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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 "one of those [[Wikipedia:Atari 2600|really old machines]]", "[[Wikipedia:Video_game_graphics#Vector_graphics|one of those 3-D vector games]]", "[[Wikipedia:Text-based game|one of those text-based adventures]]", and "[[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|one of those brand-new super-photorealistic games]]".
*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 "one of those [[Wikipedia:Atari 2600|really old machines]]", "[[Wikipedia:Video_game_graphics#Vector_graphics|one of those 3-D vector games]]", "[[Wikipedia:Text-based game|one of those text-based adventures]]", and "[[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|one of those brand-new super-photorealistic games]]".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Strong Bad is surprised that video store "Babbage's" doesn't carry [[Wikipedia:TurboGrafx-16|Turbografx]] games.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — Strong Bad is surprised that video store "Babbage's" doesn't carry [[Wikipedia:TurboGrafx-16|Turbografx]] games.
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*Email [[alternate universe]] — The Cheat creates a trans-dimensional alternate universe portal by sticking a Game Boy in a blender.
 
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins]] is "baby-sat" and yells for [[Timkins]] not to play his ''[[Wikipedia:PlayStation_%28console%29#PSone|PSone]]''.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins]] is "baby-sat" and yells for [[Timkins]] not to play his ''[[Wikipedia:PlayStation_%28console%29#PSone|PSone]]''.
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* [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] — when describing the power needed to run his game, Strong Bad mentions the SuperFX chip, Mode 7, and the Nintendo 64 Expansion Pack (" that red thing you stuck in the N64").
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 00:58, 28 November 2017

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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, Sega, Intellivision, and Namco are most commonly referenced, others are listed here.

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Generic / Ambiguous References

  • Email pom pomPom Pom beats up Strong Bad by repeatedly kicking him in mid-air, in a similar fashion to fighting games. Numbered combo points also appear.
  • The Cheat Theme SongHomestar 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 highschoolBaby 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.
  • Videro Games — Strong Bad describes the effects of video games on children.
  • 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 father's 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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