy says “Well, I waited 6 months while you and Cassidy played house”
Basketball- Sawyer says “No harm, no foul”
Wrestling & Gambling- Sawyer says “…Hot Oil Death Match”
Sawyer says “Last chance Doc”
Cassidy says “Next play.”
Kate says “You played us. You played me”
Kate says about Ana Lucia "This is all her play to get her hands on the guns"
Lots of quotes referencing con games and cons

Basketball
Polar bear- one of the patients is holding a stuffed polar bear
Football- when Dave throws the coconut and when he says “15, 16, 23, 42, hike”
Connect 4
Nascar Racing- Dave says Hurley “could sleep through a damn Nascar Race”
Lottery
Bingo
Mancala board
Jogging
Hiking
Comic- Sawyer claims Hurley "Hulked-out" on him, a reference to "The Incredible Hulk" by Stan Lee
Dave says “You want in the game man? Go for it.” And “Give it to the guy who’s not even in the game” and “You just play dumb”
Cerebrus Protocol is a Video Game with an incredible number of features in common with LOST

S2E23 & S2E24

Snow Globe- Desmond says “We are stuck in a bloody snow globe”
Dart Board- visible in the hatch and darts fly out of it toward the electromagnetism
Darts- Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley knocked out by darts
Ping Pong Table- visible in the hatch and Desmond knocks it over and runs across it, it is mentioned in the notebook that Kate reads from
Bicycle- pulled by electromagnetism
Puppets- Locke says “We’re only puppets, puppets on strings”
Race Round the World
Desmond says “I’m going to win” and “What really matters is who I win it from” “I shall win this race for love” “I’m gonna win this race, his race and I’ll be back in a year”
Baby Doll- Kate stops Sawyer from picking it up
Sports Stadium
Snowman Riddle
Chess- guys in snowy tent at end of the finale are playing
Bolo- is around Mr. Friendly’s neck when they are standing on the dock
Fail Safe- is a video game. See Fail Safe
Four Toes- The Four Toed statue has been identified as possibly being a reference to The Simpsons. In The Simpsons Hit 'N Run video game, Bart disappears briefly, resurfacing with no memory and mumbling unintelligibly; when he recovers, he reveals that a popular soft drink called Buzz Cola is turning people into zombies. An interesting game since it relates not only to the statue of the foot with four toes, and to the memory losses our LOSTies suffer from, but, also to Michael's hit and run accident. It might even be related to the mention of zombies in the fake script found on oceanic-air.com. The April 10, 2006 Podcast also jokes about the zombies.
Four Toes- could also be related to Sharteshane, an online role play game. The pair of islands off Sharteshane's coast are rife with a yellow-skinned race of people that, for centuries, have been enslaved by the more enlightened denizens of the mainland. The enslaved are never allowed shoes and have their smallest toes chopped off to show that they're claimed. Though slavery is a dying industry and most slaves used only for mining, one still will see the occasional four-toe on the street, filling his master's grocery list. It's unseemly for unclaimed four-toes to walk cities without purpose however, and freed slaves are usually shipped right back to the islands. Seen as subhuman by the Gefendur, they really hold no interest for the Eye of Redemption.

Season 2 DVD

In Fire & Water- Anatomy of an Episode, there is a group of toys on the conference table in front of Damon Lindelof as he is speaking. A doll and a comic book are tacked up on the bulletin board behind Carlton Cuse.

LOST Connections is a game. And a very important one. It shows us some of the game hardware and the fact that the game itself is making the connections in LOST. When Carlton Cuse asks "Are chance encounters a matter of coincidence or a matter of fate?" he is telling us that 'Fate', in LOST, refers to that portion of LOST where the game itself is acting to create the story.

The construction of the geodome for the Swan Hatch is shown. When the finished dome is shown from the outside, there are tennis balls inserted in the joints of the dome. The dome itself, especially while it is under construction, may be meant to represent the cage in Mouse Trap.

Season Two Soundtrack

Season 3

Crossword Puzzles- Jack's newspaper in car
Bridge- Jack's newspaper in car
Playground- Outside Sarah's school
Bicycle and Toys- in Playground
Repo Man - Jack says "I'm a Repo Man" Repo Man is a video game.
Baseball & Basketball Trophies- Along with other trophies on the credenza in Jack's office
Goodwin
Riddle/Password- The sign on the door to the AA meeting saying "Friends of Bill W". AA members frequently identify themselves to each other by asking "Are you a Friend of Bill W?". If the person asked replies yes, then they both know that they are members of AA. Bill W was one of the founders of AA.
Carnival Game- When Sawyer tricks (cons) the machines in the cage, there is carnival/circus music (John Philip Sousa's "The Thunderer") and a bell ringing the same way as occurs when you win a carnival game. Sawyer 'wins' a fish biscuit, water and food pellets
Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy/Babel Fish- 1980's computer game based on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series. At one point in the game, you had to get an item from a machine. But you couldn't just push a button. You had to do all sorts of complicated stuff first. If you finally figured the right sequence of actions out, you were rewarded with...a fish! A Babel Fish.
Juliet says to Jack "I know you feel like you're giving up. Like you're losing if you do what I ask"

Bicycles- in Nigerian Village
Soccer- Daniel and the boys in the village, Yemi & Eko

Basketball - On top of the armoire in Desmond's apartment
Sailboat Model - in Widmore's office, there is also a boat oar on the wall in the pub
Race - Widmore and Mrs. Hawking mention the "Race Round the World"
Dolls - There is a doll carriage in Mrs. Hawkings store
Golf - One of the "flashes" Desmond sees is of the golf club on top of the lightening rod
Dartboard - seen in rubble from hatch and also in the hatch during the flashback
Bicycle - exercise bicycle is seen in the rubble from the hatch
Soccer - on the TV in the pub
Cards - Donovan says "A wild card part which is the unpredictability"
MacCutcheon - MacCutcheon is a type of move in chess known as the French Defense.
Trophies - near the TV in the pub and on the bar
Cricket bat - Jimmy Lennon tries to hit the bartender with a cricket bat
Desmond says to Donovan "And right after they win, Jimmy Lennon's going to come through that door and hit the bartender right in the head with a cricket bat because he owes him money" And "No, no...they came back...they won!"

Skeletor- Is a character in the video game Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
Charades- Hurley says about trying to talk with Jin "Oh man, I suck at charades"
Lottery- Hurley's win is referred to throughout the episode
Dart- Sawyer steps on a dart
Basketball- People across the street from young Hurley are playing basketball
Tarot Cards- Madam the Psychic uses tarot cards, one has a horse on it, another has a skeleton
Bingo- Sawyer says "Bingo. Beautiful"
Poker- Sawyer says "That's two -hit me"
Chess or checkers- There is a lamp in Hurley's room with a checkerboard pattern
Fencing- Sawyer says "touché" to Hurley
Tron- Hurley's butlers are named Tron. Tron is a video game
Fetch- Vincent brings Roger the skeleton's arm to Hurley
Comic- Sawyer calls Charlie "Blockhead', a reference to "Peanuts" by Charles Schultz
Charlie says to Desmond "Don't play stupid with me"
Hurley says to Charlie "'Cause if we don't die, we could win. I could really use a victory'
Charlie says "Victory or death" to Hurley
Ride- Sawyer says to Jin "Com' on lets's give them their ride"
Jumbotron - Sawyer calls Hurley a "Jumbotron", the large screen used at football games and other games in large stadiums & arenas
Roger the Janitor- Roger Wilco is a janitor in the video game Space Quest and in another video game, Guardians of Destiny-Land of Lore III, the ruloi hand must be retrieved from a cave.