No major introduction required, so let's dive straight in.
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Call of Duty 2 - Saving Private Ryan The Battle of Pointe du Hoc |
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Aliens Gaz: "I like to keep this for close encounters." The correct quote by Hicks is: "I like to keep this handy, for close encounters." |
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare On your feet soldier (The Terminator) and We are leaving could well be Aliens, as in "Drake, we are leaving." |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops - Apocalypse Now
Patrol boat mayhem. |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops - The Deer Hunter
Bowman's death. |
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Call of Duty: World at War - Enemy at the Gates
Sniper rifle scene. |
Providing Conker's Bad Fur Day and obviously Xbox remake Conker: Live & Reloaded are ignored...
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Medal of Honor: Allied Assault was first to reenact scene of Spielberg's classic. |
Box art of
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood could well in principle be based on famous 'helmet on beach' from
The Longest Day.
Fog map in
Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC is a right mix and match epic.
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Bloodstained mattress brought Julia back in the mediocre Hellbound: Hellraiser II. |
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Jaws most definitely isn't a horror film, but whatever, the Orca is docked in the swamp. |
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Monkey Shines |
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Sinister mist makes me Scream (1996). |
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977) |
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Evil Dead |
Ring
Old style TV, video tapes and well
The Evil Dead
Cassette recorder and chained basement
Evil Dead II
Chainsaw outline and broken bridge
Ash never wedged Linda's skull inside vice.
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Only possessed head tasted chainsaw. |
Name tributes
Bugenhagen (Final Fantasy VII) vs Leo McKern (The Omen and Damien: Omen II)
Michael Gambon would play him in the senseless 2006 remake of 1976 original.
Major Dutch Schaefer (Alien vs. Predator 1994) vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator)
Scarface (Smash TV) vs Tony Montana (Scarface 1983)
It's highly unlikely that creators Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell gave 1932 film of same name a second thought.
Nosferatu (Resident Evil Code: Veronica / X) vs Count Orlok (Max Schreck)
Ruling upper part of castle, magic-wielding vampire
Count Olrox in
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night serves as an obvious reference.
But wait a minute.
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Akumajō Dracula (X68000) |
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Arranged mode in PS1 port Castlevania Chronicles didn't really add garlic. |
Like Bad Dudes,
Sly Spy is another Data East cult classic.
The whole premise is unashamedly James Bond, and before play starts, you can pointlessly choose Agent's codename.
Bosses
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Jaws (various) |
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Oddjob (Goldfinger)
Yes, bowler hat is thrown... |
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JIM suit diver (For Your Eyes Only) |
Miscellany
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Lotus Esprit Turbo could be another nod to FYEO. |
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Freefalling could've been inspired by Moonraker. |
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Diving may be reffing Thunderball. |
Back to the Future
1.21 gigawatts
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Crysis 2 |
Total Carnage
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Comical torture sequences are measured in gigawatts. |
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Great Scott! |
2001: A Space Odyssey
HAL 9000
343 Guilty Spark (Halo series) and
Wheatley (Portal 2)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
"I need a vacation."
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Aero Fighters |
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Lost Land Adventure |
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X-Men: Children of the Atom (Wolverine's ending) |
Thumbs up
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Doom (2016) |
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Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks |
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Gat out of Hell (Saints Row IV standalone expansion) |
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Rayman Legends |
T-1000
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It's not particularly clear, but touching 'liquid nitrogen' surface in Doom (2016) has marine's arm become instantly brittle and break off. |
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Malfunction does not compute. |
Here's something cute that debuted in
Mortal Kombat 3.
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Jax adapts bionic arms for liquid metal-esque fatality. |
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy Krueger was originally DLC in
Mortal Kombat (2011).
Without going really deep, enjoy some tidbits.
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Tell 'Em Freddy Sent Ya |
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Blood geyser fatality was inspired by Glen's death in Wes Craven's classic 1984 original. |
Even though Robert Englund voiced sound effects, portrait seems to be based on
Jackie Earle Haley from the unspeakably
BAD 2010 remake.
WTF?
Guts of ending rings loud bells of movie poster.
To remain consistent with game mechanics, dream invader was given a bladed glove for each hand.
Consequently, he now looks like Freddy wannabe
Choi Bounge (The King of Fighters series).
You've gotta laugh.
Fellow horror icons Leatherface, Jason Vorhees, Alien and Predator could be got via DLC in MK X, and were included hassle free in MK XL.
One more.
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In name only, fatality Heeeere's Johnny! pays homage to The Shining. |
Actual graphic reminds me of a set-piece from Peter Jackson's splatstick comedy classic
Braindead.
Best line has to be from Stuart Devenie's Father McGruder:
"I kick ass for the Lord."
Brilliant.
Duke Nukem Forever
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Aliens - Game over man |
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American Psycho - Feed me a stray cat Ez Moneys could be a T2 reference, as it's something you'd immediately associate with John Connor, rather than Swedish film franchise (Snabba Cash). |
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Back to the Future - 1.21 gigawatts Even though Arnie asks Dick Miller for a phased plasma rifle in The Terminator, every ref counts. |
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From Dusk Till Dawn This refers to opening hours of seedy vampire bar Titty Twister. |
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The Shining - Redrum |
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Total Recall
Baby, you make me wish I had three guns
Swapping hands for guns, quote is a pun on Benny's experience of groping Mary.
Oh look, alien boss has three tits. |
More, more and some more.
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Left 4 Dead 2 - 28 Days Later
Repent the ending is extremely ----------- nigh Why is 'fucking' scribbled out? |
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Maniac Mansion - Saturday Night Fever Check out artwork on side of fictitious arcade Disco Crazy, for something along the lines of John Travolta in white suit. |
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Sam and Max Hit the Road - The Creature from the Black Lagoon
In this case, Evelyn Morrison classic Revenge of the Gill Guy. |
Evil Dead II
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Outlast |
After each stage in
Earthworm Jim, protagonist exclaims
Groovy!
In an alternative reality.
All my own work yer' know.
New Junk City is surely a ref to Wesley Snipes gangster thriller
New Jack City.
DOS version aside, sequel features a stage called
Lorenzen's Soil, which is probably a pun of
Lorenzo's Oil.
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Borderlands 2 - Seven "Oh, what's in the box?!?" Pistol is called Gwen's head, after Gwyneth Paltrow who played Brad Pitt's wife Tracy. Wouldn't it make more sense to call firearm Tracy's head? |
Hey ho.
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Smash TV - Robocop Evil M.C can blurt out "I'd buy that for a dollar." |
Presenting the grand finale.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Black Knight: "None shall pass!"
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The Secret of Monkey Island |
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Planting a knight in action-hybrid strategy The Horde has protector state catchphrase. |
And.
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You can't remove Old King Coal's legs in Banjo-Tooie, but grubby boiler monarch bears enough similarity. |
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"Look you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left." |
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
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Fallout: New Vegas |
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Worms series |
The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
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Yacopu (Galaxy Fight) |
While claim is outlandish, here's a done deal.
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Kitana's animality (MK 3) |
That rabbit's dynamite.
See you next time.
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