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The following is an alphabetical list of all media referenced (directly or indirectly) in ''[[MediEvil]]''. This includes media which inspired the games, visually or otherwise. | The following is an alphabetical list of all media referenced (directly or indirectly) in ''[[MediEvil]]''. This includes media which inspired the games, visually or otherwise. | ||
==''Algol''== | |||
Artwork and sets from this [[wikipedia:Algol (film)|1920 German film]] served as inspiration for landscapes and skylines in the original ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]''.<ref name="architecture">{{Icon|Facebook}} {{cite web|author=Wilson, Jason|published=November 3, 2014|title=Reference and inspiration for the game ''MediEvil''|site=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/JayGunnArts/posts/587295241397225|retrieved=August 31, 2024}}</ref> | |||
==''Evil Dead''== | ==''Evil Dead''== | ||
The name of the series itself, ''[[MediEvil]]'', a portmanteau of the words "medieval" and "evil", was allegedly part of the original title of the [[wikipedia:Army of Darkness|third Evil Dead film]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_dwfr8eaY|title=История MediEvil/The History of Medievil|author=EmuGamer|site=YouTube|published=December 3, 2017|retrieved=May 25, 2024}}</ref> The [[Severed Hands]] present throughout the early levels of ''MediEvil'' are also based on [[wikipedia:Ash Williams|Ash]]'s evil reanimated hand from ''[[wikipedia:Evil Dead II|Evil Dead II]]''.<ref name="history"/> | The name of the series itself, ''[[MediEvil]]'', a portmanteau of the words "medieval" and "evil", was allegedly part of the original title of the [[wikipedia:Army of Darkness|third Evil Dead film]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc_dwfr8eaY|title=История MediEvil/The History of Medievil|author=EmuGamer|site=YouTube|published=December 3, 2017|retrieved=May 25, 2024}}</ref> The [[Severed Hands]] present throughout the early levels of ''MediEvil'' are also based on [[wikipedia:Ash Williams|Ash]]'s evil reanimated hand from ''[[wikipedia:Evil Dead II|Evil Dead II]]''.<ref name="history"/> | ||
==''Donkey Kong''== | ==''Donkey Kong''== | ||
The gameplay in the [[Cemetery Hill]] level seems to be modelled on the original ''[[wikipedia:Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.drum.lib.umd.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fec5348d-a0e9-462e-8ea9-b304ac53061d/content|title=Game Fiction|author=Rhody, Jason Christopher|published=2010}}</ref> | The gameplay in the [[Cemetery Hill]] level seems to be modelled on the original ''[[wikipedia:Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.drum.lib.umd.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fec5348d-a0e9-462e-8ea9-b304ac53061d/content|title=Game Fiction|author=Rhody, Jason Christopher|published=2010}}</ref> | ||
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An early version of the first ''MediEvil'' known as the ''[[MediEvil Rolling Demo]]'' contained a [[MediEvil Rolling Demo#Scrollable text box|piece of text]] from the Making Of book of the novel's [[wikipedia:Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|1994 film adaptation]]. | An early version of the first ''MediEvil'' known as the ''[[MediEvil Rolling Demo]]'' contained a [[MediEvil Rolling Demo#Scrollable text box|piece of text]] from the Making Of book of the novel's [[wikipedia:Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|1994 film adaptation]]. | ||
==''Golem, Der''== | |||
[[Jason Wilson]], art director on ''MediEvil'', listed the sets from this film as inspiration for [[The Sleeping Village]], Zarok's study and various house interiors in the game.<ref name="architecture"/> | |||
==''Indiana Jones''== | ==''Indiana Jones''== | ||
A cutscene in the [[Enchanted Forest]] level in ''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]'' where Dan takes a piece of the [[Anubis Stone]] from the Shadow Demon tomb pays homage to the famous [[wikipedia:Golden Idol|Golden Idol]] swapping scene from ''[[wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. | A cutscene in the [[Enchanted Forest]] level in ''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]'' where Dan takes a piece of the [[Anubis Stone]] from the Shadow Demon tomb pays homage to the famous [[wikipedia:Golden Idol|Golden Idol]] swapping scene from ''[[wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. | ||