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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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52. In Japan, the PS2 release of Viewtiful Joe was subititled ‘A New Hope’, thanks to Episode IV of Star Wars.

53. A certain soldier in God of War emits the ‘Wilhelm scream’, a stock sound effect that’s been used in TV and movie productions for over 50 years. You’ll also hear it in Metal Slug, Lost Planet, Scarface and LEGO Star Wars.

54. The most powerful weapon in American McGee’s subversive but not-very-good action game, Bad Day L.A.? The nailclippers.

55. In Japan, four Dreamcast titles have been released in 2007.

56. Steve Downes, the man who provides the voice for Halo’s Master Chief, is a DJ for a radio station in Chicago.

57. Capcom’s gladiatorial combat epic Shadow of Rome gives you a point bonus – known as ‘Urine Trouble’ – for attacking someone who’s just lost control of their bladder.

58. There really is a game called ‘Communist Mutants from Space’, y’know. It’s a Space Invaders clone released for the Atari 2600 in 1982.

59. Doom-programming genius John Carmack is a voluntary employee of Armadillo Aerospace, a Texas-based company dedicated to ‘orbital spaceflight’.

60. The development team responsible for porting Resident Evil 2 to the N64 went on to become Rockstar’s San Diego studio (that made Red Dead Revolver, Midnight Club, Table Tennis).

61. “Nintendo” translates as “Leave luck to heaven”.

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Johnny6Gun - 1 year 23 days ago

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

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sumguy08 - 1 year 23 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 23 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 22 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 26 days ago

Nice

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The_Zanger - 11 months 26 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 25 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 23 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 28 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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