Easter Eggs
- Click the center "Games Menu... 1982 Videlectrix" to go to the Videlectrix website.
- Click on the level number to change the backgrounds.
- When you collect on of the power-ups that appear occasionally, the character changes.
Fun Facts
- The game menu is a reference to side scrolling shoot 'em ups. The idea was simple: blast enemies, snag power-ups and avoid collisions.
- Level 1 (landscape) is modeled after Xevious (by Namco, 1982).
- Level 2 (sea/ships) is modeled after 1941 (by Capcom, 1984).
- Level 3 (space) is probably a reference to Galaxian (by Namco, 1979) and Galaga (by Namco, 1981), though neither game had nebulae.
- The capsules are from Arkanoid (by Taito, 1986).
- This is the first time a 20X6 The Cheat and 20X6 Coach Z have ever been shown.
- The "Old Games" ship is an airplane with smoke coming out it and is similar to one from Time Pilot (Konami, 1982).
- When you choose Pan Pan, his mouth moves even though he communicates by bouncing, seen in Under Construction.
- When this menu was first released, the information bar at the bottom (score, brand, level) was not there. It was added shortly thereafter.
- The 'Ready!' that you see when you enter the menu is from one of the NES MegaMan games.
- The continually rolling "1982 Videlectrix" bar at the bottom is a reference to a similar animation that appeared in most Atari 2600 games made by Activision.
- The ships have similarities to the characters they represent.
- Oddly, this menu breaks out of the black frame that encloses the site. The edges are square and its longer. Weird.
- You can never get a score higher than 0000 as of 7/29/04.
- The page title, "Shots do NOT hurt other players...yet." is from the classic arcade game "Gauntlet."
- Each of the character's ships has a different speed (How fast it can keep up with the mouse). From fastest to slowest: The Cheat, Homestar, Stinko Man, Coach Z, and Pan Pan.