Cultural References
Steambot Chronicles features a number of references to literary and popular culture, several of which include:
- The Garland GlobeTrotters, named after the basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters.
- The Ultimate Trotmobile Tournament, which references the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- Enemies in the optional dungeons called Totem Recall and Dig D.U.G.G, which reference the film Total Recall and the classic game Dig Dug respectively.
- A 'film' called "Welcome Back, Trotter", a play on words of Welcome Back, Kotter.
- Two gladiators; Chuckie "Bomber Boy" and Issabelle "Dancing Queen".
- The game even contains a translated version of the original Japanese title, which roughly comes out to "Romance Junk Adventure, Bumpty Trot" called "Romantic Scrap Metal Adventure, Steambot Chronicles" which is also used as a tagline in the main menu.
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