User:Bismarckistan

Just wanted to look at all the Did You Know entries... please ignore.

0=*...that the Amiga version of Dragon's Lair has a message to crackers, asking them to wait a while before cracking the game...and it worked?|

1=*...that the Amiga version of Final Fight has two lengthy diatribes by the author?|

2=*...that Matt Furniss will break your legs if you hack Mad Professor Mariarti?|

3=*...that the Atari 7800 port of Karateka wants to plant subliminal messages in your brain?|

4=*...that the programmer of Death Stalker put a message in the game's code after he was locked out of his car?|

5=*...that Yujix Terada hid his name in Dirty Pair: Project Eden by placing it in the overscan area at the bottom of the screen?|

6=*...that Erika to Satoru no Yume Bouken has a hidden message that can only be accessed by waiting 91 minutes at the ending screen?|

7=*...that the 1978 game Orbit has hidden credits that could only be accessed by a nonexistent button combination?|

8=*...that the 1986 game Ganso Saiyuuki has a filthy message from the game's designer?|

9=*...that Gokuraku! Chuuka Taisen and Taito Chase H.Q. have hidden Morse code messages?|

10=*...that Iron Tank contains an angry screed by KNT, the game's programmer? (Don't worry, he got better.)|

11=*...that the original arcade version of Donkey Kong has a congratulatory message to those who could decompile the game?|

12=*...that Matt Duncan was in big trouble if the PC Spider-Man game didn't work right?|

13=*...that Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball has a birth announcement hidden in the code?|

14=*...that The New Tetris contains a gigantic amount of hidden rants and ASCII art? And that it took hackers only three days to find?|

15=*...that Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 has instructions on how to make a ROM loader? And that the instructions were to a pirate group?|

16=*...that Mickey Mania on the Genesis has a special message that can only be seen by changing the region of the console after the game has loaded?|

17=*...there are over 30 item icons, over 50 unused voice clips, and sprites for several unused moves for Richter in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?|

18=*...that the NES Star Trek: 25th Anniversary has two key items that were only ever seen in Nintendo Power?|

19=*...that there's a cheat that gives Bond a paired rocket launcher and sniper rifle in the Japanese version of GoldenEye?|

0=*...that the Intellivision port of Centipede has a hidden message with a terrible pun?|

1=*...that Taito's Indiana Jones game hates checksum errors?|

2=*...that Mechanized Attack has an actual, factual nude code?|

3=*...that the NES Tetris has a partially implemented two-player mode?|

4=*...that ClayFighter 63⅓ has a character name graphic for a "HoboCop"?|

5=*...that there's text in Perfect Dark for Game Boy Camera support?|

6=*...that the Koopa Kids were set to reappear in Super Princess Peach?|

7=*...that Atomic Bomberman has many alternate line takes, including some pretty profane dialogue?|

8=*...that in Portal 2, the two people in co-op were once not robots, but Chell and Mel, a palette-swap?|

9=*...that Bionic Commando: Elite Forces was considered for a two-player mode? And that it contains a large collection of graphics from a game that wouldn't be out for a few more months?|

10=*...that the Game Boy Camera has all of the content used in an undumped CoroCoro Comics version that was never released to the public?|

11=*...that the original arcade version of Donkey Kong wasn't developed exclusively by Nintendo?|

12=*...that the PC version of Mario is Missing! has cut dialogue for the ending?|

13=*...that Mario Paint has hidden features that are disabled by default?|

14=*...that the Game Boy version of Yoshi's Cookie was once called Hermetica?|

15=*...that Yoshi once had more transformations in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island?|

16=*...that Legoland once had a difficulty system based on age?|

17=*...that there are 9 unused items in Lunar: Eternal Blue including the famous Dark Scimitar weapon?|

18=*...that the Famicom Maniac Mansion has a hidden apology for its 104-character passwords?|

19=*...that Zeromus got a makeover in the Japan-exclusive Easy Type version of Final Fantasy IV?|

0=*...that Mario Party and Pokémon Stadium planned to support the N64 Disk Drive?|

1=*...that Side B of the Apple II Karateka diskette has an upside-down version of the game?|

2=*...that the Bionic Commando could originally shoot his arm in a downwards direction?|

3=*...that the arcade version of Bubble Bobble has a complete set of slot machine graphics?|

4=*...that the battle courses from Super Mario Kart were planned to be included in Mario Kart: Super Circuit?|

5=*...that even games from 1975 can have unused graphics?|

6=*...that Huitzil from Darkstalkers probably has more unused moves than used?|

7=*...that the arcade game Depthcharge could have let the player bomb whales?|

8=*...that Donkey Kong Jr. was meant to appear in Donkey Kong 3?|

9=*...that Norimaro in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter has an unused nosebleed attack? (Yes, you read that right.)|

10=*...that Mega Man: The Power Battle has many dummied-out features that would make their way into the sequel?|

11=*...that the Superman arcade game has graphics for a female character and a sign advertising delicious Cold Blood?|

12=*...that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game has an unused laser gun power-up?|

13=*...that many cameo appearances in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga were scrapped? And that each battlefield is larger than what can fit on the GBA screen?|

14=*...that Mega Man Zero 3 had e-Reader support that was cut from all non-Japanese releases?|

15=*...that there's a texture for a gun hidden in Plum's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee?|

16=*...that many of the special items in Landstalker were censored from the Japanese version?|

17=*...Shang Tsung was meant to have a fatality in the arcade version of Mortal Kombat?|

18=*...that Samurai Shodown Anthology has movelists for the unplayable characters - but got all but one of Yumeji's moves wrong?|

19=*...that Joanna Dark is Asian in the Japanese version of Perfect Dark?|

0=*...that the stage select in the Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast doubles as an exception handler?|

1=*...that the NES port of Donkey Kong has unused graphics for a bonus item that doesn't appear in any other version?|

2=*...that Journey to Silius started out as a Terminator game?|

3=*...that many early Konami NES games have anti-piracy features designed to make the player's experience miserable?|

4=*...that Conker's Bad Fur Day has a model for a Pikachu tail, part of a cutscene that was cut at Nintendo's request?|

5=*...that there are voice clips in Super Smash Bros. for two characters' Final Smashes?|

6=*...that an Asteroids Easter egg was planned for the automap in Doom?|

7=*...that you could once kill people with dildos in Manhunt 2?|

8=*...that in Serious Sam 3: BFE, a giant invincible scorpion will spawn if the game detects that it's a pirate copy?|

9=*...that Blaster Master has an unused 8th special item that not even Blaster Master Underground knew about?|

10=*...that Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood once had an area called Tutorial Island?|

11=*...that Scribblenauts once had a female Maxwell?|

12=*...that Rugrats: Time Travelers has an unused graphic of a CD labeled "Microsoft World Domination 99"?|

13=*...that Chainz 2: Relinked once had a level editor?|

14=*...that the PC version of Plants vs. Zombies has a page of unused minigames?|

15=*...that the NES version of Action 52 could have had eight more awful games?|

16=*...that Sonic the Hedgehog Mobile has graphics for the Marble Zone UFOs seen in early screenshots and footage of the Genesis original?|

17=*...Kintaro was originally meant to have an intro in Mortal Kombat II like Goro did in Mortal Kombat?|

18=*...that the enemy troop leader in the arcade Alien vs. Predator actually has a name? And it may have been possible to fight him?|

0=*...that the difficulty of Stage 6 in Ghosts'n Goblins constantly changed between board revisions?|

1=*...that Commando was originally called Combat, and was renamed Space Invasion in West Germany?|

2=*...that Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3 have fake character names that were deliberately put in to fool people poking around in the code?|

3=*...that Side Arms Hyper Dyne uses "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to test the game's sound engine?|

4=*...that the arcade game of The Simpsons was made much easier (and given an actual scoring system) for the Japanese market?|

5=*...that due to the video game crash of 1983, Midnight Magic was released three years after it was completed?|

6=*...that the voice acting in Hotel Mario could have been worse?|

7=*...that the debug rooms in Metroid Fusion use graphics from Wario Land 4?|

8=*...that Crocomire was set to appear in Metroid Zero Mission?|

9=*...that Super Mario Advance 4 has a large amount of e-Reader content that was never used?|

10=*...that the A-Type song in the Game Boy version of Tetris was completely different in the original release?|

11=*...that Sonic Chaos has an unused song that was later used in Sonic Triple Trouble?|

12=*...that Metroid Prime has an unused intro narration that was later repurposed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl?|

13=*...that there are models for Mario and a Goomba hidden in Pikmin?|

14=*...that Super Mario Sunshine had four areas and a railroad system that were cut from the final game?|

15=*...that The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has many, many unused rooms?|

16=*...that in Mega Turrican, there are unused graphics that have Mario and Sonic frozen in carbonite?|

17=*...that graphics for a unused blimp object exist in Castlevania Bloodlines?|

18=*...that the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Warrior III has Dragon Warrior IV-related content in it?|

0=*...that Streets of Rage 3 has two cut levels, both of them on otherwise unused motorcycles?|

1=*...that DuckTales has a third ending with a very obscure unlocking method?|

2=*...that Kirby was supposed to have a Mini ability as early as Kirby's Adventure?|

3=*...that there's space in the NES Metroid cart for a save battery?|

4=*...that Princess Peach and Bowser are shown getting drunk on champagne in the Japanese version of Super Mario Kart?|

5=*...that the Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has many leftover and unused items?|

6=*...that the Wii version of A Boy and His Blob has a Sam & Max: Freelance Police intro movie?|

7=*...that Sonic Mega Collection has an unused video filmed in San Francisco?|

8=*...that at one point in development, the green background in Solitaire could be changed to a bitmap image?|

9=*...that LEGO Ninjago: Spinjitzu Smash had unused graphics from Mega Man Battle Network?|

10=*...that Game & Watch Gallery originally had a Very Hard version of Classic Mode?|

11=*...that Insaniquarium has unused demo recording functionality?|

12=*...that Somari was once just called Mario?|

13=*...that Nintendo World Championships 1990 was going to have music on its title screen?|

14=*...that Pingus has an unused Pac-Man levelset?|

15=*...that the NES Tetris was supposed to have music on its title screen?|

16=*...that part of a phone call from the white nationalist organization Combat 18 was left in Front Mission: Gun Hazard?|

17=*...that Mafia II's storyline was originally much longer and had four different endings?|

18=*...that the instructions for reaching the final stage of the NES X-Men were hidden in the in-game text?|