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Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
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Attachment Niko Bellic, one of the game's protagonists, was based on the character Sasha from the 2001 film "Behind Enemy Lines" played by Vladimir Mashkov. Mashkov was even asked by Rockstar if he'd like to play Niko Bellic but, declined the offer.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month August 7, 2013
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Doom
Doom (1993)
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In 1995, it was estimated that Doom was installed on to more computers than Microsoft's own Windows 95. This led Bill Gates to briefly consider buying id Software, so they could have the rights to the Doom name. This also led to the development of a Windows 95 port of the game to promote the operating system as a gaming platform.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month August 6, 2013
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Franchise: Duke Nukem
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Jon St. John has been the voice for Duke Nukem for all but one of the games. This one exception is Duke Nukem II, where Apogee Software staff member, Joe Siegler, gave him his first speaking lines.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month August 6, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
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The idea for the game came from an elevator ride with Shinji Hashimoto (Final Fantasy and Square producer) and a Disney producer, who shared the same building in Tokyo. They came up with a crossover as a vague production idea, and the head of Square-Enix, Hironobu Sakaguchi, later agreed to the idea.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month August 2, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
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Hideo Kojima decided to have Harry Gregson-Williams compose most of the game's soundtrack after Kojima and sound director Kazuki Muraoka watched "The Replacement Killers" in a cinema, and enjoyed the music that Williams composed for the film. They had planned to watch "Saving Private Ryan", but the line for the movie was very long.

Gregson-Williams was given limited descriptions of the music he had to compose, such as "heroic" or "stealthy" as Kojima wanted the music to be pure Gregson-Williams. Gregson-Williams was told that the limited instructions he got was due to language barriers.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life
person MightyKombat calendar_month August 1, 2013
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Platform: Atari 2600
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Attachment There was going to be a peripheral for the Atari 2600 called the "Mindlink" that made it possible to play games with your mind. Atari said the device would allow users to "think" the movement of objects on the screen. The product however simply read electronic impulses in the forehead whenever the user moved their eyebrows, rather than actual brain waves.
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Cancelled Release, Development, General, Real Life
person peanutgamer calendar_month August 1, 2013
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Mega Man 3
Mega Man 3 (1990)
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Keiji Inafune considers this the least polished of the Classic series, as they didn't have that long to work on the game (roughly a year), and many things kept going wrong during development. Inafune told Nintendo Power, "If we had more time to polish it, we could do a lot of things better, make it a better game, but [Capcom] said that we needed to release it."
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Development, General, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month July 30, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
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According to the first volume of Metal Gear Saga, Liquid Snake, Spoiler:having faked his own death from the FOXDIE virus, was meant to be the main antagonist of the Tanker Chapter (an aircraft carrier during this part in development). However, this, along with most of the original plot, was scrapped due to tensions rising in the Middle East.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month July 28, 2013
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Attachment In the 1990 arcade racing game Rad Mobile, there is an air freshener of Sonic that is hanging from the rear-view mirror. This marks the first time Sonic has ever made an appearance in a video game, which, interestingly enough, predates the release of Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991.
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Cameo, Easter Egg, General, Real Life
person Cheshireson calendar_month July 21, 2013
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South Park: The Stick of Truth
South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014)
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South Park's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had written about 850 pages worth of material for the game which included nearly every character and element from the series. They were urged by the developers to cut down the material and possibly release some of it as downloadable content, however the two disagreed on the idea and after also hearing disapproval from fans over it, Parker said "and I agree... fuck that." Any material cut form the game may however be reused for the television series.
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General, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 20, 2013
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
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Before the US release of the game, gameplay footage appeared in the movie "The Wizard." This served as an advertisement for the game and helped ensure its commercial success.
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person Funland47 calendar_month July 20, 2013
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BMX XXX
BMX XXX (2002)
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BMX XXX was originally to be the third title in the Dave Mirra series, however when Acclaim started to make the game more adult-oriented, Mirra filed a lawsuit against the publisher claiming the title damaged his image and that his likeness and name were still being used with the game promoted as "Dave Mirra BMX XXX" even after he had separated from the project. According to Mirra, the game was supposed to be a mature, tongue-in-cheek game similar to the film "Airplane!".

The project was instead split into two with the second game "Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3" being released for the Game Boy Advance.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 19, 2013
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Franchise: Sam & Max
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Lucasarts originally planned to make a sequel to Sam & Max Hit the Road entitled "Freelance Police". The game would have introduced both Sam and Max to complete 3D gaming animation. Many of the developers wanted to make Freelance police as a series of episodes. Due to creative differences between the developers on the game Lucasarts scrapped the game completely. It also led for Steve Purcell's copyright contract on Sam and Max to expire. The cancellation of Freelance Police led to the creation of the company of Telltale Games, who would later bring back Sam and Max through episodic gaming as well as introducing a new method of storytelling in video games.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person CLXcool calendar_month July 18, 2013
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
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id software sent a PC demo of Super Mario Bros. 3 to Nintendo hoping to gain authorization to make an official port. Nintendo was impressed but declined, deciding to stick to their own platforms. The demo was based on a test they named 'Dangerous Dave in "Copyright Infringement"', which was a playable recreation of World 1-1 with Mario's sprite replaced by John Romero's Dangerous Dave character.
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person Funland47 calendar_month July 18, 2013
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Franchise: Star Fox
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Pigma Dengar's surname is a reference to people in Japan with a Kansai dialect. In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, Pigma speaks with a Kansai dialect. People with the dialect tend to end their sentences with the word 'dengar'.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 17, 2013
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Franchise: Shenmue
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According to an interview with Peter Moore, when he was coming back from the UK to Chicago, a TSA security agent at a security checkpoint said, "I don't need to see your passport. You're the asshole that gave away Shenmue to Xbox."
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General, Real Life
person retrolinkx calendar_month July 17, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
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The leader of the Thieves Guild, Mercer Frey, has the same voice actor as another well known thief, Garrett from the Thief series. Both are voiced by Stephen Russell.
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person sonicboom65 calendar_month July 16, 2013
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012)
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Upon entering 115 into the number pad in Mob of the Dead, the player will hear "Not this time" or "Maybe next time" and the number will change to 666 referencing the Bible and the number of the beast.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person SiiGMA Viperz calendar_month July 16, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Deino, Zweilous, and Hydreigon reference numbers in the German language. Ein(s) is one, zwei is two, drei is three.
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person Funland47 calendar_month July 15, 2013
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Franchise: F-Zero
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Attachment The character Mr. EAD is based on Mario, Nintendo's mascot. He is corpulent in size, features a mustache and is seen wearing a belt with a Starman. He is also named after the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development division (EAD) which develops most of the Mario games.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 15, 2013
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