In many Nitrome games, there are references to other media outside of Nitrome in them. Below is a list of the references.

Contents 1 Bad Ice-Cream 2 Chisel 2 3 Double Edged 4 Enemy 585 5 Hot Air 6 Mutiny 7 Rainbogeddon 8 Rubble Trouble Tokyo 9 Skywire V.I.P./Skywire VIP - Extended 10 Super Treadmill 11 Tiny Castle 12 Twang 13 Worm Food 14 Other

Bad Ice-CreamEdit

• Level twenty has the same level structure as level one of the game Pac-Man.

Chisel 2Edit

• Level four is a reference to the arcade game Asteroids.
• Robearcops are a reference to the 1987 film Robocop

Double EdgedEdit

• On level 3-4, one skeleton says "be afraid", while another says "very afraid". This is a reference to the quote "Be afraid...be very afraid." from the 1986 horror film, "The Fly".

Enemy 585Edit

• Almost the entire game is a spoof of the game Super Mario Bros.
• A lot of the characters are a reference to Mario characters: Bearded Man (Mario), Princess (Princess Peach), Enemy 585 & Henchmen (Koopas) Crusher Blocks (Thwomps) Spinning Fire Ball Chains (Firbars) Cannon Balls (Bullet Bills) Goal Flag (Super Mario Bros. Goal Flag) King Frog (Bowser) Small Legged Blob (Goombas).
• The Worlds are a reference to the Mario Worlds, and the Tower at the start of every level is a reference to the Tower at the end of every Mario level. Also, The Princess's Castle is a reference to Peach's Castle, while the Frog King's castle is a reference to Bowser's Castle.
• The intro for Enemy 585 is a reference to the final level of New! Super Mario Bros. DS.

Hot AirEdit

• The level select screen resembles the level select screen of the Super Mario games.
• The background of the Hot Air levels is a reference to New! Super Mario Bros., where in some levels, almost the same background appears. They seem to be hills with curved stripes.

MutinyEdit

• Mutiny is based on the Worms series of Video Games.
• The Hammerhead Sharks's comment is a reference to MC Hammer's TV Show Hammertime.

RainbogeddonEdit

• Level twelve has the same level structure as level one of the game Pac-Man.

Rubble Trouble TokyoEdit

• The secret level is based on the old video game Breakout

Skywire V.I.P./Skywire VIP - ExtendedEdit

• Many celebrities, television stars, and other famous people appear as bean people.

Super TreadmillEdit

• In some levels, arcade boxes with Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Pong come onto the Treadmill as obstacles.
• Also in some levels, handhelds like the Game and Watch, the original Game Boy, and a pink/blue Nintendo DS appear.
• The later half of level twenty-four has blocks that reference Tetris.

Tiny CastleEdit

• The black armoured knight is probably a reference to Phantom Ganon from the Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure.

TwangEdit

• The white squids are a reference to Bloopers from the Super Mario Series.

Worm FoodEdit

• The concept of a worm eating humans was probably inspired from the movie Tremors, where giant burrowing worms called Graboids kill/eat civilians.
• The look of the giant worm looks almost identical to the Rishi Eel featured in the Star Wars the Clone Wars season one episode "Rookies". In the episode, while being attacked at their home base by the Sepratist (the robots) the clones had to retreat to the caverns, there they were attacked by the Rishi Eel, a giant man eating worm.
• Worm Food isn't the first flash game to resemble role of the player control a worm that eats humans in the following way.

OtherEdit

• On the Nitrome Enjoyment System promo poster one, the game Shoot is a reference to the game Duck Hunt for the Nintendo NES.
• The Nitrome Enjoyment System is a reference to the Nintendo NES.