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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

62. Final Fantasy got its name from the fact that its creator, Square co-founder Hironobu Sakaguchi, intended it to be his last video game, using up the remainder of Square’s money after a number of unsuccessful projects.

63. Terry Butcher, current manager of Brentford FC, provided commentary for the inaugural Pro Evolution Soccer back in 2001.

64. Alongside Pandemic’s Full Spectrum Warrior, a more advanced, strategy-led version known as Full Spectrum Command was developed for army use, and never released to the public.

65. At present, 24% of Americans over the age of 50 play videogames, compared to just 9% back in 1999.

66. In late 2005, Sony hired graffiti artists in seven cities across the US to promote PSP, leading to one mayor issuing a cease and desist order.

67. The song lyrics that feature in cutesy PSP puzzler Loco Roco were deliberately written as gibberish, so that they’d never be localised and sound the same the world over.

68. Capcom is short for ‘Capsule Computers’.

69. Although you’ll rarely see them, Yoshi does have teeth.

70. In the UK, Rayman is the bestselling PlayStation 1 game of all time.

71. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was banned in South Korea, thanks to it featuring the destruction of Seoul, its capital city. The ban was lifted at the end of 2006, however.


 
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Johnny6Gun  - 1 year 1 month ago 
A very fun feature loaded with some great trivia. Top shelf.
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
Nintendophile  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Awesome article! I didn't know a lot of those things, and many of them were great surprises!
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!
cliffB  - 1 year 1 month ago 
one of the best ones so far, great article
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.
key0blade  - 1 year 9 days ago 
Nice
The_Zanger  - 1 year 9 days ago 
what happens to Animal Crossing after 29 years?!
WoodsieLord  - 1 year 8 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.
Black_X_1111  - 1 year 8 days ago 
I would think Mario's surname would be Mario Jumpman. Or maybe Mario is his surname and its Jumpman Mario?
Chapmoin  - 1 year 6 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.
uvebeenpwned  - 10 months 19 days ago 
i love this article

ps 12TH!!!
SaladinTCO  - 7 months 11 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.
spiderking2009  - 4 months 16 days ago 
good article
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