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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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42. David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games, wrote the screenplay for the movie X-Men.

43. Nearly half the disc space on Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is taken up with dialogue.

44. When GTA first appeared (at E3 in 1997), attendees were told that to drive from one side of the game's city to the other would take players around three minutes.

45. In Halo 2’s Metropolis level of its single-player campaign, a giant football can be found tucked away on a rooftop.

46. Before settling on its nonsensical ‘Simlish’ dialogue for The Sims, the game’s creators experimented with languages such as Ukrainian, Navajo and Tagalog.

47. A total of 57 games have been released for Nokia’s N-Gage phone/handheld gaming hybrid.

48. The sprouting, titular Pikmin from the GameCube games were named after Shigeru Miyamoto’s dog.

49. Sega’s classic sunshine racer Outrun has appeared on 19 different formats.

50. A game of Animal Crossing on GameCube can last up to 29 real-time years, potentially.

51. The inflated breast size of Lara Croft was the result of designer Toby Gard accidentally adjusting the model's chest to 150% its intended size and being persuaded by other designers working on the game that the ballooned boobs should stay.

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Johnny6Gun - 1 year 24 days ago

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

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sumguy08 - 1 year 24 days 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 24 days 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 23 days 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 23 days ago

one of the best ones so far, great article

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Patius - 1 year 22 days 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 - 11 months 27 days ago

Nice

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The_Zanger - 11 months 27 days ago

what happens to Animal Crossing after 29 years?!

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WoodsieLord - 11 months 26 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 - 11 months 26 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 - 11 months 24 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 6 days ago

i love this article

ps 12TH!!!

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SaladinTCO - 6 months 29 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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