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101 things you didn't know about games

From the useless to the trivial - amazing facts about videogames

Words: GamesRadar UK

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22. Red Dead Revolver was originally being made by Capcom, before it sold the rights off to Rockstar.

23. US-only PS2 and Xbox boobfest The Guy Game (seriously, a DVD-style quiz based on ladies flashing their breasts) was banned when it transpired that one of the contestants was underage.

24. Halo 2 is the bestselling Xbox title ever, selling some eight million copies. It’s closely followed by five million for the original Halo.

25. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind contains a secret talking crab tucked away on a small island, who’s also a trader.

26. The title of PS2 game ICO is a pun on the Japanese word for ‘let’s go’.

27. In the original Animal Crossing for Nintendo 64, unreleased outside of Japan, you have to input the time and date every time you boot up the game.

28. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime used to be the senior director of national marketing at Pizza Hut. While there he launched the Bigfoot Pizza and The Big New Yorker.

29. Squat braniac Raz wasn’t always intended to be the lead character of Psychonauts. It had initially been an ostrich.

30. Before going on to create classic games like Outrun, Shenmue and Virtua Fighter for Sega, Yu Suzuki had considered becoming a dentist.

31. Tomb Raider's Lara Croft was originally called Laura Cruz.

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Johnny6Gun - 1 year 1 month ago

A very fun feature loaded with some great trivia. Top shelf.

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sumguy08 - 1 year 1 month ago

Yes I agree, top shelf.

But seriously I liked this article. It showed me some unfarmiliar things, and other things I experienced myself

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Nintendophile - 1 year 1 month ago

Awesome article! I didn't know a lot of those things, and many of them were great surprises!

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statuslegendary - 1 year 1 month ago

Nice work, that was a great list.

Now I have plenty of new ammo for my next edition of get drunk video game trivia!

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cliffB - 1 year 1 month ago

one of the best ones so far, great article

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Patius - 1 year 1 month ago

72. Resident Evil Zero is the only non-spin-off Resi title to remain exclusive to a single format, the GameCube.

There's a Japan only Wii version out.

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key0blade - 1 year 10 days ago

Nice

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The_Zanger - 1 year 10 days ago

what happens to Animal Crossing after 29 years?!

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WoodsieLord - 1 year 10 days ago

#89 There is actually ONE character you can talk to in Fallout when you have very low Intelligence. He is a character who speaks only in grunts if your character has high Intelligence. But when you are just as dim as he is, you can talk fluently with each other.

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Black_X_1111 - 1 year 9 days ago

I would think Mario's surname would be Mario Jumpman. Or maybe Mario is his surname and its Jumpman Mario?

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Chapmoin - 1 year 7 days ago

You done used that "Jumpman" fact twice! Also one of your facts is "the average gamer is 28" so of course we are well aware of such things. My favourite fact is #84 of the first list.

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uvebeenpwned - 10 months 20 days ago

i love this article

ps 12TH!!!

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SaladinTCO - 7 months 12 days ago

Sorry, but FIFA 2001 wasn't the only "scratch and sniff" disc.

There was also Gran Turismo 2: Simulation Disc.
Scratch to create the smell of burning rubber.

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