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1This is game with 25 different endings that need to be instantly memorable. Chances are, there are gonna be a few references.
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3* The poster unlocked for the [[spoiler:Back to The Past/Future endings]] resembles [[{{Franchise/BackToTheFuture}} Emmett Brown and Marty standing in front of a certain DeLorean]].
4* [[spoiler:The Future ending takes the city to [[{{VideoGame/Fallout}} October 24, 2077 where it looks destroyed.]]]]
5** [[spoiler:In addition to the ruined city, [[Film/TheTimeMachine2002 the Moon in the background appears to have broken up into several pieces as the result of demolitions for a lunar colony 40 years ago in 2037.]]]]
6* One panel designed to accept "0" and "1" is labelled [[spoiler:[[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} "Bender."]] Entering the right binary code causes a robot to appear and destroy the city. The use of binary is in itself a reference to "Bender's Big Score".]]
7* [[spoiler:Shining the lamp on it also shows [[Literature/TheTwelveChairs "Ostap"]] written above it.]]
8* The poster unlocked in the [[spoiler:[[{{VideoGame/SpaceInvaders}} Space Invaders ending"]] is of one of the aliens.]]
9* [[spoiler:The Panda Ending]] is so-called because the poster unlocked for it resembles the World Wildlife Fund logo.
10* [[spoiler:After pushing the red button 70 times in one game session, [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable "AWAITING INPUT" appears on the city screen. Completing this gives you an employee ID with the name "Stanley" on it]]]].
11** Taken even further in the 3D edition, [[spoiler:with The Narrator himself providing commentary over the whole thing.]]
12* [[spoiler:Entering "2001" on the keypad and inserting a key launches a rocket into space, [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey with a fetus on-screen in the foreground]]. The ''3D'' version makes ''TheMonolith'' appear as well.]]
13* [[spoiler:Occasionally an [[VideoGame/PapersPlease Obristani passport]] will come up that the player must reject for one of the endings.]]
14* [[spoiler:By using the UV light on the panel, you can find [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Triforce]] and VideoGame/PacMan, amongst other things]].
15* [[spoiler:[[Film/OfficeSpace Wrecking the printer with a hammer wins you a red stapler.]] One of the messages that can appear during this ending is even PC LOAD LETTER.]]
16* One ending involves playing an early home computer game. While PDTA calls it "Red Baron," it strongly resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi4prSNuFaQ Blitz]] from the VIC-20.
17* The phone number on the wall has "[[Film/WarGames Joshua]]?" written next to it. [[spoiler:If you use the phone with the acoustic coupler modem and dial that number, the screen will invite you to play TabletopGame/TicTacToe. If you select zero players, the panel will reenact the final scene from the movie.]]

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