User:Dnkakusei
Don't mind me, just keeping all the "Did You Know" facts in a spot I can easily access.
Did You Know...
0=*...that Hardwar has a hidden CD audio track containing some snarking from the developers?|
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 Mega Man 7 has two somewhat hidden references to Nintendo hardware that were removed in later releases?|
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 removed button combination?|
8=*...that the 1986 game Ganso Saiyuuki has a filthy message from the game's designer?|
9=*...that Gokuraku! Chuka 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 several unused bosses exist in Cuphead's data?|
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=*...that 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?|
20=*...that The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall has a quest that goes unused due to a simple naming mistake?|
21=*...that The Simpsons: Road Rage was originally a much more open-ended game? |
22=*...that Catherine contains an original arrangement of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's wild battle theme?|
23=*...that The New Tetris contains a gigantic amount of hidden rants and ASCII art? And that it took hackers only three days to find?|
24=*...that Gremlins: Unleashed and Kirikou have a variety of hidden images and messages from the developers, including rants about crappy Windows dev environments?|
25=*...that the Atari 7800 port of Karateka wants to plant subliminal messages in your brain?|
26=*...that D/Generation originally had the player infiltrate into Genox with a zip line?|
27=*...that the unlocking method for the Hornet vehicle in Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge was discovered after 22 years?|
28=*...that Myth Makers: Super Kart GP started as a Nickelodeon racing game?|
29=*...that 360: Three Sixty has its own entire source code hidden inside?|
30=*...that Deus Ex has cut models and textures referring to cut White House and moon levels?|
31=*...that the original Xbox had an easter egg that went hidden for almost 20 years before a developer revealed it?|
32=*...that an uncensored version of Team Fortress 2's Meet the Demoman leaked within Source Filmmaker?|
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 Nashi-jiru Busha! Funassyi VS Dragons has random Pokémon sprites hidden inside?| 5=*...that there's text in Perfect Dark for Game Boy Camera support?| 6=*...that the Koopalings 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 both Hidden Agenda and The Transnium Challenge summon Satan if a graphic is missing?| 12=*...that the DOS 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?| 20=*...that Team Fortress 2 has a real-time music track leftover in its files?| 21=*...that the SNES version of The Itchy & Scratchy Game has unused conversations between Bart and Lisa? | 22=*...that both the SNES and Genesis versions of College Football USA '97 contain a hidden team known as the Roms? | 23=*...that Star Fox was renamed Star Wing due to potential legal issues in Germany? | 24=*...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?| 25=*...that ClayFighter 63⅓ has a character name graphic for a "HoboCop"?| 26=*...that the original arcade version of Donkey Kong wasn't developed exclusively by Nintendo?| 27=*...that close to half of the mutants in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl were cut, some of which would later appear in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat?| 28=*...that Lethal Enforcers I & II has its own entire source code hidden inside?| 29=*...that Chill has its own entire source code hidden inside?| 30=*...that Donkey Kong 64 has a hidden rainbow coin collectible that took 17 years to be well known?| 31=*...that multiple NES games have worse audio than intended, due to hardware reading the data backwards?| 32=*...that leaked material suggests that at one point there was a Pokémon Pink companion version to Pokémon Yellow?
DID YOU KNOW #3
0=*...that Mario Party, Pokémon Stadium and Ocarina of Time were planned to support the N64 Disk Drive?| 1=*...that The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds contains recreations of areas from A Link to the Past?| 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 Palmtree Panic from Sonic CD was once named Salad Plain?| 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=*...that 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?| 20=*...that there's an unused mask of Link's face in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?| 21=*...that games included with Windows Vista and 7 have support for Xbox 360 controllers?| 22=*...that many older games have uncompiled code snippets sloppily included?| 23=*...that RoboCop on the Game Boy and Alien vs. Predator on the SNES were both planned to have password screens, but they ended up scrapped?| 24=*...that Side B of the Apple II Karateka diskette has an upside-down version of the game?| 25=*...that the Japanese version of Factory Panic has Gorbachev as the protagonist, but he was changed to a much more generic character in the International releases?| 26=*...that the arcade game Depthcharge could have let the player bomb whales?| 27=*...that Cool World (DOS) warns against the consumption of lots of ice-cream, prunes, and grape juice?| 28=*...that Bloody Roar 4 has the entire RenderWare 3.7 SDK hidden inside?| 29=*...that the Swedish release of Kung Fu Panda on PlayStation 2 has a hidden prototype build of the Wii version?| 30=*...that Homefront: The Revolution contains almost the entirety of TimeSplitters 2?| 31=*...that the Atari version of Donkey Kong had an easter egg that took 26 years to discover?| 32=*...that Deus Ex: The Fall contains graphics, sounds, enemies, scripts and detailed plot information for the unreleased 2nd part of the game?|
DID YOU KNOW #4
0=*...that the games in the Jak and Daxter trilogy all have hidden debug modes accessible with the controller?| 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 The Simpsons Game was planned to support multiplayer with 3 or 4 players?| 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 six 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 Wacky Races: Crash & Dash has a logo for an undeveloped Carmageddon game?| 14=*...that the PC version of Plants vs. Zombies has a page of unused minigames?| 15=*...that Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix was supposed to have Xanadu, which wouldn't be included until 3rd Mix?| 16=*...that Sonic the Hedgehog Mobile has graphics for the Marble Zone UFOs seen in a prototype of the Genesis original?| 17=*...that 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?| 19=*...that Scorched Earth had a couple of very buggy lasers in Version 1.1?| 20=*...that Mario has a model stretched to fit Luigi's proportions in Luigi's Mansion? | 21=*...that Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards has very early concept art in its graphics?| 22=*...that Skullgirls has an ASCII portrait of a Persona 2 character hidden in its cutscene script files?| 23=*...that RoboCop vs. The Terminator thought that was a weird error, man?| 24=*...that Journey to Silius started out as a Terminator game?| 25=*...that the stage select in the Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast doubles as an exception handler?| 26=*...that Chainz 2: Relinked once had a level editor?| 27=*...that Astal has a Mario sprite?| 28=*...that Shrek Super Slam has a full PSP copy of Tony Hawk's Underground 2 inside?| 29=*...that Syphon Filter has an unused video from Bubsy 3D?| 30=*...that a Dreamcast port of Half-Life was finished but not released?| 31=*...that Persona 5 Royal has over two hours worth of unused cutscenes?| 32=*...that an unused item attribute allows spies in Team Fortress 2 to disguise as dispensers?|
DID YOU KNOW #5
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 MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX on the Game Boy Color contains a historical e-mail relating to a No$GMB update?| 6=*...that there are Easter eggs even older than the one in Adventure?| 7=*...that Metroid Fusion has debug rooms that 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 earliest released copies?| 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 an 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?| 19=*...that this website's prickly mascot was originally intended to appear in Super Mario 64?| 20=*...that Bullet Bills were meant to appear in the Game Boy version of Yoshi?| 21=*...that Life Force has over 20 pieces of unused music?| 22=*...that Amiga developers really, really, really, really, really, REALLY didn't like pirates?| 23=* ...that Monster Rancher has a slick techno track randomly put on the CD as filler?| 24=* ...that due to the video game crash of 1983, Midnight Magic was released three years after it was completed?| 25=*...that the voice acting in The Town With No Name could have been worse?| 26=*...that Transformers (PlayStation 2, International) has a very early story draft hidden on-disc?| 27=*...that Deus Ex: Invisible War contains an early script with a cut museum level?| 28=*...that Digimon Rumble Arena 2 has a prototype of itself from over a year before release?| 29=*...that Alien Storm has a hidden cheat that can be activated by many different button combinations?| 30=*...that PuLiRuLa has a hidden snowy stage in the game's code?| 31=*...that Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf has an uncensored version of the South Park pilot episode?|
DID YOU KNOW #6
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 Kowloon Youma Gakuenki has an image of Michael Jackson on a tricycle?| 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 Kirby was supposed to have a Mini ability as early as Kirby's Adventure?| 7=*...that Sonic Mega Collection has an unused video filmed in San Francisco?| 8=*...that Mega Man's Soccer has unused endings for the championship and tournament modes?| 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 likely meant to have music on its title screen?| 14=*...that Shinobi III supports a then-unreleased controller through a cheat code?| 15=*...that Nintendo's NES Tetris was likely meant 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 the instructions for reaching the final stage of the NES X-Men were hidden in the in-game text?| 18=*...that Cheetahmen II was supposed to have two more levels?| 19=*...that at one point in development, the green background in the 1990 Windows version of Solitaire could be changed to a bitmap image? | 20=*...that the Game Boy version of Qix was meant to have more endings? | 21=*...that inside the Mario Kart Arcade GP ROM, there exists a picture of the Beslan school hostage crisis, a major terrorist attack? | 22=*...that Maya the Bee & Her Friends was supposed to be a South Park game? | 23=*...that the Wii version of A Boy and His Blob has a Sam & Max: Freelance Police intro movie?| 24=*...that Lakitu's behavior in Super Mario Bros. is the result of a bug?| 25=*...that Pingus has an unused Pac-Man levelset?| 26=*...that Gubble Buggy Racer started as a Wallace and Gromit game?| 27=*...that Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 has a song about violent fish?| 28=*...that Deus Ex: Invisible War had cut baby animals, and mechanically augmented dogs and apes?| 29=*...that the Brazilian GameCube BIOS has a patch contained exclusively to fix a crash in NBA Courtside 2002?| 30=*...that Valve accidentally leaked cut weapon names in Team Fortress 2 then leaked the assets for said weapons almost two years later to the day?| 31=*...that a demo of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! reveals the reverse cup was once planned for the game?|
