History ShoutOut / VideoGames

* ''[[FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist]]'', a fairly obscure {{Sierra}} game, makes a few shout-outs to other Sierra games. One of the people in the bar is Zircon Jim Laffer, ancestor to LeisureSuitLarry ([[IdenticalAncestor whom he resembles closely]]). There's a bridge that informs you every time you cross it that you have only three crossings left (the number never goes down), referencing a bridge that actually ''does'' have limited crossings in ''KingsQuest II''. Dying in certain circumstances causes the narrator, wrapping up Freddy's story, launch into new ones, containing references to another ''King's Quest'' game, ''Willy Beamish'', and (in a non-Sierra reference) ''The Music Man''.

** Blizzard's {{RTS}} games, the ''{{Warcraft}}'' and ''{{Starcraft}}'' series, carry most of their meta-humor in the annoyed phrases said by various units when they are clicked repeatedly. The firebat from Starcraft, for one, references Hank Hill from ''KingOfTheHill'', with lines about "propane and propane accessories"; the Dropship pilot clearly resembles the pilot from ''{{Aliens}}'' and spouts dialogue from the movie. Outside of that method, the Hero class units of the Zerg Hydralisk are called [[{{Warhammer40K}} Hunter-Killers]], the Hero class units of the Terran Firebat are called [[{{Fahrenheit451}} Guy Montag]], the Hero class units of the Terran Wraith are called [[TopGun Tom Kazansky]], the Hero class units of the Zerg Ultralisk are called [[DungeonsAndDragons Tarrasque]], and a Terran mining planet is named [[TheLordOfTheRings Moria]]. Click on the Hero Samir Duran long enough, and he will start speaking the titles of DuranDuran songs. Several cheat codes are also shout outs, including "there is no cow level" and "operation cwal".
** There are many similar lines in Warcraft III. For example, the bandit units, if clicked on enough, will quote Ulysses McGill from ''Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?'' repeating the line "I don't want Fop, goddammit, I'm a Dapper Dan man!" The human peasants and knights also reference Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

** ''StarCraft II'': the [[TransformingMecha Viking]] pilot will (of course) say "[[{{Transformers}} Transform and roll out!]]"

* Seeing as how TransformersWarforCybertron is basically High Moon Studio's love letter to the childhoods of boys who grew up in The80s, the whole game runs on Shout Outs to the Transformers universe. What isn't a blatant re-purposing of content from other continuities is simply PragmaticAdaptation: turning Megatron's alt mode from a pistol to a tank is one of them. Clearer examples are often used for the names of achievements. For example, if you kill two snipers within 5 seconds of each other, you are rewarded with the achievement "Targetmaster." [[hottip:* :For those who aren't Transfans, the Targetmasters was a line of toys produced during Generation 1.]]Props go out to the [[spoiler: boss battle with Soundwave during the Autobot half of the Campaign mode. After the player hasn't seen hide nor hair of Rumble, Frenzy, or Laserbeak during the three missions where you can play as Soundwave, and possibly a mild Shout Out in his possession of the Sentry ability, he produces all three during the boss encounter, and are in fact integral to defeating the monotone fiend.]]

** Dr. Emmerich also gets his name from Kojima's favorite film director: RolandEmmerich.
** In addition, Solid Snake uses the alias Iroquois Pliskin, a direct reference as to his namesake and further point to Hideo Kojima's fondness for ''EscapeFromNewYork'' and "Snake" Plissken. Its well known that Solid Snake and Big Boss were designed off of Snake Plissken.

* The ''MonkeyIsland'' series, being created by Lucasfilm's game division Lucasarts (formerly Lucasfilm Games), includes dozens of shout outs to Lucas' movies, including the number 1138 popping up a lot, a bridge troll being actually George Lucas in disguise, and wall graffiti suggesting its readers to call 1-800-STAR-WARS begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (which, at the time, was [=LucasArts'=] hint line number) "for a good time".

** The music in Abel's Ark has some subtle references to "One Who Bears Fangs at God," the theme for the fight with [[spoiler:Urobulus]].

** Jin dresses like Citan, and uses a katana like him. They even share a surname, Uzuki, though it is an alias in Citan's case.

* The ''{{Xenosaga}}'' series had a number of shoutouts to its spiritual predecessor ''{{Xenogears}}''. ''Xenosaga Episode III'' was especially chock-full of them. The most elaborate one is Mai Magus, who has a guardian mecha named Leupold, lives with her grandfather, Aizen, and lost her father, Tethlla. This is a direct parallel to Maria Balthasar from ''Xenogears'', who has a guardian mecha, Seibzehn, lives with her grandfather, Isaac, and lost her father, Nikolai.
** Abel is a CaptainErsatz of Fei, the protagonist of ''Xenogears''. In fact, Fei's first incarnation was called Abel.

** The music in Abel's Ark has some subtle references to "One Who Bears Fangs at God," the theme for the fight with Urobulus.
** Nephilim is an {{Expy}} of Elly, made all the more apparent when she "grows up" at the end of the game.

** Jin dresses like Citan, and uses a katana like him.

* The ''{{Xenosaga}}'' series had a number of shoutouts to its spiritual predecessor ''{{Xenogears}}''. Including the recreation of an irritating chase scene and a little girl with a big robot.

* The ''MonkeyIsland'' series, being created by Lucasfilm's game division Lucasarts (formerly Lucasfilm Games), includes dozens of shout outs to Lucas' movies, including the number 1138 popping up a lot, a bridge troll being actually George Lucas in disguise, and wall graffiti suggesting its readers to call 1-800-STAR-WARS begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (which, at the time, was [=LucasArts'=] hint line number) "for a good time".

** There's an IndianaJones ShoutOut in Oblivion: A quest wherein a rival treasure hunter tries to take your spoils is named "Nothing You Can Possess."

*** When Shepard gets back to the citadel and is inspected by a security guard, the guard says he thought Shepard was dead. One of the possible replies is "[[spoiler:[[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Only mostly dead.]]]]"

* In ''[[{{Ys}} Wanderers from Ys]]'', the corridor leading up to the Lava Zone boss has lava waves that act just like the prominences in ''[[{{Gradius}} Salamander/Life Force]]'''s third stage, as well as fire birds.

* ShoutOut or coincidence? Before you dismiss it too quickly, bear in mind that ''{{BlazBlue}}'' has a healthy sense of humor.
-->'''Kokonoe:''' [[MetalGearSolid Tager? What's going on!? Report... Tageeeeer!]]

GuiltyGear has [[ShoutOut/GuiltyGear its own page.]] BlazBlue, [[ShoutOut/BlazBlue as well.]]

* [[JetsNGuns Jets'n'Guns]] has its own [[ShoutOut/JetsNGuns page of Shout Outs]].

* The ''MonkeyIsland'' series, being created by Lucasfilm's game division Lucasarts (formerly Lucasfilm Games), includes dozens of shout outs to Lucas' movies, including the number 1138 popping up a lot, a bridge troll being actually George Lucas in disguise, and wall graffiti suggesting its readers to call 1-800-STAR-WARS begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (which, at the time, was [=LucasArts'=] hint line number) "for a good time".

* In ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', the Sky level has clouds shaped like [[{{Gradius}} Moai heads]] towards the end.
* ''{{Startropics}}'' has a Moai head as a boss.

* The ''MonkeyIsland'' series, being created by Lucasfilm's game division Lucasarts (formerly Lucasfilm Games), includes dozens of shout outs to Lucas' movies, including the number 1138 popping up a lot, a bridge troll being actually George Lucas in disguise, and wall graffiti suggesting its readers to call 1-800-STAR-WARS begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-STAR-WARS      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (which, at the time, was [=LucasArts'=] hint line number) "for a good time".

* Many {{Big Bad}}s are shout-outs to the Emperor from ''StarWars'', eg. the BigBad of ''The {{Astyanax}}'', Grand Master Meio from ''{{Strider}}'', and Osmund Saddler from ''ResidentEvil 4'' (whose voice also sounds very similar).

* Amid other shoutouts already present, the Engineer's Gunslinger from TeamFortress2 is quite similar to the Mini-Turret Glove from the RatchetAndClank games. Given how off-the-wall TF2 is, it is right at home. Granted, the Mini-Turret Glove didn't require Ratchet ''saw his arm off''.

GuiltyGear has [[ShoutOut/GuiltyGear its own page.]]

** There's also a small mechanical planetoid in the Buoy Base Galaxy that looks like a [[{{Pokemon}} Pokeball]].