History ShoutOut / PharaohRebirth

* One artifact summons a spirit that attacks enemies; it attacks and behaves just like a [[Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand]]. It also has a command-input move identical in function to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria's Guardian Knuckle]].

* The conductor of the ghost train looks like the alien conductor from ''Anime/GalaxyExpress999''.

** There are a few references to the "[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Vania]]" part of the Metroidvanias, such as the bats that act like the Medusa Heads and one character named Sir '''Belmont'''e. A more precise reference would be Dr. Mahone who looks just like Genya Arikado from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' [[spoiler:and acts like him too, being actually the BigBad's son who works undercover with the good guys to defeat his father.]] The final boss has an attack phase involving repeatedly teleporting then attacking, and indeed starts off sitting on a chair in the middle of a room. And like ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', you can get prizes for beating bosses (with a couple exceptions) without taking a hit. And the game's overall structure as a split-level {{Metroidvania}} is similar to Ecclesia's structure.
** Jonathan is an AdventurerArchaeologist whose rival is a FrenchJerk who hunts artifacts for profit. Can you say ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''? What's better, the Ark itself appears, encased in a barrier, in a hidden part of stage 1!
** The Egyptian Book of the Dead as depicted in the game is similar to the depiction used in ''Film/TheMummy1999''. Speaking of the ''Mummy'' franchise, the lost oasis of Amshear is likely a reference to the lost oasis of Ahm Shere featured in ''Film/TheMummyReturns''.
** The FullMoonSilhouette mentioned above is of course a reference to ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.
** A curse that kills [[Film/TheRing in seven days]].
** To counter said curse's effect, Jonathan and Andre try to catch all the seven Holy Grails to become immortal. Seven magic artifacts that grant a wish when put together... [[Manga/DragonBall Nope, never heard of that.]]
** One artifact summons a spirit that attacks enemies; it attacks and behaves just like a [[Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand]]. It also has a command-input move identical in function to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria's Guardian Knuckle]].
** The conductor of the ghost train looks like the alien conductor from ''Anime/GalaxyExpress999''.
** One boss is only seen as a half-transparent silhouette, similar to Film/{{Predator}}'s use of the cloaking device.
** Two homages to ''[[VideoGame/NoituLove Noitu Love 2: Devolution]]''. The beginning of the game with Andre attacking Jonathan with a fighter jet is very similar to the beginning of Creator/{{Konjak}}'s game, also the haunted elevator sequence in the Cairo hotel stage is modeled upon the elevator part at the start of level 5 in that game. Krobon knows about Konjak and follows him on Twitter, so it's definitely a conscious homage.
** The fight against [[spoiler:Sir Fernando on an excavator]] has shades of the fight against Monster X in ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.
** Krobon himself [[http://www.siliconera.com/2016/04/09/making-game-want-play-talk-pharaoh-rebirths-kurobon/ says that]] the idea of people turning into humanoid animals comes from ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' and Jonathan's morphs when he uses his abilities are a [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]] reference.
** Andre's Sniper Mode works more or less the same as throwing eggs in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''.
** Dr. Mahone resembles Hieda Reijirou, the archaeologist protagonist of Daigoro Morohoshi's ''Yokai Hunter''.

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