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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire (2011)
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L.A. Noire was the first video game to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was shown as an hour-long film followed by a Q&A session where the audience could ask questions to the developers about the making of the game.
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General, Real Life
person Dazz calendar_month February 22, 2013
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Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim (1994)
subdirectory_arrow_right Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (Game)
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In the Special Edition version of the game, when completing the game set to the easy difficulty, the player is told a variety of made up facts about worms.
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General, Release Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 19, 2013
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Company: Rovio Entertainment
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Peter Vesterbacka, the company's chief marketing officer from 2010 to 2016, also had the job title of "Mighty Eagle".
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General
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The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Game)
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Attachment Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons are the only games in the series that truly intertwine, allowing the player to receive bonuses and upgrades in one game for linking it to the other. Linking the games is also the only way to truly finish the story as the final bosses only appear at the end of a linked adventure.
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Bonus Content, General
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
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Attachment You can bypass the first locked door in the first dungeon by simply leaving and walking back in. Upon re-entering, the north door of the room is open and you can claim the key to the east to keep as a spare.
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General, Glitch
person Petie calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Jet Set Willy
Jet Set Willy (1984)
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Attachment Like most ZX Spectrum games, Jet Set Willy was stored on a cassette tape. Simply making an audio copy of the cassette allowed people to easily copy Spectrum games. Jet Set Willy was one of the first to come with a form of copy protection: a card with 180 coloured codes on it was bundled with the cassette. Upon loading, one of the codes from the card had to be entered before the game would start. Although the cassette could be duplicated, a copy of the card was also needed and at the time, home colour reproduction was hard to do. Thus copying Jet Set Willy was trickier than most Spectrum games. However, means of circumventing the card were quickly found, and, reflecting the attitude to software piracy at the time, one method was published in a UK computer magazine.
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Anti-Piracy, General
person Patient Zero calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Jet Set Willy
Jet Set Willy (1984)
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Attachment As originally released, the game could not be completed due to several bugs. Although actually four completely unrelated issues, they became known collectively as "The Attic Bug". After the player entered the room The Attic, various rooms would undergo corruption on all subsequent game plays, including all monsters disappearing from The Chapel, and other screens triggering instant death. This was caused by an error in the path of an arrow in The Attic, resulting in the sprite traveling past the end of the Spectrum's video memory and overwriting crucial game data instead. This bears similarities to a buffer overflow, and as such is an early example of such an error - and the problems it can cause.
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General
person Patient Zero calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
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Attachment According to STI director Roger Hector, Michael Jackson was initially brought in during development to compose music for the game, even though no mention of his involvement was included in any of the game's credits. This was supposedly due to the scandals that arose around Jackson at the time. His involvement was removed from the title, and much reworking, including all the started music, had to be done.

In December 2009, Michael Jackson's composer Bradley Buxer (credited in Sonic 3 as Brad Buxer) told French magazine Black & White that Jackson was actually involved with some of Sonic 3's compositions, supposedly not being credited because he wasn't happy with how they sounded, due to the lack of optimal sound reproduction on the Genesis.
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General, Music
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
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Majora's Mask has the least number of dungeons of any game in the Zelda series, containing only four on the main world. While there are technically four more on the moon, they are small, contain no bosses, and are completely optional, requiring a set number of happy masks to access each one.
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General
person Petie calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Quake
Quake (1996)
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Attachment The graphics for the nailgun ammo contains the logo for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. This is a reference to its frontman Trent Reznor, who composed the original soundtrack for Quake.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference
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Astal
Astal (1995)
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Attachment Astal's spine did not feature the game's name, which may have led to its poor sales in the United Stated. Retailers would have had to display the case forward facing, rather than to its side as standard.
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Box Art, General, Mistake
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Franchise: Call of Duty
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By 2013, the franchise had earned over $4.7 billion in revenue, more money than could be found in the entire country of Nicaragua.
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General
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 15, 2013
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Angry Birds
Angry Birds (2009)
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As of 2011, more than 200,000 collective years were spent playing Angry Birds, roughly the same amount of time that modern humans have existed.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 15, 2013
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
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When asked how Yoshi could survive in space, producer Yoshiaki Koizumi stated, "Well, it's because he's a space Yoshi!"
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General
person Petie calendar_month February 13, 2013
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
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There is a Debug Mode code accessed from the Sound Test in the options menu that is inputted by playing songs in the order 01, 09, 09, 02, 01, 01, 02, 04. This is a reference to the North American release date of the game, which was on 1992/11/24, or November 24th, 1992.

The code to access the Level Select is 19, 65, 09, 17. These numbers reference Sonic developer Yuji Naka's birthday, September 17th, 1965.
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Debug, Easter Egg, General, Reference, Secret
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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Attachment According to a journal entry in the game, Mewtwo's birthday is February 6th.
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General
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Platform: Nintendo DS
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Attachment The white Nintendo DS Lite bears a striking resemblance to the Zelda Game & Watch released by Nintendo in 1989.
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Development, General, Inspiration
person Dazz calendar_month February 13, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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Attachment Most of the voice actors were credited under pseudonyms since they did not know if the project was supported by the Screen Actors Guild. The only ones who used their real names were David Hayter (Solid Snake) and Doug Stone (Psycho Mantis).
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Credits, General, Real Life, Voice Acting
person Teller calendar_month February 13, 2013
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Company: Sega
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Attachment In 2001, SEGA was granted a patent to displaying floating arrows in their games, seen in games such as Crazy Taxi.
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General, Patent
person Dazz calendar_month February 13, 2013
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Company: Bandai Namco Entertainment
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From 1995 to its expiration in 2015, Bandai Namco owned a patent on having a playable minigame during loading screens.
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General, Patent
person Dazz calendar_month February 13, 2013
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