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Platform: PlayStation
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Attachment In the North American commercials for Playstation, Sony hid multiple subliminal messages. The more obvious was "U R NOT E" - you are not ready (red "E"). Some were cheat codes for games, and another was "E NOS LIVES" meaning "Ready ninth of September", revealing the PS1's release date.
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General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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God of War II
God of War II (2007)
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The voice actor for "Bath-House Girl 2" from the sex minigame also plays the role of the mom in the Disney Channel family sitcom "Good Luck Charlie".
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Attachment Many people still don't know how Cloud's legendary "Buster Sword" sticks to his back, but if you look at his initial design, it shows there is a magnet held by his pant straps that keeps his sword in place.
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General
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God of War
God of War (2005)
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Attachment In the North American release of the game, upon completing God Mode, you are rewarded with a phone number (1-800-613-8840). Calling this number will play a message from Kratos, in which he congratulates the player and reveals the true fate of Ares following the events of the game, and hints at another secret that can be found.

This secret involves two statues that appear at the end of the game. If you strike them, nothing happens to tell you they are of any significance, but if you keep hitting them somewhere between 200 to 400 times, they will finally break. A cutscene with a scrambled code will appear on screen. Decoding it reveals another phone number (1-888-447-5594). Calling this number will put you through to Kratos who again congratulates the player, before being interrupted by David Jaffe, the game's director. Kratos eventually gets fed up trying to understand David's talk of video games and kills him, ending the call.

In the international releases of the game, these secret messages are not available through phone numbers due to regional restrictions. The first message is included via a cutscene with scrolling text rather than the original audio, while the second message showcases the original audio in higher quality.

As of 2022, both phone numbers are still in use for these Easter eggs.

Timestamps for attached audio:
0:00 - Secret Message #1
2:20 - Secret Message #2
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Regional Difference, Secret, Version Difference
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God of War - International release bonuses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40KPwcA9G40

Original DidYouKnowGaming blog post:
http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/30671741913/god-of-war
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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Attachment Boo's creepy laugh is actually just Bowser's laugh sped up.
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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Attachment Koffing's sprite is wrong. The artist drew the skull and bones above its face rather than below.
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General, Mistake
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The Revenge of Shinobi
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)
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Attachment In the original release, Batman and Spiderman appear as bosses. Batman was later replaced by a different enemy, while SEGA added a copyright disclaimer for Marvel Comics, who allowed Spiderman to stay in the game.
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Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Real Life
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Pokémon Black Version
Pokémon Black Version (2010)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon White Version (Game)
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According to the Pokedex entry for Darumaka in Pokemon White, people used to keep themselves warm by putting its droppings in their clothes.
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General
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Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II (1991)
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The "Combo" system developed for the game was a bug. A bug in the game's code enabled the player to "cancel" during the animation of some moves by performing another move, allowing for a combination of several basic and special moves. This "combo" system was later adopted as a standard feature of fighting games, and was expanded upon in subsequent Street Figher installments.
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Development, General, Glitch, Inspiration
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Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
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Sonic Adventure 2 was sponsored by the shoe company Soap, which is why Sonic's shoes are different in this game. In addition, Soap's gimmick is that you can grind rails with them, a move that was added to Sonic's arsenal. Even after the deal expired, grinding became a series staple.
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General, Real Life
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
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Lord Crump's theme has the sound of Pac-Man (Atari 2600) dying mixed into it.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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Attachment After acquiring the three Spiritual Stones and obtaining the Ocarina of Time from Zelda, if players head straight to the Back Alley of Hyrule Castle Town, they'll find a fatally wounded Soldier. If players talk to him, he'll tell how Ganondorf betrayed the King and that he was injured trying to fight Ganondorf's men so Zelda and Impa could flee. He tells Link to head to the Temple of Time and dies soon after.

If players try to talk to him again, a message will appear saying "He's not moving anymore...."
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
subdirectory_arrow_right The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Game)
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Attachment At one point in the Spirit Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link must fight an Iron Knuckle that turns out to be a hypnotized Nabooru, who returns to her senses after being defeated. By clipping the camera through her Iron Knuckle armor, you can see her head modeled underneath her helmet, likely to facilitate the post-defeat cutscene where her armor falls off.

Furthermore, every other Iron Knuckle in the game also has a placeholder Gerudo head modeled underneath the helmet. While much of the head's face is obscured by chainmail, the details that are present indicate that it is most likely an early version of Nabooru's design; of note is that the head's hairstyle is closer to that seen on Gerudo Village's guards, implying that this element was reused for them when Nabooru's design was revised to the version seen in the final game.

This placeholder head is also present inside the Iron Knuckles that Link encounters in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, due to that game reusing many assets from Ocarina of Time.
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Asset Reuse, Development, Easter Egg, General, Model, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
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Attachment A small toad in Petalburg will rave about his favorite video games. First he will talk about Fire Emblem for the Game Boy Advance. Later he'll be talking about Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. Finally, he'll tell you that he's playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door itself, and states that the ending is worth playing the game all the way through.
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Easter Egg, General, Reference
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
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Attachment Diet and exercise affect the appearance of CJ. If CJ is too fat, any missions involving the jetpack will not start, as it would take a lot more power for him to be propelled and be difficult to balance.
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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There's a recurring phrase through-out the Zelda series where variations of "It's a secret to everybody" are put into games. This includes Zelda 1, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword and A Link Between Worlds.
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message
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Video Olimpic
Video Olimpic (TBA)
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Attachment Video Olympics was developed in Spain. One of the advertisements banners in the background reads "Cocaina" in a similar style to the Coca Cola logo. In Spanish, cocaina means "cocaine". The game was published in Europe uncensored.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message, Real Life, Reference
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1981)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario (Franchise)
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According to series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario's appearance was the result of graphical limitations in the original Donkey Kong: his overalls allowed his arms to be visible against his body (as there was no room for outlines), his hat substituted for hair and eyebrows (and did not need to be animated when he jumped), and the large nose and mustache made up for the lack of space to depict a mouth.

Miyamoto additionally stated that the design was influenced by the decision to make Mario Italian-American, identifying his large nose in particular as a distinctly western feature.
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Character Design, Development, General, Inspiration, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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Attachment The hotel in Celedon City has an invisible PC in the corner. If you stand one space down from the top right corner of the first room and press A, you'll be able to boot it up. It's assumed that this is a slight oversight, as the hotel resembles a Pokemon center, and the programmers removed the PC graphic but not its function.
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General, Mistake, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
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The project director for Fallout: New Vegas, J.E. Sawyer, released a mod for the game which brings more difficulty, shifts certain NPC alignments and modifies a few character stats.

The reason this wasn't released as an official patch was partly due to its technical difficulties and difficulty curve, however it was mainly due to the development for the game and all DLC having ended.
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Bonus Content, Development, General, Update Difference, Version Difference
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