When the group first enters the arcade, the image of Bill can be seen on the screen of one of the arcade games being played in the background.
The video game cabinet Soos gets stuck in is called "Nort," which is 'Tron' backward. 'Tron' was a movie in which a man gets stuck in a video game.
The fictitious video game "Fight Fighters" is a spoof of real-life video game "Street Fighter II", released by Capcom in 1991. In it, several characters try to accomplish a personal goal by winning a fighting tournament traveling around the world. They, like Rumble McSkirmish, have a backstory, are slightly bouncing while on guard and must shatter a car in a bonus stage. Rumble McSkirmish even mimics the movements of Ken, a popular character of the game.