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Superhero League of Hoboken

Contributed by Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (13163) on Aug 02, 2003.

As the world watches the United States' war in 2001, this piece of trivia was interesting to note.

In Mission 5 of this game, a Poughkeepsie, New York, Warlord declares war on Afghanistan. As a member of the Superheroes, you get to join in on the fun!

Contributed by Jeanne (58548) on Nov 19, 2001.

Near the end of the game, you arrive in the Chippawa market on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Although the merchants all speak English, the objects on their shelves are comically translated into "French" as is anything you sell them. Some examples: a smart bomb launcher = le bombe avec PhD, a sandbag = la bag au beach duste, silly string = la string Jerry Lewis, and (in another show of Democratic leanings) a discombobulator gun = l'artillerie au Quayle. It's worth saving the game and unloading all your supplies just to see the translations.

Like many of Legend's humorous games, Superhero League of Hoboken contains several references to other games and game companies:

* In an homage to Adventure, the description of the sewers beneath Philadelphia and New York is "You are in a maze of twisty little tunnels, all alike."

* The shaman's irradiation curing chant is "zork ballyhoo moonmist," a reference to three earlier games by Infocom (Steve Meretzky was a former Infocom employee, though of the games mentioned, he only worked on Zork Zero).

* One of the Wisest Man in the World's supplicants asks him, "How come you never get one of those long, skinny pieces when you need it in Tetris?" to which the response is "A remarkable AI package, put in by the original programmers, can determine with chilling efficiency whether you need a long, skinny piece, and thus withholds them. As you are aware, as soon as the need for long, skinny pieces is passed, they begin appearing in droves."

* In Yankee Stadium, there is a billboard advertising Legend's hopes for the future: "Legend Entertainment Industries welcomes Paramount Pictures and Electronic Arts to its growing family of home entertainment companies." Unfortunately, text-heavy games didn't make enough money to make this come true, and Legend was swallowed up into the GT Interactive family in 1999.

Contributed by andyhat (1950) on Jun 09, 2000.

The intercity Mag-Lev Transportation system in this game was "started under the Gore administration." We'll find out this year, 6 years after the game was written, whether the prediction of a Gore presidency comes true.

Contributed by andyhat (1950) on Jun 09, 2000.