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Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
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Attachment The box art for Duke Nukem 3D was inspired by the movie poster for Army of Darkness.
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Development, Inspiration
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994)
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In Rise of the Triad, the SFX for the God-Mode Power-up were inspired by sounds that John Romero would make while No-Clipping through walls in Wolfenstein 3D.
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Development, Inspiration
person Rofl25 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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In some early versions of the game red blood can be seen throughout. The color was changed to green in later versions.
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Development, Early Idea, Update Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Portal
Portal (2007)
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Attachment GLaDOS had a few different designs before the final one seen in the game. Earlier designs included a floating brain, a sprawling, spidery mechanism, and an upside-down version of Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus" made out of robot parts. The final version was a huge mechanical device with a delicate robotic figure, which shows off her raw power and femininity.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Paper Mario
Paper Mario (2000)
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Attachment There was once an "Anger's Power" badge in the beta for Paper Mario. It would cause Mario to gain a dark red tinge of color, and pose angrily. Mario's turn would be controlled automatically in battles, while the partner is controlled by the player. Mario's attack would increase by 2, but is AI neglects common sense, such as jumping on top of spike enemies. The effect is very much similar to the common "Berserk" status of many RPGs.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Items
person Dazz calendar_month May 23, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
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Attachment In early versions of the game, the old man at the beginning of the game would give you a choice between the boomerang or the wooden sword.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 23, 2013
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Soul Edge
Soul Edge (1995)
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Li Long's preferred weapon is a nunchaku. Due to media laws in the UK forbidding the depiction ninja-related weapons such as nunchaku, Li Long instead uses a three-sectioned staff in the UK version of the game and in the intro as well.
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Censorship, Development, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person MightyKombat calendar_month May 22, 2013
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Ninja Gaiden II
Ninja Gaiden II (2008)
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In Chapter 4: A Captive Goddess, there is a room with some boards on one of the walls. If you slash at the boards, they will fall to reveal a DirectXbox, which is the original design for the Xbox.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Secret
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 22, 2013
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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)
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Attachment Before the game's release, Naughty Dog's co-president Christophe Balestra posted a picture of the company's network drive on Twitter.

The picture showed that Uncharted 3's assets filled a 25 terabyte (25,600 gigabytes) hard drive.
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Development, General, Real Life
person IkiFoo calendar_month May 22, 2013
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Mega Man 6
Mega Man 6 (1993)
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Two of the Robot Masters, Wind Man and Knight Man, were actually designed by fans and included in the game as the result of a Nintendo Power competition.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 21, 2013
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Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts (2001)
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Margarete Gertrude Zelle was designed after the real life World War I German spy "Mata Hari".
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Development, Inspiration
person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 21, 2013
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Soul Edge
Soul Edge (1995)
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In the Japanese version of the intro, Sophitia is seen bathing naked in the water. This was changed in the international release to have her wearing a swimsuit.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008)
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The Joker's first Fatality shows him shoot a fake gun at his opponent, followed up by shooting them in the head with a real gun. The US version was censored by focusing the camera away from the opponent as they were shot. The UK version shows the full uncut version of the Fatality.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Gladius
Gladius (2003)
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Attachment There is evidence that a sequel was once considered. James Zhang, an artist for Gladius, drew some concept art titled "Gladius 2", copyrighted in 2004, a year after Gladius's release. The art is available on his personal website.
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Development, Early Idea
person Hipserious calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Game Dev Tycoon
Game Dev Tycoon (2012)
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The game's developers released their own cracked version of the game onto several popular torrent websites. However, playing this version of the game would result in every game you create in-game being pirated to a point of being impossible to progress after a certain point.
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Anti-Piracy, Console Difference, Development, General, Glitch, Release Difference, Version Difference
person Arjahn calendar_month May 20, 2013
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EarthBound
EarthBound (1994)
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Attachment An unused sprite of Mr. Everdred as a ghost is present in the game's ROM. It is assumed that either he was going to be a party member at one point during development (when one of the party members faints, they will appear as a ghost) or Spoiler:when Mr. Everdred was beaten near Jackie's Cafe in Fourside, a ghost would have flown out of his body. Its true purpose has never been confirmed.
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Development, Early Idea, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person BolbiusMaximus calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles (2008)
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Attachment Due to her popularity among the fans, the shocktrooper Edy Nelson got her own side story, Edy's Mission: Enter the Edy Detachment, and additional skirmish maps in the form of DLC. Her detachment also appeared as cameo characters in Valkyria Chronicles 2.
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Bonus Content, Cameo, Development, Downloadable Content (DLC), Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Soul Edge
Soul Edge (1995)
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The game was originally called Soul Edge. When the game was ported to the PlayStation and brought over to Europe, America, and Australia, the name was changed to avoid copyright complications from Edge Games.
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Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 20, 2013
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SoulCalibur
SoulCalibur (1998)
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This is the only game in the Soul Calibur series to not be released on a PlayStation console. A PlayStation version was considered, but the console lacked the processing power to animate Ivy's whip-like sword without distortion problems.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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According to the Masayuki Uemura, one of Nintendo's hardware designers who oversaw the design of the Famicom, the reason the console was named the "Family Computer" was because during the '80s, words like "personal computer" and "home computer" became widespread in Japan, and the word 'Family' hadn't been used yet. Uemura also wanted to call it "Famicom" for short, after having it suggested to him by his wife, but the idea was rejected by Nintendo's then boss, believing "Family Computer" to be easier to understand, although the moniker was still colloquially used by many.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 20, 2013
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