Influences

This is simply a list of games and movies that have left some lasting impression on me that became influential on the visual style and the tone and feel of Iridium Moons. Some of which I only had very brief contact with, but their style remained highly memorable. They also form the kind of contemporary environment from which I imagine Iridium Moons appearing out of.

Games

  • Another World (1991)
  • Dune (1992)
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992)
  • Super Star Wars (SNES, 1992)
  • X-Wing (1993)
  • Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (SNES, 1993)
  • Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
  • Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES, 1994)
  • TIE Fighter (1994)
  • System Shock (1994)
  • Full Throttle (1995)
  • Command & Conquer (1995)
  • The Dig (1995)
  • Albion (1995)
  • Resident Evil (PS1, 1996)
  • Quake (1996)
  • Syndicate Wars (1996)
  • Shadows of the Empire (N64, 1996)
  • Diablo (1997)
  • MDK (1997)
  • Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS1, 1997)
  • Fallout (1997)
  • Jedi Knight (1997)
  • Riven (1997)
  • Blade Runner (1997)
  • Resident Evil 2 (PS1, 1998)
  • Tenchu: Stealth Assassin (PS1, 1998)
  • Die by the Sword (1998)
  • Parasite Eve (PS1, 1998)
  • StarCraft (1998)
  • Sanitarium (1998)
  • Commandos (1998)
  • Metal Gear Solid (PS1, 1998)
  • Fallout 2 (1998)
  • Heretic II (1998)
  • Rent-a-Hero (1998)
  • Half-Life (1998)
  • Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus (PS1, 1998)
  • Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
  • Syphon Filter (PS1, 1999)
  • Silent Hill (PS1, 1999)
  • Outcast (1999)
  • Dino Crisis (PS1, 1999)
  • Jagged Alliance 2 (1999)
  • System Shock 2 (1999)
  • Soul Reaver (PS1, 1999)
  • Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999)
  • Shadow Man (1999)
  • Septerra Core (1999)
  • The Wheel of Time (1999)
  • The Longest Journey (1999)
  • Planescape: Torment (1999)
  • Vagrant Story (PS1, 2000)
  • Nox (2000)
  • Fear Effect (PS1, 2000)
  • Syphon Filter 2 (PS1, 2000)
  • Thief II: The Metal Age (2000)
  • Martian Gothic (2000)
  • Deus Ex (2000)
  • Diablo II (2000)
  • Heavy Metal: FAKK 2 (2000)
  • Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (PS1, 2000)
  • Medal of Honor: Underground (PS1, 2000)
  • Rune (2000)
  • No One Lives Forever (2000)
  • Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001)
  • Gothic (2001)
  • Jedi Outcast (2002)
  • Morrowind (2002)
  • Arx Fatalis (2002)
  • Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (PS2, 2002)
  • Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines (2004)
  • Stalker (2007)
  • Mirror’s Edge (2008)
  • Wasteland 2 (2014)
  • Prey (2017)
  • Kenshi (2018)

Movies

  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  • Enter the Dragon (1973)
  • Star Wars (1977)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Flash Gordon (1980)
  • Outland (1981)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Dune (1984)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • Predator (1987)
  • Die Hard (1988)
  • Total Recall (1990)
  • Terminator 2 (1991)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County (1991)
  • Patlabor 2 (1993)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)
  • Heat (1995)
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Ronin (1998)
  • Jin-Roh (1999)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  • Drive (2011)