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''This article is about miscellaneous references to video games.'' ''For the [[Strong Bad Email]], see [[video games]].'' ''For the DVD-exclusive email, see [[Videro Games]].''

'''References to video games''', especially those of the 8-bit era, are constantly made within the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. While [[Nintendo]], [[Atari 2600|Atari]], [[Sega]], [[Intellivision]], and [[Namco]] are most commonly referenced, others are listed here.

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* [#Generic_.2F_Ambiguous_References 1 Generic / Ambiguous References]
* [#Specific_Games 2 Specific Games]
* [#Specific_Consoles 3 Specific Consoles]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]

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== <span class="mw-headline">Generic / Ambiguous References</span> ==

* [[The Cheat Theme Song]] — [[Homestar Runner]] claims the video is "the best video game [he's] ever played".
* Email [[the bet]] — Strong Bad asks if [[The King of Town]] has any video games. He introduces him to [[Typing Tutor]], an arcade cabinet that Strong Bad later hoisted over a blindfolded King of Town, intending to drop it on him.
* Email [[pom pom]] — [[Pom Pom]] beats up Strong Bad by repeatedly kicking him in mid-air, in a similar fashion to fighting games. Numbered combo points also appear.
* [[Videro Games]] — Strong Bad describes the effects of video games on children.
* Email [[high school]] — [[Middle School Variation|Baby Strong Bad]] pretends he is playing better video games.
* Email [[secret identity]] — As Cara Carabowditbowdit, Strong Bad writes to Buttless in Bedstuy that she needs to play more video games.
* Email [[keep cool]] — One of the pool rules is to "press UP, A, and START" before re-entering the pool after eating.
* Email [[4 branches]] — Strong Bad uses a video game's scoring system as a simile to how Homestar Runner's stupidity works.
* Email [[concert]] — Strong Bad and Strong Sad play their [[FunMachine]] together while discussing [[sloshy]].
* Email [[slumber party]] — Strong Bad claims that "uncool kids' dads definitely still play video games" before going to Homestar's house, where he is playing [[Clapping Party]] because his [[Parents|father]]'s [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|M-rated]] titles are "off-limits".
* Email [[environment]] — Homestar "plays" his FunMachine without a cartridge inserted, claiming he is "about to win".

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* Email [[homestar hair]] — [[Strong Bad]] plays ''[[Temple of Apshai]]'' as respite from the email.
* [[FAQ]] — The page title reads "FAQ - Ouch. What do you do?". In ''[[The Goonies II]]'', [[Non-player character|non-player characters]] in mazes would respond with this [[Deliberately Poor English|Engrish]] phrase when attacked.
* Email [[modeling]] — An advertisement for foot cream includes the phrase "GOT STINKFOOT?", a reference to ''[[Parodius Da!|Parodius]]'', in which gaining a power-up will sometimes result in the main character saying "GOT A STINKFOOT?!" out of a megaphone.
* Email [[bedtime story]] — In two [[Powered by The Cheat]] segments (the latter of which is an Easter egg), [[The Cheat]] and [[Moses Malone]] play ''[[The Adventures of Lolo]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]''.
* Email [[from work]] — Strong Bad says that he hasn't taken his "sit in the men's room and play ''[[Tetris]]'' for an hour break" yet.
* Email [[hremail 3184]] — [[Bubs]] has a drink called "PONK!", a possible reference to The Scout's BONK! energy drink from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. He also shouts "PONK!" at [[Coach Z]] the same way as The Scout.
* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Since The Inventory is established as a place where video game characters go on their day off, the game contains characters from ''[[Monkey Island]]'', ''[[Sam & Max]]'', ''Team Fortress 2'', ''[[Wallace & Gromit|Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures]]'', and ''[[Back to the Future|Back to the Future: The Game]]''.
* [[Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition]] — The [[Videlectrix Guys]] play the [[Atari 2600]] game ''[[Haunted House (video game)|Haunted House]]''.
* [[@StrongBadActual]] (August 6, 2018) — Strong Bad asks Videlectrix to send him a "digital simulation" of [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] and gets a screenshot from the Atari 2600 version of ''[[Othello (video game)|Othello]]''.
* [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] — Homestar dresses as Dirk the Daring from ''[[Dragon's Lair]]''.
* [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] — All the main characters play as specific characters from specific games from the [[Point and click]] genre.

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* Email [[video games]] — Sender Taylor R. asks what Strong Bad would look like in a video game. He explains that it would depend on what system he was on. He envisions himself on "[[Atari 2600|one of those really old machines]]", "[[Video game graphics|one of those 3-D vector games]]", "[[Text-based game|one of those text-based adventures]]", and "[[Third generation of video game consoles|one of those brand-new super-photorealistic games]]".
* [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — Several consoles can be seen in [[File:Labeled CRP Background.PNG|the background of "Who Shot Caleb?"]], including a [[ColecoVision]] (which the Brothers Chaps [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003|had previously mentioned owning]]).
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Strong Bad is surprised that [[GameStop|Babbage's]] doesn't carry [[TurboGrafx-16|Turbografx]] games.
* Email [[space program]] — A ColecoVision controller is used to play the fictional game used to illustrate Space Captainface's skill at video games.
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins]] is "baby-sat" and yells for [[Timkins]] not to play his [[PlayStation models|PSone]].

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* [[Atari 2600]]
* [[Couch Mumbling]]
* [[Doom]]
* [[Floppy Disk Container]]
* [[FunMachine]]
* [[Intellivision]]
* [[Namco]]
* [[Nintendo]]
* [[Sega]]
* [[Strong Bad's Technology]]
* [[Popular Music References]]
* [[Professional Athlete References]]

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