List of all the pop culture references in Reality 2.0

[Cyberlink420]

Let's see how many references we can find in Reality 2.0 (mark spoilers just in case...)

- Super Mario Bros. (Sam exclaiming "It's-a me! Sam!" as he jumps up and grabs coins floating in midair)

- Dungeons and Dragons (Auntie Biotic's +1 Armor and the +2 Sword)

- Sam and Max Hit the Road (The resemblance of the Wooden Longsword to the dragon-slaying sword in Conroy Bumpus's VR game)

- Sam and Max Season One (Sybil's complaints about dialogue trees and repetition)

- Dragon Warrior (The battle against a Blue Slime)

- Tetris (Tetriminoes line the rear of the streets of Reality 2.0)

- TellTale Texas Hold 'Em (An ad for the game floats around occasionally on the streets of Reality 2.0)

Can anyone else think of any others?

[The Duckmeister]

Well, there's the C.O.P.S. machines.

One is a Commodore 64, another is an arcade machine, another is an automated telephone, and the last one is a Pong machine.

Then there is the Castlevania: Symphony of The Night reference with the save point.

The firewall that Sam & Max have to get through.

The "computer bug".

The "Reality 1.5" stage of the game that plays as a text adventure.

"Nauseatilinglycute.com" and "Bancolavadero.com", which are real websites, btw.

You should probably spoiler tag your post, Cyberlink.

[leveritt]

Huh, I was going to try those sites. Thanks for reminding me!

[Zeek]

I found my Tron referance!! I'm happy now!

Talk to the COPS a second time, but just say "good-bye"

[Chuck]

Err, just for the record: Sybil's crack about dialogue trees and repetition wasn't intended as a crack against the earlier Sam & Max episodes, but videogames in general. That "just keep talking to someone until you hear the same thing said again" mentality that seems unavoidable.

[TapamN]

Originally Posted by The Duckmeister

Well, there's the C.O.P.S. machines.

One is a Commodore 64, another is an arcade machine, another is an automated telephone, and the last one is a Pong machine.

No, it's an Osborne 1, not a Commodore 64. Try looking them up on Wikipedia.

[ogoun]

How the hell do I do that "click on to reveal spoiler" thing??

Here's some more references...

C.O.P.S. arcade game is Sinistar, with the "i hunger" quote

Zork/Advent: should be obvious, surprised no one mentioned it yet

(I tried blind typing "xyzzy" during reality 1.5, but nothing happened. I suspect, though, that keyboard input parsing is not a priority for the game coders, for obvious reasons.)


l8r,

Pete
__________________

[Dangerzone]

i know that that computer is not a commodore 64 (i had one a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), and i did bother to look up what that in-game computer was..... but i chose to call it a commodore 64 in my walkthrough and in all of my posts because it is much more well known than the "Osborne-1" (so i guess i am at fault for this case of mistaken identity)

if i would have said "use the monkey balm on Osborne 1" everyone would be saying "W.T.F. is the Osborne-1"...... so i just called it commodore 64, and everyone else just followed suit because (i don't think) anyone around here really knew what it was..... and it is less confusing that way

@ogoun - here is how you do spoiler tags [spoiler] Spoiler text here [/spoiler]

P.S. Osborne-1 V.S. Commodore 64 (for those of you who are curious)

[Mel]

Originally Posted by ogoun

How the hell do I do that "click on to reveal spoiler" thing??

If you want to spoiler tag something:

[ spoiler ]text here[ /spoiler ] (just leave out the spaces in the brackets)

[Tidus4444]

I'm pretty sure the name of the arcade machine in COPS is a reference to Blaster Master.

[bpullen]

Ahhh, sweet nostalgia! Think I've still got my Commodore 64 in the loft somewhere

[The Tingler]

Sam & Max Hit The Road is also referenced when the duo goes 2D at one point. "This seems familiar" Sam quips.

A few of the circular platforms, like the one by the Control Room interior door, look a lot like Tron discs.

Star Wars reference - Max calls the beeping computer "Artoo".

Lord of the Rings reference - Bosco's leaving cry "For the Shire!"

After he picks them up, Sam holds the two different swords above his head and the camera views this act from above - just like Link does in the 3D Legend of Zelda games. Also, in both the original LOZ game and the recent Twilight Princess, Link's first sword is a Wooden Sword.

Just as Max is about to disappear, he pulls his ears down below his chin in a "scared" way, just like Bugs Bunny (or Roger Rabbit) would occasionally do. I'm sure a few of Max's comments ("I'm too pretty to die!" possibly) are from various Looney Toons too.

And, of course, the Monkey Island reference - "Look behind you, it's a three-headed Internet!"

[birky]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned:

That the Internet looks suprisingly like SHODAN from the System Shock Games - (Green and circuit-y, appears in the top corner of the screen to speak to you, and also has the same psychotic Goddess like tendancies at some points).

Also:

I'm not sure if it was on purpose but the "If I go down I'm taking you with me" line is screamed by the end boss of lylat wars/Starfox64 - and also by the Internet.

[Zeek]

Originally Posted by birky

Also:

I'm not sure if it was on purpose but the "If I go down I'm taking you with me" line is screamed by the end boss of lylat wars/Starfox64 - and also by the Internet.

Actually, that line has been said so many times by so many people in several different genres, that it's almost a parody of itself. Seriously, watch most action movies, and chances are really high someone will end up saying that line before the movie is over.

[wefeelgroove]

I'm kinda hoping I got this one right so I can pat myself on the back for catching an obscure reference.

King's Quest 7: When you end a conversation with Auntie Biotic, she warns you not to mail any wooden nickels. In KQ7, there was a seriously bugged wooden nickel that would make the game lock-up when you obtained it, and even after that, it was still screwed up so you couldn't give it to the person you were supposed to give it to.

[AdamG]

Originally Posted by birky

I'm surprised nobody mentioned:

That the Internet looks suprisingly like SHODAN from the System Shock Games - (Green and circuit-y, appears in the top corner of the screen to speak to you, and also has the same psychotic Goddess like tendancies at some points).

I did mention that!

[LuigiHann]

Originally Posted by wefeelgroove

I'm kinda hoping I got this one right so I can pat myself on the back for catching an obscure reference.

King's Quest 7: When you end a conversation with Auntie Biotic, she warns you not to mail any wooden nickels. In KQ7, there was a seriously bugged wooden nickel that would make the game lock-up when you obtained it, and even after that, it was still screwed up so you couldn't give it to the person you were supposed to give it to.

Sorry, but "Don't take any wooden nickels!" is an old figure of speech. It just means "don't get tricked."

[birky]

Originally Posted by AdamG

I did mention that!

Ah sorry must have missed that one. (Damn my sporadic Forum lurking.)

And Zeek fair point - though my mind immediately went to Lylat Wars, maybe it was something in the way it was phrased, maybe I'm just a little bit obsessed... I guess we'll never know.

[Katana]

I didn't even watch the movie, and I got this reference!
When Sam puts the bug on the phone (GWB impression?) he says "Say hello to my little friend" in a foreign accent. I'm pretty sure this is said similarly to the ending to Scarface. (he's referring to his huge machinegun)

[Cyberlink420]

Yeah, I picked up onj that one right away too. I don't know why I didn't post it the first time...