The Sony PlayStation game Final Fantasy IX involves a theatre troupe known as "Tantalus," which shares the original thieving concept with Tantalus' story.
In the XBOX 360 Video Game Test Drive Unlimited there is a particularly difficult track available called "Tantalus".
In the Star Trek original series episode "Mirror, Mirror" the mirror universe version of Captain Kirk has a secret device in his cabin that enables the monitoring and elimination of enemies called the "Tantalus Field."
In the Star Trek original series episode "Dagger of the Mind", most of the action takes place in the Tantalus Colony.