Trivia Browser

Tagsarrow_right
Filter:
Platformsarrow_right
Filter:
Yearsarrow_right
Filter:
Genresarrow_right
Filter:
Collectionsarrow_right
Filter:
Franchisesarrow_right
Filter:
Companiesarrow_right
Filter:
Golf
Golf (1984)
subdirectory_arrow_right Nintendo Switch (Platform)
▲
1
▼
Within the Nintendo Switch firmware prior to Version 4.0.0 (for Japanese, US and European systems only), there is a hidden NES emulator stub called "flog" that can be unlocked under very specific conditions. flog can only be unlocked on the Home Screen and when the console's internal clock is set to July 11th (if the date is changed in System Settings, but the console is connected to the internet and can see the actual date, this method will not work). The method to unlock it involves detaching the Joy-Cons from the console, holding them pointing forwards/downwards, then moving them to a vertical position and holding it for a few seconds. This gesture may take some time to hone due to it being a specific movement tracked by the Joy-Cons, but when it is matched, the system will check to see if flog is installed. When checked, an audio clip of a man saying "chokusetsu" ("直接"), the Japanese word for "direct", will play and the screen will cut to black and launch the 1984 NES title Golf. This emulator is unique in that it includes specific instructions in English and Japanese on how to play depending on how the Joy-Cons are held, and has a more stripped-down and simplistic appearance than the emulators that would be used for NES games on Nintendo Switch Online. Pressing the Home button while playing Golf will return you to the Home Screen without any visible software running there.

With Version 4.0.0, Nintendo removed all of the code required to launch flog and play Golf, but the company seemed unusually hesitant to even acknowledge its existence when asked by news outlets. One month before its removal, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Amie released two statements regarding it when asked by Kotaku:

"So, two comments on this. It was identified by folks playing around in the firmware. We've got nothing officially to announce for that content or what the plans are for that content. So that's that. Certainly anything that pays respect to my friend Mr. Iwata is something that is near and dear to me personally, but in terms of that execution and what it was meant to do or what the plans are, we've got nothing to announce."

"I'm struck whenever I go back to Kyoto and spend time in our headquarters and spend time in the offices where Mr. Iwata, myself and others would be meeting. It's always personally touching. And so, again, no comment on that particular execution."

While this seems to allude that the secret emulator and Golf's inclusion were not authorized within Nintendo, this all but confirms that their purpose was to act as a tribute to Nintendo's late CEO Satoru Iwata. Iwata, who programmed Golf and previously hosted the company's Nintendo Direct showcase series, passed away on July 11th, 2015, with the method to unlock the emulator mimicking a gesture he used during Nintendo Directs. Japanese fans on social media referred to the Easter egg as an "omamori", an amulet purchased at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan that if kept close are said to protect the bearer and bring good luck, speculating that Golf was included by Iwata as a secret charm to watch over every Nintendo Switch unit after his death.
sell
Bundled/Pack-In Game, Easter Egg, Emulation, Filename, Passed Away, Regional Difference, Removed Feature, Secret, Social Media, Suggested, Theory, Tribute, Update Difference, Version Difference
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month April 20, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
MyPopgoes
MyPopgoes (TBA)
▲
1
▼
The expanded version of myPOPGOES has a challenge named "Mini-P," which makes pizzas cook faster, but restore less hunger. This is a reference to one of Scott Cawthon's characters from the 2015 troll game FNaF World: Halloween Edition, also named Mini-P, which has the appearance of William Afton's "Purple Guy" sprite, just smaller and with red glowing eyes.
sell
Bonus Content, Character Design, General, Inspiration, Reference, Version Difference
person Violett calendar_month April 19, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Yars' Revenge
Yars' Revenge (1982)
▲
1
▼
After killing the Swirl in mid-flight, a black vertical line appears across the spot where the Swirl was shot. This line is referred to under the Helpful Hints section in the game's manual as the "Ghost of Yars" and warns the player to stay off its "mean streak". If the Yar is in the lower third of the screen and the black spot on its back is aligned across the vertical line at the moment the explosion vanishes, the game ends and goes into the "Game Select" screen with "HSWWSH" in place of the player's score. These are the mirrored initials of the game's creator Howard Scott Warshaw.
sell
Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Manual, Secret
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month April 18, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (1999)
▲
1
▼
In 2024, a hidden variation of the Konami Code was discovered in the game that allows you to unlock all characters and costumes from the start. To activate it, on the title screen, press C-Up four times/C-Down four times/C-Left/C-Left/C-Right/C-Right/C-Left/C-Left/C-Right/C-Right/L/R/Z.
sell
Cheat, Easter Egg, Secret
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month April 16, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016)
▲
2
▼
If the player shakes the game camera while over a snow tile, it will cause the snow to swirl around much like when a snow globe is shaken.
sell
Easter Egg, Secret
person Wolfen50 calendar_month April 15, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010)
▲
1
▼
Performing El Blaze's item win pose with the maracas will feature Amigo from Samba de Amigo popping out of the maracas.
sell
Cameo, Crossover, Easter Egg, Reference, Secret
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010)
▲
1
▼
One of Kage's item win poses features him throwing a pan into the air and it landing on his head. This is a reference to a secret win pose he had in Virtua Fighter 3tb.
sell
Bonus Content, Easter Egg, In-Joke, Reference, Secret
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Virtua Fighter 3tb
Virtua Fighter 3tb (1997)
▲
1
▼
In Virtua Fighter 3tb, Jacky and Kage both have a secret win pose when holding Down, Guard, Punch, and Evade. They will perform "V for Victory" poses. If Kage is in his 2P costume and gets an "Excellent" victory on Akira's stage, he will perform a secret win pose where a metal pan will fall on his head.
sell
Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Secret
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017)
▲
1
▼
Attachment The Ziggy enemies appear to be modeled after Ziggy Stardust, a stage persona created and portrayed by English rock musician David Bowie from 1972 to 1973. In addition to the identical names, the Garden Ziggy variety features brightly colored lightning bolts painted across each eye and a large yellow mohawk, with the results resembling the cover photo for Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane (which depicts Bowie with a red lightning bolt on one eye and a large red mullet).
sell
Celebrity, Character Design, Easter Egg, Music, Reference, Similarities
person VinchVolt calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Nintendatos post (in Spanish):
https://nintendatos.com/2018/01/05/curiosidades-de-super-mario-david-bowie-en-mario-rabbids/

Compilation of enemy splash screens (the Ziggy splash screen is the very first one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkSj17vadA

YouTube video about the album Aladdin Sane (the cover art is discussed at 14:40):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saKeOpH47Ls#t=880
The King of Fighters XV
The King of Fighters XV (2022)
▲
1
▼
Temjin, from Art of Fighting 2, and Mars People, from Metal Slug 2, make a cameo appearance in the "Friendly Fight" ending.
sell
Cameo, Crossover, Easter Egg, Ending
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A
The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A (2008)
▲
1
▼
Ash's intro sequences with Kyo and Jivatma is a reference to Orochi Chris' win poses from The King of Fighters 2002.
sell
Easter Egg, Reference
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 14, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Antonball Deluxe
Antonball Deluxe (2021)
subdirectory_arrow_right Antonblast (Game)
▲
1
▼
According to creator Tony Grayson, possibly in a joking manner, the Anton characters are all multicoloured as a result of a nuclear war that left only Japan and their home country of the Backburner Peninsula, and are not meant to be any real-world enthicity. Grayson jokingly compared the skin colors of the Anton characters to The Groovenians, a 2002 Cartoon Network pilot that was not picked up for a series.
sell
Backstory/Lore, Character Design, General, In-Joke, Race, Reference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month April 12, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6 (2023)
▲
1
▼
Attachment When Street Fighter 6's preliminary logo was revealed, it was mocked for a variety of reasons, particularly a disconnect from previous series logos and aligning with a widely criticized trend of generic, minimalist or "oversimplified" logos. Some fans noted that the logo strongly resembled an $80 design for an "SF" logo posted on the Adobe Stock Image store by user xcoolee, which had previously been used for a sci-fi convention in France. xcoolee did offer to sell exclusive rights to the logo to Capcom, but was seemingly denied. It was also discovered that a Taiwanese electronics and appliances retailer, Sunfar, had a similar hexagonal logo. On the day after Street Fighter 6's logo reveal, the front page of their website displayed an advertisement with the logo featuring a paint splatter reading the number 6 promoting gaming products, most likely as a promotional parody. It is unknown if either resemblance was a coincidence on Capcom's part, and xcoolee did not state if they knew whether Capcom bought anything from their store or not. The logo of Street Fighter 6 would be updated to appear more stylized before the game's launch in response to the negative reception, although the fan reception to the new logo was not much more positive.
sell
Advertisement/Commercial, Asset Reuse, Complaint, Development, General, Plagiarism, Reference, Title, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month April 11, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Discworld
Discworld (1995)
subdirectory_arrow_right Explosive Fighter Patton (Game), The Orion Conspiracy (Game), Slider (Game), Llamatron: 2112 (Game), Psychosis (Game)
This trivia has been marked as "Not Safe for Work".
It may not be appropriate for all visitors and definitely isn't appropriate for work or school environments.
Click here to unhide it.
▲
3
▼
sell
Censorship, Easter Egg, First, General, Glitch, In-Joke, Mistake, Prototype, Release Date
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month April 11, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Shipwrecked 64
Shipwrecked 64 (2024)
▲
1
▼
Throughout development of Shipwrecked 64, Squeaks D'Corgeh would make references to a non-existent character in the game named "Duncan Dolphin". This even included a fake death animation for a character named "Drake Dulfin" (likely intended to be the Spoiler:Starling counterpart of Duncan) being shot in the face by Spoiler:Brandon Lester in his Bucky Beaver costume in what appeared to be a Wild West-esque setting. This continued after the game's release, where one of the patch notes for the Hotfix 2 update stated "Removed Duncan Dolphin", likely as a reference to the "Removed Herobrine" gag seen in updates to Minecraft.

However, on April 1st, 2024, an April Fools update was released that added Duncan to the game as a New Game+ bonus. If the game's True Ending has been reached, he will appear in The Theater at Midnight and ask Bucky for help activating his "New. Radical. Mechanism!!" due to losing the trinkets needed to make it work. This will take the player to a new area called "Garten of Duncan", a recreation of the Testing Sector from Garten of Banban made using assets from The Plaza. Clearing the map will take the player to a previously unused location called "Layer 4 Elevator", where an audio tape reveals that the player can input console commands to access other unused locations as part of the update. Entering the door will take the player to another new area, known simply as "Sample Area", but only a few seconds after entering the player will be kicked out to the encounter with the Spoiler:Studiogrounds Husk at the end of the game.

Notably, in the "Layer 4 Elevator" area, Chief Wulf can be seen on top of the tallest building in the area. If the player uses console commands to reach him, he can be spoken to, revealing that Spoiler:he has relived the same days over and over again, watched Stumbler O'Hare die over and over as part of that, and believes that he will be forgotten after his death.
sell
April Fools, Asset Reuse, Backstory/Lore, Bonus Content, Development, Easter Egg, General, In-Joke, Inspiration, Parody, Real Life, Secret, Unused Content, Version Difference
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month April 11, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
AI: The Somnium Files
AI: The Somnium Files (2019)
▲
1
▼
Two of the game's core themes are eyes and different types and expressions of love. This is reflected in the game's title, AI: the word itself is pronounced "eye", and is derived from "ai" (愛), the Japanese word for love. The title also has additional meanings, namely how it's pronounced similar to the English word "I", and how the title is short for "artificial intelligence". Additionally, the word "somnium" in the game's subtitle is taken from the Latin word for "dream", in reference to how the game's plot involves entering dreams in order to solve cases.
sell
Backstory/Lore, Development, Etymology, General, Inspiration, Reference
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month April 6, 2024
comment Comment (0) | link Source
That's Not My Neighbor
That's Not My Neighbor (2024)
▲
1
▼
Attachment The player has a chance to randomly encounter an unnamed clown during their playthrough, who only appears once in the entire game to hand them a slip of paper. The note in question reads as follows:

"Ever Dream This Clown?

Every night, all over the world, hundreds of people see this clown in their dreams. If this clown appears in your dreams don't play any game with him. If you want more information go to:

nachogames.itch.io/unlikely"

The link in question leads to the Itch.io page for the game Unlikely, another game made by Nacho Sama. Additionally, the note itself appears to be a reference to "This Man", an urban legend created by Italian sociologist Andrea Natella about a mysterious individual who has appeared in the dreams of people all over the world since 2006.
sell
Creepypasta, Crossover, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference, Website
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month April 5, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
System Shock 2
System Shock 2 (1999)
▲
1
▼
Attachment During the training mission at the start of the game, once you walk outside the Ramsey Recruitment Center on Earth, there is a grey ramp to the right of where you exit that can be climbed on. Sitting at the top of the ramp is a basketball that you can pick up and keep in your inventory. This basketball is unique among other items in the game in that it bounces and rolls realistically when dropped, except on moving platforms where it instantly sticks to the ground. However, there is a specific use for it later in the game when you are on-board the Recreation Deck, the fifth deck of the Von Braun starship. When you enter the Athletic Sector of the ship, you can find a basketball court with a broken hoop and one intact hanging hoop, as well as the first Rumbler in the game. Dropping the basketball through the working hoop from the second floor of the court will cause an email transmission to be sent to Soldier, accompanied by a series of monkey sound effects and mechanical noises. This email was written by A. Bananas, a squirrel monkey wearing a deerstalker cap and a monocle, and comes with a picture of a banana as an attachment. The content of the email is an offer to form an alliance with the other squirrel monkeys on the ship:

A. BANANAS 12.JUL.14
re: Join us?
"Things are going according to plan. We've managed to turn the Many against SHODAN, and you've been stupid enough to stick your neck out for that overbearing uber-computer. Why not join us? While you've been stockpiling ammo, med hypos and hi tech gadgets, we've collected every last piece of nuts, bananas and coconuts onboard. Just say the word, and you'll get plenty to eat, an attractive hirsute companion, and a tire swing of your own. In the end, isn't that what really matters?"

Opening the email to hear the voice recording of it will reveal A. Banana's speech is normal monkey chatter, but the software of Soldier's cyber rig can apparently translate it into the English language through unknown means.
sell
Backstory/Lore, Easter Egg, Physics, Secret
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month March 31, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012)
▲
1
▼
In Chapter XI: Starscream's Betrayal, once you exit outside for the first time, if you travel around the left side of the tower from where you exited, you will come across a small room with an open roof to fall into. The room contains several breakable crates and machinery, alongside a story-related Audio Log from Megatron, but the most unusual thing in the room is a small hologram console that allows you to play a game called "Super Grimlock Quest 64". Pressing the button to start the game will play a short animation and music track featuring still images of Grimlock killing an Insecticon and then getting killed by a giant spider Insecticon, all while Grimlock's health bar depletes in the top-left corner of the hologram screen, suggesting Starscream played the game very poorly.
sell
Easter Egg, Secret
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month March 31, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
BFDIA 5b
BFDIA 5b (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Battle for Dream Island (Collection)
▲
1
▼
BFDIA 5b marks the second time in the Battle for Dream Island series where a copyrighted character is used in a way beyond simply being a recommended character (fan characters that are submitted to the production team by fans of the series to potentially appear in official content). Specifically, the 31st level in the game "Encounter" features Lego Brick, who first appeared as a recommended character in the Battle for Dream Island episode "Vomitaco" and is a reference to the LEGO toy brand. The first instance was in the episode "Reveal Novum", where Dora (a stick figure based on the titular character from the animated series "Dora the Explorer" who also first appeared in the episode "Vomitaco") was one of the recommended characters who had a chance to join the competition, but failed due to only having nine votes: she would, however, compete in the show's second season "Battle for Dream Island Again". Additionally, a copyrighted character appearing in a major role would not happen again until years after BFDIA 5b's release, with the release of the spinoff series "BFDI Mini Replicas". In that series, one of the contestants is Ender Rocky, a variant of the main series contestant Rocky who first appeared as a recommended character in the season one finale "Return of the Hang Glider" and is based on the Endermen from Minecraft.
sell
Adaptation, Cameo, Character Design, Copyright, General, Parody, Real Life, Reference
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month March 29, 2024
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
BFDIA 5b Level 31:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXojdBrAl4

Battle for Dream Island - "Vomitaco" (first appearance of Dora and Lego Brick):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9FHBM0SLQ

Battle for Dream Island - "Reveal Novum" (first major appearance of Dora):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4K1xKHwp0E

Battle for Dream Island - "Return of the Hang Glider" (first appearance of Ender Rocky):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_HKD_C5o0

BFDI Mini Replicas - "Cross the Gorge" (first major appearance of Ender Rocky):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRylw-JJqlo
keyboard_double_arrow_leftFirst keyboard_arrow_leftPrev Page of 295 Nextkeyboard_arrow_right Lastkeyboard_double_arrow_right