User:Dnkakusei

Don't mind me, just keeping all the "Did You Know" facts in a spot I can easily access.

Did You Know...

...that Hardwar has a hidden CD audio track containing some snarking from the developers?

...that the Amiga version of Final Fight has two lengthy diatribes by the author?

...that Matt Furniss will break your legs if you hack Mad Professor Mariarti?

...that Mega Man 7 has two somewhat hidden references to Nintendo hardware that were removed in later releases?

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

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

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

...that the 1978 game Orbit has hidden credits that could only be accessed by a removed button combination?

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

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

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

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

...that Matt Duncan was in big trouble if the Windows Spider-Man game didn't work right?

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

...that several unused bosses exist in Cuphead's data?

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

...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?

...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?

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

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

...that The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall has a quest that goes unused due to a simple naming mistake?

...that The Simpsons: Road Rage was originally a much more open-ended game?

...that Catherine contains an original arrangement of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's wild battle theme?

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

...that Gremlins: Unleashed and Kirikou have a variety of hidden images and messages from the developers, including rants about crappy Windows dev environments?

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

...that D/Generation originally had the player infiltrate into Genox with a zip line?

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

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

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

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

...that Nashi-jiru Busha! Funassyi VS Dragons has random Pokémon sprites hidden inside?|

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

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

...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=*...both Hidden Agenda and The Transnium Challenge summon Satan if a graphic is missing?|

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?|

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?|

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=*...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 [[ESPN Baseball Tonight (Genesis)|have]] uncompiled code snippets [[Rise of the Robots (SNES)|sloppily]] included?|

23=*...that RoboCop on the Game Boy and Alien vs. Predator on the SNES were both planned to have password screens, but 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 changed to a much more generic character in the International releases?|

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

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 [[Bucky O'Hare (NES)|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 early screenshots and footage of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)|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?|

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?|

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?|

...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?|

...that there are Easter eggs even older than the one in [[Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]]?|

...that Metroid Fusion has debug rooms that use graphics from Wario Land 4?|

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

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

...that the A-Type song in the Game Boy version of Tetris was completely different in the earliest released copies?|

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

...that Super Mario 64 has an unused Yoshi egg graphic?|

...that Bullet Bills were meant to appear in the Game Boy version of Yoshi?|

... that Life Force has over 20 pieces of unused music?|

...that Amiga developers really, really, really, really, really, REALLY didn't like pirates?

...that Monster Rancher has a slick techno track randomly put on the CD as filler?|

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

...that the voice acting in The Town With No Name could have been worse?|

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

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

...that Kowloon Youma Gakuenki has an image of Michael Jackson on a tricycle?|

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

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

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

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

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

...that Mega Man's Soccer has unused endings for the championship and tournament modes?|

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

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

...that Insaniquarium has unused demo recording functionality?|

...that Somari was once just called Mario?|

...that Nintendo World Championships 1990 was likely meant to have music on its title screen?|

...that Shinobi III supports a then-unreleased controller through a cheat code?|

...that Nintendo's NES Tetris was likely meant to have music on its title screen?|

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

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

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

...that Cheetahmen II was supposed to have two more levels?|

...that at one point in development, the green background in the 1990 Windows version of Solitaire could be changed to a bitmap image?

...that the Game Boy version of Qix was meant to have more endings? |

...that inside the Mario Kart Arcade GP ROM, there exists a picture of the Beslan school hostage crisis, a major terrorist attack? |

...that Maya the Bee & Her Friends was supposed to be a South Park game? |

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

...that Lakitu's behavior in Super Mario Bros. is the result of a bug?|

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