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*** [[spoiler:Luigi's Purple Coins ("Luigi's Purple Coin Chaos" in Mario Squared Galaxy]] and [[spoiler:the Cyclone Stone]] both return from the first game. They're both harder. The latter is a ''lot'' harder.

*** As is the music in some of the levels, such as "Sweet Sweet Galaxy".

** ''SuperMarioGalaxy2'' has even more references, including a remake of [[spoiler:Whomp's Fortress from ''SuperMario64'']]. It also has more old music but ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome fully orchestrated]]''.

*** [[spoiler:Luigi's Purple Coins]] and [[spoiler:the Cyclone Stone]] both return from the first game. They're both harder. The latter is a ''lot'' harder.

* There was a bit in ''HalfLife 2'' designed to remind you of the intro to the first game, except that the one in the second game was in the Combine lair rather than Black Mesa.

** They also messed it up by trying to evoke nostalgia for [[ScrappyLevel Quick Man's level]]. And at the end of that section, you fight ThatOneBoss from the first ''Mega Man''.
** And one of the most iconic fortress bosses from the X series returns in the second final stage: the wall-mounted face machine, Rangda Bangda, complete with a remix of the Vile/Fortress Boss theme from MMX.

* The final area in ''MegaManX 5'' is intended to evoke all of ''MegaMan'' history, leading up to the climactic end of the series...shame they messed it up by releasing three more games.

** The Undernet 2 area of MegamanBattleNetwork 4 looks almost exactly the same as the Undernet 2 area of MegamanBattleNetwork 2. The most noticable difference is that the portal to the [[NeutralEvil (relatively speaking) friendly]] [[WretchedHive Undersquare]] is now a [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom giant black hole of doom]] [[ChaosArchitecture leading to a (completely unrelated)]] BonusDungeon swarming with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil even more evil]].

* Tomb Raider: Anniversary was entirely constructed of this trope.

*** World S also has another nod to [[spoiler: ''SuperMarioSunshine'', specifically, one of the [=FLUDD=]-less "secret" levels.]]
** Even one ''older'' Mario game had this: In ''Super Mario Bros. 3,'' Mario and Luigi could fight for items in an area based on the original ''MarioBros'' arcade game.

* ''{{Unreal}} Tournament 2004'' has a few levels which are upgraded versions of levels on the original ''Unreal Tournament''. The level Deck-17 goes even further - not only is it a remake of the overly popular [=Deck16=] from ''[=UT=]'', but at one place there's an entrance, closed off, through which the original level Deck-16 from five years ago can be seen, in darkness. A sign next to it says something like "DECK 16 CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT".
** There are levels carried over from the original to 2004 (Facing Worlds/Face Classic), levels carried over from [=UT2004=] to ''Unreal Tournament III'' (Torlan Delta, retooled from Onslaught to a Warfare map), and even some from the original, resurrected in ''UTIII'' after being passed over for 2003/04 (Coret Facility and Hydro).
*** And that's not counting the hordes of fan-made remake maps for the latter games, including (for some reason) Deck-16 for 2004 (Then again, '04 had no built-in jump boots.).

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* Kain's Chronoplast in ''Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' is directly under the Oracle's cave from ''Blood Omen'' (the first game in the series).

* ''FinalFantasyIX'' is arguably an entire Nostalgia ''Game'', intentionally including elements from previous ''FinalFantasy'' games (before [[FinalFantasyVII VII]]), even using the crystal from the original ''[[FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'' and music [[EasterEgg Easter Eggs]] from various other ''Final Fantasy'' games.
** The best example from that game, however, is Mount Gulug, which shares music and revamped bosses from one of Final Fantasy I's midgame dungeons.

* Level 5 of ''[[DonPachi DoDonPachi: DaiOuJou]]'' looks like a DarkerAndEdgier version of level 1 from ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' and the bosses of levels 3, 4, and 5 appear.