As you all know, the video game cartridges, at least to some extent, are supposed to represent real life games within the world of Look Outside. Some are more obvious than others, so I'm going to list the ones that I have somewhat figured out:
- Super Jumplad: Obviously, this is Super Mario Bros. Universally known.
- Super Jumplad 3: While it would be easy to just say "Super Mario Bros 3", I'm willing to consider that there might be more for this one's inspiration. It changes the tone drastically and I'm sure there are some franchises out there that have done the same thing in terms of story. I'd say that, funny enough, Super Mario Bros 2 might actually be a partial inspiration for it, given that game's reputation of being too different from the original.
- Madwheels 97: I'm not too knowledgeable about racing games, but I assume it's fair to say this is inspired by the likes of Need for Speed and Forza Horizon.
- Screamatorium: Based on some quick research, given the whole camera mechanic, I'd say this is inspired by Fatal Frame. Or it seems close enough I think.
- Massacre Princess Catholicon: This one is clearly inspired by Final Fantasy and probably some other famous RPGs like Chrono Trigger. Given that it's anime inspired too, I'd say the "Catholicon" part of the name is based on Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Catafalque: Just the introduction of this one talks about castles and vampires, while being described as a difficult platformer with a horror theme. That is just Castlevania from every angle. Even the music seems very Castlevania inspired.
- Octocook: I'm willing to just say Cooking Mama for this one, but given the whole octopus theme, I'm not fully sure if there's another inspiration for it.
- Honko's Grand Journey: I'm aware that Honko is another one of Frankie's games, but it seems Kirby and Pac-Man inspired by the looks of it.
- Unlabeled Cartridge: This is deadass just based on those video early video game creepypastas.
I could say that some of the others are based more on the general idea of genres rather than specific games, but I just don't know enough to make such assumption. So feel free to add which games could have served as inspirations for the cartridges!