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Jets'n'Guns Gold Edition

The Airworm is a direct reference to the eponymous vehicle in Airwolf.
Yet another shout out to "Intel Inside" is seen on the promo image of the TMiG-310 Atomic Emu. This time it's "Mad Emu Inside".
The name "Andy Workahol", as well as the art he made popular, "Prog-art", is an obvious shout out to Andy Warhol and pop art. This may also be reference to "Programmer Art," placeholder artwork drawn by a programmer that is notorious for being low in quality.
The Atarix has a small game called Tetrix. It plays just like Tetris.
The purchase screen for the Coffinator 5000B has a face at the bottom-right hand corner of the promotional image, which is a reference to Ozzy Osbourne.
The Carnage TV Fun Centre contains many advertisements containing references, notable ones being one for Absolute Recall (the 1990 film Total Recall (1990), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), Smell (the gas company Shell), Don't Drink Dope ("Don't Drink and Drive" campaigns), Holes - Making Your Machine Open Source! (Microsoft Windows), IDDQD Tools (Doom) and Binux - We're Gonna Pay to Make You Use It (Linux).
The Crocker Cr-2 is a shout out to the Fokker Dr.I triplane that the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, scored his final twenty kills in World War I, and in which he was shot down.
The Cy-Beria Heat Sinker is a reference to real-world Siberia.
The Einhoff Beer empire contains two notable references. Firstly, most of the empire's vessels are shout outs to the Borg in Star Trek, as well as the first thing you hear from the Beer Cube at the start of the first Einhoff level: We are Beer! You will be intoxicated! Resistance is futile! Secondly, the empire's name "Einhoff" pays homage to a game called The Last Eichoff, a vertical DOS shooter where the player, their guns and all the enemies involved beer in some way.
The Erebus-666 minefield contains several kinds of Incredibly Obvious Bombs in addition to the numerous floating mines that give the area its name. Atomic bombs, cherry bombs, dynamite bombs, sex bombs...you get the idea.
The golden spheres you collect to enter secret levels are very similar to those found in Tyrian.
The first ship you start out with is called the Grooman G-3 Goblin. Grooman is a Northrop Grumman reference.
The Hydra Machine Gun is a reference, both in name and appearance, to Lernaen Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology.
The card game "Jets'n'Guns: The Torturing" is a reference to the Magic: The Gathering card game.
Justin Perfect is a reference to Richard Gere in appearance and Justin Timberlake in name.
The Lame SSMDI Mk. I and Galactic Hitchhiker are references to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Lazy Romeo is a reference to the Tamagotchi.
The L.E.D. Zeppelin is a reference to Led Zeppelin in name, and to the Zeppelin line of rigid airships in appearance.
The Marvelous Superhero Generator 5000 shoots superhero clones that strongly resemble Superman.
Mr. Loverman, an Elite Mook in some levels, is a reference to Jamaican recording artist Shabba Ranks and his signature song, Mr. Loverman.
The Necrofilicon is mainly a reference to the Necronomicon, with a subtle reference to necrophilia. Even its selling price of 13,666 credits is a reference to 13 Is Unlucky and the Number of the Beast.
Once hacked with the RemCon, the radio tower on the planet Plop tunes in to a channel called Radio GAGA, which plays an infinite loop of a segment of We Will Rock You. Both the name of the radio station and the music it plays are references to Queen.
The restaurant that the player docks with after Xoxx destroys the universe is a reference to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Robinson 14 and its sole inhabitant are references to Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man is one of many space debris during the Agent Lemon saga.
The TESLA Devastator's name is a reference to Nicola Tesla.
The physical appearance of the WanderWurst W-1 is a reference to Lone Star's spaceship in Spaceballs.
The Zoo of Hades is a reference to the underworld and its god.
ZZ-Rolls is a Rolls-Royce and possible ZZ Top reference, the latter to the car driven during the Eliminator period.
The NTR Sandman Laser, if read correctly, is supposed to be a reference to the famous Enter Sandman by Metallica. The first three letters, however, may remind some people of a very nasty genre of Japanese media.