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1* FollowTheLeader: The game was a huge influence on the Nintendo games VideoGame/BalloonFight and VideoGame/MarioBros.
2* PortOverdosed: Wikipedia counts at least 18 different releases for the original game.
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4** ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'': In ''[[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E13SecretsAndPies Secrets and Pies]]'', Milo and friends order from a Renaissance-themed pizzeria. After delivering, the incredibly badass delivery woman rides away on an ostrich.
5** ''VideoGame/PocketGod: Journey to Uranus'' has a minigame that is this exact game [[JustForFun/RecycledInSPACE IN SPACE!]] [[GarnishingTheStory WITH DRAGONS!]]
6** ''Joust'' plays an important part in the book ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', where [[spoiler:the Copper Key can be found by navigating the Tabletopgame/TombOfHorrors and beating the demilich Acererak at a game of ''Joust'']].
7** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'' has this as one of the mini-games you play at the end of the ''[=NeverQuest=]'' section.
8** A quest in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s ''Cataclysm'' expansion lets you play a three-dimensional version of the game, and even starts you off with the title quote above.

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