List of video games in the fictional world with references to other games

Many video games have cameos to bring the game to a bigger audience.

This is meant only for fictional games.

Generation 3 (1983 - 1990)

 * Classic Games - One of the Games reference Real Games.
 * In Hyper Amy Sisters on NES, the player can find a secret room with Mario. If the previous character is already met, it will change to another character in this order: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Goomba, Bowser. Once all characters are spoken to, it will go on again but with different dialogue.

Generation 4 (1987 - 1995)

 * Fishing Simulator - Catching Fish plays the First 3 Notes of the Super Mario Bros. Theme.

Generation 5 (1993 - 2001)

 * To Heart - One of the Arcades in the cutscenes has Real Arcade Cabinets (including Pac-Man and Donkey Kong).

Generation 6 (1998 - 2009)

 * Hoshi No Kabyi 4 (Prototype) - Kirby was used as a placeholder
 * ME-Tan's Roleplay - Due To The Games being originally pitched to Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi, There are References to Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Earthbound, and many more, Here's The Following:
 * 1) Most Samples/Instruments are Reused from Other Games, The Creator of the Samples/Instruments are Even Credited.
 * 2) By Changing the Color Palette in the First Background Layer at the Naming Screen, Mario could be seen.
 * 3) There is a poster on the Cinema that says ME-Tan for XXBM, Changing the XX to SS Results in SSBM, A Reference To Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Japanese Version renders it as ME-Tan for S**SH DX, in wich Changing the ** to MA will result in SMASH DX, A Reference to the Japanese Name of said Game.
 * 4) ME-Tan has Twins Called WE-Tan, LE-Tan, and WEA-Tan (Known as WIA-Tan in Spanish), This Referenced Lucas and Claus from MOTHER 3, Which is in development at the time, So The Reference is in Reverse.