THE PARODIES OF CONKER

No movie was safe from the squirrel’s lampooning

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

Not only is this section one of the more obvious homages, it’s also one of the best – a lot of work clearly went into making the horrors of war come alive for… a squirrel.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

This opening scene is shot for shot taken from A Clockwork Orange – a sign the devs wanted us to know, from the very opening scene, what sort of thing we were in for.

THE MATRIX

When Conker arrived in 2001, The Matrix was a cultural touchstone – not so much by Live & Reloaded’s time, though. Still, it makes for a pretty cool set-piece.

JAWS

Rare might have craftily disguised the shark as a shark-dog hybrid, but we see through that ruse. No, this is pure Jaws – even featuring similar music cues.

DRACULA

Conker’s naivety knows no bounds, and this stretches to stepping over the boundary into a grand old mansion occupied by a bequiffed, floating vampire.

ALIENS

When you don’t know how else to finish a game, why not pull an Alien swerve? Bad guy’s chest explodes, you get a powersuit, a huge fight takes place – game over, man.

MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE

Marvin asks you to bring him more and more cheese. Until, just like Mr Creosote, he hyperinflates and explodes everywhere.

TERMINATOR

As well as references to The Terminator in the original, the unmade Conker sequel was meant to feature Berri returning as a robotic murder machine.