I'm surprised Game of Thrones hasn't been mentioned. Is it because most of those foods are real and just absurd as opposed to totally fictional? George R.R. Martin should stop writing while hungry.

Exodus was a pretty hard game to figure out as a kid. Once you know all the "tricks" though it becomes pretty easy. I.e. get to level 3 tops before leveling up further; grind a bunch of gold to raise stats, pick up mystic armor, etc…