1 – Opening control Panel is from Wasted Years sleeve artwork.
2a – The full control panel shows the stages Eddie will encounter on the 4 smaller side monitors.
2b – Eddie’s reflection on the monitor is similar to the reflection on the Wasted Years sleeve artwork.
3 – Eddie’s hair style is similar to the way in which he has tufts of hair on the first Iron Maiden album sleeve and the Sanctuary single.
4 – The vortex worm hole in the game is similar to the worm hole Flynn enters in Tron.
5 – When Eddie is sucked into the game he is broken down into sections the same way Flynn’s character is in the film Tron.
6 – The debris in the worm hole is similar to the Tron worm hole.
7 – The pixelated axe is from Killers.
8 – The strands of Eddie’s computer hair are digitally part of the computer world. Has a similar vibe to his head being absorbed into the computer circuit boards on the 12” Virus single sleeve.
Level 1.- Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter.
9 – The first level is the Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter 12” sleeve art including the green Paradise Club doors, Iron Maiden poster, Batman symbol in the moon (which flies away) and Jessica Rabbit as the female.
10 – The yellow lamp lit bins and rubbish bags are similar to those in the foreground of the Running Free single artwork.
11 – The street lights are from the first Iron Maiden album cover.
12 – The big boss is similar to Donkey Kong stealing the Princes at the beginning of the NES arcade classic. Which in itself is a homage to the classic King Kong movies where Faye Wray is taken atop the Empire State building.
13 – Some of the windows have lights on inside which goes back to the first Iron Maiden LP sleeve art.
14 – There are black apartment blocks in the very back similar to the Live After Death sleeve art.
15 – A little red monster peeps out from behind the rubbish bags which is from the Bring Your Daughter 12” album sleeve. Derek calls him “Jamie the Red”
16 - The boss throws the TV from the Holy Smoke 12” sleeve art showing the all seeing eye which turns into a fireball when thrown.
17 – Eddie smashes the fireballs with his axe just as Mario smashed the barrels with his hammer in Donkey Kong.
18 – The boss falls down off the building like Wreck It Ralph after being hit by Eddie’s TV.
19 – Eddie completes the level in his Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter 12” sleeve pose.
Level 2 – Live After Death/ Somewhere In Time/ Powerslave
20 – The level graphics are now upgraded to 16/32 bit and is a side scrolling platform game with echos of Robocop Vs Terminator on the Megadrive.
21 – The level places us in the Live After Death grave yard.
22 – Eddie rises from the grave after being struck by lightning similar to the Live After Death artwork.
23 – Eddie’s gun upgrade is his Somewhere In Time blaster.
24 – After we clear the first building we can see the futuristic Somewhere In Time background art.
25a – Eddie walks past the torn poster which can be found on the left of the Somewhere In Time sleeve art.
25b – The green window shows the members in the bar from the Stranger In A Strange Land album art.
26 – Eddie walks past a neon Chinese/ Japanese sign. (Can anyone translate?)
27 – Neon sign highlights the Trooper Beer Poster below it.
28 – Eddie climbs ladder where we can see a pink window with the painting of the band members from the Somewhere In Time album cover. Inside the second green window you can see Charlotte the Harlot from the Twilight Zone single.
29 - Eddie walks past a neon Chinese/ Japanese sign. (Can anyone translate?)
30 – The ship from the Somewhere On Tour poster flies past in the background.
31 – The top of the building shows the planet in the skyline from the Somewhere In Time sleeve.
32 – The cyborgs Eddie battles are presumably the same cyborg that was slain at the foot of the Somewhere In Time sleeve.
33 – The Somewhere On Tour craft blows out the bridge before the small battle for Eddie to fall onto the Powerslave/ Somewhere In Time artwork.
34 – Eddie collects his gun from the next level in the space lab.
35 – In the space lab we can see the following items: The alien skull from the Final Frontier Artwork, The cyborg arm from the Somewhere In Time sleeve, the Seventh Son placenta.
36 – The life bar is written in the Iron Maiden font.
37 – The heart in the green chamber is wired up in a similar way the the giant heart in the SNES game Contra is.
38 – Eddie jumps into the portal where he now has a torso.
Level 3 – Run To The Hills.
39 – The beat ‘em up is in the same style as Sega’s classic arcade Mortal Kombat.
40 – The level is set on the Run To The Hills sleeve art.
41 – There are scream faces in the clouds in the back ground.
42 – The Beast casts a special move which is Death. The figure which is seen in a majority of Derek’s album art.
43 – Eddie rises up in a flash of lightning similar to the Live After Death resurrection.
44 – Eddie performs a combo using his Killers axe from Level 1.
45 – The combo is shown in a Capcom/ Manga animation style of beat ‘em up games.
46 – Finish him is from Mortal Kombat whereby Eddie rips of The Beasts head similar to The Number of The Beast Live 1982 single sleeve art.
47 – Eddie returns to the portal almost fully regenerated in jeans and eventually a leather jacket at the end similar to his clothing around the No Prayer For The Dying era.
Final Level – Mayan.
48 – Eddie is now in first person shooter mode with his Killers axe to start.
49 – The Mayan themes are similar to the album themes for The Book Of Souls.
50 – The animated skeletons are similar to that of Tomb Raider games.
51 - Eddie uses his big gun on the dinosaur which has the same affect as the BFG from Doom.
52 – Eddie sacrifices himself to complete the game with all the lives he has collected. The hearts are placed on the sacrificial table showing the Mayan calendar.
Game over.
53 – The score board on the game shows Eddie with 666 666 points. Other notable names are Steve (Harris), Bruce (Dickinson), Janik (Janick), Smith (Adrian), Nicko,
54 – The recent Iron Maiden silk screen artwork at San Diego Comic Con by Santi Casas for this song can be seen on the side of the arcade machine
55 – The arcade machines left to right are hard to make out: Brewery (The Brewery Production Company), The Machine (?), Bring Your Daughter with hearts on coin slot (?), A Matter of - Life and Death with logo, Live - After Death with lightning bolt, Somewhere – In Time with Final Frontier logo, Iron Maiden – Speed of Light.
