Editing Plok! (section)

== Legacy ==
In 2009, North American company [[Super Fighter Team]] released ''[[Zaku (video game)|Zaku]]'', a horizontal shooter for the [[Atari Lynx]], which features a special guest appearance by Plok.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zaku-lynx.com/pics.htm |title=Pics |publisher=Zaku|access-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622230009/http://www.zaku-lynx.com/pics.htm |archive-date=22 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Pickfords later launched a Plok [[webcomic]].{{sfn|Bevan|2013|p=77}} The webcomic takes place 20 years after the game, featuring new characters as well as returning ones like Rockyfella. The comic occasionally used pop-culture references from other games and media, along with in-jokes and commentaries on the game's development and future.

In later years, ''Plok'' was ranked the 26th best SNES title of all time (and the best platformer produced in the United Kingdom) in 1996,{{Sfn|''Super Play''|1996|p=26}} the 19th best platform game by ''[[Gamereactor]]'' in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|last=Blichfeldt|first=Thomas|date=4 May 2014|url=https://www.gamereactor.dk/artikler/205274/Mine+bedste+platformspiloplevelser/|title=Mine bedste platformspil-oplevelser|language=da|work=[[Gamereactor]]|accessdate=21 February 2021}}</ref> and was listed in ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' editor Tony Mott's ''[[1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die]]'' in its 2013 edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1001beforeyoudie.com/1001_video_games_uk.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713145009/http://1001beforeyoudie.com/1001_video_games_uk.html|title=1001 Video Games to Play Before You Die|archivedate=13 July 2014|date=7 October 2013|publisher=1001 Before You Die|accessdate=13 July 2014}}</ref> Video game elements introduced in ''Plok!'' were noted by retrospective journalists as being present in more popular platformers released in later years.{{Sfn|Szczepaniak|2020|p=56}} Games starring characters with floating body parts used as weapons, such as ''[[Dynamite Headdy]]'' (1994) and ''[[Rayman]]'' (1995), were released shortly afterward and garnered much wider exposure.<ref name = "NLife"/>{{sfn|''GamesTM''|2014|p=11}} When listing ''Plok!'' on a list of "The Most Unappreciated Platformers of the '90s" for ''[[Kotaku]]'', Ben Bertoli wrote it was "influential for portraying a world, named Akrill[ic], based on craft supplies and cloth, a concept that Nintendo itself has come to rely on for many games. The game also provided players with power-ups and vehicles, such as flamethrowers and jetpacks, the likes of which had not been seen in a single game."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bertoli|first=Ben|date=26 February 2015|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/the-most-unappreciated-platformers-of-the-90s/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226100723/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/the-most-unappreciated-platformers-of-the-90s/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2015|title=The Most Unappreciated Platformers Of The '90s|work=[[Kotaku]]|accessdate=21 February 2021}}</ref> Sepia-toned flashback stages also featured prominently in ''[[Mickey Mania]]'' (1994).{{Sfn|Szczepaniak|2020|p=56}}